Unit3《Inventors and Inventions》选修8.pptVIP

Listen to the recorded file of the text,then try to answer the questions. 1.What upset the authers mother? The snakes. 2.How many times did the auther attempt to remove the snakes? Three times. 3.What did the auther do after he successfully get rid of the snakes? To apply for a patent. Would you like to disscuss difficult sentences in groups so as to have a good understanding of the text Then try to decide whether the following statements is wrong or not. Translate the following sentences. 1.Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something merciful that would catch snakes but not hurt them. 2.The first thing I did was to see if there were any products that might help me,but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes. 3.Pressed by my friends and relations,I decided to seize the opportunity to get rcognition for my successful idea by sending my invention to the patent office. 4.The criteria are so strict that it is difficult to get new ideas accepted unless they are truly novel. A short passage for fun 我同学的宠物鼠?pet mouse?从笼子里跑出来了。它咬下了我们的纽扣，弄脏了我们的鞋子，在我们的面包上打洞，这让我们焦头烂额。令人更可气的是，它不知从哪找了一位女朋友。白天在我们上课时，它们在我们床上跳舞，有时晚上我们睡觉时，他们制造噪音。他们不仅影响了我们的生活，也影响我们的学习。是到了把他们请出家门的时候了。 我们设计了三种方法才把它们弄走。一，用老鼠夹子?mouse trap 。但她们太小心，从不靠近。二，买药毒死她们，可是，太残忍，不得不放弃。三，我们到玩具店?toy store?买了一个老鼠喜欢的玩具，把玩具放在箱子里。当它们在箱子里玩的高兴，我们把它们送给了卖宠物的人。事后感言，别自找麻烦，除非麻烦找上你。 Once a pet ,always a pet? My roomates pet mouse fled from cage, which upset us a lot. It bit our buttons off,dirtied our shoes ,made holes in our bread. What made us angrier was that the mouse found a girl friend and took her home without our permission. When we were attending a lecture in class, they danced on our beds.While we were sleeping,they made noise under the bed. They not only affected our life,but influenced our study.It is high time that we removed them . We used three approaches to get rid of them.At first,we bought a mouse trap,but they were too careful to get close to the trap.We once planned to b