Unit3_Reading_The_problem_of_the_snakes.ppt

An amphibious car Columbus Stephenson’s “Rocket” DNA * * * Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Warming up Reading When we speak of inventions, we can’t help thinking of the four great inventions in ancient China. Can you name them? Warming up paper-making printing compass gunpowder How many famous inventors do you know? What did they invent? Zhang Heng (78—139) Seismograph invented Alexander Graham Bell England (1847--1922) Telephone invented What is he famous for? Issac Newton 艾萨克·牛顿 gravity discovered radium Madame Curie 玛丽亚·斯克沃多夫斯卡-居里 discovered What is she famous for? Difference between discovery and invention An invention is___________ ___________________ creating something not existing before. finding out something existing but not yet known A discovery is_____________ ________________________ Please look at the following pictures and decide which are discoveries and which are inventions It’s ________ an invention. the New Continent It’s ________ a discovery. an invention. a discovery. stages every inventor must go through Applying for a patent Finding a problem Doing research Testing the solution Thinking of a creative solution Deciding on the invention 1.___________________________ 2.___________________________ 3.___________________________ 4.___________________________ 5.___________________________ 6.___________________________ Reading The problem of the snakes Skim the whole passage and get the main idea: The text is about _______________________ and presents _____________________ and applying for ________. the problem of the snakes the procedures of catching them a patent Reading-I(3m) Divide the text into four parts and work out the main idea for each paragraph. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 (Para.1) The discovery of the problem of the snakes. (Para.2-3) The research on the approaches to solve the problem. (Para.4-6) The attempts to catch the sna