Reading 英语选修8 Unit 3 Reading 课件.pptVIP

Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved? Here give you some similar stages used in research, please out them in the suitable order. Careful Reading: Para 1-3 1.Why did the writer feel proud when her mother asked her to get rid of the snakes? 2. What did the writer prepare before she could think of a possible approach? Para7-8: 1. Is it easy to apply for a patent? The criteria are so strict that it is difficult for new ideas to be accepted unless they are truly novel. 2. Decide whether each of them can get patents or not? Give your reasons. Pairwork: Can you be an inventor? 在there be结构中, be的人称与数应遵循就近一致原则。 It seems that... It seems as if/ as though... There seems (to be )…. habit 通常指个人经常性的行为 custom 一般指整个社会在一段时间里的 行为、风俗 practice 指惯例, 也指商业或者法律上的 常规做法。 原从句为主动结构时, 用when/while+现在分词来代替; 原句为被动结构时, 用 when /while+过去分词短语来代替。 be convenient for sb.／sth. It is convenient for sb. to do sth. 对某人/某物便利/方便的 译: 三点钟对你方便吗？ e.g. Will 3’oclock be convenient for you ? 译: 明天开始工作对你方便吗？ e.g. Will it be convenient for you to start work tomorrow? 2) convenient adj. 便利的, 方便的 对某人来说做某事是方便的 1. Come and see me whenever _____. A. you are convenient B. you will be convenient C. it is convenient to you D. it will be convenient to you 2. If it is quite _____ to you, I’ll visit you next Tuesday. A. convenient B. fair C. easy D. comfortable C A convenience [U] 方便, 便利 [C] 方便的事 at one’s convenience 在某人方便的时候 e.g. Please do this job at your convenience. 11. expectation n. 预料, 预期, 期待 e.g. He has little expectation of winning a prize. 他对获奖不抱什么希望。 e.g. There is no expectation of snow tonight. 今晚预料无雪。 What he did was against all expectations. 他所做的完全出乎意料。 “…的期望, 期待”用of。 12. monitor 1) vt. 监听, 收听 e.g. They have been monitoring the enemy’s radio broadcasts to try to find out their secret plans. 2) 密切监视, 监督 e.g. The teacher is monitoring an