人教版选修8 unit3 reading概要1.ppt

Write a passage about how to apply for a patent? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 人教课标 高二 选修 8 Unit 3 Discuss in pairs which pictures show inventions and which show discoveries. An amphibious car Stephenson’s “Rocket” DNA Work out the rules that will help you decide what a discovery is and what an invention is. (1) A discovery is A discovery merely makes known something that already exist in nature, such as the discovery on the New Continent by Columbia. (2) An invention is something that created by human being, such as the lighting rod. Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb. Did Edison invent electricity? Can electricity be invented? Is electricity an invention or discovery? Why? In pairs discuss any modern inventions you know. Describe them to your partner and explain how they changed people’s lives. television 1923 colour television 1940 photocopier 1937 air conditioner 1902 electronic digital computer 1942 Atomic bomb 1945 Credit cards 1950 Penicillin 1928 Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved? Inventing is a scientific activity and so follows similar stages to those used in research. Work out a suitable order. Applying for a patent 2. Finding a problem 3. Doing research 4. Testing the solution 5. Thinking of a creative solution 6. Deciding on the invention The problem of the snakes The text is mainly about the author’s experience in helping her mother get rid of the _______ and applying for the ______ for her invention. snakes patent Read the text quickly and complete its main idea. How did the writer catch the snakes? A. using something the snakes were interested to attract them into a trap. B. taking their habitat to another place. C. placing the snakes at a low temperature for them to sleep and then caught them. D. All the above. C Read the text carefully and choose the best answer. 2. The writer was successful to catch the snakes in ________ attempt.