高中英语 Unit 3 Inventions and inventors Reading课件 新人教版选修8.pptVIP

Inventors and inventions Stephenson’s “Rocket” Work out the rules that will help you decide what a discovery is and what an invention is. Read the text fast and do the questions. The purpose in writing the text is ________ to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them. to tell people how to apply for a patent of the writer’s new idea. To introduce the writer’s new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patent. To tell the readers how to get a new idea and make it patent. 2. The biggest advantage of the writer’s new idea is that _________. it makes the snakes move slowly. it makes the snakes hardly bite us. it is easier for us to kill the snakes without hurting ourselves. it is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing them. 3. What instruments were used for catching the snakes? a bowl, ice-cubes, male perfume. a bowl, a bucket, female perfume. a small net, ice-cubes, a bucket. a small net, a bucket, powders. 4. Which statement is true according to the text? The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldn’t bite the writer at all. Your product must be different from everybody else’s if you want to receive a patent. The writer decided to send her invention to the patent office the moment she succeeded in catching the snakes. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately. 5.According to the text, which subject do you think can be given a patent? A new star discovered by a scientist. A new novel written by Huo Da. A new way to make dirty water clean. A new kind of grass found in a mountain which can be used as a medicine. Task 4: Make a summary within 30 words The writer _________ a harmless way to _________ the snakes . She trapped the snakes by making them _____ and ______. She tried _______ solutions and __________. She wanted to apply for a __________ for it. Discussion Now pretend you are a patent officer and it is your job to decide whether an application should be