高二英语选修8课件（人教版）：Unit3 SectionⅠ WarmingUpReading—Prereading.ppt

1．Look at the pictures and answer the following questions. (1)What is Yuan Longping famous for? _____________________________________________ (2)Who was Thomas Edison? __________________________________________________ (3)Who was Cai Lun? __________________________________________________ (4)What did George Stephenson invent? __________________________________________________ 答案：(1)Yuan Longping is famous for his hybrid rice. (2)Thomas Edison, an American inventor, invented more than 1,000 things, including the lamp bulb. (3)Cai Lun, a Chinese inventor, invented the papermaking technology. (4)George Stephenson, an English inventor, invented the locomotive (铁路机车)． 2．What is an invention? An invention is something that is ________ by a human being. Inventing is a scientific activity. 答案：created 3．What is a discovery? A discovery merely __________ something that already ________ in nature. 答案：makes known；existed 4．Look at the following pictures and tell which pictures show inventions and which show discoveries. inventions: ; discoveries: B, D, E A, C 1．Read the text and write down the main idea of the text. The text is mainly about the authors experience in helping her mother get rid of the________ and applying for the ________ for her invention. 答案：snakes；patent 2．Divide the text into four parts and match the main idea for each part. Part I (Para.1)　　　　A．The attempts to catch the snakes. Part II (Paras.2～3) B．The discovery of the problem of the snakes. Part III (Paras. 4～6) C．The requirement of getting a patent. Part IV (Paras.7～8) D．The research on the approaches to solving the problem. 答案：Part I : B; Part II : D ; Part III: A ; Part IV: C Read the text and then choose the best answer according to the text. (1)The purpose in writing this passage is ________. A．to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them B．to tell people how to apply for a patent of the writers new idea C．to introduce