人教高中英语选修unitinventorsandinventionsreading.pptxVIP

Warming up; What are the important inventions of the 20th century? Which do you think is the most important one?; Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.;Did Edison invent electricity? Can electricity be invented? Is electricity an invention or discovery? Why? ;2. Which of this pictures show inventions? Does any of them show discoveries?;Stephenson’s “Rocket”;Stephenson’s “Rocket” (1781-1848) ;An amphibious car;An amphibious car(2003);DNA;The structure of DNA;伽利略的望远镜;谷腾堡发明的印刷机;3. Work out rules that will help you decide what is discovery and what is an invention?;(2) An invention is something that created by human being, such as the lighting rod. ;Give your examples of each category and fill in the blanks. Work out the connections between them.;Discoveries;Discoveries;Discoveries;4. In pairs discuss any modern inventions you know. Describe them to your partner and explain how they changed people’s lives.;television 1923 ;photocopier 1937;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 ;Patent office (专利局) plays the role of deciding what is an invention and what is not. And only inventions can get patens and so be recognized and protected.;Reading The problem of the snakes;Skim the whole passage and get the main idea:;Divide the passage into several parts and find out the main idea for each paragraph.;Part 2 (para.2);Part 4(para.4-6);I. Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.;Thinking of a creative solution;Testing the solution;Applying for a ______;1. How did the writer catch the snakes? ( ) A. using something the snakes were inter