Unit3Makeithappen!UnderstandingideasReading（教学课件）-外研版英语八年级上册.pptxVIP

Unit3UnderstandingideasUnderstandingideas—ReadingMakeithappen!

LearningObjectivesBytheendoftheclass,wewillbeableto：1.usewordsandexpressionsinthelessontotalkaboutinventionsandthetopicofhelpingothers.2.knowthestoryofEastonandhowheinventedtheartificialarmtohelpthedisabled.3.haveastrongwilltohelpthoseinneed.4.graspthekeylanguagepointsandusethemincontext.

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Lookatthewordcloudandpredictwhatthepassageisabout.designhelpinghandimproveartificialarminventMaybeitisaboutdesigninganartificialarmtohelpothers.Pre-reading

Readthepassageandcheckyouranswer.AhelpinghandEastonLaChappelle,a14-year-oldstudent,stoodbesidehisworkatasciencefair.Itwasaroboticarm.Hebuiltitoutofplasticblocksandfishingline.“Hello,”saidagirlwithanartficialarm,assheshookhandswithEaston’swork.ThiswasthefirsttimeEastonmetJenny,agirlwithaspecialcondition.Shewasbornwithoutanarm.Herartificialarmwasjustasimplehook,butitcost$80,000.What’sworse,childrenlikehergrowquicklyandneednewarmsallthetime.“Itblewmeaway!Ibuiltmyarmforonly$300,”thoughtEaston.“Imustlendahandtopeoplelikeher.”Afterthefair,Easton’sroombacamealab.Hestayedthereallday.Healwaystriedtoimprovehiswork.Forhis16thbirthday,Eastongota3-Dprinter.Andwithit,heinventedanartificialarm.Itwasabletomovewithbrainsignalsoftheuser.Butitwasn’tgoodenoughyet:thearmweighed3.6kilograms.Itwastooheavyforachild.While-reading

Eastonkeptworkingonit.Heenjoyedfixingproblemsoneafteranother.Andfinallyhehitonsuccessatage23.Hisdesignonlyweighed0.3kilogramsandcostaround$500!Easton’sinventionhashelpedmanychildren.Hedidn’twanttomakemoneyfromit.Hedecidedto