Book8 unit3 The problems of the snakes教学课件

1、ReadingThe problem of the snakesDiscovery InventionColumbus the New ContinentIts _ a discovery.Mar.15 , 1493Please tell whether the following are discoveries or inventions.An amphibious carAn amphibious carIts _ an invention.水陆两用汽车水陆两用汽车DNAIts _ a discovery.Stephensons “Rocket”Stephensons “Rocket”It

2、s _ an invention.Difference between discovery and inventionA discovery is _ something but not yet known.An invention is_ something not existing before.finding outcreating 1. A person with good eyesight can d_ distant objects. (tell the difference .)2. The m_merchant wants to grant some merchandise t

3、o the panting immigrants.(kind)3. We _ _(begin) cleaning the house.4. Dad always drives with c_(carefulenss) 5. The ticket is v _ (officially acceptable) for one month. istinguisherciful set aboutautionalidThe snakes are very dangerous!If some snakes in your yard.Skimming1.The purpose of the text is

4、 _. to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill themB. to tell people how to apply for a patent of the writers inventionC. to introduce the writers new approach of trapping the snakes and how she applied for a patent of her inventionD. to tell the readers how to get a new idea and make it a pa

5、tentC look at the following list and work out a suitable order.Intensive Reading Task 1: Identify the stages that inventors must follow before they have their invention recognized. stages every inventor must go througha.Applying for a patent b. Finding a problemc. Doing research d.Testing the soluti

6、on e.Thinking of a creative solutionf.Deciding on the inventionTask 2 Read the passage carefully, check the order above to see whether the text follows the stages in producing an invention.stages every inventor must go throughApplying for a patentFinding a problemDoing researchTesting the solutionTh

7、inking of a creative solutionDeciding on the invention1. Why did the writer not use powders to solve the problem?A. Because it was an old thought pattern to used powders.B. Because that would harm or even kill the snakes.C. Because that would damage something else near the house.D. Because she wante

8、d to invent something new.B2. Which are the three possible approaches that the writer thought of to catch the snakes except_.A. Removing their habitat.B. Attracting them into a trap using male or female perfume or foodC. Using the natural enemy of snakesD. Cooling the snakesC3. How many attempts did

9、 she make to have her solution efficient? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5BWhich statement is TRUE according to the text?A.The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldnt bite the writer at all.B. Your product must be different from everybody elses if you want to receive a patent.C. The writer

10、decided to send her invention to the patent office the moment she succeeded in catching the snakes.D.If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately.BPost readingTask 1: According to thepassage, if you have a new product, how can you get a patent ?Task 2: Imag

11、ine you are a patent officer, your job is to decide whether an application should be considered valid or not. Look at the following inventions, which one should be given a patent and which one shouldnt ? give your reason.(1)Fill in the form and file your patent application with the Patent Office.(2)

12、You should have your product recognized by the patent office.(3)Your product cant be a discovery/a scientific idea/literature or art/ a game or business/a computer programme/ a new variety of animals or plants and so on.(4)Your product must be different from others.(5)Your product must pass all the

13、tests examed by patent examiners.The reason:1.Healthier meat :This is a new kind of meat produced by introducing plant genes into traditional animal meat genes. As this can be considered as a new variety of animal, it cant receive a patent.2.Helpful rats: These future rats have received training to

14、help people in difficult or dangerous situations.The new part of this is the computer program training,so it cant receive a patent.3. mapping the stars: the new star system that scientists have discovered is very important.But it is a discovery and not an invention. So it cant receive a patent4.A trap for insects should be given a patent.This method of preventing insects coming into a house is a true i