Unit 12 Innovation Topic Talk课件(内镶嵌音频) 高二英语北师版（2019）选择性必修4

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INNOVATIONTopicTalkTotalkaboutinventionsanddiscoveriesTolistenforgeneralunderstandingTolistenforspecificinformationandunderstandwordsincontextTowriteashortparagraphaboutinventorsTodiscussquotesoninventorsLearningobjectives②③④⑤⑥①discoveryLookatthepicturesbelow,discusswhichpicturesshowinventionsandwhichshowdiscoveries,thentellusthereason.IsaacNewtonwaslookingatthefallingappleandanideacameintohismind:thepowerofgravity.Warming-up⑥①③④⑤②inventionGeorgeStephensonwasoneofthefirstmentodesignenginesfortherailways

whichwerenewatthattime.⑥①②④⑤MarieCurieandherhusband_____________thenewchemistryelements—Polonium(钋)andRadium(镭).discovered③①②③⑤④ZhangHeng___________thefirstseismograph(地震仪)—theearliestinstrumenttotellpeoplewhereearthquakeshappened.invented⑥⑥①②③④Thisisthefirstcarthatcantravelsafelyonwaterandonland(amphibiouscar).Whenmovingonwater,thewheelsofthecarturnsidewaysandmoveintothebody.Theunderneathofthecarisstrongenoughtosailasaboat.invention⑤①②④⑤⑥③FrancisCrickandJamesWatsonwerethefirsttoshowthatourgenesconsistoftwospiralsofDNA(calledthedouble-helix双螺旋).Thisworkleddirectlytothehumangenomeproject(人类基因工程)in2003,which______________thestructureofDNA.discoveredthingsthatalreadyexistinnatureandpeoplefindoutaboutthemthingspeoplecreatedPleaseexplainthedifferencebetweenDiscoveriesandInventions.DiscoveriesInventions

Whatinventionsordiscoveriesaresignificantinimprovingthequalityofhumanlife?Whataretheinventionsyoucannotlivewithout?Why?HealthandWell-beingPenicillin…VitamintabletsEntertainmentandCommunicationMobilephone…TheInternetTravelandTransportHigh-speedrail…AeroplanesTheInternetisaninventionthatIcannotlivewithoutasIuseiteverydayforstudy,funandcommunication.ReadtheTextBuildercarefully.Thenlistentothedialogueandcompleteitbyunderliningthewordsorexpressionsyouhear.Youwilllistentoaninventortalkingaboutherlatestinvention.InnovationInventorsareinterestedin______________________and_______________________________________.Theyare____________and______________.Inventor'sInterestsandQualitiessolvingproblems,improvingthewell-beingofhumanlife,discoveringthemysteriesoftheuniverse,understandingtheworldhowourlivescanbeimprovedcreative,curious,smart,persistent,hardworking,giftedunderstandingtheworldhowourlivescanbeimprovedcreativecuriousMyinventionisatypeof__________________________________________.TypesofInventionsplasticandgarbagegatheringdevice,labour-savingmachine,energy-savingequipment,environmentalprotectiondevice,health-caretoolplasticandgarbageThebiggestadvantageisthatitis_____________.AdvantagesofInventionscheaptoproduceeasytouselight,small,useful,helpful,convenient,productive,environment-friendly,fasteasytousegatheringdeviceUsethe

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totalkaboutaninventorandoneparticularinventionthathe/shehasmade.Thinkaboutaninventionyouusealotorhaveheardofandwereimpressedabout.Listentothedialogue.Answerthequestions.1.BeforetheinventionoftheInternet,whomainlyusedcomputers?Scientistsandothertechnicalpeople.2.WheredidpeoplegetinformationbeforetheinventionoftheInternet?

TV,newspapersandbooks.3.WhendidtheInternetbecomewidelyused?The1990s.Usethelanguageyouhavelearnttowriteashortparagraphaboutinventors’interestsandqualitiesingeneral.Supportyouropinionwithsomeexamples.ReviewTextBuilder

andthesentencesinActivity2,thenwriteashortparagraphaboutwhatinventorsareinterestedandwhatkindofpeopletheyare.Groupwork:Readeachquoteanddiscussthemwithyourpartners.Whatcanyoulearnfromthesequotes?Everyonceinawhile,anewtechnology,anoldproblem,andabigideaturnintoaninnovation.―DeanKamenBecauseyouneedsomething(aproblem)tocauseanewsolution(idea)andthewaytomaterializeitisthroughnewtechnology.Whydoesaninnovationneedthesethreeconditionstotakeplace?IamoneofthosewhothinklikeNobel,thathumanitywilldrawmoregoodthanevilfromnewdiscoveries.—MaryCurieThediscoveryofelectricity,thediscoveryofpenicillin,thediscoveryofthewheel.Thisquotestressesthefactthatanewdiscoverycanbegoodorbaddependingonhowpeopleuseit.Whataresomeinstancesthatshowhowdiscoverieshavebeenusedforagoodpurpose?Theinventionofgunpowderandtheinventionoftheatomicbomb.Whataresomeexamplesthatshowhownewdiscoverieswereusedforabadpurpose?Innovationdistinguishesbetweenaleaderandafollower.―SteveJobsHewasapioneerincomputersandstartedfromverylow.Hefoundedacompany,whichbecamealeadercompanyintelecommunications.SteveJobsthoughtaheadofhistimeandlaunchedrevolutionaryproducts.Thespeakersaysthatwhatmakesamanofgreatimportancestandoutfromacrowdofpeoplewhoarelesscharismaticistheabilitytothinkdifferentlyandcreatively.Howdoesthisspeaker'slifeillustratehisquote?Intelligenceistheabilitytoadapttochange.