选修八Unit3reading阅读-课件

1、period 1 it is convenient to take along with you; you can hear a persons voice when using it. you can call up sb now and then;,mobile phone,1,its always equipped in high buildings;,lift /elevator,people can go up and down in it instead of climbing steps .,it looks like a small room;,v,v,v,2,it is a

2、kind of make-up invented by french. it smells good. women especially like to use it.,perfume,3,it is one of the four great inventions in ancient china. it is black. people can use it to make bombs.,gunpowder,4,this invention is made of metal. this invention looks like a bird. it makes it possible fo

3、r people to fly to different places in the world. it is powered by an engine and is flown by a pilot.,airplane,5,it allows you to get a likeness of an object. when you press the button, it works. when a flash happens, it will copy a scene onto a film. when the film is developed, the scene you copied

4、 appears on a paper-like thing.,camera,6,this invention can help people do some daily work. it is helpful for housewives. the machine can move something that you put into it. it needs soap and water to wash something in it.,washing machine,7,it is a means of transportation. it has four wheels. peopl

5、e can drive it on land. people can also drive it on water.,amphibious car,8,among the inventions above, which invention do you think is the most important one? why? how did it change peoples daily lives?,discussion,the purpose of inventions is,convenient,comfortable,to make our life more,the heel of

6、 these shoes is a machine that makes electricity with every step you take. you will never need to buy batteries again.,electric shoes,you will never have to worry about having your bike stolen again. if you use our inflatable bike, you can simply let the air out and put your bike in a bag.,inflatabl

7、e bicycle,never throw away or wash chopsticks again. these chopsticks are both delicious and environmentally friendly. save trees and have a snack at the same time they come in five different flavours.,edible chopsticks,how to be a good inventor?,creative curious hard-working imaginative patient adv

8、enturous ,inventing is a scientific activity and so follows similar stages . look at the list and work out a suitable order.,applying for a patent _ finding a problem _ doing research _ testing the solution _ thinking of a creative solution _ deciding on the invention_,1,2,3,4,5,6,reading the proble

9、m of the snakes,skim the whole passage and get the main idea:,the text narrates(说明,叙述) the problem of the _ and presents the procedures of _ and applying for _.,snakes,catching them,a patent,a patent,1. the writing purpose of this text is _ a. to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them b

10、. to tell people how to apply for a patent of the writers new idea c. to introduce the writers new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patent d. to tell the readers how to get a new idea and make it a patent,choose the right answers,read the passage again and divide it into four pa

11、rts and work out the main idea for each paragraph.,part i part ii part iii part iv,(para_),the discovery of the problem of the snakes.,(para_),the research on the approaches to solve the problem.,(para_),the attempts to catch the snakes.,(para_),the requirements of getting a patent.,4-6,1,2-3,7-8,th

12、e mother was upset because a family of snakes had made their home near the house.,1) what was the mother upset about?,read and answer the questions.,para1,find the problem,the writer was happy because it gave her an opportunity to help her mother and invent something to catch the snakes without hurt

13、ing them at the same time.,2) why was the writer happy to help her mother?,语篇理解 choose the best answers. 1whats the problem that the writer came across? asnakes came near her house now and then. bsnakes seemed to have made their home near her house. chow to catch the snakes without harming them. dhe

14、r mother felt upset.,c,para2 doing research,habits,products,kill,2why didnt the writer use powders to solve the problem? abecause it was an old thought pattern to use powders. bbecause that would harm or even kill the snakes. cbecause that would damage something else near the house. dbecause she wan

15、ted to invent something new.,b,habitat,trap,cooling,last /third,perfume,be easily caught,3the following are the three possible approaches that the writer thought of to catch the snakes except _. aremoving their habitat battracting them into a trap using male or female perfume or food cusing the natu

16、ral enemies of snakes dcooling the snakes,c,1. how did the writer catch the snakes? a. using something the snakes were interested to attract them into a trap. b. taking their habitat to another place. c. placing the snakes at a low temperature for them to sleep and then caught them. d. all the above

17、.,c,read paras 4-6carefully and choose the best answer.,2. the writer was successful to catch the snakes in _ attempt. a. the first b. the second c. the third d. every,c,3. the following are used in the three attempts except _. a. perfumeb. a bowl c. jelly d. ice-cubes,a,4. tell the differences betw

18、een the three solutions the writer used to catch the snakes.,5. why did cooling the snakes make them less active? a. because snakes are warm-blooded animals. b. because snakes like high temperature. c. because snakes are reptiles and their body temperature depends on the heat around them.,c,accordin

19、g to the text, which subject do you think can be given a patent?,a. a new star discovered by a scientist. b. a new novel written by huo da. c. a new way to make dirty water clean. d. a new kind of grass found in a mountain which can be used as a medicine.,para 7,patent,different,valid,18,para 8,discussion,whats the writing purpose of the writer? what should we learn from this text?,1. whats the writing purpose of