1、Unit 3 Inventors and inventionsWarming Up& ReadingDo you know any inventors and inventions?Why are they famous?Issac NewtongravitydiscoveredBen FranklinLightning is electricitydiscoveredWhy are they famous? Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.radiumMadame CuriediscoveredWhy are they famous?

2、Zhang HengseismographinventedWhy are they famous?Difference between discovery and inventionA discovery is_An invention is_ Columbus the New ContinentIts _ a discovery.Mar.15 , 1493Please tell whether the following are discoveries or inventions.An amphibious carAn amphibious carIts _ an invention.水陸兩

3、用汽車水陸兩用汽車Stephensons “Rocket”Stephensons “Rocket”Its _ an invention.DNAIts _ a discovery.DiscoveriesInventionselectricitythe movement of airthe circulation of the blood X-rayselectrical light, computers,telephones, television, etcconnection between discovery and inventionairplane, air balloons, etcm

4、achines to help people with serious diseasemachines to treat illnesses (like cancer) connection between discovery and invention？Discoveries often lead to inventions.Inventions are often based on discoveries. stages every inventor must go throughApplying for a patentFinding a problemDoing researchTes

5、ting solutionThinking of a creative solutionDeciding on the invention1._2._3._4._5._6._Look at the pictures, what inventions can you think of? skimmingWhat is the text about?The text is about _ and presents _and applying for _.the problem of the snakes the procedures of catching them a patentSkimmin

6、g1.The purpose of the text is _.A.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 new ideaC. to introduce the writers new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patentD. to tell the readers how to get a new idea and make

7、 it a patentC8Seizerecognitionuse something the snakes were interested to attract them into a trap.B. take their habitat to another place.C. place the snakes at a low temperature for them to sleep and then catch them.D. All the above. CComprehending3.Why did cooling the snakes make them less active?

8、 ( )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. C2.The writer was successful to catch the snakes in _ attempt. A. the First B. the second C. the third D. everyC4.Which st

9、atement is the 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 decided to send her invention to the patent office the moment she

10、 succeeded in catching the snakes.D. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately.5.According 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 Yao Ming.C. A new way to make dirty

11、 water clean.D. A new kind of grass found in a mountain which can be used as a medicine.C1)You are able to prove that you were the first person to make the invention.What might be the advantagesWhat might be the advantagesof getting a patent?of getting a patent?comprehending2)You are recognized as a real inventor.3)You can ma