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Module8: Unit 3 Inventors and Inventions
学习目标:
知识目标：了解科学发现与发明创造的区别以及发明产生的过程和专利认定的标准。 能力目标：自主学习、合作探究，学会阅读过程中对于文章事实性细节的理解与掌握。 情感目标：通过围绕“发明家与发明”这一话题展开学习，激励学生开动脑筋，发挥想象力和
创造力，培养强烈的求知欲和学习兴趣。
学习重点: 学习阅读过程中对于文章事实性细节的理解与掌握。
第一部分：预习案
Background information
A Spanish inventor, intrigued(激起兴趣) by his son's incessant crying, has designed a detector that he says will tell parents within 20 seconds if their baby is hungry, bored, tired, stressed or uncomfortable. The device, the size of a calculator and powered by batteries, has five faces on a screen on the back representing the possible reasons why a baby is crying. \and in 20 seconds the little faces light up,\
plans to give a share of any profits to a baby charity, is already working on a more
advanced model to \
1. What made the inventor design the detector? ____________________________________________________________________ 2. How many faces are there on the inventor? ______________________________________________________________________ 学法指导：迅速阅读课文，概括段落大意。
Skimming: Read the text and match the main idea for each part .
Part1(Para. 1 ) A. The attempts to catch the snakes .
Part2(Para. 2-3 ) B. The discovery of the problem of the snakes . Part3(Para.4-6) C. The requirement of getting a patent .
Part4(Para.7-8) D. The research on the approaches to solving the problem .
第二部分：探究案
学法指导：先快速浏览下列题目题干,然后细读课文,根据题干关键词选择正确答案。 I．Fast reading: Read the text and choose the best answer. 1. The purpose in writing this passage is .
A. to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them.
B. to tell people how to apply for a patent of writer’s new idea.
C. to introduce the writer’s 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.
2. What’s the biggest advantage of the writer’s new idea? A. It makes the snakes move slowly. B. It makes the snakes hardly bite us.
C. It is easier for us to kill the snakes without hurting ourselves. D. It is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing them. 3. The snakes were finally caught by ___________
A. hitting them with a stick.
B. cooling them and catching them with a net C. putting them into a schoolbag. D. watering them with cool water
4. You won’t get a patent before you .
A. make an invention B. catch all the snakes C. learn to operate a computer D. get rid of your bad habit 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 HuDa.
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.
II．Detailed reading: Read the text to find answers to the five questions listed in the table.
A problem arose in my Some poisonous snakes made their home in the yard. mother’s house Some (1) _________ ● Seeking methods to remove these snakes without harming them. ● Studying the (2) ______ of snakes an d trying to find out an easy way. Possible solutions ● Three approaches were put forward. ● The way of (3) _______ snakes was adopted. Three (4) _______ ● The first one had little effect, so it needed (5) ___________. and their results ● The second one had some effect, making the snakes (6) ___, but there was still some danger. So it didn’t (7) ______. ● The third one turned out very (8) _________. All the snakes were caught and later released back into the wild. (9) ________________ ● Firstly, fill in the form. for an invention patent ● Secondly, file the patent application. ● Finally, wait for the result with (10) ________. Ⅲ Read the text and decide if the following statements true or false .
1. When the writer called up her mother in the country on the phone she was very excited. ( ) 2. The first thing the writer tried to do was to catch the snakes.( )
3. The writer was successful in catching the snakes in the second attempt.( )
4. After three attempts, the writer finally caught the snakes and sent them into the wild. ( ) 5. An inventor can easily get the patent for the invention. ( )
5. This time with great caution I bent down to examine the snakes and I found them very sleepy. __________________________________________________________________________ 6. But monitored carefully, the snakes proved to be no trouble and all went according to plan.
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第三部分：训练案
学法指导：细读课文,以课本为纲，达到高度概括课文主旨大意的能力。 Read the text carefully and then fill in the blanks.
When I (1) my mother, she told me snakes came near the house (2) . Here was a chance for me to (3) myself by inventing something merciful that would catch snakes. I tried to find some (4) that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes. I (5) researching the habits of snakes.
Prepared with some research finding, I decided on three possible (6) .I choose the last one to cool the snakes so that they would become sleepy and could be easily caught.
My third attempt was successful. I carried in my hand a small net in the (7) that the snakes would bite again. But (8) carefully, the snakes proved to be no trouble. I collected the (9) snakes and the next day we merrily (10) them all back into the wild.
第四部分：拓展延伸
长难句翻译、分析：
1. When I called up my mother in the countryside on the telephone she was very upset. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Snakes come near the house now and then, and they seem to have made their home here, not far from the walnut tree.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something merciful that would catch snakes but not harm them.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________- 4. The first thing I did was to see if there were any products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes.
7. Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor. _________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out that your product really is different from everyone else’s.
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