Inventors and inventions

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Unit 3
Inventors and inventions
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Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.
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Did Edison invent electricity? Can electricity
be invented? Is electricity an invention or
discovery? Why?
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Warming up
In groups, discuss the inventions you know and
then make a list.
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Do you know what these inventions are and when
did they happen?
Telephone 1876
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television 1923
colour television 1940
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photocopier 1937
air conditioner 1902
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electronic digital computer 1942
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Atomic bomb 1945
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Credit cards 1950
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Penicillin 1928
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Here are some stages before they can have their
invention approved, please out them in the
suitable order.
Pre-reading
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• Applying for a patent
• 2. Finding a problem
• 3. Doing research
• 4. Testing the solution
• 5. Thinking of a creative solution
• 6. Deciding on the invention

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The suitable order
Finding a problem
Doing research
Thinking of a creative solution
Testing the solution
Deciding on the invention
Applying for a patent
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What do you use to catch snakes?
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Reading The problem of the snakes
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Divide the passage into several parts and find
out the main idea for each paragraph.
Part 1(para.1)
the discovery of the problem of the snakes
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Part 2(para.2-3)
the research on the approaches to solve the
problem
the attempts to catch the snakes
Part 3(para.4-6)
Part 4(para.7-8)
the requirements of getting a patent
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Task 1
Skimming Find out which paragraph or paragraphs
deal with each inventing process in the passage
and find the examples
paragraph Stages Examples in this story
Find a problem The snake must be ________but not ______
Do research Look for ________ of removal the ______ of snakes
Think of a creative solution Identify _______ possible approaches choose___________.
removed
harmed
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methods
habits
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three
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the last one
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Test the solution several times Try_____ times and finally __________.
Apply for a patent Fill in the form and filed application with the Patent Office
three
4,5,6
succeeded
7,8
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Patent office (???) plays the role of deciding
what is an invention and what is not. And only
inventions can get patens and so be recognized
and protected.
patents
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1. According to the text, which subject do you
think can be given a patent?
Task 3 Post reading

• 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.

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Task 4 Make a summary within 30 words

• The writer _______ a harmless way to _________
  the snakes . She trapped the snakes by making
  them _____ and ______. She tried _______
  solutions and __________. She wanted to apply for
  a __________ for it.

invented
catch
cool
sleep
succeeded
three
patent