高中英语选修八Unit 03 A.pptVIP

Inventors and inventions Work out two rules: The text narrates the problem of the snakes and presents the procedures of catching them and applying for a patent. Divide the text into four parts and work out the main idea for each part. Part I Part II Part III Part IV (Para.1) The discovery of the problem of the snakes. (Paras. 2-3) The research on the approaches to solve the problem. (Paras. 4-6) The attempts to catch the snakes. (Paras. 7-8) The requirement of getting a patent. Reading Comprehension III Read and answer the questions. P.21 1. What was the mother upset about? A family of snakes had made their home near her house. 2. Why was the writer happy to help her mother? She had an opportunity to help her mother and invent something to catch the snakes 3. What are the three creative steps that the writer takes to catch the snakes without hurting them? Step 1: She used a ice-cream maker and some ice cubes to cool them so as to catch the sleepy snakes easily. Step2: As above she did the same but placed the bowls over the snakes’ habitat in the evening. Step3: As above but added a net to catch the snakes. 4. Why did cooling make the snakes less active? Snakes are cold-blooded creatures, they get warmth from the sun and at night have no way of keeping warm in their bodies. Language points 1. … every inventor must go through before they… go through (1) 经历 (2) 通过 (3) 审阅 (4) 翻找 (5) 穿过, 通过 Most families went through a lot of sufferings in the war. The plan did not go through. The teacher has gone though my composition. Mother went through the drawer for her glasses. The train went through the tunnel. read through 通读 look through 浏览 flow through 流过 get through 通过, 接通,使…成功 2. When I called up my mother in the country… call up 给…打电话, 叫醒, (使)回忆起 Call me up immediately if anything urgent happens there. (ring up) Mom, I’ll take a nap. Please call me up at two o’clock. (wake up) The old photo