选修8 Unit3 Inventors and Inventions Warming up and Reading.ppt

Inventors and  inventions Unit 3 Columbus Work out two rules: Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved? Here give you some similar stages used in research, please out them in the suitable order. 2. What instruments were used for  catching the snakes? A. A bowl, ice-cubes, male perfumeB. A bowl, a bucket, female perfumeC. A small net, ice-cubes, a bucketD. A small net, a bucket, powders 3. The biggest advantage of the writers new idea is that ______.A. it makes the snakes move slowlyB. it makes the snakes hardly bite usC. it is easier for us to kill the snakes  without hurting ourselvesD. it is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing them Language points in Reading go through (1) 经历 Most families went through a lot in the war. (2) 通过, 成功, 成交 The plan did not go through. (3) 审阅, 检查 I can’t go though the letters in an hour. (4) 翻找, 查看 Mother went through the drawer for her glasses. (5) 穿过, 通过 A terrible noise went through the house. read through 通读 look through 浏览 flow through 流过 get through 通过, 接通,使….成功 3. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something that would catch snakes but not harm them. distinguish oneself 显扬自己, 使自己扬名 The man distinguished himself by his wisdom. distinguish 辨别, 区别 I can’t distinguish the twins, they are so alike. distinguish…from distinguish between…and.. A tiny baby soon learns to distinguish its mothers face from other adults faces. 4.我设法做的第一件事是看看是否有能帮我忙的产品，但是好像只有一些用来捕杀蛇的粉末. The first thing I tried to do was to see if there were products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes. 2) seem +to be +形容词/名词/介词短语/分词 Something seemed (to be) wrong with him. You seemed to be in a great hurry. The first memories seemed to be connected with work. It appears a true s