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Unit 3 Inventors and inventions 教学设计

I 单元教学目标

Topics Inventions; patent applications; great inventors Goals Talk about inventors and inventions Learn about the stages used in scientific research Learn to use the past participle as the attribute Write a letter asking for a job II 目标语言

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（Making a telephone call）

Hold the line, please. Hang on, please. Just a moment, please. I’m sorry, but this phone is out of order.

I can’t get through. Sorry.

He / She isn’t here right now. Can I ring back later? I’ll ring him / her up again. I must ring off now because …

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词汇1. 四会词汇

discovery, patent, distinguish, product, power, perfume, cube, abrupt, abruptly, convenient, expectation, monitor, passive, criterion, valid, application, file, committee, bear, jam, mess, forehead, dot, tap, wire, straw, current, importance, helicopter, triangle, stable, practical, refrigerator, court, version 2. 认读词汇

amphibious, Stephenson, George Stephenson, jelly, freezer, overnight, release, recognition, claim, rod, precede, Alexander Graham Bell, microphone, occasionally, multiple, Morse code, inspiration, reproduce, tetrahedron, invaluable, James Dyson 3. 词组

call up, now and then, set about, in case, traffic jam, beaten track, dive into, set out (to do), in truth, hang on, out of order, get through, ring back, ring off 4．重点词汇

discovery, convenient, distinguish, application, expectation, importance, practical, bear

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重

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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.

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Between the outside and inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes hard when cooled.

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The criteria are so strict that it is difficult for new ideas to be accepted unless they are truly novel.

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Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out that your product really is different from everybody else’s.

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He found that by pressing his lips against his mother’s forehead, he could make the bones move in such a way that she could understand what he was saying.

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He designed a machine that would separate different sound waves and allow different conversations to be held at the same time.

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Although he will always be known for his invention of the telephone, he was in truth a continuing searcher after practical solutions to improve the quality of everybody’s life.

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的作用。

III. 教材分析与教材重组

1. 教材分析

本单元以Inventors and inventions为话题，旨在通过单元教学，使学生能了解发明和发现的区别，了解发明创造的过程和获得专利的条件，学习发明家的成功事例；能灵活运用基础句型描述中外古代和现代发明，谈论不同发明的优缺点及其现实意义；根据不同问题及条件设计、改进发明并阐述自己的观点；能写出一封有创新的求职申请，阐述自己的特长和优势，能对别人的发明、创造或观点提出意见或建议；并能运用所学知识利用现实生活中有限材料进行发明创造。

1.1 Warming Up 提供了三幅不同发明或发现的图片，让学生运用已有的知识和经验，区分发明和发现的不同含义；并能与同伴合作描述现代发明在现实生活中3

1.2 Pre-Reading要求学生将课本所列关于进行科学研究或发明创造所必须经历的几个阶段(步骤或过程)进行正确的排序。了解每一项发明在得到社会承认前都必须经历一个过程。

1.3 READING是一篇记叙性的文章。作者在文中详细介绍了从发现问题(snake trouble)、分析问题(products that might help)到解决问题(remove the snakes)的全过程，并介绍了专利申请方面的一些知识。

1.4 Comprehending第一个训练题要求学生根据课文内容回答问题；第二个训练要求学生运用科学步骤设计一项发明解决课本所提供的三个问题，并与同学交流观点。第三个训练题要求学生通过进行角色表演活动，学会对某一发明做出评价并确定其能束获得专利。

1.5 Learning about Language 分两部分。第一部分要求学生利用填空、改写句子的方式复习所学词汇及表达法。第二部分重点练习过去分词作定语的用法。

1.6 Using Language分成四部分。第一部分Reading要求学生阅读一篇介绍发明家Alexander Graham Bell的文章并回答有关问题，了解电话发明者贝尔的发明及其成功的原因。第二部分Listening and Speaking是一段关于Zhou Rui对一家发明公司的工程师进行电话采访的听力材料。要求学生掌握电话交谈常用表达；并在此基础上进行角色扮演活动，即求职者与公司考核人员之间的电话交谈。第三部分Writing要求学生写一封求职信，列举自己的优势、特长和工作经历向这家发明公司提出求职申请。

分课时教案

The First Period

Speaking Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language ：

discovery, application, evaluate, presentation, alternative, messenger, get together, make a case for, add up 2. Ability goals

Enable the students to talk about information and different. 3. Learning ability goals

Help the students learn how to talk about inventions and discoveries. Teaching important & difficult points

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How to talk about inventions and discoveries. Teaching methods

Discussion. Teaching aids

A computer and a projector.

Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Warming up Talk about inventions and discoveries. T: The importance of inventions to social progress can never be changed. Each invention carries the world a step forward and provides stimulation for later ones. Whit inventions turning up all the time, our world is always taking on a new look. But do you know what an invention is? S1: The creation of something new S2: A creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation. S3: The creation of new things. …

Ask the students to talk about the pictures with the teacher’s help, and then discuss the first two questions. T: And what is a discovery? What’s the difference between a discovery and an invention? Now look at the pictures on page 1. Work in pairs and talk about the three different things, telling them apart and giving reasons.

Show the following. 1. Which o these pictures show inventions? Does any of them show discoveries? 2. Work out two rules that will help you decide what is a discovery and what is an invention? S1: I think the first two are inventions, i. e. the amphibious car and Stevenson’s “Rocket” while the last picture about the DNA is a kind of discovery. Because the first two products were quite new to people at that time and no one had ever seen

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or designed such kind of vehicles before though some others had made similar cars or machines which had less functions and advantages as these two. I think the picture about the DNA is a kind of scientific discovery in biology because such cells and their structure do exist in living creatures and they have been found out by a certain scientist and are made known to the public nowadays. So I think a discovery is something existing before but unknown while an invention is something unknown and not existing before. S2: I think the first two pictures show us great human inventions about the transportation because they were invented by people for certain purposes and they had special advantages and could satisfy people’s needs in some ways. On the other hand the third picture showing the formation of DNA is a kind of discovery because these special cells exist and function in the body of life all the time no matter who discovers it or when and where it is discovered. In my opinion a discovery is something found out or brought to view now but it was unknown before while an invention is something created or designed by people, which is completely new not only now but in the past. T: Well, from these pictures we can see that there lies differences between a discovery and an invention. There are certain rules or questions you should pay attention to while distinguishing them. Did it exist in the past? Is it created or developed by people? An invention is something that is created by a human being, such as the lightning rod. To the contrary, a discovery merely makes known something that already existed in nature, such as the discovery on the New Continent by Columbia. OK. Let’s go on with some other questions of this part. You may talk with your partner first before we have a check five minutes later. Show the following. What modern inventions do you know? Describe them to your partner and how useful they are in life today. S1: Adidas 1 is the thinking shoes with a built-in microprocessor that decides how soft or firm the wearer needs the support. It has been chosen by Popular Science magazine as the best recreation invention of 2004. It is very comfortable to wear 6

it all day without worrying about your toes being hurt and you can adjust the height and stiffness according to your demands whenever you want and wherever you go. Thus it is a very practical choice for both the young and the old when having exciting sports outdoors or resting at home during holidays. S2: Camera phones have opened up a new way to communicate. Because many of them look like regular cell phones, you can snap pictures as discreetly as any spy and, with the push of a few buttons, pop them into an e-mail or upload them to the Web in less than a minute. No wires or to the Web in less than a minute. No wires or computer hookups necessary. To be sure, most camera phones end up taking pictures of friends family, babies and pets. But they have also been used to snap pictures of VIPs at private parties, copy recipes from cookbooks at bookstores and even document crimes in progress. But with an estimated 80 million camera phones sold in 2003, 6 million in the U. S. alone− the cat may already be out of the camera bag. Like it or not, these camera phones have been very popular and widely used by people even today. S3: A kind of robot heart called AbioCor was invented in 2001. On July 2, 2001, the 59-year-old grandfather and retired librarian Robert Tools became the first human to get one. It’s been long since the operation, and Tools’ new heart is still beating. He can walk a city block without stopping and he’s even making plans for the future. Though not everybody needs a new heart, hundreds of thousands eventually may. Nor will an artificial heart rid the world of sickness or poverty or terror. But sometimes it really helps. T: Very good! I am glad to see that all of you have known so many modern inventions both at home and abroad and you have thought a lot about them. It’s certain that modern discoveries and inventions do have great effects in people’s life and can always represent the advanced science and technology, so you should to distinguish them and make good use of them.

Step II Talking T: Suppose you are working for a mobile company. It is your job to suggest new ways

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of developing a mobile. In pairs discuss some new applications of a mobile. Make a list of the ones you like and that seem the most useful. Choose one you both like and think will be popular with other people. Now work in groups of four to discuss the question. S1: I suggest the new applications of mobile should be: portable entertainment players, cameras, membership and loyalty cards, guidebooks, maps, tickets, watches, and devices for accessing everything from news to corporate databases. Among them, we like the applications of devices for accessing everything from news to corporate databases. We both think they are useful and will soon be popular with others in the near future because the ability will enable a whole class of workers to rely less on their memory and more on their company’s and even world’s knowledge maintenance, sales construction, transportation, taxicab drivers, and many other workers spend a great deal of time from offices. Thus, when they need information, they must either have it in their heads or stop what they are doing and make a pone call. S2: I think the new mobiles can be developed better with 4G to listen to the radio, watch TV, play games, do shopping, chat on the QQ, surf the internet, control the electrical equipment at home in the distance, give off harmless rays and be used as computers with special operating systems which can do business, have fun and work as intelligent P4 computers. Among them, we like the new application of surfing the internet and doing shopping and we both think they are useful and will soon be popular among youngsters because it is very convenient for people to find various useful information whenever and wherever possible. As there are different kinds of goods to choose from online and it’s very funny and exciting to make choices and buy what we need at a reasonable price without going out and bargain with sellers in the markets. …

T: Very good. Now get together with another pair to discuss whether your suggestion is a good one. Make a case for your idea. Let the other pair evaluate it. Then swap so that you evaluate their idea. Decide which idea you like better and prepare to 8

explain it. Then present it to the class. S1: I think the first classmate’s expectation that the mobile phones can do so much, maybe more than they can offer. The mobile phones usually have limited size and capacity. So I think it will take time before the mobiles are designed to meet his needs. S2: I think it’s practical and meaningful for the second classmate to develop the mobiles in that way. Though it has been used in some ways but we can do better because every day we have much information to look for and different types of things to do and the smart mobile can make it more convenient for us to achieve our goals in life. …

T: Now, I’d like you to discuss in groups and try to tell the other about your ideas and the others who act as the leaders of the company may ask some questions for him or her to answer. Then I’d like some of you to report your group work.

Five minutes later. (L=Leader of the company) S: I think the new mobiles can be developed better with 4G to watch TV and do shopping on the internet. L1: Well, have you thought about the cost of this kind of new mobile which has a large capacity and such functions. S: Yes. I’ll make a good survey of the international electronic markets in advance and try to reduce the cost as much as possible. L2: Are you sure of the security measures of using these mobiles, especially when they are used to shop on the internet. S: Sure. I’ll keep the new mobiles designed so in order that they will give warning messages whenever there is misleading information or dishonesty in selling and buying things on the internet. L3: I think it would be difficult for the new mobile of limited size to be used to watch live broadcast and pick out all sorts of goods on the internet. Have you taken these into consideration?

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S: Yes. Now, I come to realize that I have to design the mobiles with larger screens, which can make it more convenient and comfortable for the users. Thank you! T: Very good! I can see all of you have done a good job in the presentation. Next I want you to evaluate the ideas using the following criteria. First, do you know about the words, Such as originality and quality argument? S: Yes, originality just means the quality of being new and interesting and quality argument just means different opinions about the quality of the product. T: Quite right! Now let’s look at the criteria and go on with the next step. Show the following

Idea Originality Usefulness Presentation Quality of argument Total score

After each group has taken part, add up the scores and award the contract to the winner! T: Next, I’d like to divide you into four teams and the leader of the company will write down the scores according to the criteria while helping everyone present the ideas. At last the winner will be awarded in class.

Step III SPEAKING TASK (若时间不足，可做为课后作业) T: Leonardo da Vinci was not only a painter, but a true inventor. Now look at the picture in 1 on page 68. I’d like you to work in pairs and discuss what this invention of Leonardo da Vinci was. Several alternative explanations are provided, but only one is correct. Be prepared to give your ideas to the class with your reasons. Score 1---- 4 1---- 4 1---- 4 1---- 4 1---- 4 5---- 20 Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Team 4

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S: I think it’s a kind of water slide because we can clearly see the long slide way connecting the water tower, equipment on the roof of the building and the base on the ground. If there is a lack of water down on the ground, the working machine will be used so carry water from the tower above to the ground along the slide way. Just so, this specially fixed machine can also carry water up to store in the tower if the water on the ground is more than needed. This kind of invention is really useful especially in some dry or mountainous areas. T: Good! You are very creative in thinking about the use of the machine in different cases and from this we can see Leonard da Vinci is really a great inventor. He contributed to people’s everyday life besides painting wonderful pictures. Well, let’s go on with Activity 2. Please look at the pictures and read the instructions below, discuss in groups and finish the exercises. Sample answers: What was its possible use? Why? 1. Its possible use is calculation because it is usually called “the Chinese computer” by foreigners. 2. Its possible use is to spread the development of culture because it is usually used to print papers for people to read. 3. Its possible use is to tell the exact time because it is invented with hands of hour, second and minute.

Step IV Project T: “Creativity is the soul of a nation and an inexhaustible source of a country’s prosperity.” Chinese former President Jiang Zemin said in the speech delivered on November 24 to the scientific and technological community in the Science City of About the 17th France About the late 15th Germany When and where did it appear in Europe? About the middle of the 15th in Russia

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Novosibirsk. As a young generation, every one of us should be creative and inventive in order to contribute more to make our country richer and more beautiful. Now, please look at the project exercise on page 69. I’d like you first read the introductions and then discuss in pairs about the pictures and solutions to the problems. Finally I’d like someone to present your work.

One possible solution: S: In this kind of situation, I will have to use the sticks and ropes to make a fishing rod with the nails made in shape of hooks. I will cut the pumpkin or the nuts on the trees into halves so as to make a water container. And as for the shelter I’d use the piece of cloth combined with sticks, ropes and nails. I will have to need a magnifying glass found on the island to focus the heat on the leaves and wood so that there will be much smoke rising from the fire caused by the strong light and heat from the sun. If I’m not lucky enough to be saved by someone, I would have to use the ropes cut by the knife to link the pieces of wood together so as to make a raft as means of escape. T: Good! You all have good imaginations and you have known much about how to design and make effective inventions especially in emergency. I am very proud of you and I’m sure you will do more research about the inventions after class until you make them perfect.

Step V Homework Ask the students to do the following. 1. Search for more information about mobiles on the Internet. 2. Prepare for the listening part on page 26. The Second Period Listening Teaching goals

1. Target language：

refrigerator, court, version, hang on, out of order, get through, ring back, ring off Hang on, please. I’m sorry, but this phone is out of order. 12

I can’t get through.

I must ring off now because Can I ring back later 2. Ability goals

Enable the students to listen to the description o mobile phones and make a telephone interview 3. Learning ability goals

Help the students learn how to listen to the description of mobile phones and make a telephone interview Teaching important & difficult points

How to talk about inventions and discoveries. Teaching methods

Listening and cooperative learning Teaching aids

A computer and a projector, a recorder

Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Revision and lead-in Greet the Ss as usual. Talk about the applications of mobiles T: Telephone is really a great invention in human history. With it, we can talk with friends, families or others far away from. Suppose you want to apply for a job in James Dyson’s company in England. The quickest and cheapest way may be a telephone conversation. So you ring up one of his engineers to ask what kind of person he needs. Now work in pairs and make a telephone conversation with your partner. Remember to ask for as much information as you can. Of course, we have learned about how to make telephone calls in English. Who can give me some examples? S: I will try. When making a telephone call, we often say: Hello! Is that … speaking? Yes, this is … Can I take a message? Wait a minutes, please, and so on.

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T: But the following expressions may be of great help. Before listening, please read and learn them by heart. Show the following. Hold the line, please. Hang on, please. Just a moment, please. I’m sorry, but this phone is out of order.

I can’t get through.

I’ll ring him / her up again.

I must ring off now because …

T: Now you may work with your partner and discuss about the questions and answers. A sample dialogue S: Hello! Is that James Dyson’s company

E: Yes, who’s that?

S: This is Li Ping,. Is that the personnel manager. E: Just a moment, please. Sorry. He isn’t here right now. Can I take a message?

S: No, thanks. Maybe I’ll ring him again some other time. By the way, May I ask you some questions? E: Sure, go ahead. S: I want to apply for a job in your company and I want to ask what kind of person you need. E: Well, as far as I know, we need some skilled workers who are good at machinery and have a good knowledge of repairing some electrical equipment use at home, for example washing machined, refrigerator, electric fan and so on S: Are we graduates needed in some departments in your company? E: It’s hard to say now. Maybe you will have some chance to work and learn in some department, but you have to wait and see. If you are free, you may call the personnel manager at three o’clock this afternoon.

S: OK, I will. By the way, how much will I get if I can work as your colleague? E: Usually the average salary for newcomers is $2,000 per month. And you may get a 14

rise if you progress well o r have some inventions in your work. S: Well. I know. I must ring off now because I have to go back home for lunch. Thanks a lot. E: Goodbye and good luck. T: next please swap roles and answer your partner’s questions. Remember you must behave as if you are a member of Dyson’s company Dyson’s company and answer the questions honestly.

Step II Listening and Speaking T: Zhou Rui has decided to do a project on living British inventor called James Dyson. So he telephoned Dyson’s company in England to interview one of his engineer about the great man’s ideas. Now listen to the conversation between them and finish the exercises on page26. Before that, please look through the introductions first. Ask the students to finish the exercises after listening and then check the answers with them. T: While listening, you’d better make notes of the listening points like this.

Show the following The object of his invention: The problem of his invention The improvement of his invention Step III Listening T: Millions of people in China and around the world use cellular phones. They Are such great inventions--- with a cell phone, you can talk to anyone on the planet from just about anywhere. These days, cell phones provide an unbelievable array of functions, and new ones are being added at breakneck pace. Now look at the pictures and questions on page 62. Work in pairs and have a discussion about the three questions. Sample answers: S1: A mobile phone can now be used to receive phone calls, sent and receive

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messages, listen to music, watch videos, surf the internet and so on. I find it very useful to use the mobile pones to make telephone calls and sent and receive messages because we should always be informed and it’s important and necessary to communicate with each other in modern society. I also expect a mobile phone to show pictures of the person I called so that we can see clearly whether we are calling the right person and I hope one day we can use it to have meetings with people in the distance, and see films and show DVD in public. S2: Nowadays mobile phones can be used to do calculations, take pictures in life, play games, chat online, set time limit, wake up people, find out various information online and son on. I find they are very useful because we use them to play games and chat online and talk with friends about different subjects. I expect mobile phones can be used one day to watch TV, cook meals, pick up foreign languages, do homework and take exams for me. Then I’ll be free from different kinds of worries and complaints about live a more comfortable and convenient life. Show the followings: The mobile phone Mary will buy: The extra applications of mobiles: The extra application of the 3-G mobiles: The reason why Mary is worried: The advantages of the 3-G mobiles: What might go wrong? Then check the answers with the Ss.

Step IV Listening Task Deal with the Listening task on page 67 T: First look at the three pictures on page 67 and discuss what inventions they might be. Any opinions? S: It looks as if it is a kind of machine moving on wheels and it can move very fast driven by a certain kind of force. T: It is another invention by Leonardo da Vinci. Now listen to the tape and decide if 16

you agree with people on the tape. What do you think it was? Fill in the chart below with the ideas of the two girls and make your won suggestions. Now please listen to the tape and fill in the chart on page 67. Make some notes while listening as follows. Show the following Listening points: The girls’ suggestion

Reasons for Reason against: My suggestion: Then check the answers. Step V Homework Ask the students to Listen to the material again about different inventions and their functions and applications. Finish the Exercise in the workbook USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS on page 63-64. The Third Period

Reading(Ⅰ)

Teaching goals

1. Target language：

Patent, distinguish, product, power, perfume, cube, abrupt, abruptly, convenient, expectation, monitor, passive, criterion, valid, application, file, rod, call up, now and then, set about, in case The first thing I tried to do was…

Between the outside and inside there is…

Nor will you receive a paten until

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to find out that your product really is different from…

Only after you have had that recognition can you say that…

2. Ability goals

Enable the students to describe the problem of the snakes and what has been done

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by the writer to solve the problem. Make them realize it takes steps to catch the snakes and it’s not easy to get a patent. 3. Learning ability goals

How s to describe the problem of the snakes and what has been done by the writer to solve the problem. Teaching important & difficult points

Lean how to meet the requirements of getting a patent Teaching methods

Task-based method and cooperative learning Teaching aids

A computer and a projector, a recorder

Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Revision

1.

Greetings 2.

Check the answers to the multiple choices in Using Words and Expressions. 3.

Ask some students to show the answers to the preview questions. Sample answers: 1.

The problem talked about in the text is how to catch snakes in the courtyard. 2.

The writer solved the problem in different steps. For example placing the frozen bowl and the ice cubes on top

of the bowl to keep it cook, freezing the bowl and ice cubes again in the evening as the temperature was staring to cool and using a net used for catching fish.

Step II Pre-reading T: Problem can arise everywhere at any time. Now here is a problem of snakes. Look at the title of the reading passage. What can you guess about the content of the passage from the title? To answer the question you should try to predict the content of the reading material by reading the title and looking at the pictures in the text. The title of the text is THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES. Next I’d like 18

you to discuss the questions with your partner.. Then you are supposed to report your work. Are you clear? After a few minute Then ask the Ss to judge the right order of stages of inventions. Step III While Reading Get the Ss to comprehend the passage carefully and accurately, and then divide the text into several parts and work out the main idea for each paragraph. T: Now please read the passage carefully, divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea of each part. PartⅠ (Para.1) the discovery of the problem of snakes PartⅡ (Para.2-3) the research on the approaches to solve the problem PartⅢ (Para.4-6) the attempts to catch the snakes PartⅣ (Para.7-8) the requirements of getting a patent. Ask Ss to go over the whole text again and analyze the text in details. Discuss the following questions. Show the followings: 1.

What are the writing techniques of this text? 2.

What’s the main idea of the text? 3.

What should we learn from this text? 4.

What’ the writing purpose of the writer? Sample answers: 1. In this text the writer puts forward the problem of the snakes, makes research and analyzes the problem, lists the steps of solving the problem according to the arrangement of ideas, and finally illustrates what is needed for getting a apatent. By listing the creative steps she takes to catch the snakes without hurting the, the writer has efficiently recorded and narrated to the readers the beginning, the development and the final result of the incident clearly. 2. The text narrates the problem of snakes and present the procedures of catching them and applying for a patent, from which we have got a better understanding of how to do scientific researches and how to apply for a patent. After learning, we know

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that it usually costs some time and continuous efforts in order to solve some practical problems in a scientific way. 3.We can learn from the text the way of doing scientific research and how to apply for a patent. We can also learn that it takes an inventor great determination and persistence to achieve his or her ambition in life. 4. The writer wants to inform us of the scientific methods to solve present problems so that we students can not only broaden the horizons but become more skilled in discovering and considering carefully the problems in daily life. We are also encouraged by the writer to be creative and hardworking as well as thinking independently. Help Ss deal with difficult language points in the text. “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.我设法做的第一件事情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

“Between the outside and inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes hard when cooled. =when it is cooled 在碗的内外侧，有一些冰果冻，

冷却时他们会冻得很结实。

Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out that your product really is different from everybody else’s. (倒装) 直到做了一次调查研究后你的产品确实与众不同，

这时你才会获得专利。

Step IV Comprehending Task1: Exercise 1 T: Now , please look at Exercise 1 on page 21. Listen to the recording of the passage to get the answers to the questions. While listening, pay more attention to the correct pronunciation and tone. Then read the text by yourselves to get the answers to the next questions. You can work in groups. Task2: Exercise 2 Now I’d like you to go on and solve the problems in Ex 2. Step V Homework Ask the students to do the followings. 20

1. Go over the whole passage and learn the key sentences in the text by heart and prepare for the in-class blank filling. 2. Prepare for Leaning about Language and Using Structures.

The Fourth Period

Grammar Teaching goals

1. Target language：

committee, bear, jam, mess, expectation, embarrasses, traffic jam, set about, take up So nothing went according to plan and that is why …

The twin sisters are so much alike that …

The weather upset … so much that …

When I watch …, I feel as if …

2. Ability goals

Enable the students to use the past particles as the attribute, predicative and object complement 3. Learning ability goals

Help the students lean how to use the past particles as the attribute, predicative and object complement Teaching important & difficult points

How to use the past particles correctly Teaching methods

Task-based method, individual work and practice Teaching aids

A computer and a projector, a blackboard

Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Revision Check the students’ homework and ask the student to retell the text.

A sample retelling version: My mother lived in the countryside and was upset about the snakes in the yard.

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She wanted me to help her get rid of them. How to catch these snakes without hurting them? First I checked if there were produc5ts that might help, but there seemed to be only some powders. So I had to find out a new way. I began researching the habits of snakes. Then I decided on three possible ways and used the last one: to cool the snakes and catch them. I bought an ice-cream maker and took the owl from the machine. I put some jelly on the outside and inside walls of the bowl. Then I put the bowl into the freezer and waited. At the same time, I prepared some ice-cubes. In the following two days, I tried to catch them. But I failed. Then I decided to use a net to catch the snakes after they became passive. This time, I made it. My friends and relations pressed me to send my invention to the patent office to get recognition. So I filled the form and filed may patent application with the patent office and waited for the result. Ask the Ss to translate some sentences or spell some key words in the text. Show the followings 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. “Between the outside and inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes hard when cooled. Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out that your product really is different from everybody else’s.

Step II Grammar focus T: Now, please look carefully at some examples on the slides and answer some questions below. Show the followings: 1. The Titanic is a sunken ship in the ocean. 2. The book intended as a surprise to him was lost in the mail. 3. He seems moved to tears by the film. 22

4. If bitten by a snake, you should call for help. 5. We left them caught in the storm. Ask Ss an array of questions: 1.

What’ the function of the words in bold?

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What kind of voice do they have? Why? 3.

What part of speech does each of them have? 4.

What’ the difference between the structures of the first two sentences? Can you rewrite them in attributive clause?

Step III Discovering Useful Structure Since you have got familiar with the useful structures of the past participle, now let’ look at Exercise 1 of Part 2 on page 23. First I’d like you to look at the example and talk about the part of speech of the past participle and when look through the text and find out three more sentences used in this way. Step IV Practice （Using Structures in Workbook）

Ask the Ss to look at the pictures on page 65 and try to talk about them using the –ing form and the past participles.

(In an asking and answering way.)

If time permits, continue Exercise designed for practice of past participle in workbook. Step V Homework Ask the students to do the followings. 1. Finish the Exercise in work book and supplement material on grammar 2. Preview the reading materials in Using Language The Fifth Extensive Reading Teaching goals

1. Target language：

forehead, dot, tap, wire, straw, current, importance, helicopter, triangle, stable, practical, beaten track, dive into, set out (to do), in truth He found that by pressing his lips against …

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He designed a machine that …

Although he will always be known for …, he was …

He realized that by understanding how …

2. Ability goals

Enable the Ss to learn about the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell and his inventions. 3. Learning ability goals

Help the Ss learn how the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell invented telephones Teaching important & difficult points

How the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell invented telephones Teaching methods

Task-based method, listening and reading Teaching aids

A computer and a projector, a recorder

Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Revision and Lead-in Check the homework. Get the Ss to put the following sentences into English. Show the followings: 1.

一阵闪电过后，接着是一声巨响。

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被汽车撞伤的小孩马上被送到了医院。

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这本书是用浅显的英语写的，

适合初学者。

4.

那位手持鲜花的姑娘也许在等待被警方带走的那个男人。

Sample answers: 1.

There was a sudden burst of lightening followed by a terrible noise. 2.

The boy hurt by the car was sent to the hospital immediately. 3.

This book, written in simple English, is suitable for beginners. 4.

The flower-carrying girl may be waiting for the man taken away by the police. Step II Pre-reading 24

T: Please look at the picture of the great inventor on page25. First I’d like you to discuss the following questions. Show the followings. 1.

What do you know about the inventor? 2.

How useful is his invention to human society? After a few minute T: Now who’d like to show your answers?

S1: Let me try. I know Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland and he was very curious about the world around him when very young.

He did many tests to improve what he had invented and he had made many other inventions in his life. As we all know, it is very convenient for people to communicate with each other through telephones. Its is certainly true that telephones have become part of our everyday life. Living in this “information age”, we cannot bear a world without the riming of phones almost anywhere. S2: I think Bell was a very great inventor. He deeply loved his mother who was almost deaf and was determined to do something for the disabled to live a better life. What a great son! I think he was also hardworking because he took a lot of trouble doing may experiments to solve the problems and invented a lot of things. I can’t imagine what the life would be like without telephones. Maybe we will live in a silent world without knowing of the things around us, which is unbearable for us human beings in modern society. And it becomes more and more important to use telephones to receive and send information with the development of modern IT. …

Step III Listening & Reading Let the Ss read the four questions first to get general idea of what should be paid attention to and then play the tape for Ss to follow. When they finish, let them exchange notes with their partners and find the supporting sentences. Then check the answer with the whole class. T: Now please read the first sentence of each paragraph and the key words in bold and

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then tell me the main ideas of it. （After a few minutes）. S: It mainly talks about the life of Alexander Graham Bell and how he made the great inventions. T: Very good! Next please go through the four questions on page 26 and find the anser after listening. Ask the Ss to listen to the recording and try to answer the questions. Sample answers: 1.

Because of curiosity, he became interested in helping deaf people communicate and then he began to explore around problems that led to his most famous invention. He had a flash inspiration when he noticed that the straw drew sound wave on a piece of smoked glass, and then he did many experiments to improve the telegraph until at last he invented the first telephone. 2.

He thought the key to his success was his curiosity and great efforts. 3.

Besides the telephone, Bell also experimented with helicopter designs and flying machines. When experimenting putting triangles together, he discovered the tetrahedron shape, which has proved very valuable in design of bridges. 4.

Because the inventions of the telephone is more important and useful in communicating and improving the quality of everybody’s life.

Step IV Reading Task Do you know about the world famous painting “Mona Lisa”?

Sure. The woman is very attractive especially with her perfect smile! Do you know who painted the great picture? Yes. His name is Leonardo da Vinci, a great Italian artist. Do you think Leoanrdo da Vinci is really a good painter? What else do yo know he is famous for? Of course. As far as I know, he is an Italian artist, scientist, and engineer, and an all- round genius whose paintings and inventions changed the world. As he intended to be painter by profession he carefully studied drawing form life. Besides, he made designs 26

for mills, working machines and engines that could be driven by water power. In a word, he is a true Renaissance. Good. Leonardo da Vinci is in fact an outstanding talent in many fields. Now, I’d like you to read a passage entitled Was Leonardo Da Vinci Just a Pianter? Then ask the Ss to do exercise 1 and exercise 2 Ask the Ss to do Exercise 3, that is, having a discussion Step V Reading Task Ask Ss to write a short article to introduce Da Vinci Finish Exercises in Best English. The Sixth Period

Writing Teaching goals

1. Target language：

Assistant, grateful, version, debate, conclusion, reaction, leave out, attract attention, water container I would like to apply to become…

I would be grateful if you could…

If that is the case, you must discuss which…

2. Ability goals

Enable the Ss to write a successful letter to apply for a job 3. Learning ability goals

Help Ss learn how to write an application letter for a certain job Teaching important & difficult points

How to write an application letter Teaching methods

Task-based method, Teaching aids

A computer and a projector Teaching procedures & ways

Step I Revision and Lead-in Check the homework. Ask some Ss to show their work.

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A sample version: Leonardo da Vinci is honored by people not only as a successful painter but a great inventor. He was born n a poor family but he had such a gift for painting that he was accepted by a famous painter from Florence to develop his drawing skills. He learned a lot about the design and structure of various machines and developed a new attitude towards machines, which made it possible for him to produce more drawings of mechanical ideas and create perfect workings machines. Da Vinci was such a talented man that he was skilled in almost every field he turned his attention to.

Step II Pre-Writing T: In the listening period, we have known something about James Dyson and his Company. Do you remember? Yes. He is a famous British inventor who has made great inventions. T: Would you like to get a job in his company in the future? Why? Sure. I think it will be pleasant and worthwhile for us young people to have a chance to go abroad and work in a famous company like this. I’m sure both my English and my work experience can be greatly improved if I am lucky enough to work there. T: If there is a job of an assistant his company, what will you do in order to get it? I will first make phone call to the personnel manager and ask for as much information as possible so as to get well prepared for the job interview. In the letter to the company I would like to list all my skill , experiences and abilities in all aspects and try my best to get the job.

Step. Ⅲ Writing T: Next, please write a letter to apply for the job as an assistant, please read the instructions in the writing part on page 27 first. A sample version: I would like to apply to become an assistant in your company. As a child I often accompanied my father to his small coin shop and spent hours watching him work. 28

When I grew up, I sometimes set up displays, waited on customers, and even balanced the books. The experience instilled in me the desire to own and manage my own business someday, yet I understand that the business world today is more complex. This complexity requires more education, and with that in mind, I am applying to work in your company to gain more experience and learn more about business. In addition to my helping out in my father’s business, I have had numerous other work experiences that further enhance my qualifications for this job. My resume enumerates the various positions I have held at Kerasotes Theaters, Chili’s restaurants, and Indiana University’s new Student Recreational Sports Center, and what all of these positions have in common is an emphasis on serving the public effectively. Further, as an assistant manager at the Showplace 11 and a staff coordinator at the SRSC, I have gained valuable expertise in managing employees and creating work schedules. Both of these positions have allowed me to develop my sales and personal skills, which are extremely important in an increasingly service-driven market place.. Also, I recently participated in an internship program for academic credit with the Eli Lilly Corporation in the personnel division. As a management intern, I was able to watch the working opportunity to combine my experiences with the theoretical background available in the MBA program at UUB, with its emphasis on computers, marketing and human resources. My successful internship is one element of my overall academic success as an undergraduate at IUB, with its emphasis on computers, marketing and human resources. My successful internship is one element of my overall academic success as an undergraduate at IUB, yet I have also made time for a variety of extracurricular activities, including working for my sorority and competing in intramural basketball matches. My positives experiences here have resulted in my desire to work in your company; further more, continuing my education here would allow me to make important business contacts, with the career goal of opening my own computer consulting firm in the near future.

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Step Ⅳ Writing Task (page 68) T: look at the writing task on page 68, read the instructions and write an entry for an encyclopedia. Leaving it for homework.

Step Ⅴ Homework Ask the Ss to complete the writing task in workbook. Ask the Ss to summarize what they have learned in this unit and prepare for the next unit. 30