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Unit 3

Inventors and inventions Reading

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The problem of the snakes Step 1 1.

Part I (Para 1):

the discovery of the problem of the snakes. (Paras 2-3): the research on the approaches to solve the problem. Part III (Paras4-6): the attempts to catch the snakes. Part IV (Paras7, 8): the requirements of getting a patent. 2.Fast Reading

to finish the best choice on the PPT

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3. words and phrases 1. 打电话

2. 有时, 偶尔

3. 摆脱, 赶走

4. 使自己扬名, 显摆自己

5. 生物

6. 一种新方法

7. 着手, 开始

8. 决定

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9. 把它们引入陷阱

10. 一个制作冰淇淋的器具

11. 同时

4. Phrases and Sentences 12. 消失在墙壁附近的洞里

13. 提起, 拿起

14. 根据

15. 温顺的蛇

16. 把它们都释放到野外

17. 被某人督促

18. 专利局

19. 填表

20. ……的问题

Step3 Language points 1. go through

1) 经历(不愉快的事) 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.

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A terrible noise went through the house. 5) 穿过, 通过

2. do research on /into 从事, 进行, 做研究

e.g. They are carrying out a research

into the causes of cancer. 注意: research可作可数名词和不可数

名词, 有自己的单复数形式。

但是短语do research on/into/in...

中research 为不可数名词。

3. When I called up my mother in the countryside

on the telephone, she was very upset. call up

打电话, 使……回忆起

今晚我会给你打电话。

I’ll call you up tonight. (ring sb. up)

老相片引起了我对童年的回忆。

The old photo calls up memories of my

childhood. (recall sth.)

召唤某人回来; 再访; 回电话

需要, 要求, 接(人或物) 邀请; 请来

拜访(人),号召

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拜访(某地) --Can I do the job? --I’m afraid not, because it __D_ skill and patience.

A. calls on

C. calls up

拜访某地+sp. 拜访某人+ sb. 4. now and then 时而; 不时

= sometimes 我偶尔看见他，但不常见。I see him now and then, but not often. 我有时喜欢去看歌剧。I like to go to the opera now and then. from time to time

(every) now and again

from now on 5. Here was a chance for me to distinguish

myself by inventing something…

distinguish oneself

显扬自己, 使自己扬名

e.g. The man distinguished himself by his wisdom. distinguish

vt. & vi.

1) 辨别; 辨认

e.g. 我分不清这对双胞胎，因为他们太像了。

I can’t distinguish the twins for they are so alike.

从远处我能认出他们。

I can distinguish them at a distance. 2) (常与from, between连用) 区别; 区分

distinguish A from B

把A与B加以分开

B. calls out

D. calls for

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distinguish between A and B

辨别A和B 你能区分那两个物体吗？

应当教育孩子分辨是非。

Children should be taught to ___________________________. Can you distinguish between those two objects? distinguish right from wrong 语言把人和动物区别开来。

Speech _____________________________. 象因为有长鼻子而有别于其他动物。

Elephants _________________ by their long

trunks. You should be able to ______ right from wrong.

A. differ

B. distinguish

C. determine

D. observe distinguishes men from animals are

distinguished

distinction distinctive n. 区别, 差异

adj.

有特色的, 与众不同的

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2) seem的归纳总结

①seem +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.

He seemed to be a good leader. 2. seem

to do / be doing / have done 似乎要做/正在做/已经做了…

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It seems as if/ as though...

There seems (to be )….

seem 构成的句式: It seems that everyone was satisfied.

It seems as if you are the first one here. There seems (to be) no reason for

believing him. 16 seem 表示有某种根据的判断, 这种判断往往

接近事实或者符合事实。

appear 从外表或者表面上看来“似乎, 好像”,

有时暗含“事实上并非如此”之意。

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look 强调视觉上的印象。

It appears a true story.

He looks a perfect fool. Do let your mother know all the truth. She

appears __D__ everything.

A. to tell

B. to be told C. to be telling

D. to have been told 7. But there only seemed to be powders

designed to kill snakes.

powder

n. 粉, 粉末; 药粉; 火药

grain sth. into powder 把磨成粉

8. I set about researching the habits of snakes

so I could trap them in the easiest way. 1) set about =set out: to begin or start 着手; 开始

他一到那儿就着手解决问题。

He __________________________ as soon as

he arrived there. = He ________________________ as soon as

he arrived there. set about solving the problem set out to solve the problem set out 的另一个意思为“动身”, “出发”, 后面常

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跟介词for。

他们已出发到上海去了。

They have set out (= set off ) for Shanghai. set out

set out to do sth. be in the habit out of habit

break the habit develop/form the habit of 2) habit

n. 习惯

出于习惯

打破……的习惯

养成……习惯

habit 通常指个人经常性的行为

custom 一般指整个社会在一段时间里的

行为、风俗

practice 指惯例, 也指商业或者法律上的

常规做法。

有……的习惯

9. Between the outside and inside

walls of the bowl there is some jelly,

which freezes hard when cooled.

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when cooled 的构成: 连词when +过去分

词, 相当于when 引导的状语从句: when it

is cooled. While unfinished, he was ugly, but now he

was a living horror. while unfinished,... = when/while 引导的时间状语从句中的主语,

如果与主句的主语相同, 常常可用“when/

while +现在分词短语或者过去分词短语”

的结构来代替。

= You must be careful when crossing the

street. e.g. You must be careful when you cross

the street. While he was unfinished When ___D_ help, one often says “thank

you” or “ it’s kind of you”.

A. offering

B. to offer

C. to be offered

D. offered 原从句为主动结构时, 用when/while+现在分

词来代替; 原句为被动结构时, 用

when /while +过去分词短语来代替。

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10. They abruptly disappeared into a convenient

hole in the wall. 1) abruptly adv. 突然地, 唐突地

abrupt

adj.

突然的; 意外的

e.g. 这路有很多急转弯。

The road is full of ____________. 这会议突然结束了。

The meeting came to ______________. 我们的讨论突然给缩短了。

Our discussion was __________ curtailed. abrupt turns an abrupt end abruptly be convenient for sb.／sth. It is convenient for sb. to do sth. 对某人/某物便利/方便的

译：三点钟对你方便吗？

e.g. Will 3’oclock be convenient for you?

译：明天开始工作对你方便吗？

e.g. Will it be convenient for you to start work

tomorrow?

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2) convenient

adj. 便利的, 方便的

对某人来说做某事是方便的

1. Come and see me whenever _C____. A. you are convenient

B. you will be convenient

C. it is convenient to you

D. it will be convenient to you 2. If it is quite __A___ to you, I’ll visit you next Tuesday.

A. convenient

B. fair

C. easy

D. comfortable convenience

[U] 方便, 便利

[C] 方便的事

at one’s convenience

在某人方便的时候

e.g. Please do this job at your convenience. 11. expectation

n. 预料, 预期, 期待

e.g. He has little expectation of winning a

prize.

他对获奖不抱什么希望。

e.g. There is no expectation of snow tonight.

今晚预料无雪。

What he did was against all expectations.

他所做的完全出乎意料。

“……的期望, 期待”用of。

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12. monitor 1) vt.

监听, 收听

e.g. They have been monitoring the enemy’s

radio broadcasts to try to find out their

secret plans. 2) 密切监视, 监督

e.g. The teacher is monitoring an examination. 14. Only after you have had that recognition

can you say that you are truly an inventor.

only 修饰状语, 置于句首, 主句的语序需要倒装。

e.g. Only by working hard can we pass the exams. 13. passive adj. 被动的, 消极的; 不抵抗的;

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不活跃的

e.g. He played a passive role in the marriage.

15. Nor will you receive a patent until a search

has made to find out that your product really

is different from everybody else’s.

以否定词

no, not, never, hardly, seldom, neither, little等开头引导的句子, 句子的主句要部分倒装。

e.g. Never can you pass the exam if you don’t

devote yourself to your study. Never have I seen such an exciting film. Little did I know what was about to happen. 16. application

1) 申请, 请求

e.g. I made an application to the bank for a loan. 2) 实施

e.g. the strict application of the law

严明执法

apply

v. 申请, 请求, 实施

e.g. apply to the publishers for permission ～

to sb. for sth.

向某人申请……

apply the law strictly

严格的执行法律

step4 practice 1. Speech d___________ man from animals.

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2. He was r_______ from prison yesterday. 3. She was unable to b_____ the pain any longer. 4. The c_________ consists of 24 members. 5. Suddenly I felt a flash of

i__________. 6. His method is very p________. Step 5

Homework

1. Read the text again. 2. Finish the exercises in Learning about Language on Page 23.