Learning about Language教学设计第二课时

Where there is a will , there is a way .(Thomas Edison , American inventor) 有志者，事竟成。(美国发明家

爱迪生.T.) Book 8

Unit 3

Inventors and Inventions (阅读导学案) 主讲人：李娟丽

一、学习目标

1. 知识目标：理解课文，掌握文中的相关话题词汇和重要句型，培养快速阅读，整体理解的能力。

2. 技能目标：通过小组合作探究，主动质疑，学会查找细节信息，获取文章主旨的方法。

3. 情感目标：培养学生对发明创造的兴趣爱好，认识发明得到认可的过程，了解申请专利的标准，教会学生做生活的有心人，以极度的热情投入学习，享受英语阅读的快乐。

二、学习重点

培养学生查找细节信息的能力，让学生学会快速阅读的方法，养成良好的阅读习惯。

三、学习难点

1. 限时阅读，通过略读和根据关键词快速获取有用信息。

2. 知道文章作者尝试的捕蛇方法和申请专利的标准。

四、学习过程

Task1:Scanning Scan the text and divide it into 6 parts. Part1 (Para.

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A. Finding a problem Part2 (Para.

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B. Doing research Part3 (Para.

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C. Thinking of a creative solution Part4 (Para.

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D. Testing the solution Part5 (Para.

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E. Deciding on the invention Part6 (Para.

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F. Applying for a patent Task2: Skimming 1. Read the passage quickly and find out the answers of these questions, using skimming skill.

1). What was the mother upset about? 2). Did the author succeed at last? 2. Read the passage carefully and do the true or false exercise, list the reason if the statement is false, using skimming skill.

1). In this passage, the writer wants to encourage the readers to consider carefully the problems in daily life.(

) 2). The writer was successful in catching the snakes in the second attempt.(

) 3). An inventor can easily get the patent for the invention.(

) 4). The writer collected the passive snakes at his third attempt.(

) 5). If you have a scientific theory or mathematical model, you can get a patent(专利).(

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6). If your inventions pass the test, your application for a patent will be published 17 months from the date you apply.(

) Task3: Careful reading 1. Choose the best answer.

1). The purpose in writing this text is————. A. to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill them B. to tell people how to apply for a patent of the writer's new idea C. to introduce the writer's new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patent D. to tell the readers how to get a new idea and make it a patent 2). How did the writer catch the snakes? A.Using something to attract the snakes into a trap.

B. Taking their habitat to another place. C. Cooling the snakes so that they

became sleepy.

D. All the above.

3). What instruments were used for catching the snakes?

A. A bowl, ice-cubes, male perfume.

B. A bowl, a bucket, female perfume. C. A bowl, a small net, ice-cubes, a bucket.

D. A small net, a bucket, powders.

4). The biggest advantage of the writer's new idea is that ______.

A. it makes the snakes move slowly

B. it makes the snakes hardly bite us C. it is easier for us to kill the snakes without hurting ourselves

D. it is easier for us to catch the snakes without killing them 5). According to the text, which subject do

you think can be given a patent?

A. A new star discovered by a scientist.

B. A new novel written by Huo Da.

C. A new kind of grass found in a mountain which can be used as a medicine.

D. A new product to make dirty water clean. Task4:Reading for details 1). Why was the writer happy to help her mother? 2). Why didn’t the writer use the powders?

3). What were three possible approaches? Which one did the writer choose?

4). How many times did the author try to trap the snakes?

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5).Why did cooling the snakes make them less active?

Task5.Post reading

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Match the meaning of the words and expressions using the context. 1).The word “approach ” in the second paragraph can be replaced by________________.

A. arrival

B. method

C. movement

D. request 2).The habitat to an animal or plant is what the ____________to us humans. A. home

B. house

C. village

D. farm 3).The word “abruptly” in the sentence

“They abruptly disappeared into a convenient hole in the wall.” means______________ .

A. fast

B. quickly

C. suddenly and unexpectedly

D. completely 4).The word “released” in the last sentence of the sixth paragraph means________________.

A. returned

B. relaxed

C. dismissed

D. set free 5).“… unless they are truly novel” .What does the word

“novel” mean?

A. strange

B. unique

C. new and unusual

D. special 2．Fill in the blanks.

Snakes came near my mother’s house ____ ____ _____, which u____ my mother much, and she wanted me to ____ ____ ___them. So I ___ _____ researching the _____ of snakes to find the easiest way to _____ them. I thought of three possible a__________. I made up my mind to use the third one. I tried three times and the third _______ was finally successful. ________by my friends and relations, I decided to _____ the opportunity, hoping to get a ________ with my invention.

练习作业：

Work in groups and try to translate the following sentences, please pay more attention to the Black part and summarize usages. 1). Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something merciful

that would catch snakes but not hurt them. Translation: _____________________________________________________________________

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_______ 在本句中，主句以here开头，构成______, 以加强语气；

that引导_____从句，修饰先行词_______. 2). The first thing I did was to see if there were any products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes. Translation: ____________________________________________________________________________ 在本句中，划线部分用来做___语，前面两个是______从句，designed是

_____分词作定语，表被动。

3). Pressed by my friends and relations, I decided to seize

the opportunity to get recognition for my successful idea by sending my invention to the patent office. Translation: ____________________________________________________________________________ 在本句中，划线部分是_____分词做___语，与逻辑主语I 是_____关系。

4). Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor. Translation: ________________________

______. Only +状语放在句首，主句使用_____倒装，也就是把____动词、

动词、

动词放在主语之前。在本句中，after引导的是

状语从句。

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