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STEP 1 : Warming-up & lead-in

高二英语

编号：3G10YY005 组题人：曾苏霞

If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.

--Thomas Alva Edison如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以经验为参谋，以谨慎为兄弟，以希望为哨兵。

1. Pictures in warming-up: Which belongs to invention and which is a discovery? 2. Can you give more examples for inventions and discoveries? 3. Stages of scientific research _____ Applying for a patent

_____Finding a problem

_____Doing research

_____Testing the solution

_____Thinking of a creative solution

_____Deciding on the invention

STEP 2: Reading comprehension 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. 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 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 small net, ice-cubes, a bucket

D. a small net, a bucket, powders 4. Which statement is true according to the text? A. The snakes were so sleepy in the second attempt that they couldn't bite the writer at all.

B. Your product must be different from everybody else's if you want to receive a patent. C. The writer decided to send her invention to the patent office the moment she succeeded in catching the snakes. D. If an application for your product proves to be valid, you can get a patent immediately. 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 way to make dirty water clean. D. A new kind of grass found in a mountain which can be used as a medicine. STEP 3: Work out the main idea for each paragraph. P 1 ________the problem of the snakes

P 2 _________the research into the problem P 3

_________ on possible approaches

P 4 The first _________ to catch the snakes P 5

The second ________ to catch the snakes

P 6

The third __________ to catch the snakes P 7

___________ for a patent STEP 4 :Scanning for information paragraph

Stages

1 2 3 4,5,6 7

Examples

in

this

story

The

snake

must

be

________but

not______

Look

for

________

of

removal;

the

______

of

snakes

Identify

_______

possible

approaches:

choose______.

Try_____

times

to

make

it

work____________

_______in the form and ________patent application with the Patent Office STEP 5 : Detailed reading: Answer the questions on Page 21 STEP 6: Summary of the passage I

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a new way that would catch snakes but not harm them. the first thing I tried to do is to find powders

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to kill snakes. I

3

researching the habits of snakes, so I could trap them in the easiest way.

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with these findings, I decided on three possible

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, but failed. I had to

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my plan.

For the second

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, I tried to make them sleepy, but once

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, they would bite me. So I have to think of ways to improve my design again. After my third try, I collected the

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snakes and the next day we

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them all back into the wild. I succeeded and felt proud. Now I had

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in the form and filed my patent

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with the patent office.

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Step 1. Cloze based on the text __________the writer called up her mother in the country on the phone，she learned that snakes came near their house and that the snakes seemed _________________(make) their home near their house. The writer felt proud and considered_____a chance for her to distinguish_________________ by inventing something _______________would catch snakes but not harm them. She set about___________ (research) the habits of snakes. She decided to cool them so that they could be_______________(easy) caught. However，her first two plans were not successful. As a result，she had to attempt a ________________ time，which helped her fulfill her aim successfully. She was _______delighted that she was determined to send her__________________(invent) to the patent office to get recognition for her successful idea. Step 2. Useful expressions 打电话，唤起___________________

不时地，偶尔___________________ 除去，摆脱_____________________

通过…表现自己_________________ 生物___________________________

着手做…_______________________ 准备…_________________________

决定用…_______________________ 由不锈钢制成___________________

同时___________________________ 使碗保持冷却状态_______________

用…覆盖_______________________ 小心翼翼地_____________________

弯下去_________________________ 出于…的预料___________________

被证明是…_____________________ 放回野外_______________________

敦促某人做…___________________ 抓住机会做…___________________

让别人接受新想法_______________ 向…提交…_____________________

…的事情_______________________ 祝…好运_______________________ Step 3. language points 1. I set about researching the habits of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them. 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 out的另一个意思为“动身”，

“出发”，后面长跟介词for 他们以出发到上海去了。

_____________________________________. 2.They abruptly disappeared into a convenient hole in the wall. abruptly adv.突然地，唐突地

abrupt adj.突然的；意外的

A.这路有很多急转弯。The road is full of ________________. B.这会议突然结束了。The meeting came to ______________. C.我们的讨论突然给缩短了。Our discussion was ____________ curtailed. convenient

adj. 便利的，方便的

be convenient to sb.

it is convenient for sb.

it is convenient to do sth. D.三点钟对你方便吗？

________________________________ E.我想这个时候见你恐怕不大合适。

I’m afraid this isn’t ___________________ to see you.

F. Come and see me whenever________________. A. you are convenient

B. you will be convenient

C. It is convenient to you

D. it will be convenient to you G. If it is quite ______ to you, I will visit you next Tuesday. A. convenient

B. fair

C. easy

D. comfortable 3. But monitored carefully, the snakes proved to be no trouble and all went according to plan. prove (vt.)show that sth is true or certain by means of argument or evidence 证明；证实。例如：He has proved his courage in battles. 他已在战斗证明了自己的勇气。

模仿：事实证明人民的创造是无穷的。

_____________________________________________________________________ (vi)

be seen or found to be; turn out to be 原来（是）；被证明（是）。

这个方法/这种药被证明是非常有效的。

_____________________________________________________________________ 我的意见被证实是错的。

_____________________________________________________________________ Step 4 sentence pattern 1.___________(Prepare) with some research findings, I decided on three possible approaches. But once __________(pick) up, they tried to bite me. ____________(Press) by my friends and relations, I decided to send my invention to the patent office to get recognition for my successful idea.

But

____________(monitor) carefully, the snakes proved to be no trouble and all went according to plan.

[模仿要点] V-ed 状语，+ 主句

【模仿1】有电子词典的帮助，学生可以学得更多更快。

_____________________________________ 【模仿2】有知识的武装，我们能有更多的机会与别人竞争。

_____________________________________ 【模仿3】虽然做好了失败的准备，我仍然感到伤心并决定抓住每一分钟更加努力提高我的英语。

______________________________________ 1)._______ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all. A. Compare

B. When comparing

C. Comparing

D. When compared 2). _____more time, we are sure to finish it. A. Given

B. Giving

C. Be given

D. If giving 2. 【原句】Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor. 只有你得到这种承认，你才可以说是一个真正的发明家。

[模仿要点] 句子结构：Only + 介词短语

+ 倒装

【模仿1】只有通过生产用太阳能驱动的交通工具我们才能解决能源短缺问题。

_________________________________ 【模仿2】只有把竞争和合作相联合，才能有助于我们达到目标并满足自身需求。

_____________________________________ 3. Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out that your product really is different from everyone else’s.

某些否定词至于句首，表示强调时也会引起倒装。如：

never, seldom, hardly, neither, nor, not, only, little 等。

【模仿1】我从未看过如此刺激的电影。

_________________________________ 【模仿2】我一点儿也不知道会发生什么事。

_____________________________________ 4. 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.

1) there be的常见形式有：there seems to be...／there happens to be...／there used to be ...etc.

2) It seems to sb that …

根据句意在横线上填入适当的单词

①The child seems

___

(be) healthy, but the doctor is concerned.

②It seems to me

____

there’s something funny about the case. ③There doesn’t seem

____

(be) much hope that he’ll come.

5. The criteria are so strict that it is difficult to get new ideas accepted unless they are truly novel. 专利标准非常严格，除非新的想法真的是新颖的，否则很难被接受。

这里that引导结果状语从句。主句和从句是原因与结果的关系，译作“因此”。例如：She spoke so fast that few of us could follow her. 讲话太快，我们很少有人能

听得懂。