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Unit 3 Inventors and inventions Ⅰ. 单元教学目标

技能目标Skill Goals ▲Talk about inventors and inventions

▲Learn about the stages used in scientific research

▲Learn to use the past participle as the attribute

▲Write an entry for an encyclopedia about some inventions

▲Write a letter asking for a job

Ⅱ. 目标语言

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Make 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 him / her right now. Can I ring back later? I’ll ring him / her up again.

I must ring off now because...

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四会词汇

patent, courtyard, walnut, distinguish, merciful, product, powder, perfume, stainless, cube, abrupt, convenient, caution, expectation, passive, merry, seize, criterion, valid, file, ripe, string, glue, freezing, greengrocer, 词

identification, directory, dial, rainfall, innocent, lantern, bear, jam, 汇

forehead, dynamic, dot, tap, wire, straw, current, helicopter, triangle, stable, associate, practical, refrigerator, court, extension, version, competence, jeep, personnel 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, beaten track, dive into, set out (to do), hang on, get through, ring back, ring off

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重点词汇

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

Appositive clause

— that 可引导同位语从句

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1. 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.

P20 2. Between the outside and the inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes when cooled.

P20 3. The criteria are so strict that it is difficult to get new ideas accepted unless they are truly novel.

P21 4. 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.

P21 5. He found that by pressing his lips against his mother’s forehead, he could make his mother understand what he was saying.

P25 6. He designed a machine that would separate different sound waves and allow different conversations to be held at the same time.

P25 7. Although he is most often associated with the invention of the telephone, he was indeed a continuing searcher after practical solutions to improve the quality of everybody’s life.

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Ⅲ. 教材分析和教材重组

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的作用。

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；第三个训练题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。

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。

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教材重组

2.1 从话题内容及训练目的分析，Warming Up与Speaking和Workbook中的TALKING相一致，可将这三部分整合在一起，设计成一节任务型“口语课”。

2.2 将Listening and speaking和Workbook中的LISTENING, LISTENING TASK整合在一起，设计成一节“听力课”。

2.3 可将Pre-reading, Reading和Comprehending三个活动整合在一起上一节“阅读课（一）”。

2.4 可将Learning about Language 与Workbook中的USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS, USING STRUCTURES整合在一起，上一节“语法课”。

2.5 可将Using Language中Reading和Workbook中READING TASK整合起来，上一节“阅读课（二）”。

2.6 将Using Language中的Writing和Workbook中的WRITING TASK整合为一节“写作课”。

Ⅳ. 分课时教案

The Fifth Period Reading (Ⅱ) Teaching goals教学目标

1.Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

forehead, dot, tap, wire, straw, current, importance, helicopter, triangle, stable, practical, beaten track, dive into, set out (to do), in truth 3. 课型设计与课时分配

1st period

Speaking Listening Reading (Ⅰ) Grammar Reading (Ⅱ) Writing 2nd period

3rd period

4th period

5th period

6th period

b. 重点句子

He found that by pressing his lips against... He designed a machine that...

Although he will always be known for..., he was... He realized that by understanding how... 2. Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to learn about the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell and his inventions. 3. Learning ability goals学能目标

Help the students learn how the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell invented telephones.

Teaching important points 教学重点

How the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell invented telephones. Teaching difficult points教学难点

Help the students learn what the key is to become a successful inventor.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Listening and fast reading.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A recorder, a projector and a computer. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ Revision and lead-in Check homework: Get the students to put the following sentences into English.

Show the following.

1. 一阵闪电之后，接着就是一声巨响。

2. 被汽车撞伤的小孩马上被送到了医院。

3. 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那个被警方带走的男人。

Sample answers: 1. There was a sudden burst of lightning 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. Ask the students “Do you know who invented the telephone?”

S: Yes, a British inventor called Alexander Graham Bell.

T: Good. Everyone knows what an amazing invention telephone is! When we make telephone calls every day, we shouldn’t forget the great inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Today, we’ll learn something more about him.

Step Ⅱ Pre-reading

T: Next, please look at the picture of the great inventor on page 25. First I’d like you to discuss the following questions in groups. Show the following.

1. What do you know about the inventor? 2. How useful is his invention to human society? Why? After a few minutes. 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. It is certainly true that telephones have become part of our everyday life. Living in this “information age”, we cannot bear a world without the ringing of phones almost anywhere we go. 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 many 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.

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T: I agree. Alexander Graham Bell is really a famous inventor who has made great contributions to human beings and we are going to learn more about him in the following text.

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

Ask the students to listen to the recording and try to answer the questions.

Step Ⅳ READING TASK T: Do you know about the world famous painting “Mona Lisa”?

S: Sure. The woman is very attractive especially with her perfect smile! T: Do you know who painted the great picture? S: Yes. His name is Leonardo da Vinci, a great Italian artist. T: Do you think Leonardo da Vinci is really a good painter? What else do you know he is famous for? S: 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 a painter by profession he carefully studied drawing from life. Besides, he made

designs for mills, working machines and engines that could be driven by water power. In a word, he is a true Renaissance man.

T: 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 PAINTER? And then work with your partner to complete Exercises 1 and 2.

Sample answers: 1. Because painting did not always provide a steady income when he was young so he had to develop his drawing skills to earn money in other ways and he learnt to design whatever his employer wanted. 2. Because he had developed a new attitude towards machines. He realized that by understanding how each separate machine part worked, he could improve them and combine them in different ways to improve existing machines.

3. While he was studying under Verrochio, Leonardo observed and used a variety of machines. By studying and drawing the machines, Leonardo gained knowledge about their design and structure. His drawing skills enabled him to produce clear drawings of his mechanical ideas easily, many of which can still be used to create perfect working machines. The use of mechanical gears was his most interesting part and he came up with numerous inventions based on the gear. 4. His understanding of machines for his painting was more important because by understanding how each separate machine part worked, he could improve them and combine them in different ways to improve existing machines, which lead to a lot of inventions. T: As we all know, one of the remarkable things about Leonardo da Vinci was his natural ability in so many subjects. Are you as clever as Leonardo? I’d like you to make a comparison about da Vinci and you yourself and find out by filling in the chart in Exercise 2. Sample answers: Possible skills artist Evidence from Leonardo Evidence from you By the 1480s he had begun to produce I could draw nice pictures

paintings of his own. engineer when very young. a. Some of his early drawings showed I sometimes look at books clearly how various machine parts about different machines worked. and try to design perfect b. In this way he began to design working machines. machines no one had ever seen before. architect He learnt to design whatever his I am interested in modern employer wanted: cities, canals, architecture. bridges or weapons. teacher He set out to write the first systematic I love children and explanation of how machines worked enjoymaking friends with and how the parts of a machine were them. combined in the whole. doctor His talent was so rare that he mastered I feel merciful for those any subject to which he turned his sick people who suffer attention. inventor great pain. a. He came up with numerous designs No time spent on making based on the gear. b. If he had never been a painter, we would still appreciate him as one of the greatest inventors of his time. inventions. scientist He might have been a scientist if he Maybe there will be some had not been so skilled in other areas. evidence after I graduate and major in certain subject in the university.

T: Well, you may like or dislike some subjects. However, I firmly believe all of you have certain natural ability in some areas. You can offer more evidence to fill in the chart after class. But now, let’s have a discussion about the questions in Exercise 3.

Now, work with your partner and I’d like some of you to show your opinions. Five minutes later. S1: Leonardo managed to earn his living in two ways, i.e. by painting pictures and designing cities, canals, bridges, weapons, bicycles, helicopters, automobiles and some working machines. I am only familiar with the way of painting because I am interested in drawing pictures and I enjoy painting myself. As a girl, I am least happy with the knowledge of machinery and I am a bit worried about it because with the development of modern industry, more and more advanced machines will be produced and I will fall behind the times if I don’t try to know some information about them. I will read more books and go to visit workers in the factories so as to learn more about how modern machines are designed and how they work.

S2: Unlike Leonardo, who was very good at drawing skills and made a living partly by them, I have no talent in painting. However, I know something about the design of bridges, bicycles and automobiles, by which Leonardo once earned his living. I am least happy with the knowledge of drawing and I am very worried about it because I have to develop the skills of drawing if I decide to learn more about the design of bridges, bicycles and automobiles. I have to learn from my art teacher and practise drawing lines and figures every week in my spare time so that I can have a better sense of drawing and designing certain products.

S3: Leonardo used to earn his living by painting pictures and designing cities, canals, bridges, weapons, bicycles, helicopters, automobiles and some working machines. I am familiar with painting pictures because I took an interest in it when I was a boy, but I am least happy with designing cities, canals and weapons. I’m rather worried about it because they are very important skills for us to live a healthy and peaceful life. I decide to learn more about geography and history so as to make our cities more beautiful and provide the citizens with a better environment. And I am determined to work hard and get well prepared for learning military engineer when I enter college.

T: Very good! I am glad to see you are eager to learn a lot in order to realize your dreams in the future. I really feel proud of you. And I believe your dreams will come true if you make great efforts. Well, a good beginning is half done. I hope you can

start from now and here. Make good plans and lay a solid foundation for the future use. OK? May your dreams come true soon!

Step Ⅴ Homework 1. Ask the students to write a short passage about da Vinci. 2. Preview Writing in Using Language and WRITING TASK in the workbook.