1. Inventors and inventions
Unit 3
Inventors and inventions

2. Thomas Edison invented the electric bulb.

3. Did Edison invent electricity. Can electricity be invented
Did Edison invent electricity? Can electricity be invented? Is electricity an invention or discovery? Why?

4. Warming up:
In groups, discuss the inventions you know and then make a list.

5. Do you know what these inventions are and when did they happen?
Telephone 1876

6. television 1923
colour television 1940

7. photocopier 1937
air conditioner 1902

8. electronic digital computer 1942

9. Atomic bomb 1945

10. Credit cards 1950

11. Penicillin 1928

21. Pre-reading
Here are some stages before they can have their invention approved, please out them in the suitable order.

22. Applying for a patent
2. Finding a problem
3. Doing research
4. Testing the solution
5. Thinking of a creative solution
6. Deciding on the invention

23. The suitable order:
Finding a problem
Doing research
Thinking of a creative solution
Testing the solution
Deciding on the invention
Applying for a patent

24. What do you use to catch snakes?

25. Reading
The problem of the snakes

26. Divide the passage into several parts and find out the main idea for each paragraph.
Part 1(para.1)
the discovery of the problem of the snakes

27. Part 2(para.2-3)
the research on the approaches to solve the problem
Part 3(para.4-6)
the attempts to catch the snakes
Part 4(para.7-8)
the requirements of getting a patent

28. The snake must be ________but not ______
Task 1
Skimming: Find out which paragraph or paragraphs deal with each inventing process in the passage and find the examples:
paragraph
Stages
Examples in this story
Find a problem
The snake must be ________but not ______
Do research
Look for ________ of removal; the ______ of snakes
Think of a creative solution
Identify _______ possible approaches: choose___________.
removed
harmed 1
methods
habits 2
three 3
the last one

29. Test the solution several times
Try_____ times and finally __________.
Apply for a patent
Fill in the form and filed application with the Patent Office
three
4,5,6
succeeded
7,8

30. Patent office (专利局) plays the role of deciding what is an invention and what is not. And only inventions can get patens and so be recognized and protected.
patents
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31. Task 3 Post reading
1. 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.

32. Task 4 Make a summary within 30 words
The writer _______ a harmless way to _________ the snakes . She trapped the snakes by making them _____ and ______. She tried _______ solutions and __________. She wanted to apply for a __________ for it.
invented
catch
cool
sleep
succeeded
three
patent