Inventions

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Unit 18 Inventions
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Inventions
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Four Great Inventions
Compass
Paper
Printing
Gunpowder
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Warming up
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Read the following description
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A Edible chopsticks
B Nose-top computer
C Electric shoes
D Inflatable bicycle
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Listening
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Listen to Dialogue1 on the tape and answer
the questions below
Part 1

• What are the advantages of Mr. Jones new
• invention?
• 2. How does it work?
• 3. What can it be used for?
• 4. Why does the patent officer not want to give
• Mr. Jones a patent?

The new invention is clean and cheap.
Its a vehicle that doesnt need an engine or
fuel. the vehicle is powered by the person who
uses it.
The invention can be used as a means of
transportation, instead of cars and buses.
The patent officer wont give the man a patent
because the vehicle described by the inventor has
already been invented its a bike-bike
two-wheel car.
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Listen to Dialogue2 on the tape and answer
the questions below
Part 2

• What has Mr. Butler invented?
• 2. Why did he invent it?
• 3. How does it work?
• 4. Why does the patent officer not want give Mr.
  Butler a patent?

He invented a device for helping people carry
heavy objects.
He was tired of carrying heavy grocery bags/ He
got the idea when he saw a woman carrying some
heavy bags.
If you put the bags into a large bucket of water.
The bags will float and you wont have to carry
them.
The patent officer wont give the man a patent
because his idea doesnt work--- you would still
have to carry the large buckets
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Part 1
Listen to part 1 and choose the best answers

• Gorge Stephenson made the first ____ using a (n)
• ____ engine.
• A car, electric B bus,
  powerful
• C train, steam D plan, steam
• 2. People were worried that the noise and the
  smoke would
• ____.
• A frighten people B kill animals
• C cause pollution D kill people
• 3. Others were worried about ____.
• A fires B accidents C costs
  D roads

C
B
A
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Part 1
B
4. George Stephenson told them that it was ____.
A clean and fast B useful
and safe C cheap and clean D
quiet and clean 5. Some people thought that it
was _____. A a success B a ghost C a
dragon D a god 6. One woman said that it had
frightened her _____. A cat B dog
C cow D hen
B
D
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Part 2
Other examples of new inventions people were
afraid of at first
People have been afraid of many new inventions
cars, planes , engines, even things such as
telephones and computers
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Listen to part 2 and complete the chart below.
Part 3
Several people killed in explosions, Including
Nobels younger brother.
Safe way to use a chemical to blow things up
The dangerous chemical made her almost blind and
cause a blood disease that she died from
Studied radium and other dangerous materials
Breathing machine for divers
Died ( suffocated) when his Machine didnt work
Almost killed when he discovered a new way to
light fuel.
The Diesel engine.
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Quiz

• The digital equipment to take photos of other
  objects.
• A 4-wheeled motor vehicle, powered
• by an engine, carrying 4-5 passengers.
• An electronic device which can accept, store,
  process and output information
• with instructions.
• Broadcasting images and sounds of stationary or
  moving objects.

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Quiz

• The digital equipment to take photos of other
  objects.

a digital camera
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Quiz

• A 4-wheeled motor vehicle, powered by an engine,
  carrying 4-5 passengers.

a car
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Quiz

• An electronic device which can accept, store,
  process and output information with instructions.

a computer
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Quiz

• Broadcasting images and sounds of stationary or
  moving objects

TV
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What other inventions can you think of?
Etc.
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What impresses you most?
?
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If you have invented a car using water instead of
petrol, to stop people from copying the idea,
what should you do?
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What questions will a patent officer ask?
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the patent officer

• Whats the use of it?
• What does it look like?
• Whats it made of?
• How to use it?
• How much does it cost?
• Is it environmentally friendly?
• In what way is it different from others?

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How should the inventor respond?
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A patent officer an inventor

• It can help people
• It looks like
• Its made of
• This is a new way of
• It costs only
• It does no harm to
• Id like to invent ... because it can
• Etc.

• Whats the use of it?
• What does it look like?
• Whats it made of?
• How to use it?
• How much does it cost?
• Is it environmentally friendly?
• How is it different from others?
• Etc.

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Inventor A You have invented a car
that uses water instead of petrol.
Inventor B Your new invention is a flying
bicycle.
Inventor C Your new invention is a
machine that makes it possible for people to see
the future.
Inventor D You have invented a pen that
translates what you write into a foreign language.
Patent officer Listen
to the inventor and ask questions. Decide whether
you will give him/her a patent.
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A patent officer an inventor

• It can help people
• It looks like
• Its made of
• This is a new way of
• It costs only
• It does no harm to
• Id like to invent ... because it can
• Etc.

• Whats the use of it?
• What does it look like?
• Whats it made of?
• How to use it?
• How much does it cost?
• Is it environmentally friendly?
• How is it different from others?
• Etc.

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Have your own inventions in 4s

• Anything
• Or
• Smart shoes
• Smart watch
• Smart eye
• Smart ear
• Smart leg
• Smart YOU

• Rules to follow
• Functions
• Cost
• Appearance
• Weight
• Safety
• Convenience
• Environmental protection

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What qualities should one have to be an inventor?
discussion
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What qualities should one have to be an inventor?

• creativity
• determination
• pioneering spirit
• imagination
• perseverance(??)

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It took Thomas Edison 15 years to invent
the light bulb.
Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent
perspiration.
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What can you see?
Look more carefully!
What else can you see?
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Homework
1. Search the internet for the famous inventors
such as Thomas Edison, Alexander Bell, etc.
using the search engines www.google.com,
www.yahoo.com, www.baidu.com. 2. Preview the
reading.
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Thank you
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Goodbye