Unit 3Inventors and inventions重点句型1．Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself...(Here is a chance for sb.to do sth.有个机会让某人做某事。
)2．I set about researching the habits of snakes to find the easiest way to trap them.(set about doing sth.着手做某事；the easiest way to do sth.最容易做某事的办法)3．Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor.(“only ＋时间状语”位于句首时句子要用部分倒装)4．It was this exploring around problems and his dynamic spirit that led to his most famous invention—the telephone in 1876.(“It is/was＋被强调部分＋that＋句子其他成分”是强调句型) 5．Hold the line，please.请别挂断。
6．Can I speak to...，please？我可以和……通电话吗？重点语法复习过去分词作定语、表语和宾语补足语的用法。
写作要求能用本单元的单词、短语、句型写一篇求职信之类的应用文，正确表述自己的观点，要求文体恰当，用词准确。
Section Ⅰ—Warming Up，Pre-reading，Reading & Comprehending一、看下面的图片，回答下列问题1．What is Yuan Longping famous for?________________________________________________________________________ 2．Who was Thomas Edison?________________________________________________________________________ 3．Who was Cai Lun?________________________________________________________________________ 4．What did George Stephenson invent?________________________________________________________________________ 5．Do you know some other inventors?________________________________________________________________________二、将单词与相对应的释义搭配起来A B1．distinguish a．a set of papers，records2．convenient b．to take hold of something suddenly and violently3．file c．to recognize the difference4．seize d．happy，cheerful5．merry e．close and easy to reach or quick and easy to do三、短语互译A．从文中找出下列短语并写出它们的汉语意思1．in the countryside ____________2．get rid of ____________3．living creatures ____________4．decide on ____________5．on top of ____________B．从文中找出与下列释义对应的英文1．给……打电话____________2．偶尔；有时____________3．开始；着手____________四、阅读THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES，将一项发明被批准之前的顺序重新排列A．Applying for a patentB．Finding a problemC．Doing researchD．Testing the solutionE．Thinking of a creative solutionF．Deciding on the invention正确顺序：1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6.______五、阅读THE PROBLEM OF THE SNAKES，回答下列问题1．The purpose of writing this passage is ______.A．to show us how to trap the snakes but not to kill themB．to tell people how to apply for a patentC．to introduce the writer's new idea of trapping the snakes and her application for a patent D．to tell the reader how to get a new idea and make it a patent2．What's the biggest advantage of the writer's new idea?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．The writer finally caught the snakes by______.A．hitting them with a stickB．cooling them and catching them with a netC．putting them into a schoolbagD．watering them with cool water4．You won't get a patent before you______.A．make an invention B．catch all the snakesC．learn to operate a computer D．get rid of your bad habits5．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.答案：一、1.Y uan Longping is famous for his hybrid rice.2．Thomas Edison，an American inventor，invented more than 1000 things，including the lamp bulb(灯泡)．3．Cai Lun，a Chinese inventor，invented the papermaking technology.4．George Stephenson，an English inventor，invented the locomotive(铁路机车)．5．Answers will vary.二、1.c 2.e 3.a 4.b 5.d三、A.1.在农村 2.除掉 3.生物 4.决定 5.在……的顶端B．1.call up 2.now and then 3.set about四、1.B 2.C 3.E 4.D 5.F 6.A五、1～5 CDBAC1．When I called up my mother in the countryside on the telephone she was very upset. 我给在乡下的妈妈打电话的时候，她正感到很心烦。
剖析：When I called up my mother in the countryside on the telephone是时间状语从句。
考点：call up 给……打电话He called me up to tell me the good news.他打电话告诉了我这个好消息。
1)call up召集；叫醒；使人想起；朝上方叫喊I was called up three months after the war broke out.战争爆发三个月后，我被应征入伍。
The doctor was called up twice during the night to attend urgent cases.夜里医生两次被叫醒去看急诊病人。
I simply can not call up where I have seen her.我就是想不起我在哪儿见过她。
From the bottom of the stairs he called up，“Have you seen my book？”他在楼下朝上喊道，“你看见我的书了吗？”2)同义短语：call sb./ring sb.up3)call的常用词组：call on拜访(某人)call at 拜访(某地)call off取消call for需要；要求call in 召集；请……来call back 回电话；收回单项填空1)As I grew up in a small town at the foot of a mountain，the visit to the village ______ scenes of my childhood.A．called up B．called for C．called on D．called in用适当的介词或副词填空2)This is the work that calls ______ patience.3)Human Rights groups are calling ______ the release of political prisoners.4)He had to call ______ the meeting because of the bad weather.5)I'll call ______ him tomorrow.Do you want to visit him with me?6)The company has called ______ all such models as were built in 1990.7)The government then called ______ troops to deal with the disturbances.8)The old photo calls ______ memories of my childhood.2．Snakes come near the house now and then，and they seem to have made their home here，not far from the walnut tree.蛇时不时地爬到屋子边上来，似乎是在离胡桃树不远的地方安家了。