Teaching aims and demands

Topics

Inventions;patent applications;great inventors

Vocabulary

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Call up;beaten track;now and then;apply for a patent;set about;in the expectation;dive into;seize the opportunity to do;set out(to do);distinguish oneself;hang on;cannot bear;out of order;traffic jams;get through;a series of dots;ring back;tap...out;ring off

Sentences

1.here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something merciful that would catch snakes but not harm them.

2.But monitored carefully,the snakes proved to be no trouble and all went according to plan.

3.Every time you do you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before.

4....before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind.

5.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.

6.I'm sorry,but this phone is out of order.

Functions£º(making telephone calls)

Hold the line,please.

Just a moment,please.

I can't get through.

Which extension...,please?

Can i ring back later?

Hang on,please.

I'm sorry,but this phone is out of order.

I must ring off now because...

Sorry,he/she isn't here right now.

Can i speak to...,please?

Grammar

Revise the past participle as the attribute,predicative and object complement

1.the next morning i carried in my hand a small net used for catching fish.

2.She seemed embarrassed by the question.

3.Mary wants her paintings displayed in the gallery.

Focus-on

1.get students to know something about inventors and inventions.

2.Have students learn some useful new words and expressions about inventors and inventions and let them learn effective ways to master them.

3.Enable students to express how to make telephone calls.

4.Let students get a better understanding of the grammar item.

5.Develop students' listening,speaking,reading and writing abilities.

Difficulties

1,enable students to master the usage of the past participle as the attribute, predicative and object complement.

2,Let students learn to write a dialogue of expressing how to make telephone calls.

3,develop students' integrative skills.

Periods needed:6

Period1 warming up,pre-reading,reading and comprehending

     2 language study

     3 grammar

     4 listening and speaking

     5 reading and writing

     6 summing up .learning tip and assessment