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课件网) Unit3 Developing ideas Reading for writing 第一课时 The power of curiosity 1. 描述教材中发明探索活动的相关图片，谈论发明家的品质 2. 使用恰当的阅读技巧，概括好奇心的力量，建构文章框架 3.分析和归纳好奇心在驱动人们发明创造、探索世界等方面的作用，表达自己的观点 4.小组合作，制作“好奇先锋”卡片，并介绍三位发明家在好奇心驱动下的发明历程. Learning objectives By the end of the lesson, we will be able to By the end of the lesson, we will be able to By the end of the lesson, we will be able to: Look at the pictures: Who invented them Benjiamen Franklin Wan Hu Zhang Heng a “flying chair” an earthquake detector a lightning rod Pre-reading What do they have in common Benjiamen Franklin Wan Hu Zhang Heng Pre-reading What might the passage talk about curious new discoveries do research brave pioneeer scientist 1 Albert Einstein once said, "l have no special talents. l am only passionately curious," The greatest inventions in history would be impossible without curiosity. 2 Curiosity can bring new discoveries, Benjamin Franklin is a great example. He was drawn to electricity and had a deep curiosity about its nature. He did lots of research to try to understand it. For example, he flew a kite during a storm. His curiosity led him to invent the lightning rod. This invention protects buildings from lightning. 3 Curiosity can also make people brave. Just look at Wan Hu, the Ming Dynasty pioneer of space exploration. He was so curious about space that heinvented a “flying chair"! He lost his lifewhile testing this invention. Despite thefailure, his curiosity gave future explorers ideas. People learnt from his example, and created safer ways to explore space. 4 But curiosity is more than just taking risks. It also drives people towards certain goals. Zhang Heng, a Chinese scientist andinventor, was curious about the world: how did everything in the world move He spent years studying the sky and the earth.Finally, he drew China's first star map, and invented the firstearthquake detector. His curiosity continues to influence scientists today. 5 As Jacques Cousteau said, "What is a scientist after all It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature,trying to know what's going on." Curiosity is the key. It opens onedoor after another for us to discover a new world. Read this passage and check your answers. What is the power of curiosity While-reading Read the passage and complete the mind map. The power of curiosity Curiosity can... _____ bring new discoveries Curiosity can also make people brave. _____ _____ Curiosity drives people to achieve goals Curiosity can also make people brave 2 Curiosity can bring new discoveries, Benjamin Franklin is a great example. He was drawn to electricity and had a deep curiosity about its nature. He did lots of research to try to understand it. For example, he flew a kite during a storm. His curiosity led him to invent the lightning rod. This invent ... ...
