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课件网) Unit 3 Make it happen Developing ideas（2） 英语外研版八年级上册 Learning objectives 通过本节课的学习，学生能够： 1.准确认读、理解并运用本节课重点词汇及句式描述探索者故 事、表达自身观点。 2.准确获取文本主旨（好奇心的力量）和细节信息（如各人 物好奇的事物、行为及成果），并复述文本主要内容。 3.了解富兰克林、万户、张衡等不同文化背景下探索者的故事， 理解好奇心是推动人类进步的重要品质，感受这些探索者勇 于尝试、不惧失败的精神。 重点 重点 Look and match 1. It can protect buildings from lightning. 2. It can detect earthquakes. 3. It can take people to fly by sitting on a chair with firecrackers. Match the sentences with the pictures. Look and answer Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. curious discover do research brave pioneer scientist new discoveries 1. Who invented these things 2. How would you describe these inventors 1. Who invented these things 2. How would you describe these inventors They were curious, brave pioneers and scientists who made new discoveries. Wan Hu invented a “flying chair”. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod. Zhang Heng invented the first earthquake detector. Read the passage quickly and check your answers. 1 2 3 Read and answer Look and answer What’s the passage about It’s about the power of curiosity. That is, how curiosity helps scientists and inventors create. Look at the title and answer the question. Read and underline What is the power of curiosity Underline the topic sentence of each paragraph. Read and answer 1. What type of writing is the passage Argumentative writing(议论文). Read the passage quickly and answer the questions. 2. What is the writer’s central argument The greatest inventions in history would be impossible without curiosity. 3. How does the writer prove his or her opinion By using quotes and giving examples. baseball Read Para. 1 and answer the question. Why does the author use Einstein’s quote at the beginning of the article To introduce the theme that curiosity drives great inventions. Albert Einstein once said, “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” The greatest inventions in history would be impossible without curiosity. Read and answer Read and complete baseball Read Paras. 2~4 and complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. 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. What were they curious about Benjamin Franklin He was curious about the 1 _____ of electricity. He did a lot of 2 _____. He once flew a kite during a(n) 3 _____. He invented the lightning rod. nature storm research Curiosity can also make people brave. Just look at Wa ... ...
