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Innovation
Topic Talk
Unit 12
PART ONE
Lead - in
Distinguishing
Discovery
Invention
&
Distinguishing
Isaac Newton was looking at the falling apple and an idea came into his mind: the power of gravity.
George Stephenson was one of the first men to design engines for the railways which were new at that time.
Discovery
Invention
Distinguishing
Marie Curie and her husband discovered the new chemistry elements - Polonium (钋) and Radium (镭).
Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2015 for finding and extracting artemisinin [青蒿素] that can be used to fight against malaria (疟疾).
Discovery
Discovery
Definition
A discovery is recognizing something that already exists for the first time and that nobody has found before.
An invention is creating something totally new with one's own ideas and development.
Learning Objectives
1. To know some new words and expressions to talk about innovation.
2. To improve the listening ability in understanding the topic of innovation.
Key and Difficult Points
★ Listen for key and important information to talk about how to be innovative.
Listening
12.1
Listen to the dialogue 12.1 and fill in the blanks on Page 50.
12.2
Listen to the dialogue 12.2 and answer the questions on Page 51.
Listening
Inventors are interested in ______________
and __________.
They are _______ and ___________.
Listening
My invention is a type of ________.
Listening
The biggest advantage is that it is ___________.
Oral Speaking
Use the Text Builder to talk about an inventor and one particular invention that he / she has made.
Bell and the telephone
Edison and the light bulb
Carrier and the air conditioner A.C.
Listening
12.2
Listen to the dialogue 12.2 and answer the questions on Page 51.
Before the invention of the Internet, who mainly used computers ?
Question 1
Only scientists and other technical people used computers before the invention of the Internet.
Where did people get information before the invention of the Internet?
Question 2
TV, newspapers and books.
When did the Internet become widely used?
Question 3
In the 1990s. / It wasn’t widely used until the 1990s.
Key Words
1. _______________ (n.) 娱乐(节目) ▷ __________ (v.) 使愉快;款待
▷ _______________ (adj.) 使人愉快的,娱乐性的
2. ______________ (n.) 新发明,新方法,新观念; 革新,创新
▷ _____________ (adj.) 创新的,新颖的
▷ _____________ (v.) 革新,创新 ▷ ___________ (n.) 改革者,创新者
3. ___________ (adj.) 有天赋的;有才华的
▷ _______ (n.) 天赋, 才能; 礼物 ≈ _______
4. ____________ (adj.) 多产的; 丰饶的, 富有成效的
▷ ______________ (v.) 生产,制造;引起,造成
▷ ______________ (n.) 生产者,制造商;制作人
▷ ______________ (n.) 产品,产物
▷ ______________ (n.) 生产,产量;制作
▷ ______________ (n.) 生产力,生产率
entertainment
entertain
innovation
innovative
innovate
entertaining
innovator
gifted
gift
talent
productive
produce
production
product
producer
productivity
be gifted/talented in...
have a gift/talent for...
在……方面有天赋
Thanks
Topic Talk
Unit 12
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