Unit18 Brainstorm Whatdoesinventionmeaninyouropinion Doyouwanttohaveanyinventions Whatdoyouthinkisthemostimportantintheprocessofinvention isthemotherofinvention Necessity maglevtrain solarenergy Taperecorder palmtop CDplayer pickupcamera Brainstorm Whatplaysadecisivepartininvention Imagination Observation Creativity Aplanecrashed Whynobodyintheplanewasinjured Whenwecutacornerfromasquare shapeddeskwithfourcorners howmanycornersareleft Whycanafrogjumphigherthanatree Allthepeopleintheplanedied Five Atreecan tjump Trainyourimagination Aretheeyesofthesameheight Canyouonlyseeapot Trainyourobservation Yes Payattentiontothedark Twofaces Isthereonlyayellowtriangle Ofcoursewecanseeanoldman Payattentiontotheblue Lookmorecarefully Whatelsecanyousee Tryyourcreativity storagebattery electricalmachinery electricallyoperatedbike videophone pump fireengine heatingwire electricblanket Willtheseinventionsbepossible plike whe cow Whatotherinventionscanyouthinkof b o c Impossibleisnothing Warmingup P 57 1 Matcheachpicturewiththecorrectdescriptionbelow 2 Whichofthese inventions doyouthinkwouldbeuseful 3 Isthereanythingyouwouldliketoinvent Ifso whatandwhy Usefulexpressions Thisinventioncanhelppeople Whatdoesitlooklike What sitmadeof Thisnewinventionwillmakeitpossibleforpeopleto Thisisanewwayof Howdoesitwork Howwouldpeopleuseit Speaking Role play Speaking Workingroups Usetherolecardsbelowtoprepareagroupdiscussion Eachinventorshouldexplainhowtheinventionworksandwhyitisuseful Thepatentofficershouldaskquestionsanddecidewhethereachinventionisagoodideaornot Listening Dialogue1 1 WhataretheadvantagesofMrJones newinvention 2 Howdoesitwork 3 Whatcanitbeusedfor 4 WhydoesthepatentofficernotwanttogiveMrJonesapatent 1 Thenewinventioniscleanandcheap 2 It savehiclethatdoesn tneedanengineorfuel Thevehicleispoweredbythepersonwhousesit 3 Theinventioncanbeusedasameansoftransportation insteadofcarsandbuses 4 Thepatentofficerwon tgivethemanapatentbecausethevehicledescribedbytheinventorhasalreadybeeninvented it sabike liketwo wheelcar Dialogue2 1 WhathasMrButlerinvented 2 Whydidheinventit 3 Howdoesitwork 4 WhydoesthepatentofficernotwanttogiveMrButlerapatent 1 Heinventedadeviceforhelpingpeoplecarryheavyobjects 2 Hewastiredofcarryingheavygrocerybags Hegottheideawhenhesawawomancarryingsomeheavybags 3 Ifyouputthebagsintoalargebucketofwater Thebagswillfloatandyouwon thavetocarrythem 4 Thepatentofficerwon tgivethemanapatentbecausehisideadoesn twork youwouldstillhavetocarrythelargebuckets 1 GeorgeStephenmadethefirst usinga an engine A car electricB bus powerfulC train steamD plane steam Multiplechoice 2 Peoplewereworriedthatthenoiseandthesmokewould A frightenpeopleB killanimalsC causepollutionD killpeople3 Otherwereworriedabout A firesB accidentsC costsD roads4 GeorgeStephensontoldthemthatitwas A cleanandfastB usefulandsafeC cheapandcleanD quietandclean 5 Somepeoplethoughtthatitwas A asuccessB aghostC adragonD agod6 Onewomansaidthatithadfrightenher A catB dogC cowD hen Discussion Canyouthinkofotherexamplesofnewinventionsthatpeoplewereafraidofatfirst Listentopart2ofthetapeandcompletethechartbelow AlfredNobel 1 Safewaytouseachemicaltoblowthingsup 2 Severalpeoplewerekilledinexplosions includingNobel syoungerbrother MarieCurie 1 Studiedradiumandotherdangerousmaterials 2 Thedangerouschemicalsmadeheralmostblindandcausedablooddiseasethatshediedfrom SieurFreminet 1 Breathingmachinefordivers 2 Died suffocated whenhismachinedidn twork RudolfDiesel 1 theDieselengine 2 Almostkilledwhenhediscoveredanewwaytolightfuel