Warming up，Listening & Speaking,Unit 18 Inventions,four great inventions in China,powder,printing,compass,papermaking skill,Inventions in modern (digital) times,Are you familiar with the inventions below,Cellphones with more functions,Desktop,Palmtop,Laptop,Computers of different sizes,Videophone,E-dictionary,Watch&usb-disk,Digital camera,Digital video,CD player,Mp 3,i-pod,Mp 4,Maglev,1. Is there anything you would like to invent? If so, what and why,Discussion,2. Match each picture with the correct description,Read the following description,A Edible chopsticks B Nose-top computer C Electric Shoes D Inflatable bicycle,1 2 3 4,Match each picture with the correct description below,Read the following description,Which one do you think is useful,Pre-Listening,What is a patent,Certificate of Patent,A patent is an exclusive right granted by a country to an inventor, allowing the inventor to ban others from making, using or selling his or her invention in that country during the life of the patent,How to get a patent in China,1. Make sure the inventions need to apply for a patent 2. Apply to the State intellectual Property Office of China （国家知识产权局） by a written letter. 3. Get the function tested,1.What are the advantages of Mr Jones new invention? 2. How does it work? 3.What can it be used for ? 4. Why does the patent officer not want to give Mr Jones a patent,The new invention is clean and cheap,Its a vehicle that doesnt need an engine or fuel. The vehicle is powered by the person who uses it,The invention can be used as a means of transportation, instead of cars and buses,Because the vehicle described by the inventor has already been invented- its like a bike,Part 1,Part 2,Jack Butler got the idea when he saw a woman _ her bags home from the _. He noticed the bags were so heavy that she had to _ several times on the way and he had the _problem.Then he thought of an idea. He built many large _ and all he had to do was put the bags in the buckets of water and the bags would _,carrying,supermarket,rest/stop,same,buckets,float,1.What has Mr Butler invented? 2. Why did he invent it ? 3. How does it work? 4. Why does the patent officer not want to give Mr Butler a patent,He invented a device for helping people carry heavy bags,He was tired of carrying heavy grocery bags,If you put the bags into a large bucket of water. The bags will float and you wont have to carry them,Because his idea doesnt work you would still have to carry the large buckets,Speaking (group work,Suppose you have invented a smart refrigerator which can think and make simple decisions. For example, it can tell you when you need to buy more milk.You go to the patent office and have a conversation with the patent officer,Thank you