Unit 3 Inventors and inventions
课文要点（模块）
Ⅰ.课文词汇等填空（旨在复习本课文中的单词拼写和主要词语等）
根据课文内容完成下面语法填空，注意单词拼写和词语用法：
When I called up my mother in the countryside on the phone, she told me ___1_____came to my home now and then, and they seemed to 2 （make） their home there. I got the chance to _____3_____ (区分)myself by inventing something to catch snakes. No products can help me catch snakes, so I set 4 researching the habits of snakes in order to trap them. I decided on three approaches: firstly 5 （remove）their habitat; secondly, _____6_____ them into a trap, the thirdly 7 them. I used some 8 bowl to make the snakes less 9 , and then collected them, the next day 10 them into the wild.
(答案：1.snakes; 2.have made; 3.distinguish; 4.about; 5.removing;
6.attracting; 7.cooling; 8.frozen; 9.active; 10.released)
Ⅱ.课文大意概括 （旨在训练用30个单词概括大意的能力）
阅读课文，试着用30来个单词概括课文大意或翻译下面短文。
这是一篇关于一个女孩如何通过多次尝试最后成功地把在她母亲家院子里安家的一窝蛇捉住并放归大自然的，以及她的捕蛇技术申请了发明专利的故事。
The story is about ____________________________________________________________________
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答案：The story is about a young girl, who, through several attempts, succeeded in catching a pot of snakes which had made their home in the yard of her mother's home and reintroducing them to nature, as well as her snake-catching technology applying for a patent.
Ⅲ.课文佳句背诵与仿写 （旨在培养对难句的理解和写作能力）
1.【原句】Prepared with some research findings, I decided on three possible approaches. 经过一番研究准备之后，我决定采用三种可能的方法
[模仿要点] 句子结构：V-ed 状语，+ 主句
【模仿1】有电子词典的帮助，学生可以学得更多更快。
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答案：Assisted with electronic dictionaries, students can learn much more and faster.
【模仿2】有知识的武装，我们能有更多的机会与别人竞争。
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答案：Equipped with knowledge, we can have more chances to compete with others.
2．【原句】Pressed by my friends and relations, I decided to send my invention to the patent office to get recognition for my successful idea. 由于朋友和亲戚的敦促，我决定抓住这次机会把我的发明送到专利局去，请他们对我这次成功的思路给予认可.
[模仿要点] 句子结构：V-ed状语，主句
【模仿1】虽然做好了失败的准备，我仍然感到伤心并决定抓住每一分钟更加努力提高我的英语。
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答案：Prepared for the failure, I still felt upset and decided to work even harder to seize every minute to improve my English.
【模仿2】被她的耐心所感动，我对我的粗鲁行为感到尴尬并决定要学做耐心的人，这有助于我与我的同学，朋友和我的父母很好地相处。
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答案：Moved by her patience, I felt embarrassed for my rude behavior and decided to learn to be a patient person, which helps me get along well with my classmates, my friends and my parents.
3. 【原句】Only after you have had that recognition can you say that you are truly an inventor. 只有你得到这种承认，你才可以说是一个真正的发明家。
[模仿要点] 句子结构：Only + 介词短语 + 倒装
【模仿1】只有通过生产用太阳能驱动的交通工具我们才能解决能源短缺问题。
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答案：Only by producing vehicle which is powered with solar can we solve the problem of fuel shortage.
【模仿2】只有把竞争和合作相联合，才能有助于我们达到目标并满足自身需求。
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答案：Only when competition combine with cooperation can it help in obtaining our goals and satisfying our needs.
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