Изобретатели и изобретения

Invention and inventors

Lesson Procedure:

1. Teacher's Introductory Word.

T: Good morning, dear children! I'm glad to see you. I invite you to take part in the lesson devoted to inventions and inventors. You'll learn a lot of useful information about achievements of scientists from different countries. Also you'll have plenty of practice in translation. I hope that by the end of the lesson you'll improve your translation skills. And I want to start our lesson with the A. Einstein words "Imagination is more important than knowledge". (Воображение важнее, чем знания). Слайд № 2.

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To invent is to see anew. An invention is a new composition, device, or process. Some inventions are based on pre-existing models or ideas and others are radical breakthroughs. Inventions can extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience.

2. Warm up.

By the end of the 20th century lots of inventions have been made. Some of them become so commonplace that it is difficult to imagine them as inventions.

What inventions have been made by the end of the 20th century?

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T: Now answer my questions, please.

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1. What machines do you use in your household?

2. What do you use for watching films?

3. What do you use for calling somebody who is far from you?

4. What do you use for cleaning rooms?

5. What do you use for listening to music?

3. Main part

3.1. Match the words and find out definitions: Слайд № 6

1. a TV set

2. a car

3. a computer

4. a video player

5. a camera

6. a vacuum cleaner

7. a fridge

8. a mobile telephone

9. a plane

10. a telephone

a. to take photographs

b. to receive or make calls around the home

c. to perform everyday cleaning tasks

d. to move fast and quick around the world

e. to watch pre-recorded videos

f. to keep food fresh for a long time

g. to have fun and to entertain

h. a system for sending or receiving speech

over long distance

i. to write programs, play games, find and

use information

j. to move wherever you want by yourself

3.2. Which things are the most or least useful in the house from your point of view? Слайд № 7

1. I think that ….. is the most important thing.

2. We can …..

3. Some of the inventions, for example …. is less important.

4. We do not often …..

5. And I'm sure we can do without …..

3.4. Fill the table, from your point of view. Слайд № 8

4. Reports (monologue).

Important inventions were made in different countries. What are some of these inventions? Who invented them and where? Let's get acquainted. Слайд № 9-25

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce Жозеф Нисефор Ньепс

Alexander Graham Bell

Karl Friedrich Benz Вегель

The Lumière brothers

The Wright brothers

László József Bíró

James Murray Spangler

John Logie Baird

John Gorrie

Henry Ford

Richard G.Drew

Alexander Fleming

Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov

Akio Morita

William Henry "Bill" Gates III

Samambetov Meirman

5. Task to the text.

Match inventor and his invention. Слайд №26

Nicephore Niepce ballpoint pen

James M. Spangler Scotch tape

the Lumiere brothers photography

L. Biro penicillin

Richard Drew the theory of relativity

Henry Ford petrol-driven car

Albert Einstein cinematography

Alexander Fleming vacuum cleaner

Karl Benz car assembly line

6. GRAMMAR IN FOCUS. Слайд № 27

PAST PERFECT PASSIVE

HAD + BEEN + V3

Make the sentences from Active into Passive Voice. Слайд № 28-29.

1. Nicephore Niepce from France pioneered photography in 1829.

2. In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell, an American engineer, invented telephone.

3. Karl Benz produced the world's first petrol-driven car in Germany in 1878.

4. In 1895 the Lumiere brothers patented their cinematography and opened the world's first cinema in Paris.

5. Wilbur and Orville Wright built the first airplane in 1903.

6. In 1908 James M. Spangler from the USA built the first vacuum cleaner.

In 1908 US automobile manufacturer Henry Ford created the world's first car assembly line.

8. John Logie Baird from Scotland invented television in 1926.

9. In 1928 Richard Drew perfected the Scotch tape, which had been invented by Jim Kirst from the USA in 1923.

10. Scottish scientist Ian Wilmat developed the idea of cloning in 1997.

7. Reflection. Слайд № 30

8. Marks

9. HOMEWORK: PROJECT: «WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO INVENT? »