一．Aims:
Talk about inventors and inventions
Learn about the stages used in scientific research
二．Contents:
Step I words and phrase
1. Do you know the stages every inventor must go through before they can have their invention approved?
go through
(1)经历(2)通过,成功,成交(3)审阅,检查(4)翻找,查看(5)穿过,通过
Most families went through a lot in the war.
2. I was researching into the habits of snakes so I could trap them in the easiest way.
do research on /into /in... 从事, 进行, 做研究
They are carrying out a research into the causes of cancer.
They are doing research into electricity.
3. when I called up my mother in the countryside on the phone.
call up 打电话，使......回忆起
I’ll call you up tonight (call sb. /ring sb. up )
The old photo calls up memories of my childhood. (recall sth.)
4. Snakes come near the house now and then.
now and then 有时, 偶尔
I see them now and then, but not often.
5. Here was a chance for me to distinguish myself by inventing something that would catch snakes but not harm them.
distinguish oneself 显扬自己, 使自己扬名
6. But there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes.
powder: n. 粉，粉末；药粉；火药
grain sth. into powder 把磨成粉
7. I set about researching the habits of snakes so I could tap them in the easiest way.
set about 开始, 着手 The sooner we set about it , the sooner we’ll finish.
8. This was in the expectation that the snakes would bite again.
expectation: n. 预料，期待
Against all expectation, she won first prize.
