Look at the pictures and tell what they are.

lotus

bird
2

1

WONDERFUL
NATURE

3

4

flowers

dolphin

5

tiger

Friday, November 15th, 2019

Period 42:

Lesson 3:
READING

Activity
1:Name
some
peopleor
have
make up
Activity
1: What
canthings
the animals
the invented
leaves in to
the
what
they cannot
do?
pictures
do that
people can't?
People have
invented
Birds can fly but people
......
the aeroplane

A People
lotus leaf
does
havenot
get wet.
invented
It raincoat/
washes
the
water
away
umbrella
but people…

have
Dolphins can swimPeople
and stay
invented
underwater for a long
time
the submarine.
but people ...

Reading
Vocabulary review
To invent => invention (n) => inventor (n) => inventive (a)
To observe => observation (n)
Underwater (adv)
To imitate
Numerous (a)
To cling/ clung/ clung

Activity 2
What is the most suitable title of the text?
a. Mother Nature
b. Imitating Nature
c. Greatest Inventions

Activity 3: Definition

Work in groups
Time: 3 minutes to prepare
1 minute to match
Match the words with the correct
definitions.

Activity 3: Definition
Match the words with their meanings
1. inspire
2. fastener
3. fabric
4. hook
5. loop
6. spacesuit

a. cloth or material for
making clothing, curtain, etc.
b. give someone a desire to
do something well
c. thread or fibre with a
curved end
d. special clothing for an
astronaut
e. device used to close a
piece of clothing
f. thin thread or fibre in the
shape of a circle

Activity 3: Definition
Match the words with their meanings
1. inspire
2. fastener
3. fabric
4. hook
5. loop
6. spacesuit

a. cloth or material for
making clothing, curtain, etc.
b. give someone a desire to
do something well
c. thread or fibre with a
curved end
d. special clothing for an
astronaut
e. device used to close a
piece of clothing
f. thin thread or fibre in the
shape of a circle

inspiration /,ɪnspə'reɪʃn / (n)
inspire /ɪn'spaɪə(r)/(v)
inspirational /,ɪnspə'reɪʃənl  / (a)
hook-and-loop fastener (n.ph)  Velcro
/hʊk ənd lu:p 'fɑːsnə(r)/

fabric /'fæbrɪk / (n)
spacesuit /'speɪssu:t/ (n)

/'velkrəʊ/

Activity 4: Give SHORT ANSWERS to the following questions

1. What are the inventions that imitate animals?
2. What are the inventions that imitate plants?
3. Why is the aeroplane considered one of the
greatest inventions in our history?
4. What can help scientists to learn about life
under the sea?
5. How can a glass window clean itself?
6. Find the words or phrases in the text that can
describe an aeroplane, a submarine, and
Velcro.

6

2

3

3

7

5

8

6

2

5

4

4

1

1

QUAY

1. What are the inventions that
imitate animals?

Aeroplane & Submarine

QUAY VỀ

2. What are the inventions that
imitate plants?

Self-cleaning glass window &
Umbrella Fabric

QUAY VỀ

3. Why is the aeroplane
considered one of the greatest
inventions in our history?
The Aeroplane. Because it help us to
travel long distances in the air and
encouraged the development of tourism
and trading
QUAY VỀ

4. What can help scientists to
learn about life under the sea?

Submarine

QUAY VỀ

5. How can a glass window clean
itself?

The material that makes up the glass
window has the ability to wash away the
dirt in the rain
QUAY VỀ

6. Find the words or phrases in
the text that can describe an
aeroplane, a submarine, and
 An aeroplane:Velcro.
'Its swing and shape
imitating those of bird'.
 A submarine: 'Imitate a dolphin's
shape'.
 The Velcro: 'Hook and loop fasteners';
'Two fabrics sticking to gether thanks
to the hooks on one surface and the
loops on the other'.
QUAY VỀ

3

6

3

2
7

5

8

6

2

1

5

4

4

1

QUAY

1. What are the inventions that
imitate animals?

Aeroplane & Submarine

2. What are the inventions that
imitate plants?

Self-cleaning glass window &
Umbrella Fabric

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. What are the inventions that imitate animals?

 The aeroplane and the submarine.
2. What are the inventions that imitate plants?

 Velcro, the self-cleaning glass window and umbrella
fabric.
3. Why is the aeroplane considered one of the greatest
inventions in our history?

 Because it helps us travel long distances in the air and
encourages the development of tourism and trading.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
4. What can help scientists to learn about life under the
sea?

 Submarines.
5. How can a glass window clean itself?

 The material that makes up the glass window has the
ability to wash away dirt in the rain.

6. Find the words or phrases in the text that can
describe an aeroplane, a submarine, and Velcro.
An aeroplane

'its wings and shape imitating
those of a bird'

A submarine

'imitates a dolphin's shape'

Velcro

'hook-and-loop fastener'
'two fabrics sticking together
thanks to the hooks on one surface
and the loops on the other'

Activity 5
Which of the four inventions mentioned in the text is
the best imitation of nature? State your reasons.
the aeroplane
the submarine
INVENTIONS

imitating nature

the self-cleaning glass window
and umbrella fabric
Velcro