WELCOME TO OUR CLASS 10B
Look at the pictures and tell what they are.
WONDERFUL NATURE
lotus
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2
3
4
5
bird
dolphin
tiger
flowers
Unit 5:
Lesson 3: READING
Period 42:
INVENTIONS
Friday, November 15th, 2019
Activity 1: What can the animals or the leaves in the pictures do that people can’t?
Birds can fly but people ......
Dolphins can swim and stay
underwater for a long time
but people ...
A lotus leaf
does not
get wet.
It washes
water away
but people…
Name some things people have invented to make up for
what they cannot do?
People have
invented
the aeroplane
People have
invented
the submarine.
People
have
invented
the raincoat/
umbrella
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
What is the most suitable title of the text?
a. Mother Nature
b. Imitating Nature
c. Greatest Inventions
Activity 2
Activity 3: Definition
Match the words with their meanings
inspire /ɪn’spaɪə(r)/(v)
inspiration /,ɪnspə’reɪʃn / (n)
inspirational /,ɪnspə’reɪʃənl  / (a)
hook-and-loop fastener (n.ph)  Velcro
/hʊk ənd lu:p ’fɑːsnə(r)/ /’velkrəʊ/
fabric /‘fæbrɪk / (n)
spacesuit /’speɪssu:t/ (n)
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.
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?
 The aeroplane and the submarine.
 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
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
4. What can help scientists to learn about life under the sea?
5. How can a glass window clean itself?
 Submarines.
 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
A submarine
Velcro
‘its wings and shape imitating those of a bird’
‘two fabrics sticking together thanks to the hooks on one surface and the loops on the other’
‘imitates a dolphin’s shape’
‘hook-and-loop fastener’
Which of the four inventions mentioned in the text is the best imitation of nature? State your reasons.
Activity 5
INVENTIONS
imitating nature
Thank you for the attendance!