WARM UP Naming inventions Look at the pictures

WARM UP Naming inventions

Look at the pictures and name the inventions you see 1 4 7 3 2 6 5 8 9

ANSWERS 1 SOLAR CHARGER 2 SMART PHONE 3 3 -D PRINTER 4 SPEAKERS 5 DIGITAL CAMERA 6 LAPTOP 7 USB STICK 8 WASHING MACHINE 9 TELEVISION

ACTIVITY 1 VOTE FOR THE BEST INVENTIONS Useful to a lot of people Not Easy Available expensiv To use Easy to e buy 1 Solar charger 2 Digital camera 3 3 -D printer 4 Laptop 5 Smartphone 6 Television 7 Washing

Talking about your choice: I/We vote for. . . . because S+V Ex: We vote for digital cameras because they are useful. Talking about the use of sth: We use + Obj + to V/ For + V-ing OR S+ is/are + used + To V S+ is/are + used for + V-ing Ex: Digital cameras are used for taking pictures of people and things. Digital cameras are used to take pictures of people and things. We use digital cameras to take pictures of people and things. Talking about the benefits of sth: S+ is/are (not) + ADJ Ex: Digital cameras are not very expensive. Ex: Digital cameras are portable. S+ is/are + ADJ + To V Ex: Digital cameras are easy to use. Ex: Digital cameras are easy to buy. We don’t have to +V Ex: We don’t have to buy rolls of films. Ex: We don’t have to pay much for it.

ACTIVITY 2 REPORT AND EXPLAIN YOUR RESULTS Example: We vote for digital cameras because they are very useful. We use them to take pictures of people we spend time with or beautiful places we visit. What’s more, a digital camera does not cost too much and we don’t have to buy rolls of film for it. Notes: What’s more : In addition, besides. . .

Do you know which countries these inventions are from? ACTIVITY 1 Match the country and its inventions China Japan Singapore The Philippines Medical incubator Chopsticks Instant noodles PC sound card

ACTIVITY 2 Read the text and answer the questions MORE VOCABULARY agriculture (n) planting and rearing animals issue (n) question, problem significant (adj) important Patent (n) (v) Paddle –wheel machine (n) Biodiesel (n)

Checking understanding Matching the halves to make a complete sentences 1. Paddle wheel machines a. is a significant invention in medi 2. Biodiesel b. work in agriculture. 3. Most countrymen c. is unemployment. 4. He was d. help to add oxygen to the water. 5. One of our main issues e. patented for his invention. 6. The medical incubator f. a good choice for an alternative

ACTIVITY 2 Read the text and answer the questions Pair work: Ask and answer the questions 1. What are the main issues of many Southeast Asian countries? 2. Write the names of the inventions under the pictures. 3. Which inventions have directly benefited farmers? 4. Which inventions have helped to protect the environment? Pick out information from the text to support your answer 5. In your opinion, which of the three inventions from Thailand mentioned in the text is the most important? Why?

ACTIVITY 2 Read the text and answer the questions ASWERS 1. They are agriculture development and environmental protection. Chaipattana Areator helps to clean wastewater. In many Southeast Asian nations, agriculture 2. (Paragraph 2 -line 3, 4, 5) is the main economic activity pollution is a Rain –making techniques help and to improve forest major problem. conditions (Paragraph 3 -1 -line 5, 6, 7) (Paragraph line 3, 4, 5, 6) Rain-making technique Biodiesel Chaipattana Areator Biodiesel helps to reduce the use of fossil energy. 3. Chaipattana Areator and rain-making technique. (Paragraph 4 -line 5, 6) 4. All the three inventions have helped to protect the environment. 5. In my opinion, . . is the most important because. . .

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Question 1: Who invented paper, chopsticks and gun powder? The Chinese

Question 2: What are three significant inventions from King Bhumibol Adulyadej? Chaipattana Areator, rain making techniques and biodiesel.

Question 3 : When was the King’s biodiesel project? first introduced? In 2001.

Question 4: How useful is Chaipattana Areator in agriculture? It helps to add oxygen to the waste water to “clean” it before it is reused for farming.

- Learn all the new words and practise talking about the inventions you have learnt.