人教版選擇性必修二Period4ReadingforWriting：writeaboutwhatmakesagreatscientistUnit1ScienceandScientists1.EnabletheSstogettoknowthegoodqualitiesgreatscientistsshare.2.EnabletheSstounderstandthepassagewell.3.LettheSslearnsomewritingskillsbyscanningandskimming.4.To

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Pre-readingThetextismainlyabout_______________________________________________________________KeysintroductionofQianXuesenandStephenHawking.thebriefYorkLondonWhodoeseachtitlereferto?ThefatherofChina’sAerospaceAworldofPurethought.

ReaditquicklyanddecideifthestatementsareTorF.1.Qianchangedhismajorbecauseofashiftinpersonalinterest.2.Qian'sstronginterestinarthasapositiveimpactonascientist'sdevelopment.3．WhenHawkingwasyoung,almosteveryonebelievedthattheuniversebeganwithabigbang.4．BecauseHawkingwasdetermined,hewasabletosucceedeventhoughhewasill.Activity1:FTFTActivity2:Answerthequestionsbelowusingtheinformationfromthetexts.1.WhywasQiancalled"thefatherofChina'saerospace"?2.HowwasHawking'sowntheoryprovencorrect?Activity2:Answerthequestionsbelowusingtheinformationfromthetexts.1.WhywasQiancalled"thefatherofChina'saerospace"?BecausemuchofthetechnologybehindtheShenzhourocketscanalsobetracedbacktoQian’sresearch,Qianearnedthenameofcalled"thefatherofChina'saerospace”.2.HowwasHawking'sowntheoryprovencorrect?Hawking’sownworkonthebigbangtheorywasprovenbyastronomerswithtelescopes.keysActivity3:Studythelanguageandstructure.1.Underlinethelinkingwordsandphrasesinthepassages,anddescribetheirfunction.2.Whatisthefunctionofeachparagraphinthepassages?3.FindWordsthatdescribethepersonalitiesofthescientists.Howdothestoriesaboutscientistshelpillustratethesepersonalities?Activity3:Studythelanguageandstructure.1.Underlinethelinkingwordsandphrasesinthepassages,anddescribetheirfunction.Linkingwords:and,because,after,that,notonly…butalso…,or,what,when,ect2.Whatisthefunctionofeachparagraphinthepassages?Eachparagraphofthearticleisorganizedaroundthetopicofthearticle.3.FindWordsthatdescribethepersonalitiesofthescientists.Howdothestoriesaboutscientistshelpillustratethesepersonalities?Patriotic,devoted,determined,knowledgeable,creative,brave,Thestoriesgivespecificexamplestoshowthepersonalitiesofthescientists.keysActivity4:HowtowriteanarticleAbouttheseicentificspirits?杰出人物介紹基本內容：1.age,sex,birth-place,background(概況)2.appearance,character(外表、性格)3.education(教育背景)4.bigeventsinhisorherlife(inorderoftime)(經歷、生平)5.evaluation(評價)根據以下信息用英語寫一篇短文介紹袁隆平教授。基本信息1.1937年9月7日出生于重慶的一個貧困的家庭。自幼刻苦學習,酷愛農業科學；2.自從1953年大學畢業以后,他已經研究水稻近半個世紀,一直在為世界農業默默耕耘。主要成績3由于他的研究,我國水稻產量快速增長,為很多國家解決了糧食不足的問題;4.他被譽為“雜交水稻之父”“FatherofHybridRice”;5.雖然他很出名,但是他過著簡樸的生活，不計名利;practice：基本信息1.1937年9月7日出生于重慶的一個貧困的家庭。自幼刻苦學習,酷愛農業科學。BorninapoorfamilyinChongqingonSeptember7,1937,YuanLongpingstudiedhard,showinggreatinterestinagriculture.2.自從1953年大學畢業以后,他已經研究水稻近半個世紀,一直在為世界農業默默耕耘。Sincehisgraduationfromuniversityin1953,Yuanhasdoneresearchonriceforoverhalfacentury,devotingallhistimeandenergytothestudyofagriculture.主要成績3由于他的研究,我國水稻產量快速增長,為很多國家解決了糧食不足的問題;4.他被譽為“雜交水稻之父”“FatherofHybridRice”;5.雖然他很出名,但是他過著簡樸的生活，不計名利;keys：1.1937年9月7日出生于重慶的一個貧困的家庭。自幼刻苦學習,酷愛農業科學。2.自從1953年大學畢業以后,他已經研究水稻近半個世紀,一直在為世界農業默默耕耘。主要成績3由于他的研究,我國水稻產量快速增長,為很多國家解決了糧食不足的問題;Becauseofhisresearch,China’sriceproductionisincreasingrapidly,solvingtheproblemofthelackoffoodformanycountries.4.他被譽為“雜交水稻之父”“FatherofHybridRice”;Heishonoredas“FatherofHybridRice”5.雖然他很出名,但是他過著簡樸的生活，不計名利;Thoughheisfamous,helivesasimplelifeandcareslittleaboutmoneyandfame.keys：

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Asamatteroffact,sincehisgraduationfromuniversityin1953,Yuanhasdoneresearchonriceforoverhalfacentury,devotingallhistimeandenergytothestudyofagriculture.Becauseofhisresearch,China’sriceproductionisincreasingrapidly,solvingtheproblemofthelackoffoodformanycountries.Asaresult,heishonoredas“FatherofHybridRice”andwasrewardedwithmanyprizesforhisgreatcontributionstotheworld.Thoughheisfamous,helivesasimplelifeandcareslittleaboutmoneyandfame.keys通過本單元的學習，我們了解到兩位偉大科學家的事跡，以及他們取得的卓越成就。同時，我們也意識到是科學精神成就了他們的杰出貢獻。假設你校下個月要舉行科技節，現面向全體學生征文，請用英語寫一篇短文，談談你對科學精神的見解。1．科學精神應包括一些非常寶貴的品質，如專心致志、堅持不懈、永不放棄、創造力等等；2．正是因為這些精神，科學家們得以取得如此卓越的成就；3．錢學森、袁隆平等都在自己的領域做出了突出的貢獻；4．作為學生，我們應該把這些科學精神應用于學習中，以實現我們的目標；5．生活中，我們也要向這些偉大的科學家學習他們的科學精神，來處理我們遇到的困難和問題。注意：可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。二、要點翻譯1．在我看來，科學精神包括一些高尚的品質。__________________________,scientificspiritsincludesomenoblequalities.2．多虧了科學精神，偉大的科學家們取得了許多突出的成就。_____________________________,thegreatscientistshavemademanyoutstandingachievements.3．沒有錢學森在導彈和火箭方面全心全意的工作，中國就不會在短時間內成為世界上一個如此強大的國家。WithoutQianXuesen’sdevotedworkonmissilesandrockets,Chinawouldn’thavebecome_________________________________________________intheworldinashorttime.4．在日常生活中，我們也要向這些偉大的科學家學習他們的科學精神，來處理我們遇到的困難和問題。Inourdailylife,wecanalsolearnthescientificspiritsfromthegreatscientists______________________________________wemeetwith.AsfarasI’mconcernedThankstothescientificspiritssuchapowerfulcountry/sopowerfulacountrytohandlethedifficultiesandproblems三、詞句升級1．用強調句型改寫句2__________thankstothescientificspirits_______thegreatscientistshavemademanyoutstandingachievements.2．把句3改寫為一個含有if條件從句的主從復合句Ifit________________QianXuesen’sdevotedworkonmissilesandrockets,Chinawouldn’thavebecomesopowerfulacountryintheworldinashorttime.Itisthathadnotbeenfor四、連詞成句AsfarasIamconcerned,scientificspiritsincludesomenoblequalities,suchasdevotion，persistence,nevergiving－upandcreativity.Itisthankstothescientificspiritsthatthegreatscientistshavemademanyoutstandingachievements.Forinstance,ifithadnotbeenforQianXuesen’sdevotedworkonmissilesandrockets,Chinawouldn’thavebecomesopowerfulacountryintheworldinashorttime.Similarly,thehybridricethatDr.Yuandevelopedhasdecreasedthenumberofthehungrypeoplearoundtheworld.Theircontributionscan’tbeignored.Soweshouldshowrespectforthegreatscientistsandlearnthescientificspiritsfromthem.Besides,asstudents,ifwecanapplythescientificspiritstoourstudy,wewillcertainlyachievewhatwewant.Inourdailylife,wecanalsolearnthescientificspiritsfromthegreatscientiststohandlethedifficultiesandproblemswemeetwith.1.外貌（appearance/look）good-looking相貌英俊的funning-looking外表可笑的white-haired白頭發的charming有魅力的Part2：常用詞匯：2.性格氣質（character）kind-hearted好心的，warm-hearted熱心的，astrongwill很強的意志力，wise睿智的，hard-working/diligent勤奮的，humorous幽默的，3.生日、出生地(birth/age)…,(whowas)bornin…,isa…4.家庭背景（familybackground）…wasbornin/intoapoor/richfamily出生在貧窮的/富裕的家庭5.教育背景（schooling/educationbackground）beadmittedto…university考取……大學graduatefrom…departmentof…university從某大學某系畢業receive/getadoctor’sdegree獲取博士學位Part2：常用詞匯：goabroadforfurtherstudies出國深造Whenatcollege,hemajoredinFrench/hewasaFrenchmajor.讀大學時他主修法語6.主要事跡（mainevent）serveas/workas/actas做……工作

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speakhighlyof…高度贊揚…behonouredas…被授予……berememberedas…被銘記Part2：常用詞匯：Homework完成《創新設計》P18的演練——話題美文假設你是李華，你校英語刊物開辦專欄GreatScient