Module 4 Great Scientists reading课件

课件25张PPT。geneticsbotany zoology阿基米德 (Archimedes, 287～212BC) Ancient Greek Physicist, mathematician
The law of Archimedes
Father of Integral Calculus(微积分)Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world. 居里夫人 (Marie Curie, 1867-1934 ) Polish scientist
Discovered Radium (镭) and Polonium(钋)
Won Nobel Prize twiceScience is beyond nationalities, classes and races.It was Marie Curie who gave hope to cancer patients.
牛顿 (Newton , 1642-1727)English scientist
The law of gravity
The laws of motionIf I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.爱因斯坦 (Albert Einstein, 1879—1955) German-born American physicist
Creator of theories of relativity
Won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921 The Secret of Success: A=X+Y+Z X stands for hard work, Y for good methods, and Z means stop talking and get down to work. It was Albert Einstein who changed people’s view of universe.
Qian XuesenFather of China’s aerospace
King of rocketsIt was Qian Xuesen who sent the first Chinese rocket up into space.Match the two parts.Qian Xuesen
Marie Curie
Archimedes
Stephen Hawking
Albert EinsteinTheory of Relativity
Father of China’s aerospace
discovered Radium
Father of integral calculus
A Brief History of TimeDo you know any other Chinese scientists except Qian Xuesen? Have you heard
of Yuan Longping?Zhang HengYuan LongpingFather of hybrid riceseismographName: ____________________
Nationality: _______________
Major: ___________________
Inventions /discovers: __________________________
When did they invent/discover:
__________________________Yuan LongpingChineseAgriculturehybrid riceIn 1970The Student Who Asked QuestionsFast readingPara 1 A. His discoveries have brought?in great profit.
Para 2 B. As a boy, he was called “the student who
asked questions.
Para 3 C. Yuan Longping is a leading figure in the
rice – growing world.
Para 4 D. The yield of the new hybrid rice is much
greater than that of other types of rice
grown in Pakistan.
Para 5 E. As a young teacher, he began experiments
in crop breeding.
Para 6 F. He discovered a new type of rice.Skimminga new _______ riceby ________ different _______of rice plantIt could give a higher ____ than either of the ______ plants.What kind of rice did Yuan Longping develop?
How did he develop it?
What is the result of the new rice?
hybridcrossingspeciesyieldoriginalrice species Arice species Bcross the new hybrid rice C produce more and more quicklyhigher yield than the original plants nectarine
peach

plum
+hybrid True or False:
1. China produces more rice than any other country.
2. Yuan Longping is a very important scientist around the world.
3. In 1970 Yuan Longping discovered a naturally female rice plant.
4. The new rice replaced vegetables in 50 thousand square kilometers.
5. The new rice is now grown in other countries, such as Pakistan.Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town
in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my
car and found that I had left the lights on all day,
and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the
Friendly Ford dealership-a shop selling cars-was
right next door. I walked over and found two
salesmen in the showroom. (2006 NMET）
1. The battery of the author’s car was dead because _____.
A. something went wrong with the lights
B. the meeting lasted a whole day
C. he forgot to turn off the lights
D. he drove too long a distance _____________________________key words
关键词supporting sentence （）Since my retirement from teaching music in 2001, I
have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I
actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995
when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to
recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was
just that it brought back memories of him. In any case,
I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes much
influenced by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
(2006 NMET)
1. The author started drawing again in 1995 because ___.
A. he hoped to draw a picture of his father
B. he couldn’t stop missing his father
C. he had more time after retirement
D. he liked animals and landscape______________________（）China produces more rice than any other country.
2. Yuan Longping is a very important scientist around the world.
3. In 1970 Yuan Longping discovered a naturally female rice plant.
4. The new rice replaced vegetables in 50 thousand square kilometers.
5. The new rice is now grown in other countries, such as Pakistan.In a hungry world rice is a staple food and china is the world’s largest producer.In the rice-growing world, the Chinese scientists, Yuan Longping, is a leading figure.50 thousand square kilometres of rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and other cash crops.Following this, Yuan Longping’s rice was exported to other countries, such as Parkistan and the Philippines.It had to be male. It had to be sterile.True or False:
unforeseeable
notbefore, ahead of timecancan not see ahead of time This possibility was unforeseeable，because it almost never happened.unforeseeableMethod 1: from the construction of the words（构词）
Kate was perplexed. She couldn’t understand why Nancy did not like to speak. Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn’t the easiest thing to do. （2004年北京卷D篇）
72.The underlined word “perplexed” probably means ____?
A. puzzled B. angry C. shocked D. seriousMethod 2: from the context (上下文）________________________________stapleproducerleading convertcash cropsexportsterileproducerleading cash cropsexportproduce + era person, or a country that
grows or makes goods or materialslead + ing in first position or most important cash + cropscrop grown for moneyex + port send goods to another country for sale Method 1: from the construction of the words（构词）staplesterileconvertIn a hungry world rice is a staple food and
China is the world’s largest producer._____mainIt had to be male. It had to be sterile. Finally,
in 1970 a naturally sterile male rice plant was
discovered.not able to produce seeds, or children50 thousand square kilometers of rice field were
Converted to growing vegetables and other cash
Crops.change from one form/use to another_____________________________ True or False:
1. China produces more rice than any other country.
2. Yuan Longping is a very important scientist around the world.
3. In 1970 Yuan Longping discovered a naturally female rice plant.
4. The new rice replaced vegetables in 50 thousand square kilometers.
5. The new rice is now grown in other countries, such as Pakistan.