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Integrated skills 第二课时
Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world
Lead in
Have you ever been to any school festivals What activities impressed you most
Lecture
Interesting theme
Teachers or other participate
activities
Decoration
Lead in
What impression do you want to have for your Science Festival
Interesting
Professional
Unique
Happy
…
Speaking
In pairs, discuss a plan for holding the Science Festival at your school. Use the following questions to help you.
C
What is your chosen theme
Who will you invite to give a lecture on your theme and what is the topic
Attractive and popular
No matter you can invite him/her or not,
Professional, authoritative and interesting lecturer,
Hot topic with the latest info
What kind of experiments would you recommend
What kind of Science Fair activities and decorations would you suggest
Beyond the subjects you’re learning at school
Other activities students like
Decoration style: modern, mix and match, colourful…
Speaking
Speaking
Tip: Continuing a discussion
To ensure a discussion moves smoothly, everyone should be active. When answering questions, you should follow your answers with explanations or personal experiences. If you have any doubts, ask questions to check your understanding and to get further information.
Speaking
5-minute discussion
Note down your point of view and details, and collect other useful information from classmates.
Writing
Write a plan for the school Science Festival. Use your ideas from Part C and the information in parts A and B to help you.
D
Learning about the text type
A plan is a detailed proposal for doing something. It can offer the reader a better understanding of a certain project or activity.
Purpose of the festival
Time
Participants
Specific activities
Setting
…
Writing
Learning about the structure
Usually, a festival plan consists of …
Part 1:
theme
aims
Part 2:
the activities (time, participants, details, effects…)
setting
Part 3:
expectation
Writing
Plan for the school Science Festival Theme: ___________
(background description)
Event: 1.__________
(details and description)
2.__________
(details and description)
*Conclusion (expectation)
Writing
Learning about the structure
A plan involves both the theme and events. Organize the Science Festival events clearly, usually in order of time. Describe one event in one paragraph.
Details or explanation
Writing
Learning about the language
Keep in mind who you are writing to, what the purpose of your writing is and what you are writing about. Use formal language and be polite when writing a plan for the school Science Festival.
Students and teachers
Organise the Science Festival well
Events and details about the festival
formal language
Writing
Formal language
Informal language
In situations that are serious or that involve people we don’t know well.
Writing or giving speech
In situations that are more relaxed and involve people we know well.
Speaking or texting…
Contractions, relative clauses without a relative pronoun and ellipsis
Writing
Formal language
Informal language
incorrect wrong
vacant empty
inexpensive cheap
sufficient enough
entire/complete whole
senior older
improved better
Writing
Formal language
Avoid subjective opinions
Avoid addressing readers as “you”
Avoid use of contractions
Avoid overuse of short and simple sentences
…
Writing
There’ll be a Science Workshop on Tuesday. You can try to make your own materials in our labs. We’ll provide many raw materials and lots of different equipment. You’ll be able to find out what new materials they can make and what’s special about the materials.
Sample-informal
There will
Students
their
laboratories
Staff will
Students will
What feature their material will have.
Writing
Now let’s write the plan of the school Science Festival.
Sample writing
Plan for the school Science Festival
Theme: Materials Physics
Does this sound a little bit removed from our daily lives Wrong. Think about smartphone touchscreens and the fibre optics used in telecommunications. In fact, we use these every day, and they were made real thanks to breakthroughs in materials physics.
Q & A for arousing interests
background
Sample writing
Plan for the school Science Festival
Events:
1. A lecture by Professor Wang
On Monday morning, Professor Wang will give a lecture about chemically strengthened glass, which is used as a cover for many portable devices. The lecture will be held in the school hall.
Name of event
Time, participant, place, topic
Sample writing
Plan for the school Science Festival
Events:
2. Science Workshop
There will be a Science Workshop on Tuesday. Students can try to make their own materials in our laboratories. We will provide many raw materials and lots of different equipment. Students will be able to find out what new materials they can make and what features their materials will have.
Time, topic
Participant, place
Details of what we can do and results
Evaluation
Checking your writing
Remember to check your writing after you finish and exchange drafts between you and your partner. Pay attention to the following aspects:
□Punctuation □Spelling □Grammar
□Choice of words □Style (formal/informal) □Structure
Evaluation
Self-review
What theme do you give in your plan Are all the events focused on the theme
Is your writing formal or informal
Peer review
What does your partner think of the theme and events you suggest
Which sentences does your partner appreciate most
四. 写作
(一) 假如你是李华,你的朋友Tom想了解中国科学家钱学森,请根据以下内容给他写封信。
1. 1911年出生于上海,1935年赴美留学,冯·卡门(Von Karman)高度赞誉他;
2. 1938年在美国获航空、数学博士学位;
3. 1958年起献身于中国航空航天研究,为新中国的航天事业做出巨大的贡献,被誉为“新中国航天之父”;
4. 2009年在北京去世。
参考词汇:
航空航天科学技术aerospace science and technology
Homework
第一步 列提纲
Paragraph 1:
Present the purpose of the writing: introduce Chinese scientist Qian Xuesen to Tom.
Paragraph 2:
Introduce the life story and contributions of Qian Xuesen.
Paragraph 3: Evaluation.
introduce... to..
be regarded as
further study
think highly of
doctor's degree
be devoted to
make contributions to
pass away
把…介绍给…
被认为;被视为
深造;进修
高度评价
博士学位
献身于;致力于
对……做出贡献
去世;逝世
第二步 写词句
Qian Xuesen, regarded as the father of New China’s space program, was born in 1911 in Shanghai.
第二步 写词句 --- 翻译句子
1. 钱学森,被誉为“新中国航天之父”,1911年出生于上海。(regarded as作后置定语)
In 1935,Qian went to America for further study and was highly thought of by Von Karm.
第二步 写词句 --- 翻译句子
2. 1935年赴美深造,冯 卡门(Von Karman)高度赞誉他。(被动语态)
Since 1958 he had been devoted to aerospace science and made great contributions to cause of New China’s aerospace.
第二步 写词句 --- 翻译句子
3. 1958年起献身于航空航天研究工作,为新中国的航天事业做出巨大的贡献。(be devoted to; make contributions to)
Dear Tom,
I’m writing to introduce Chinese scientist Qian Xuesen to you.
Qian Xuesen, regarded as the father of New China’s space program, was born in 1911 in Shanghai. In 1935, Qian went to America for further study and was highly thought of by Von Karman.
第三步 连成文
In 1938, he obtained his doctor’s degree in aerospace science and mathematics in America. Since 1958, he had been devoted to aerospace science and made great contributions to the cause of New China’s aerospace. In 2009, he passed away in Beijing.
Chinese people will never forget his contributions to the people and the country.
Yours,
Li Hua