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Using Language Ⅱ P7-9
Unit 1 Science and Scientists
Learning objectives
In this class, you will
learn about the two great scientists' lives, personality and qualities, achievements and scientific spirit;
grasp and use some words and phrases to describe the qualities of great scientists;
summarize the linking words and phrases and describe their functions;
write an essay about the scientific spirit;
learn the language points of the passages.
Warm Up
Albert Einstein
Changed our understanding of the universe
Yuan Longping
A Pioneer for All People
Lin Qiaozhi
Mother of ten thousand babies
Tu Youyou
Discovered the artemisinin
Qian Xuesen
Stephen Hawking
The Father of China’s Aerospace
Passage 1
Fast reading
2. Match the main idea with each paragraph
Para 1 Personality
Para 2 His death and people’s appreciation of him
Para 3 Introduction
Para 4 Education
Para 5 Further education abroad and achievements
Para 6 Returning to motherland
Para 7 Achievements in Aerospace
1. What’s the text type
Biography
Para 1 Introduction
Para 2 Education
Para 3 Further education abroad and achievements
Para 4 Returning to motherland
Para 5 Achievements in Aerospace
Para 6 Personality
Para 7 His death and people’s appreciation of him
Life experience and achievements
Read the passage and complete the timeline
1911
1932
1935
1930s-40s
1955
1970
2009
China launched the first man-made satellite,Dong Fang Hong I under Qian’s leadership.
switched his major to aviation.
went to America to persue his graduate studies
returned to China
died
born in Hangzhou
1.
2.
3.
became a pioneer in USA jet and rocket technology
conduct important research into rocket propulsion
founded JPL
tip: pay attention to the verbs.
This passage is developed in order of ___________.
time
Careful reading
Why was Qian called “the father of China’s aerospace”
Para 5:
Try to summarize Qian’s quality with your own words.
Para 2:
Born in Hangzhou in 1911, Qian attended schools in Beijing and then entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Railway Mechanical Engineering. However, after the Songhu Battle broke out in 1932, Qian made the decision to switch his major to aviation because he realised that China needed its own powerful air force to protect and defend the country.
patriotic
Try to summarize Qian’s quality with your own words.
Para 3: Qian went to the United States in 1935 to pursue his graduate studies. Over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, Qian became a pioneer in American jet and rocket technology. As a graduate assistant at the California Institute of Technology during the 1930s, Qian helped conduct important research into rocket propulsion, and in the 1940s, he and several other people founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, now one of NASA’s leading spaceexploration centres.
knowledgeable
professional
Para 4:
After overcoming some difficulties during his final few years in the US, Qian returned to China in 1955. He received a hero’s welcome from his homeland and was put in charge of not only developing China’s rocket science but also its space and missile programme. At that time, China was poor and its rocket science was undeveloped. No institute or university in China offered rocket science as a major, and there were no talents or experts in this field in China. Nevertheless, Qian did not let that discourage him from taking on the challenge. When asked “Can we Chinese possibly make missiles ”, his reply was a determined “Why not We Chinese are able to make the same things that other people make.”
Try to summarize Qian’s quality with your own words.
patriotic/determined
confident
Para 5:
Under Qian’s leadership, China developed the Dongfeng missiles, followed by the first generation of Long March rockets. In 1970, China successfully launched its first man-made satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, from a Long March rocket. Because much of the technology behind the Shenzhou rockets can also be traced back to Qian’s research, Qian earned the name of “the father of China’s aerospace.”
hardworking
creative
Try to summarize Qian’s quality with your own words.
Try to summarize Qian’s quality with your own words.
Para 6:
Qian read a lot and was extremely knowledgeable, especially in the area of frontier science research. However, what might have made him such an outstanding and creative scientist was probably his strong interest in other things, such as music and drawing. His deep appreciation for art often gave him inspiration in his scientific research.
has a wide range of interest
Stephen Hawking
A World of
Pure Thought
Passage 2
Fast reading
1. What’s the text type
Biography
2. Match the main idea with each paragraph
Para 1 The reasons for his fame
Para 2 Introduction
Para 3 Characteristics that made him great
Careful reading
Para 2:
Hawking first achieved fame when he was still healthy enough to walk, as a graduate student in physics at Cambridge University in 1964. In general, there were two main theories on the origin of the universe. The first was the steady state theory, which holds that the universe has no beginning or end. The other was the big bang theory, which holds that the universe began at a single point in time and space. The biggest champion of the steady state concept was Fred Hoyle, a professor at Cambridge. During the question and answer period after one of Hoyle’s lectures, Hawking stood up and pointed out that Hoyle had made a mistake in his maths. Once the maths was corrected, it showed that the big bang theory—and not the steady state theory— was true. Hawking’s own work on the big bang theory was soon proven by astronomers with telescopes. A star was born.
Try to summarize Hawking’s quality with your own words.
brave
brillant/talented
Para 3:
So, What made Stephen Hawking a genius Besides being brilliant, he was brave, though sometimes careless in what he said or did. He was willing to say what others were afraid to say, and to dream of what others were afraid to dream about. Furthermore, he was quite determined. This had helped him as a scientist, and had helped him even more in his ght against his disease. Above all, Hawking was willing to admit his faults. This odd combination of characteristics had made him one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Try to summarize Hawking’s quality with your own words.
Careful reading
have a big dream
determined
honest
Summary——Structure
Brief introduction
Life experience & Achievements
According to the two articles, What will be included in your essay if you are writing about a great person
Personalities/ qualities
Summary——Linking Words
时间 when / after / at that time
转折 however / nevertheless / though
顺承 besides/furthermore
因果 because / so
总结 in general / above all
*Linking words can make your writing more logical and coherent.
Writing
根据以下信息,以“THE MAN FED CHINA AND THE WORLD”为题,用英语写一篇80词左右的短文介绍袁隆平院士。
基本信息:
1.1930年9月7日出生于北京。自幼刻苦学习,酷爱农业科学。
2.自从1953年从西南农学院(Southwest Agricultural College)毕业以后,他研究水稻近半个世纪,将毕生精力奉献于农业研究。
主要成就:
1.由于他的研究,我国水稻产量快速增长,为很多国家解决了粮食不足的问题;
2.他被誉为“杂交水稻之父(Father of Hybrid Rice)”;
3.虽然他很出名,但是他过着简朴的生活,不计名利。
[参考范文]
THE MAN WHO FED CHINA AND THE WORLD
Born on September 7th,1930 in Beijing,Yuan Longping studied hard since childhood,showing great interest in agriculture,who was one of the most well-known scientists in China.
After graduating from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953,Yuan did research on rice for over half a century,devoting all his time and energy to the study of agriculture.Having seen so many people suffering from hunger,Yuan was determined to develop and create a new kind of rice—the “Super Hybrid Rice”.Because of his research,China’s rice production is increasing rapidly,solving the problem of the lack of food for many countries.As a result,he is honored as “Father of Hybrid Rice” and was rewarded with many prizes for his great contributions to the world.
Famous as he was,he cared little about fortune and fame,living a simple life.