Worksheet
Zhong Yang’s Words and Deeds
Quote 1 Scientific research itself is a challenge to humans, but challenges always coincide with opportunities.
Deed/Deeds
Attitude
Quality/Qualities
Notes
Quote 2 Tibetan students have an amazing natural laboratory on their doorstep, but I found they are just not that interested in science as far as I can tell. I want to inspire students and cultivate a scientific spirit among them as there are still places in Tibet that have not been explored.
Deed/Deeds
Attitude
Quality/Qualities
Notes
Quote 3 I have never regretted being a scientist. Imagine what you do today will benefit many people, even after you die. Everything difficult is worth the price.
Deed/Deeds
Attitude
Quality/Qualities
Notes
Worksheet (with possible answers)
Zhong Yang’s Words and Deeds
Quote 1 Scientific research itself is a challenge to humans, but challenges always coincide with opportunities.
Deed/Deeds The challenges facing Zhong Yang and how Zhong Yang met those challenges during his scientific work. Zhong Yang’s contribution (the building of a large collection of seeds in Tibet).
Attitude Opportunities can be found in challenges.
Quality/Qualities optimistic, wise
Notes
Quote 2 Tibetan students have an amazing natural laboratory on their doorstep, but Ifound they are just not that interested in science as far as I can tell. I want to inspire students and cultivate a scientific spirit among them as there are still places in Tibet that have not been explored.
Deed/Deeds Helping improve education in Tibet. Developing educational programmes of study in science in Tibet.
Attitude Improving education in Tibet is a meaningful job.
Quality/Qualities passionate, curious, caring, helpful
Notes
Quote 3 I have never regretted being a scientist. Imagine what you do today will benefit many people, even after you die. Everything difficult is worth the price.
Deed/Deeds What Zhong Yang did as a scientist and an educator. Working in Tibet for 16 years.
Attitude His work was beneficial and worthwhile.
Quality/Qualities loving, responsible
Notes(共18张PPT)
《 高 中 英 语 》 ( 上 外 版 )
选择性必修第二册第一单元 Scientists
授课教师 ：
课时
授课内容
1
Getting Started/ Reading A
1
Reading A/ Vocabulary Focus
1
Reading A/ Grammar in Use
1
Listening, Viewing and Speaking
1
Reading B and Cultue Link
1
Critical Thinking
1
Writing
1
Further Exploration/ Self-assessment
单元封面
《 高 中 英 语 》 ( 上 外 版 )
选择性必修第二册第一单元
2.能通过学习challenge, coincide with, hardship, persist, be home
to, inspire, cultivate, more than, benefit, worth, the tip of the
iceberg 等词汇，和通过匹配人物事迹、辨别人物态度和总结
人物精神品质，分析人物引言；
analyze a person’s quotes by matching the relevant deeds, identifying the person’s
attitude, and concluding the person’s qualities and by learning the target vocabulary (challenge, coincide with, hardship, persist, be home to, inspire, cultivate, more than, benefit, worth, the tip of the iceberg);
学习目标 Learning Objectives：
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to ...
1. 能通过教师的作业讲评，掌握人物专栏文章的语篇特征;
grasp the characteristics of the feature article about a specific person through the teacher’s comments on
3.能运用相关词汇口头表达对科学家的工作及其意义 的理解。
express orally your understanding of scientists’ work by using the target vocabulary wherever appropriate.
the assignments;
Saving Tibet One Seed at a Time
Madame Curie, Chemist
She worked day and night for 4 years with her
husband in a poor shed. She used iron bars to stir the boiling experiment pot, with her eyes enduring the stimulation of smoke from the pot. After
continual refining, she got one tenth of a gram of radium from several tons of the ingredient. She was persistent and enthusiastic about chemistry.
follow narrative conventions_______________
be written in short paragraphs
combine facts, quotes and opinions provide a perspective about the topic or issue include catchy features
explore a newsworthy topic or issue_________
Feature article
A feature article should
Zhong Yang’s hands
Collecting seeds
What Zhong Yang
Feature article
about a specific person
looked like
caption
image
Feature article
about Zhong Yang
title
Deeds
Words
Qualities
numbers
actions
sensory details
What was Zhong Yang’s deed that matched this quote
What did Zhong think of his work What was his attitude What qualities in Zhong Yang can ben concluded
Since there is no suitable machine available for collecting the pits, we have to eat the peaches, which taste awful. But this is the safest way to get the seeds.
Q3: I have never regretted being a scientist. Imagine what you do today will benefit many people, even
after you die. Everything difficult is worth the price.
Q2: Tibetan students have an amazing natural laboratory on their
doorstep, but I found they are just not that interested in science as far as I can tell. I want to inspire students and cultivate a scientific spirit among
them as there are still places in Tibet that have not been explored.
Q1: Scientific research itself is a challenge to humans,
but challenges always coincide with opportunities.
Q1: Scientific research itself is a challenge to humans,
but challenges always coincide with opportunities.
What a coincidence!
Challenges are always coincident with opportunities.
Q3: Tibetan students have an amazing natural laboratory on
their doorstep, but I found they are just not that interested in science as far as I can tell . I want to inspire students and cultivate a scientific spirit among them as there are still places in Tibet that have not been explored.
Tibet needs MORE THAN a biologist.
Q3: I have never regretted being a scientist. Imagine
what you do today will benefit many people, even after you die. Everything difficult is worth the price.
What is “the price”
The tip of the iceberg
Meeting the challenges
Working for 16 years in Tibet
There was so much to do.
What is your understanding of scientists’ work
1. Finish Ex. I and Ex II in Vocabulary Focus on Page 7 and Page 8.
2. Choose a quote for the scientist of your choice. Write a reflection on your choice in about 60 words by answering the following questions:
What deeds of the scientist match the quote Give one example to illustrate it.
What does / did the scientist think of his / her work
What quality/qualities in the scientist can be concluded
Why do you choose this quote for the scientist ofyour choice
Assignments
T h a n k y o u ！《高中英语（上外版）》选择性必修第二册 Unit 1 Scientists
课时：第 2 课时
教学内容：Saving Tibet One Seed at a Time
课型：阅读课（词汇）
一、教学设计与说明
1. 教学目标
本课为本单元的第二课时，学生通过该课时的学习，能通过教师的作业讲评， 掌握人物专栏文章的语篇特征； 能通过学习 challenge, coincide with, hardship, persist, be home to, inspire, cultivate, more than, benefit, worth, the tip ofthe iceberg
等词汇，和通过匹配人物事迹、辨别人物态度和总结人物精神品质，分析人物引 言；能运用相关词汇口头表达对科学家的工作及其意义的理解。
2. 设计思路
本课为 Reading A 阅读课的第二课时，聚焦深入阅读和词汇学习，旨在引导 学通过阅读课文分析钟杨的引言所折射出的他的事迹、态度与精神品质，从而形 成对科学家工作的整体认识，并学习相关词汇。首先，教师讲评上一课时的作业， 帮助学生回顾人物专栏文章的多模态特征和语言特征，以及此类文章的写作目的， 总结人物分析的两个维度：行为和语言。其次，教师引导学生结合课文内容，从 “事迹” 、“态度”和“精神品质”三个方面分析课文中的钟杨引言，并鼓励学生运用 引言的分析方法，再次阅读课文，独立分析三句钟杨引言。然后，教师鼓励学生 分享对钟杨引言的分析，通过引导学生学习目标词汇，帮助他们理解科学家的工 作及意义。最后，学生通过运用目标词汇，分享他们对科学家工作的个人理解。
课后要求学生完成书上词汇聚焦板块的练习，以巩固本课时对词汇的学习。 同时，要求学生为自己感兴趣的科学家选择一则引言，并从“事迹”、“态度”和“精 神品质”三个方面分析引言，并说明选择理由，为单元大作业中为所介绍的科学 家选择一句引言给予指导。
3. 重点难点
从“事迹 ”、“态度 ”和“精神品质 ”三个方面来分析科学家的引言，并理 解科学家的工作及意义。
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Lesson Plan
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the period, students will be able to:
1. grasp the characteristics of the feature article about a specific person through the teacher’s comments on the assignments;
2. analyze a person’s quotes by matching the relevant deeds, identifying the person’s attitude, and concluding the person’s qualities and by learning the target vocabulary (challenge, coincide with, hardship, persist, be home to, inspire, cultivate, more than, benefit, worth, the tip ofthe iceberg);
3. express orally their understanding of scientists ’ work by using the target vocabulary wherever appropriate.
Learning Procedures: Before reading
I. Interactive activity 1: The language feature of the feature article
*T: Help Ss go over the language features of a feature article by commenting on Ss' second assignment of the last period-- a paragraph describing one important fact of a scientist of the Ss' interest, and help Ss recall the writing purpose of a feature article about a famous figure. *Ss: Go over the language features of a feature article and understand writing purpose of a feature article about a famous figure. Purpose: To help Ss recall the language features and the writing purpose of Reading A.
Guided Question:
What are the language features of a feature article
II. Interactive activity 2: The multimodal features of the feature article
*T: Help Ss go over the multimodal features of a feature article by commenting on Ss' first assignment of the last period -- comments on the picture on Page 4, and help Ss understand the typical features of the picture included in a feature article about a famous figure. *Ss: Go over the multimodal feature of a feature article and understand the typical features of the picture included in a feature article about a famous figure. Purpose: To help Ss recall the multimodal features of Reading A.
Guided Question:
What are the multimodal features of a feature article
While reading
III. Interactive activity 3: The method of analyzing a person’s quote
*T: Enable Ss to analyze one of Zhong Yang’s quotes by encouraging them to identify the deed(s), attitude and qualities reflected in the quote.
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*Ss: Analyze one of Zhong Yang’s quotes by identifying the deed(s), attitude and qualities reflected in the quote. Purpose: To enable Ss to analyze a person’s quotes.
Guided question:
How can we analyze a person’s quote
IV. Interactive activity 4: The analysis of Zhong Yang’s quotes
*T: Ask Ss to analyze three of Zhong Yang’s quotes by identifying the deeds, attitude and qualities with reference to Reading A. *Ss: Analyze three of Zhong Yang’s quotes by identifying the deeds, attitude and qualities with reference to Reading A and note down keywords in the worksheet. Purpose: To enable Ss to apply the method of analysis of a person’s quotes.
Guided question:
What do Zhong Yang’s quotes reveal about him Three Zhong Yang's quotes:
1. "Scientific research itself is a challenge to humans, but challenges always coincide with opportunities."
2. "Tibetan students have an amazing natural laboratory on their doorstep, but I found they are just not that interested in science as far as I can tell. I want to inspire students and cultivate a scientific spirit among them as there are still places in Tibet that have not been explored."
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. *T: Help Ss analyze the quote by encouraging them to talk about what Zhong Yang did as an educator and the significance of improving education in Tibet, and conclude Zhong Yang's attitude and qualities revealed from the quote. (Target vocabulary: inspire, cultivate, more than) *Ss: Analyze the quote by talking about what Zhong Yang did as an educator and the significance of improving education in Tibet and conclude Zhong Yang's attitude and qualities revealed from the quote. Purpose: To help Ss understand the target vocabulary by analyzing the quote.
Guided question:
Why was Zhong Yang devoted to improving education in Tibet
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VII. Interactive activity 7: Quote 3
*T: Help Ss analyze the quote by encouraging them to talk about the reason why Zhong Yang never regretted being a scientist, and conclude Zhong Yang's attitude and qualities revealed from the quote. (Target vocabulary: benefit, worth, the tip of the iceberg) *Ss: Analyze the quote by talking about the reason why Zhong Yang never regretted being a scientist and conclude Zhong Yang's attitude and qualities revealed from the quote. Purpose: To help Ss understand the target vocabulary by analyzing the quote.
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. *T: Encourage Ss to discuss in pairs and express orally their understanding of scientists ’ work by using the target vocabulary wherever appropriate. *Ss: Discuss in pairs and express their own understanding of scientists ’ work by using the target vocabulary wherever appropriate. Report to the class the understanding in complete sentence later. Purpose: To encourage Ss to share their understanding of scientists’ work by using the target vocabulary wherever appropriate.
Guided question:
What is your understanding of scientists ’ work
IX. Assignments
1. Finish Ex. I and Ex 2 in Vocabulary Focus on Page 7 and Page 8.
2. Choose a quote of the scientist of your choice. Write a reflection on your choice in about 60 words by answering the following questions:
What deeds of the scientist match the quote Give one example to illustrate it.
What does / did the scientist think of his / her work
What quality/qualities in the scientist can be concluded
Why do you choose this quote for the scientist of your choice
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