Section Ⅵ 聚焦单元主题活动·发展语言交际技能
1 语言技能 Listening
主题活动 科技发明
(一)听第1段材料，回答第1、2题。
1．Why did scientists invent the robot？( )
A．To study seabirds.
B．To protect seabirds.
C．To accompany seabirds.
2．How did seabirds react to the robot？( )
A．They refused it.
B．They ignored it.
C．They accepted it.
(二)听第2段材料，判断正误(T or F)。
1．The woman's mother uses machines to do chores.( )
2．Robots will replace all human workers in the future.( )
3．The real teachers will not be needed in the future.( )
4．The man's view on technology is the same as the woman's.( )
(三)听第3段材料，补全下面表格。
What is the technology used for？ Detecting ① .
Where will the invention be used？ California and ② .
What's special for the new detection system？ It can sense a fire the size of a ③ .
What does the woman think more important？ The ④ in the forest.
2语言技能 Talking and Speaking
主题活动 科学精神
W: Tom, what are you going to do in the future
M: I want to be a scientist.
W: Can you tell me why
M: I think scientists ①________________________________________ (为我们舒适的生活贡献很多)．I want to be a useful person.
W: Sounds great! Then who's your favorite scientist
M: Copernicus! He discovered the sun was the center of the universe, and all the planets went around it.Our ideas of the universe ②____________________ (全都建立在他的理论之上)．And his theory even influenced the work of the great scientists, like Newton and Einstein afterwards.
W: Wow! I wonder how he made his discoveries.
M: Well, at his time, people believed the earth was the center of the universe. But if that was the case, some things didn't make sense.So, Copernicus tried to find an answer.He collected observations of the stars, and ③________________________________________ (利用他的全部数学知识来研究它们)．That finally led to his theory.
W: Copernicus was great indeed!
M: That's for sure! But unluckily, he didn't publish his theory until he was dying.
W: How come
M: At that time, the Christian Church was extremely strict about ideas.If Copernicus put forward his theory, the theory ④________________________________________ (一定会被推翻)．And he himself would have been attacked and punished, too.
3语言技能 Looking and Speaking
主题活动 科学家
Albert Einstein Jane Goodall Tu Youyou
1．What's the topic of the pictures above
2．Can you say something about their achievements？(The answers may vary.)
4语言技能 Reading and Writing
主题活动 对真理的追求
Throughout history scientists have risked their health and their lives in their search for the truth.
Sir Isaac Newton, the seventeenth century scientist, was very smart, but that didn't stop him from doing some pretty stupid things.In his laboratory in Cambridge he often did the strangest experiments.Once he stared at the sun for as long as he could bear, to discover what effect this would have on his sight.He escaped suffering permanent damage, though he had to spend some days in a darkened room before his eyes recovered.
In the 1750s the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele was the first person to find a way to produce phosphorus (磷). He in fact discovered eight more chemical elements including chlorine (氯), though he didn't get any praise for them.He was a very clever scientist, but his one failing was a curious habit of tasting a little of every substance he worked with. This risky practice finally caught up with him, and in 1786 he was found dead in his laboratory surrounded by a large number of dangerous chemicals, any of which might have been responsible for his death.
Eugene Shoemaker was a respected geologist.He spent a large part of his life studying craters on the moon, and how they were formed, and later did research into the comets of the planet Jupiter.In 1997 he and his wife were in the Australian desert where they went every year to search for places where comets might have hit the earth.While driving in the Tanami desert, normally one of the emptiest places in the world, another vehicle crashed into them and Shoemaker was killed on the spot.Some of his ashes were sent to the moon aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft and left there — he is the only person who has had this honor.
Questions：
1．What does the underlined word “permanent” in paragraph 2 mean？( )
A．Brief. B．Slight.
C．Lasting. D．Ordinary.
2．The text is mainly about three great scientists' ________.( )
A．special honors
B．great achievements
C．famous experiments
D．suffering in their research
3．What did Karl Scheele like doing when performing experiments
4．What special honor was Shoemaker given after his death
Section Ⅵ
Listening
(一)1.A 2.C
(二)1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T
(三)①forest fires ②Australia ③car ④animals
附：听力材料
(Text 1)
W: Do you know, Jack Scientists in Antarctica have used a new invention to help them study seabirds closely — a tiny robot on wheels that looks like a baby bird.
M: Yes.I once saw it on TV.The robot is similar to those used in the exploration of the moon.Scientists, working some distance away, controlled every movement the robot made.
W: You're right.It was immediately accepted by seabirds' families as one of them.The adults even sang to it, though to their disappointment, the “baby” didn't reply.
M: That's funny! Scientists are now working on a new model with one important improvement — it will be able to play seabird songs.
(Text 2)
M: People in modern times are much luckier than before.Do you think so
W: Absolutely.Especially when we compare the technology before with the modern technology in our life now.
M: Does your mother use a washing machine or other machines to do her chores
W: Yes, she does.She uses machines to do almost all of the household chores.She never has a maid.
M: Hmm, technology is really helpful, but do you think that robots will replace humans or cause unemployment in the future
W: Well, it is hard to tell.In some cases, robots will take over jobs that are dangerous for human workers.
M: What about teaching machines or machine teachers
W: Machine teachers will be truly useful, but I still guess the role of real teachers is very much needed.As a machine is only a piece of equipment, it has no personal approach in teaching and cannot precisely teach students.
M: I can't agree more.It is generally believed that teaching is as much an art as it is a science.
(Text 3)
W: We're developing a new technology that can detect forest fires as soon as they start.
M: Given how many fires there have been recently, it's something the world desperately needs.
W: Indeed.In 2020 alone, California has had over 8600 fires, losing roughly 4% of the state's trees.The other place where it will be useful is Australia.At the start of the year, there were 50 separate bushfires.
M: So how will your new detection system work
W: We're going to use a new range of satellites which have heat cameras.
M: Don't other satellites have those
W: Yes, but they can only detect a fire the size of a football field.The new one can sense a fire the size of a car.It will give firefighters enough time to stop it before it gets too big.If they get the plane up in time they could stop it dead.
M: If it works, I really hope you get recognition for it.
W: I just want to try and stop trees from burning, and more importantly, protect the poor animals that live in them.
M: I know, we often only consider the human cost, never the animal one.
Talking and Speaking
①contribute a lot to our comfortable lives ②are all based on his theory ③used all his mathematical knowledge to study them ④would certainly have been turned down
Looking and Speaking
1．The topic of the pictures above is about “Some famous scientists who have made contributions to mankind”．
2．Albert Einstein is one of the 20th century's greatest scientists. He is best known for his Theory of Relativity. He was fond of music, and said that he could find peace in music. Albert Einstein was a peaceloving person, giving little thought to money, and he devoted a lot of his time and energy to working for human rights and progress.
Jane Goodall is a world famous zoologist, who graduated from Cambridge University. She devoted all her time to studying chimps. She gained many honours. She inspires those who want to cheer the achievements of women.
Tu Youyou is a Chinese medical scientist, pharmaceutical chemist. The discovery of artemisinin and its treatment of malaria is regarded as a significant breakthrough of tropical medicine. For her work, in 2015, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She is the first native Chinese female scientist ever to win the Nobel Prize.
Reading and Writing
1．C 2.D
3．Tasting chemicals.
4．Some of his ashes were placed on the moon.(共49张PPT)
Section Ⅵ 聚焦单元主题活动
发展语言交际技能
目 录
1 语言技能 Listening
2 语言技能 Talking and Speaking
3 语言技能 Looking and Speaking
课时跟踪检测
4 语言技能 Reading and Writing
语言技能 Listening
1
主题活动 科技发明
(一)听第1段材料，回答第1、2题。
1．Why did scientists invent the robot
A．To study seabirds.
B．To protect seabirds.
C．To accompany seabirds.
√
√
2．How did seabirds react to the robot
A．They refused it.
B．They ignored it.
C．They accepted it.
(二)听第2段材料，判断正误(T or F)。
1．The woman's mother uses machines to do chores. ( )
2．Robots will replace all human workers in the future. ( )
3．The real teachers will not be needed in the future. ( )
4．The man's view on technology is the same as the woman's. ( )
T
F
F
T
(三)听第3段材料，补全下面表格。
What is the technology used for？ Detecting ① .
Where will the invention be used？ California and ② .
What's special for the new detection system？ It can sense a fire the size of a ③ .
What does the woman think more important？ The ④ in the forest.
forest fires
Australia
car
animals
附：听力材料
(Text 1)
W: Do you know, Jack Scientists in Antarctica have used a new invention to help them study seabirds closely — a tiny robot on wheels that looks like a baby bird.
M: Yes.I once saw it on TV.The robot is similar to those used in the exploration of the moon.Scientists, working some distance away, controlled every movement the robot made.
W: You're right.It was immediately accepted by seabirds' families as one of them.The adults even sang to it, though to their disappointment, the “baby” didn't reply.
M: That's funny! Scientists are now working on a new model with one important improvement — it will be able to play seabird songs.
(Text 2)
M: People in modern times are much luckier than before.Do you think so
W: Absolutely.Especially when we compare the technology before with the modern technology in our life now.
M: Does your mother use a washing machine or other machines to do her chores
W: Yes, she does.She uses machines to do almost all of the household chores.She never has a maid.
M: Hmm, technology is really helpful, but do you think that robots will replace humans or cause unemployment in the future
W: Well, it is hard to tell.In some cases, robots will take over jobs that are dangerous for human workers.
M: What about teaching machines or machine teachers
W: Machine teachers will be truly useful, but I still guess the role of real teachers is very much needed.As a machine is only a piece of equipment, it has no personal approach in teaching and cannot precisely teach students.
M: I can't agree more.It is generally believed that teaching is as much an art as it is a science.
(Text 3)
W: We're developing a new technology that can detect forest fires as soon as they start.
M: Given how many fires there have been recently, it's something the world desperately needs.
W: Indeed.In 2020 alone, California has had over 8600 fires, losing roughly 4% of the state's trees.The other place where it will be useful is Australia.At the start of the year, there were 50 separate bushfires.
M: So how will your new detection system work
W: We're going to use a new range of satellites which have heat cameras.
M: Don't other satellites have those
W: Yes, but they can only detect a fire the size of a football field.The new one can sense a fire the size of a car.It will give firefighters enough time to stop it before it gets too big.If they get the plane up in time they could stop it dead.
M: If it works, I really hope you get recognition for it.
W: I just want to try and stop trees from burning, and more importantly, protect the poor animals that live in them.
M: I know, we often only consider the human cost, never the animal one.
语言技能 Talking and Speaking
2
W: Tom, what are you going to do in the future
M: I want to be a scientist.
W: Can you tell me why
M: I think scientists ① (为我们舒适的生活贡献很多)．I want to be a useful person.
主题活动 科学精神
contribute a lot to our comfortable lives
W: Sounds great! Then who's your favorite scientist
M: Copernicus! He discovered the sun was the center of the universe, and all the planets went around it.Our ideas of the universe ②____
(全都建立在他的理论之上)．And his theory even influenced the work of the great scientists, like Newton and Einstein afterwards.
W: Wow! I wonder how he made his discoveries.
are
all based on his theory
M: Well, at his time, people believed the earth was the center of the universe. But if that was the case, some things didn't make sense.So, Copernicus tried to find an answer.He collected observations of the stars, and ③ (利用他的全部数学知识来研究它们)．That finally led to his theory.
W: Copernicus was great indeed!
used all his mathematical knowledge to study them
M: That's for sure! But unluckily, he didn't publish his theory until he was dying.
W: How come
M: At that time, the Christian Church was extremely strict about ideas.If Copernicus put forward his theory, the theory ④_________
(一定会被推翻)．And he himself would have been attacked and punished, too.
would
certainly have been turned down
语言技能 Looking and Speaking
3
Albert Einstein Jane Goodall Tu Youyou
主题活动 科学家
1．What's the topic of the pictures above
The topic of the pictures above is about “Some famous scientists who have made contributions to mankind”．
2．Can you say something about their achievements？(The answers may vary.)
Albert Einstein is one of the 20th century's greatest scientists. He is best known for his Theory of Relativity. He was fond of music, and said that he could find peace in music. Albert Einstein was a peace-loving person, giving little thought to money, and he devoted a lot of his time and energy to working for human rights and progress.
Jane Goodall is a world famous zoologist, who graduated from Cambridge University. She devoted all her time to studying chimps. She gained many honours. She inspires those who want to cheer the achievements of women.
Tu Youyou is a Chinese medical scientist, pharmaceutical chemist. The discovery of artemisinin and its treatment of malaria is regarded as a significant breakthrough of tropical medicine. For her work, in 2015, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She is the first native Chinese female scientist ever to win the Nobel Prize.
语言技能 Reading and Writing
4
Throughout history scientists have risked their health and their lives in their search for the truth.
Sir Isaac Newton, the seventeenth century scientist, was very smart, but that didn't stop him from doing some pretty stupid things.In his laboratory in Cambridge he often did the strangest experiments.Once he stared at the sun for as long as he could bear,
主题活动 对真理的追求
to discover what effect this would have on his sight.He escaped suffering permanent damage, though he had to spend some days in a darkened room before his eyes recovered.
In the 1750s the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele was the first person to find a way to produce phosphorus (磷). He in fact discovered eight more chemical elements including chlorine (氯), though he didn't get any praise for them.He was a very clever scientist, but his one failing
was a curious habit of tasting a little of every substance he worked with. This risky practice finally caught up with him, and in 1786 he was found dead in his laboratory surrounded by a large number of dangerous chemicals, any of which might have been responsible for his death.
Eugene Shoemaker was a respected geologist.He spent a large part of his life studying craters on the moon, and how they were formed, and later did research into the comets of the planet Jupiter.In 1997 he and his wife were in the Australian desert where they went every year to search for places where comets might have hit the earth.While driving in the Tanami desert, normally one of the emptiest places in the world, another vehicle crashed into them and Shoemaker was killed on the spot.Some of his ashes were sent to the moon aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft and left there — he is the only person who has had this honor.
Questions：
1．What does the underlined word “permanent” in paragraph 2 mean
A．Brief. B．Slight.
C．Lasting. D．Ordinary.
√
2．The text is mainly about three great scientists' .
A．special honors
B．great achievements
C．famous experiments
D．suffering in their research
√
3．What did Karl Scheele like doing when performing experiments
Tasting chemicals.
4．What special honor was Shoemaker given after his death
Some of his ashes were placed on the moon.
课时跟踪检测
单元语基回顾性盘查
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．The setting sun (投射) an orange glow over the mountains.
2．It can be seen from the (统计数字) that exercise is good for us.
3．She was about to set off when a familiar (影子) suddenly came into her sight.
cast
statistics
shadow
4．There was a vast distance between psychological clues and —________(具体的) proof.
5．It is certain that the number of smokers will further ________(减少) gradually.
6．To be frank, the (最初的) results of the experiment were not as promising as expected.
concrete
decrease
initial
7．He is always devoted to his work, and that's why he is ___________(优秀的)．
8．I often turned to my teachers for help.As a result, I have made _______(稳步的) progress in my studies.
outstanding
steady
9．Without the (望远镜), the astronomer could not have discovered the new star.
10．We (怀疑) that she is going to be transferred to another city.
telescope
suspect
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1．With blood (pour) from his leg, he made it to a nearby house at last.
2．If all these instances subscribe the same topic, it can cause serious problems.
3．I'm old enough to handle my own affairs without my parents' ___________(intervene)．
pouring
to
intervention
4．They realize that it does not matter how attractive the idea _______(link) with the product is.
5．Recent research provided solid proof that Mr Brown was _________(blame) for the accident.
6．If I am accepted as your teaching (assist), I will spare no effort to perform my duties.
linked
to blame
assistant
7．He was disabled from birth, but he never felt ___________
(frustrate), nor did he give in to his difficulties.
8．One theory is that the (infect) has been present in humans for a very long time.
frustrated
infection
Ⅲ.选词填空
once and for all， thanks to， break out， come down with， above all， subscribe to，in charge of，trace back to， be gifted for， blame ...for ...
1． his encouragement, I finally realized my dream.
2．Children need many things, but they need love.
Thanks to
above all
3．She completely lost her hearing after a fever.
4．Football enjoys universal popularity with a history _________
Ancient China.
5．A line of sweat on her forehead and she thought she might faint.
coming down with
tracing
back to
broke out
6．All that evening she was upset and her brother her problem.
7．He the English language and has acquired good listening and speaking.
8．This will help support the national efforts to get rid of the virus .
blamed
for
is gifted for
once and for all
9．My main reason for this magazine is to keep up with advances in science.
10．Mr Zhang, as well as two young mechanics, was ___________
the project then.
subscribing to
in charge of
Ⅳ.完成句子
1．That day was in my memory forever.
那天是如此难忘，它将永远留在我的记忆中。
2． plenty of fresh food contributes to health.
人们认为足够的新鲜食物有助于健康。
so unforgettable that it would stay
It is believed that
3．Being a good teacher is students with knowledge with rules.
作为一名好老师，不仅要教给学生知识，还要用规则来指导他们。
4．There is on my back on the grassland, staring at the night sky.
没有什么比平躺在草地上，凝视着夜空更快乐的了。
not only about equipping
but also guiding them
no greater pleasure than lying
5． , he just shook his head.
当他被问到是否要点别的东西时，他只是摇了摇头。
When asked if he wanted anything elseUNIT 1 课时检测(六) 单元语基回顾性盘查
Ⅰ.单词拼写
1．The setting sun __________ (投射) an orange glow over the mountains.
2．It can be seen from the __________ (统计数字) that exercise is good for us.
3．She was about to set off when a familiar ________ (影子) suddenly came into her sight.
4．There was a vast distance between psychological clues and __________ (具体的) proof.
5．It is certain that the number of smokers will further __________ (减少) gradually.
6．To be frank, the __________ (最初的) results of the experiment were not as promising as expected.
7．He is always devoted to his work, and that's why he is __________ (优秀的)．
8．I often turned to my teachers for help.As a result, I have made __________ (稳步的) progress in my studies.
9．Without the __________ (望远镜), the astronomer could not have discovered the new star.
10．We __________ (怀疑) that she is going to be transferred to another city.
Ⅱ.单句语法填空
1．With blood __________ (pour) from his leg, he made it to a nearby house at last.
2．If all these instances subscribe __________ the same topic, it can cause serious problems.
3．I'm old enough to handle my own affairs without my parents' __________ (intervene)．
4．They realize that it does not matter how attractive the idea __________ (link) with the product is.
5．Recent research provided solid proof that Mr Brown was __________ (blame) for the accident.
6．If I am accepted as your teaching __________ (assist), I will spare no effort to perform my duties.
7．He was disabled from birth, but he never felt __________ (frustrate), nor did he give in to his difficulties.
8．One theory is that the __________ (infect) has been present in humans for a very long time.
Ⅲ.选词填空
once and for all， thanks to， break out， come down with， above all， subscribe to，
in charge of，trace back to， be gifted for， blame ...for ...
1．______________ his encouragement, I finally realized my dream.
2．Children need many things, but ______________ they need love.
3．She completely lost her hearing after __________________________ a fever.
4．Football enjoys universal popularity with a history ______________ Ancient China.
5．A line of sweat ______________ on her forehead and she thought she might faint.
6．All that evening she was upset and __________ her brother __________ her problem.
7．He ______________ the English language and has acquired good listening and speaking.
8．This will help support the national efforts to get rid of the virus ______________.
9．My main reason for ______________ this magazine is to keep up with advances in science.
10．Mr Zhang, as well as two young mechanics, was ______________ the project then.
Ⅳ.完成句子
1．That day was ______________________________ in my memory forever.
那天是如此难忘，它将永远留在我的记忆中。
2．____________________ plenty of fresh food contributes to health.
人们认为足够的新鲜食物有助于健康。
3．Being a good teacher is ______________________ students with knowledge ____________________ with rules.
作为一名好老师，不仅要教给学生知识，还要用规则来指导他们。
4．There is ________________________ on my back on the grassland, staring at the night sky.
没有什么比平躺在草地上，凝视着夜空更快乐的了。
5．________________________________________， he just shook his head.
当他被问到是否要点别的东西时，他只是摇了摇头。
UNIT 1 课时检测(六)
Ⅰ.1.cast 2.statistics 3.shadow 4.concrete 5.decrease
6．initial 7.outstanding 8.steady 9.telescope
10．suspect
Ⅱ.1.pouring 2.to 3.intervention 4.linked 5.to blame
6．assistant 7.frustrated 8.infection
Ⅲ.1.Thanks to 2.above all 3.coming down with
4．tracing back to 5.broke out 6.blamed; for
7．is gifted for 8.once and for all 9.subscribing to
10．in charge of
Ⅳ.1.so unforgettable that it would stay 2.It is believed that 3.not only about equipping; but also guiding them
4．no greater pleasure than lying
5．When asked if he wanted anything else
