课件28张PPT。Period 1
Introduction & ReadingModule 4 Great ScientistsTeaching aims:Learn some new scientific terms.
Get to know some famous scientists worldwide and nationwide.
Learn something about Yuan Longping.
Write a short passage.A terrible disease in 2003Severe?Acute?Respiratory?Syndrome SARS严重急性呼吸道综合症 infectious disease germsHeroes—ScientistsCHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CAS Who are they?
What did they invent or discover?Discussion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.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. Qian XuesenZhang HengYuan LongpingFather of China’saerospace
King of rocketsFather of hybrid riceThe Student Who Asked QuestionsListen and do True (T) or false (F):China is the second largest rice producer.
Yuan was born in China but was brought up in a foreign country.
He developed a new kind of fast-growing rice.
His research cost him much time and energy and was supported by the government.
His rice was exported to other countries.FFTTTIntensive
ReadingRead the first ParagraphWhich country is the world’s largest rice producer?
Where is rice grown in the world?
Who is the leading figure in the rice-growing world?ChinaMany Asian Countries and some European countries.Yuan LongpingRead the second paragraphWhere was Yuan Longping born and brought up?
What nickname was he given?ChinaThe student who asks questionsRead the third paragraphWhat did Yuan Longping study in college?
According to him, what was the key to feeding people?
What is the only way to do it?Agriculture.To have more rice and produce it morequickly.To cross different species of rice plant.Read the fourth paragraphWhat special type of rice plant did he search for?
What was the breakthrough in 1970?
Who supported his research?A male and sterile rice plant.A naturally sterile male rice plant wasdiscovered.Researchers from all over China and the government.Read the fifth paragraphWhat did his discoveries result in?
Where was his rice exported to?
Why were the rice fields converted to growing vegetables and other cash crops?Chinese rice production rose by 47.5%.It is no need to plant so many rice because of the high production.Pakistan, the Philippines and so on.Read the last paragraphWhat is the most important crop in Pakistan?
What’s the feature of the new hybrid rice?Wheat.Its yield is much greater than that of other types of rice grown in Pakistan.Fill in the blanks with proper words in the text: Yuan Longping, born and _________ in China, was interested in plants when young. Because he liked asking questions, he was given the ________ “the student who asks questions”. He studied __________ in college and later he began___________ in crop ________.brought upnicknameagricultureexperimentsbreedingIn order to get a ______ yield of rice, he experimented with different types of rice. In 1970 a _________sterile male rice plant was __________. As a result of Yuan Longping’s discoveries Chinese rice production rose ___47.5 percent in the 1990’s. And 50 thousand square kilometers of fields were _________ to growing vegetables and other __________. Also Yuan Longping’s rice was _________to other countries. He is a leading ______ in the rice-growing world and has helped China to be the largest rice _________.highernaturallydiscoveredbyconvertedcash cropsexportedfigureproducerTranslate the following sentences:在水稻种植界,中国科学家袁隆平是一位领军人物。
小时侯,他在许多学校读过书,得了个“爱问问题的学生”的绰号。
他想,养活世人的关键是更多更快地生产水稻。在1970年,一种天然的雄
性不育稻种被发现,这是一个突破性的发现。
5万平方公里原来的稻田现在被用来种植蔬菜和其他经济作物。
在巴基斯坦,水稻是继小麦之后的第二最重要的作物并将在许 多地方种植。An interview: Supposing you are a
journalist, you are to interview Professor Yuan Longping. The following topics may help you if necessary:What about his childhood?
Why did you decide to develop fast-growing rice?
Did you meet with many difficulties? When did you succeed?
What about Chinese rice production now?Summary WritingWrite a summary according to the passage.
Add some information if necessary.
Less than 120 words.
Time limit: 5-8 minutes.写一篇关于牛顿(Newton)的小文章
1643年出生于英格兰, 出生前三个月父亲便去世了。
1661年,牛顿进入剑桥大学学习(Cambridge University)。
微积分(calculous)的创立是牛顿最卓越的数学成就。
发现著名的万有引力定律和牛顿运动三定律。 Homework