Module 4 Great Scientists reading and vocabulary 课件（24张PPT）

课件24张PPT。外研版
高一年级(必修4)
Module 4Qian Xuesen
（1911.12.11-2009.10.31)“father of China’s aerospace” （太空） [来源:学科网ZXXK] Marie Curie
（1867-1934）
PhysicistDiscovered Radium(镭) (1898)Nobel Prize:1911 Module 4
Great scientistsThe Student Who Asked Questions1. plants people grow for food
2. a very iportant discovery
3. to produce new plants or animalsagriculture breakthrough breed crop feed producer publish species supportcropbreakthroughbreedMatch the words and definitions.4. to give help
5. to give food to
6. to make information known, for example, in a report or a book
7. someone who makes or grows food
8. a type of plant or animal
9. the science of farming supportfeedpublishproducerspeciesagriculturePara 1 A. His discoveries have brought?in great profit.
Para 2 B. As a boy, he was called “the student who
asked questions.
Para 3 C. Yuan Longping is a leading figure in the
rice –growing world.
Para 4 D. The yield of the new hybrid rice is much
greater than that of other types of rice
grown in Pakistan.
Para 5 E. As a young teacher, he began experiments
in crop breeding.
Para 6 F. He discovered a new type of rice.Skimmingtask1:find the main idea of each paragraphtask2: choose the best answer1.__a naturally sterile male plant wa discovered.
A. In 1970 B.In 1966
C. In 1990 D. In 1973
2. In Pakistan rice is the ___ most important crop.
A. first B. second
C. third D. fifth3．Yuan Longping ________.
A. is a leading scientist in industry
B. was born and brought up in China
C. was educated in a famous school
for many years
D. was given a nickname because he was
very naughty4. In Yuan Longping's opinion, the only way
to produce more rice and to produce it
more quickly was to ____
A. increase rice planting areas
B. develop a new kind of fast-growing rice
C. search for a special type of rice plant
D. develop a new kind of rice which could
give a higher yield
5. According to the passage we can know
that ____.
A. rice is grown in most European countries
B. wheat is the most important crop in
Pakistan
C. Yuan Longping's research was only
supported by himself
D. Yuan Longping's rice will be grown in
more and more countries The first paragraph Which country is the world’s largest rice producer?
2. Where is rice grown in the world?
3. Who is the leading figure in the rice-growing world?China.Many Asian Countries and some European countries.Yuan LongpingScanning The second paragraphWhere was Yuan Longping born and brought up?
What nickname was he given?China.The student who asks questions. The third paragraphWhat did Yuan Longping study in college?
2. What was the key to feeding more people?
3. What is the only way to do it?Agriculture.To cross different species of rice plant.To have more rice and to produce it more quickly.The fourth paragraph What did the special type of rice plant have to be?
2. When did Yuan Longping make a breakthrough in his research?
3. Who supported his research?It had to be male and sterile.Researchers from all over China and the government.In 1970.The fifth paragraph1. What was the result of his discoveries?
2. What are other advantages ?
3.Where was his rice exported to?Chinese rice production rose by 47.5%.Rice fields were converted to growing vegetables and other crash crop.Pakistan, the Philippines and so on. The last paragraph What is the most important crop in Pakistan?
2. 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.post reading Yuan Longping is a figure in the rice-growing world. He was born and
in China. As a boy he was educated in many schools and interested in plants, so he was given the “the sudent who asks questions”. As a young teacher, he began experiments in crop . leadingbrought upnicknamebreedingHe thought there was only one way to have more ice quickly. That was to cross different of rice plant. Then he began to search for a special type of rice plant. Finally, a naturally male rice plant was discovered in 1970. This was a . speciessterilebreakthrough As a result of discovery, China's rice production rose 47.5% in the 1990s. And 50 thousand square kilometres of rice fields were to growing vegetables and other cash crops. Following this, the new hybrid rice was
to other countries. byconvertedexported What have you learned from Yuan
Longping?Homeworkdescribe a famous person who you are familiar with. (100words)