Unit4ScientistswhochangedtheworldWeletotheunitandReading課件高中英語牛津譯林版

Unit4

ScientistswhochangedtheworldWelcometotheunit

&Reading(I)Lead-inWhatdowerefertowhentalkingabout“science”?“Science”boldhypothesis&cautiousverificationobjectivity&authoritybebold&behumbleprecise

&poeticuncertainty&(of)certaintyWhodowerefertowhentalkingabout“scientists”?Lead-inEinstein&HawkingYuanLongping&WuMengchaoLead-inThescientistismotivatedprimarilybycuriosityandadesirefortruth.

—IrvingLangmuirWelcometotheunitYuanLongping●In1953,he________________

South-westAgriculturalCollege.●Inthe1970s,he___________thefirsthybridricevarieties.StephenHawking●He_____________thefieldofgeneralrelativity.●In

1988,ABriefHistoryofTimewaspublishedandstayedonabestsellerlistfor___________.Scientistswhochangedtheworldgraduatedfromsucceededindeveloping

madegreatcontributionsto237weeksWelcometotheunitWelcometotheunit1.Whatelsedoyouknowabouttwoscientistsinthevideo?YuanLongpinghasanasteroidnamedafterhim.In1999,theasteroidprojectteamwhodiscovereditdecidedtohonourthisgreatmanforhisachievementindevelopinghybridrice.Theasteroidiscalled“YuanLongpingStar”.WelcometotheunitStevenHawkingfulfilledhislifelongdreamofexperiencingzerogravity,eventhoughhewaswheelchair-bound.Hisdreamcametruewhenheflewinaspecialzerogravityairplanein2007.Pre-readingWhatdoyouknowabouttheNobelPrize?TheNobelPrizeisnotasingleprize,butfiveseparateprizesthat,accordingtoAlfredNobel‘swillof1895,areawardedto“thosewho,duringtheprecedingyear,haveconferredthegreatestbenefittohumankind”.NobelPrizesareawardedinthefieldsofPhysics,Chemistry,PhysiologyorMedicine,Literature,andPeaceNobelPrizesarewidelyregardedasthemostprestigiousawardsavailableintheirrespectivefields.MoYanwinningtheNobelLiteraturePrizeFastreadingReadfortheleadofthenewsreport.TuYouyouhasbecomethefirstfemalescientistofthePeople’sRepublicofChinatoreceiveaNobelPrize,awardedforhercontributiontothefightagainstmalaria,oneofthedeadliestdiseasesinhumanhistory.Thankstoherdiscoveryofqinghaosu,malariapatientsallovertheworldnowhaveagreatlyincreasedchanceofsurvival.Whatisthemainideaofthelead?Whatshouldbeincludedinalead?Whatshouldbeprovidedintherestpart?Detailsandbackgroundinformation.Para.1:TuYouyouwonaNobelPrizein2015forherdiscoveryofqinghaosu.Part1TheleadPart2MoredetailedinformationabouttheeventPara.2:___________________________________________________________________________________________Paras.3-5:____________________________________________________________________________________Chinesescientistwins2015NobelPrizePara.6:________________________________TheheadlinePart3BackgroundorsupportinginformationTuYouyouandherteam’seffortsfinallypaidoff.TuYouyouacquiredabroadknowledgeofbothtraditionalChinesemedicineandWesternmedicine.

TuYouyouandherteamsolvedalotofproblemsbeforetheysuccessfullydiscoveredqinghaosu.FastreadingReadforthestructure.Readforspecificinformation.DetailedreadingProblemsSolutionsTheextractsfailedtoproduceanypromisingresults.Tuandherteamcouldnotproduceenoughqinghaosuextractbecauseresearchresourceswerelimited.Tu

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starttrialsonpatients.TuYouyoureferredtotheancientbooksoftraditionalChinesemedicineagain,redesignedtheexperimentsandtriedextractingtheqinghaoherbatalowtemperatureinordernottodamageitseffectivepart.TuYouyouandherteammanagedtofindsolutionstotheproblem,e.g.usinghouseholdwatercontainersinsteadofresearchequipment.TuYouyouandherteamvolunteeredtotesttheqinghaoextractonthemselves.Canyoufindthetransitionalsentencesusedinthisnewsreportandanalyzetheirfunctionsonebyone?Transitionalsentence:Tu’seducationwassoontoproveveryuseful.(Line13)However,itwashardtoproduceenoughqinghaoextractforlargetrialsbecauseresearchresourceswerelimited.(Line23)Evenwithlargeamountsofqinghaoextractproduced,however,theystillfacedanotherproblem.(Line28)In-depthreadingReadforthetransitionalsentences.Function:ItmovesfromTu’seducationalbackground(Para.2)to“Tu’ssuccessinmakingqinghaoextract”(Para.3)ItmovesfromTu’ssuccessinmakingqinghaoextract(Para.3)to“theprocessofmakingenoughqinghaoextractforlargetrials”(Para.4)ItmovesfromTu’ssuccessin“mikingenoughqinghaoextractforlargetrials”(para.4)tothenewproblemTu’steamwasfacing—nosufficientsafetydata(Para.5).In-depthreadingReadforthetransitionalsentences.TuYouyouhasbecomethefirstfemalescientistofthePeople’sRepublicofChinatoreceiveaNobelPrize,awardedforhercontributiontothefightagainstmalaria,

oneofthedeadliestdiseasesinhumanhistory.InNovember1972,throughtrialanderror,theysuccessfullydiscoveredqinghaosu—themosteffectivepartoftheqinghaoextract.In-depthreadingSentencesusingnounphrasestoexplaintermsThedoctoraskedmetohaveagoodrestandtakesome