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课件网) Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world Reading 1 Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel Prize Who do we refer to when talking about “scientists” Lead-in Einstein & Hawking Yuan Longping & Wu Mengchao Lead-in The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. — Irving Langmuir 科学的驱动力主要是好奇心和对真理的渴望。 Yuan Longping ●In 1953, he _____ South-west Agricultural College. ●In the 1970s, he _____ _____ ___ _ _ _ the first hybrid rice varieties. Stephen Hawking ●He _____ __ _ the field of general relativity. ●In 1988, A Brief History of Time was published and stayed on a bestseller list for _____. Scientists who changed the world graduated from succeeded in developing made great contributions to 237 weeks Welcome to the unit 1. What else do you know about two scientists in the video Yuan Longping has an asteroid named after him. In 1999, the asteroid project team who discovered it decided to honour this great man for his achievement in developing hybrid rice. The asteroid is called “Yuan Longping Star”. Welcome to the unit Steven Hawking fulfilled his lifelong dream of experiencing zero gravity, even though he was wheelchair-bound. His dream came true when he flew in a special zero gravity airplane in 2007. Pre-reading What do you know about the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel’s will of 1895, are awarded to “those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”. Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. Nobel Prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields. Mo Yan winning the Nobel Literature Prize Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize. Read para 6 and find out the influence Tu Youyou’s success _____ the whole world. influenced successfully discovered qinghaosu saved about 200 million malaria patients encouraged other scientists to explore the traditional Chinese medicine Selfless Sentence pattern: I can infer from Line X the sentence“……” that she is very _____ because… I can infer from “Tu and her team volunteered to test qinghao extract on themselves first” in Line 31 that she is very selfless because… Further thinking:What qualities does Tu show as a successful scientist Further thinking:What qualities does Tu show as a successful scientist Clever Persistent (坚持不懈的) Innovative/ creative Determined Cooperative Brave Selfless Hard-working Well-educated Knowledgeable Homework 1. Finish P47 B1 2. …. B1 broad sufficient intend pay off limited experiment wisdom refer to The passage below is about traditional Chinese plete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below. In her Nobel Lecture, Tu Youyou (1) _____ the strengths of both traditional Chinese me ... ...
