(
课件网) Unit 1 Science and Scientists Using Language Lead in Guess who The first male Chinese to winThe Nobel Prize Lead in Guess who The first female Chinese to win The Nobel Prize Lead in Guess who The father of hybird rice Lead in Qian Xuesen Guess who Lead in Stephen Hawking Guess who THE FATHER OF CHINA’S AEROSPACE AWORLD OF PURE THOUGTH Read the following text briefly Fast Reading main idea of each paragraph P1 P2-5 P6-7 Summarize qualities Qian Xuesen’s personal history and accomplishments Overview impact P1 P2 P3 His claim to fame A brief introduction Characteristics that made him great Thinking Complete task 1，task2 and task 3 on page 9. Discussion The answers to task 1，task2 and task 3 on page 9. 1. Qian changed his major because of a shift in personal interest. 2. In Qian's opinion, art has a positive impact on a scientist's development. 3. When Hawking was young, almost everyone believed that the universe began with a big bang. 4. Because Hawking was determined, he was able to succeed even though he was ill. Read the texts and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). T F T F T F T F Presentation Answer the questions below using the information from the texts. 1. Why was Qian called “the father of China’s aerospace” 2. How was Hawking’s own theory proven correct Because much of the technology behind the Shenzhou rockets was based on his research. Astronomers used their telescopes to prove his work on the big bang theory. Presentation Underline the linking words and phrases in the passages, and describe their function. 表示转折 表示原因 表示递进 表示转折 表示原因 表示转折 表示解释说明 衔接词语(linking words)是语篇衔接的纽带, 表达的逻辑意义包括时间关系、空间关系、列举和顺序、例证、递进、对比和转折、等同和替换、过渡和总结、结果和推论等, 其中多数是衔接性状语。 表示强调 表示时间 表示转折 表示总结 表示结果 表示承接 表示承接 Summarize spirits of Qian Xuesen Born in Hangzhou in 1911, Qian attended schools in Beijing and then entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Railway Mechanical Engineering. However, after the Songhu Battle broke out in 1932, Qian made the decision to switch his major to aviation because he realised that China needed its own powerful air force to protect and defend the country. Qian went to the United States in 1935 to pursue his graduate studies. Over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, Qian became a pioneer in American jet and rocket technology. As a graduate assistant at the California Institute of Technology during the 1930s, Qian helped conduct important research into rocket propulsion, and in the 1940s, he and several other people founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, now one of NASA’s leading spaceexploration centres. patriotic knowledgeable/professional Summarize spirits of Qian Xuesen After overcoming some difficulties during his final few years in the US, Qian returned to China in 1955. He received a hero’s welcome from his homel ... ...
