Unit1SCIENCEANDSCIENTISTSUsinglanguageWriteaboutwhatmakesagreatscientist.Towriteaboutwhatmakesagreatscientist.Tolearnsomeimportantwordsandsentencepatterns.Tomastersomelinkingwordsandphrasesinthepassage.

Whatmakesgreatscientists?Leadin——

Lookatthepictures&thetitletoguesswhatthecontentofthetextis.Thetextismainlyabout

Pre-reading：

thebriefintroductionofQianXuesenandStephenHawking.

THEFATHEROFCHINA’SAEROSPACEAWORLDOFPURETHOUGHTWhatdoyouknowaboutQianXuesen?

錢學森（1911-2009）

，享譽海內

外的杰出科學家，我國導彈、原子彈和人造

衛星研究領域的開拓者，航天科學的奠基人。1991年國務院、中央軍委授予他“國家杰出貢獻科學家”榮譽稱號和“一級英雄模范獎章”，以表彰他對我國科技事業作出的杰出貢獻。1999年中共中央、國務院、中央軍委作出決定，授予錢學森“兩彈一星功勛獎章”。StephenHawking(1942-2018)physicist/mathematicianfamousscientistknownforhistheoryaboutblackholesandbigbangs:ABriefHistoryofTime史蒂芬·霍金StephenHawking（1942-2018），

英國著名物理學家、宇宙學家、數學家。生前曾在英國劍橋大學擔任盧卡斯數學教授（國際數學領域極具聲望的教授職銜），被認為是繼愛因斯坦之后最杰出的理論物理學家之一。1963年，21歲的霍金被診斷患有肌肉萎縮性側索硬化癥，即運動神經細胞病，從此，霍金便不斷與疾病斗爭、挑戰自我、奉獻社會，是人類身殘志堅的典范。他著有《時間簡史》(ABriefHistoryofTime)等著作，對宇宙黑洞有獨到的見地和研究。Fast-readingThetextismainlyabout_____________________________________________________________________________.thebriefintroductionofQianXuesenandStephenHawking.Readthetextsanddecideifthestatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F).(page9)

1.Qianchangedhismajorbecauseofashiftinpersonalinterest. 2.Qian’sstronginterestinarthasapositiveimpactonascientist’sdevelopment. 3.WhenHawkingwasyoung,almosteveryonebelievedthattheuniversebeganwithabigbang.4.BecauseHawkingwasdetermined,hewasabletosucceedeventhoughhewasill. Answerthequestionsbelowusingtheinformationfromthetexts.(page9)

1.WhywasQiancalled“thefatherofChina’saerospace”?2.HowwasHawking’sowntheoryprovencorrect?BecausemuchofthetechnologybehindtheShenzhourocketscanalsobetracedbacktoQian’sresearch.Astronomersusedtheirtelescopestoprovehisworkonthebigbangtheory.Studythelanguageandstructure.1.Underlinethelinkingwordsandphrasesinthepassages,anddescribetheirfunction.However,aftertheSonghuBattlebrokeoutin1932,…Atthattime,Chinawaspooranditsrocketsciencewasundeveloped.Nevertheless

Oiandidnotletthatdiscouragehim…Because

muchofthetechnologybehindtheShenzhourockets…However,whatmighthavemadehimsuchanoutstanding…Ingeneral,thereweretwomaintheories…Besides

beingbrilliant,hewasbrave,…Furthermore,hewasquitedetermined.Aboveall,Hawkingwaswillingtoadmithisfaults.銜接詞語(linkingwords)是語篇銜接的紐帶,表達的邏輯意義包括時間關系、空間關系、列舉和順序、例證、遞進、對比和轉折、等同和替換、過渡和總結、結果和推論等,其中多數是銜接性狀語。SummaryStudythestructureofthetexts:ThefatherofChina'saerospace(QianXuesen)Paragraph1Paragraphs2-5Paragraph6Paragraph7Introduction.Hispersonalhistoryandaccomplishments.Hispersonality.Hisdeathandpeople'sappreciationofhim.2.Whatisthefunctionofeachparagraphinthepassages?Studythestructureofthetexts:Aworldofpurethought(StephenHawking)Paragraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Introduction.Hisclaimtofame.Characteristicsthatmadehimgreat.3.Findwordsthatdescribethepersonalitiesofthescientists.QianXuesen:amanwith"greatscientificthoughtandscientificspirit"whowaspatrioticandservedhishomelandwitheffort,achievement,anddevotion;apioneer;didnotletthatdiscouragehim;determined;anoutstandingandcreativescientist;deepappreciationforartStephenHawkingbrilliant;brave,sometimescarelessinwhathesaidordid;willingtosaywhatotherswereafraidtosay;dreamofwhatotherswereafraidtodreamabout;quitedetermined;willingtoadmithisfaultsWhatimportantpersonalitiesandqualitiesQianXuesenhadandhelpedhimearnthenameof“thefatherofChina'saerospace?patrioticswithcedmajorPost-reading:Furtherthinking.knowledgeablebecameapioneerconductedimportantresearchco-foundedJPLdeterminedreturnedtoChinatookonthechallengeondevelopingChina'sspacescience……Whatwillbeincludedinyouressayifyouarewritingaboutagreatscientist??who?switchedmajorwhatdidhe/shedo?whenandwheredidtheseeventshappen?whatachievementsdidshe/hemake?...Post-reading:Furtherthinking.ScientificSpiritPara.1:Briefintroduction.Para.3:Significanceofthescientificspirit&inspirationyougetfromit.Para.2:Lifestory;mainachievements;personalityandqualities.*Intimeorder,usinglinkingwordsandphrases.Conclusion:thefollwingshouldbeincluded.BesidesQianXuesenandStephenHawking,whatothergreatscientistscanyouthinkof?Doyouknowanystoriesaboutthem?BesidesthepersonalqualitiesQianandHawkingshowed,whatotherimportantqualitiesshouldagreatscientisthave?Whichpersonalqualitiesdoyouthinkarethemostimportantforagreatscientist?Whichofyourstoriescanillustratethesequalities?Whatisthesignificanceofthescientificspiritandwhatinspirationcanyougetfromthesescientists?Writeanessayaboutthescientificspirit.scientificspiritshaveavividimaginationstatisticalanalysisdatacollectionbecuriosityandcreativitystartoutasascientistwell-respectedmanmakeadecisiondreamofbeinterestedinbewillingtobecuriousaboutpayattentiontobenecessaryforbeextremelyknowledgeableanoutstandingandcreativescientistthemostfamousbefamiliarwith1.phrases1.有信心的2.愛社交的3.樂于助人4.有毅力的5.有能力的6.熱心腸的7.隨和的8.精力充沛9.慷慨的10.聰明的11.雄心的12.有吸引力

13.誠實的14.幽默的15.勤奮的confidentsociablebeready/willingtohelpdetermined/strong-willedcapablewarm–heartedeasy-goingenergeticgeneroussmart/intelligentambitiousattractive/charminghonesthumorousdiligent/hard-working

2.character(性格特征)16.獨立的17.謹慎的18.健談的19.健康的20.耐心的21.寬容的22.嚴格的23.謙虛的24.考慮周到的25.杰出的26.樂觀的27.熱情的28.舉止得體的29.有天賦的30.樸素的independentcautioustalkativehealthypatienttolerantstrictmodestconsiderateoutstandingoptimisticenthusiasticwell-behavedgifted/talentedsimple/plain根據以下信息用英語寫一篇短文介紹袁隆平教授。基本信息:1.1930年9月7日出生于北京。自幼刻苦學習,酷愛農業科學；2.自從1953年從重慶西南農學院(SouthwestAgriculturalCollege)大學畢業以后,他已經研究水稻近半個世紀,一直在為世界農業默默耕耘。主要成績:3.由于他的研究,我國水稻產量快速增長,為很多國家解決了糧食不足的問題;4.他被譽為“雜交水稻之父”“FatherofHybridRice”;5.雖然他很出名,但是他過著簡樸的生活，不計名利1.BornonSeptember7th,1930inBeijing,YuanLongpingstudiedhard,showinggreatinterestinagriculture,whowasoneofthemostwellknownscientistsinChina.2.Asamatteroffact,graduatingfromSouthwestAgriculturalCollegein1953,Yuanhasdoneresearchonriceforoverhalfacentury,devotingallhistimeandenergytothestudyofagriculture.3.Becauseofhisresearch,China’sriceproductionisincreasingrapidly,solvingtheproblemofthelackoffoodformanycountries.

4.Asaresult,heishonoredas“FatherofHybridRice”andwasrewardedwithmanyprizesforhisgreatcontributionstotheworld.5.Famousashewas,hecaredlittleaboutmoneyandfame,andhelivesaplainlife.

THEMANWHOFEEDCHINAANDTHEWORLD

Born

onSeptember7th,1930inBeijing,YuanLongpingstudiedhard,showinggreatinterestinagriculture,whowasoneofthemostwellknownscientists

inChina.

Graduatingfrom