内容正文:
Module 4 Great Scientists
Period 1 Introduction & Reading
and Vocabulary文本研读课
Ⅰ. 根据汉语提示及课文语境写出正确的单词
1. In a hungry world, rice is a ______(主要的; 重要
的)food and China is the world’s largest ________
(生产者).
staple
producer
2. He studied __________(农业) in college and as a
young teacher he began experiments in crop ________
(培育).
agriculture
breeding
3. He could produce a new plant which could give a
higher _____(产量) than either of the _______(原来的;
最初的)plants.
4. The results of his experiments were _________(出版)
in China in 1966.
yield
original
published
5. 50 thousand square kilometres of rice fields were
_________(改变; 转换) to growing vegetables and other
_________(经济作物).
converted
cash crops
Ⅱ. 补全短语
1. as a result __ 由于……的结果
2. bring __ 引进; 招来
3. rise ___ 增长了
4. bring ___ 培养; 养育
of
in
by
up
5. convert. . . ______ 把……转换成
6. search ___ 搜寻; 寻找
7. experiment ____ 用……来做实验
8. the key __ ……的关键
into/to
for
with
to
Ⅲ. 阅读导引
1. 查阅有关袁隆平的资料, 了解该话题的背景。
2. 找出课文中介绍人物的词汇和句型。
Step 1 Leading in
Match the scientists with their achievements.
a. Theory of relativity
b. Father of China’s aerospace
c. A Brief History of Time
d. Discovered radium
e. Universal gravitation
f. Father of Hybrid Rice
Step 2 Fast Reading
Divide the whole passage into three parts and tell the main idea of each part.
A. His school life and how he discovered hybrid rice.
B. How important his discovery was.
C. Yuan Longping is a leading figure in the rice-growing world.
Part 1(Para. 1): ______
Part 2(Paras. 2~4): ______
Part 3(Paras. 5、6): ______
C
A
B
Step 3 Careful Reading
Ⅰ. Read and answer the question:
1. What kind of figure is Yuan Longping?
__________________________________________
He is a leading figure in the rice-growing world.
2. What did Yuan Longping do? (complete the
sentences)
As a boy, _______________________.
As a college student, ___________________.
As a teacher, __________________________________.
he was given the nickna