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UNIT 1 PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT
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China honors founding scientist of FAST telescope
China has honored Nan Rendong, founding scientist of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST)(500米口径球面射电望远镜), with a posthumous title of “role model of our times”.The Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee announced the decision on Friday.Nan had worked as the chief scientist of a team who selected the site for FAST and oversaw its construction since 1994, before his death due to sickness in September at the age of 72.He had made an important contribution to the FAST project and devoted to his work without considering personal gains, said a statement issued by the department.As a true patriot, a devoted and selfless scientist and an upright person, he should be an example to all including scientists, the statement said.FAST, currently the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified multiple pulsars(脉冲星) after one year of trial operation, according to the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) in October.
1.patriot n.爱国者
2.single-dish n.单碟
3.identify vt.确认;认出;找到
4.multiple adj.数量多的;多种多样的
5.trial n.试验,试用
1.How old was Nan Rendong when he died?
Nan Rendong was 72 when he died.
2.What kind of person do you think Nan Rendong was?
He was devoted, selfless, upright and loved his country.
Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking
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Ⅰ.重点单词
▶基础单词
1.crucial adj. 至关重要的;关键性的
2.vital adj.必不可少的;极其重要的;充满生机的
3.objective n.目标;目的
adj.客观的
4.property n.性质;特征;财产
5.boil vt.& vi.(使)沸腾;煮开;烧开
n.沸腾;沸点
6.liquid n.液体
adj.液体的;液态的
7.defeat n.失败;挫败
vt.击败;战胜
8.insist vi.& vt.坚持;坚决要求
▶拓展单词
1.commit vt.承诺;保证vi.忠于;全心全意投入(工作、活动等)→committed adj.尽心尽力的;坚定的;坚信的
2.academy n.(艺术、文学、科学等的)研究院;学会;专科院校→academic adj.学业的;学术的
3.botany n.植物学→botanical adj.植物学的→botanist n.植物学家
4.evaluate vt.评价;评估→evaluation n.评估
5.distinct adj.清晰的;清楚的;有区别的→distinction n.差别;区别;卓越
6.obtain vt.(尤指经努力)获得;赢得vi.(规章、习俗等)存在;流行→obtainable adj.能得到的;可获得