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Unit 1
People of Achievement
Using language
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Explore the meaning of greatness
The meaning of greatness lies in making great contributions to the mankind society.
Do you know about them?
Elon Musk
Zhong Nanshan
Bill Gates
Alexander Fleming
Florence Nightingale
Do you know about them?
Match the people with their achievements.
1.Elon Musk
2.Alexander Fleming
3.Bill Gates
4.Jack Ma(Ma Yun)
5.Florence Nightingale
6.Zhong Nanshan
A. founder of modern nursing
B. founded high-tech and futuristic companies
C. managed the SARS outbreak
D. made great advancement in online shopping
E. made home computing accessible
F. discovered penicillin
Dr. Wang Wang Lin Anna Smith
Listen to the conversation. What does each speaker admire? Tick in the table below.
Elon Musk
Bill Gates
Jack Ma(Ma Yun)
Zhong Nanshan
Florence Nightingale
Alexander Fleming
Dr. Wang
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Listen and answer.
Why does Dr Wang say“money isn’t everything”?
Because he doesn’t believe that money alone is a true measure of success.
2.What is the real reason Anna admires the famous people and what examples does she give?
Because they have worked so hard to achieve their goals and have positive contributions to society. She mentions Elon Musk and Bill Gates.
3.What kind of person do you think Wang Lin admires? Why?
She admires people that do good things and inspire her, because she mentions these two things when she talks about how wonderful her father is.
Ampere
Wanfang Zhou(周万芳)
village teacher Zhang Guimei
Brainstorm the names of some great people.
Explorers
Scientists
Inventors
Politicians
Environmentalists
Ordinary people
Christopher Columbus
Thomas Edison
Martin Luther King, Jr.
一起进入下面的环节……
The man who changed our understanding of the universe
改变我们对宇宙认识的人
Introduce someone you admire
Do you know Albert Einstein’s famous sayings?
我没有什么特别的才能,不过是喜欢寻根究底地追求问题罢了。
I have no what special ability, but the problem is the pursuit of love to search.
学习知识要善于思考,思考,再思考。我就是靠这个方法成为科学家的。
Learning knowled