Unit 1 Science and scientists Using language 讲义-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

选修二 U1 The Father of China‘s Aerospace 中国航天之父 Para 1: 1. Perhaps no other scientist has had a greater impact on China's aerospace science than Qian Xuesen. 也许没有哪位科学家比钱学森对中国航天科学的影响更大。 · have a great impact on 在…方面有影响 2. Described by the authors of the Story of Qian Xuesen as a man with "great scientific thought and scientific spirit" who was patriotic and served his homeland with effort, achievement, and devotion, Qian was an extremely well-respected man. 《钱学森的故事》的作者形容他是一个具有“伟大的科学思想和科学精神”，爱国、勤奋战功、奉献为国的人，他是一个非常受人尊敬的人。 · who 引导的定语从句修饰他—钱学森 · patriotic 爱国的 Para 2: 1. Born in Hangzhou in 1911, Qian attended schools in Beijing and then entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Railway Mechanical Engineering. 钱学森1911年生于杭州，后进入上海交通大学学习铁道机械工程。 · Be born in 出生于 2. 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. 然而，在1932年淞沪战役爆发后，钱学森决定将专业转为航空，因为他意识到中国需要自己强大的空军来保护和保卫国家。 · break out 爆发 · make a decision 做决定 · switch…to… Para 3: 1. Qian went to the United States in 1935 to pursue his graduate studies. 钱学森1935年赴美攻读研究生 2. Over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, Qian became a pioneer in American jet and rocket technology. 在1930年代和1940年代，钱成为美国喷气和火箭技术的先驱。 3. 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 space-exploration centres. 作为1930年代加州理工学院的研究生助理，钱帮助进行了火箭推进的重要研究，在1940年代，他和其他几个人创立了喷气推进实验室，现在是美国宇航局领先的太空探索中心之一。 Para 4: 1. After overcoming some difficulties during his final few years in the US, Qian returned to China in 1955. 在美国的最后几年克服了一些困难后，钱于1955年回到中国。 2. He received a hero's welcome from his homeland and was put in charge of not only developing China's rocket science but also its space and missile pro