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单元话题
本单元话题属于课程标准“人与社会”——“科学与技术”主题群。科学技术深深地影响着我们的日常生活,在经济社会发展中扮演着不可或缺的角色。作为社会的一员,我们不仅应该认识到科技的重要性,而且更应该努力学习科学技术,用科学技术来武装我们的头脑。我们还要具有献身科学的勇气和决心,以及用科学技术来发展全人类的博大胸怀。
本单元涉及约翰·斯诺战胜“霍乱王”、梦见自己被克隆、谈论科学技术等话题。
单元核心素养
话题美文赏读
The Nobel Prize Winner—Tu Youyou
Tu Youyou, the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, has made us all proud.Tu discovered Artemisinin (青蒿素), a drug that has reduced the death rates for patients suffering from malaria (疟疾).“Artemisinin is a gift for the world people from the traditional Chinese medicine. It is of great importance for curing malaria and other infectious diseases and for protecting the health of the world people,”Tu said.
Tu's winning the prize shows that China has made rapid progress in scientific and technological field and marks a great contribution of traditional Chinese medicine to the cause of human health.
Tu was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China on 30 December, 1930.Tu studied at Beijing Medical University School of Pharmacy, and graduated in 1955.Later Tu was trained for two and a half years in traditional Chinese medicine.Tu worked at the Academy of Chinese Medicine in Beijing after graduation. She was promoted to a researcher in 1980 only after the Chinese economic reform.In 2011, Tu became the first scientist in China to win America's Lasker Award (拉斯克奖) for her achievements.Currently she is the Chief Scientist in the Academy.
Period Ⅰ Reading and Thinking
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Part 1 读前策略
【词汇攻略】
1.联想记忆:
(1)由decrease所想到的
①表示“增加”:rise,increase,go up
②表示“减少”:fall,drop,decline,go down
(2)表示情绪的高频词汇
①frustrated adj.失意的,挫败的;泄气的
②bored adj.无聊的;无趣的
③ashamed adj.羞愧的
④depressed adj.沮丧的,意志消沉的
⑤confident adj.自信的
⑥confused adj.迷惑的,不解的
2.词根记忆:
词根trans:transform vt.使改观;使改变形态 vi.改变;转变;transplant 移植; translate翻译; transmit 传送,传播; transparent透明的等。
3.语境记单词:
①He blamed his colleague for their failure in their plan,and his blame made his colleague unhappy.他把计划的失败归咎于他的同事;他的责备令他的同事很不高兴。
②He was suspected to be a suspect at first;