Unit 4 Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit and Reading—Preview（Word教参）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第三册（译林版2020）

Unit 4　Scientists who changed the world I am going to put life into scientific dream, then the dream into reality. ——Marie Curie, Polish scientist. 我要把人生变成科学的梦，然后再把梦变成现实。 ——居里夫人，波兰科学家 [学海淘金] 主题语境——人与社会。本文介绍了三位热爱科学的女士。 Maria Christoforaki Christoforaki is a high school student at the Lyceum of Gazi in Greece.In June 2016，she was part of a team from her school that competed① in the European Cansat Competition.This is a contest in which teams build models of satellites.The satellite has to be the size and shape of a soft drink can.Much creativity is required—and Christoforaki says that is the best part. Kelly Knight Knight is a forensic② scientist—someone who uses scientific techniques to help solve crimes.She's a professor at George Mason University in Fairfax，Va.But that's not all she does.“I'm also a Zumba(尊巴舞) instructor③ and I have my motorcycle license，” she says.She's still working on getting a motorcycle，though. Sara MacSorley MacSorley has a degree in science，who doesn't work in a laboratory④ but is now the director of the Green Street Teaching and Learning Center at Wesleyan University in Middletown，Coon.She spends her time promoting⑤ education.MacSorley still loves science.She's now working on a coloring book about women in science，technology，engineering and math. [词海拾贝] ①forensic adj.法医的 ②compete vi.比赛；竞争 ③instruct vt.命令；指示；教导 ④laboratory n．实验室；研究室 ⑤promote v．促进 Section Ⅰ　Welcome to the unit and Reading—Preview [对应学生用书P101] [清障单词] 1．republic n．共和国，共和政体 2．malaria n．疟疾 3．extract n．提取物；选录vt.提取；选录；取出；设法得到 4．herb n．药草，香草，草本 5．trial n. 试用vi.&vt.测试，试验 6．container n．容器集装箱，货柜 7．postpone vt.延迟，延期 8．sufficient adj.足够的，充足的 9．wisdom n．智慧，知识，学问；才智；明智 10．beneficial adj.有益的，有用的 [清障短语] 1．refer to查阅，参考；提到，谈及 2．on trial 试用，受审 3．speed up (使)加速 4．pay off成功，奏效，达到目的 5．through trial and error反复试验 Step 1　Read for the structure Step 2　Careful reading Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers. 1．What's the main idea of the whole passage? A．Qinghaosu，a pure，stronger qinghao extract. B．Tu Youyou，the first female Chinese Nobel Prize winner. C．Tu Youyou's contribution to the traditional Chinese medicine. D．Solutions to the problems that Tu and her team met with in extracting qinghaosu. 2．What's Tu Youyou's major at university? A．Science and nature. B．Agriculture. C．Chinese medicine. D．Chemistry. 3．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A．Tu Youyou only knows the traditional Chinese medicine. B．Tu and her team discovered qinghaosu easily and smoothly. C．Qinghaosu was discovered after many difficulties. D．Tu was awarded the Nobel Prize as soon as qinghaosu was discovered. 4．What can be inferred from the passage? A．All sufferings have their reward. B．There is no royal road to learning. C．A man becomes learned by asking questions. D．It is never too old to learn. 5．Where is the passage probably taken from? A．Fashion magazine. B．Travel brochure. C．Medicine report. D．A news report in a newspaper. 答案　1～5　BCCAD Step 3　Post reading Fill in the blanks according to the passage or the given words. Because of her contribution to the fight against malaria, Tu Youyou has become the first female scientist of the People's Republic of China 1.to receive(receive) a Nobel Prize . Born in 1930 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Tu 2.studied(study) medicine at university in Beijing and acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. In 1969 Tu became head of a team that intended to find a cure for malaria. 3.Inspired (inspire) by an over 1, 600­year­old text about preparing qinghao with cold water, she succeeded in making qinghao extract that could treat malaria. 4.However the trials on patients were likely to 5.be postponed(postpone) because they did not have sufficient safety data. To speed 6.up the process and ensure its safety, Tu and her team volunteered to test qinghao extract on themselves first . The efforts of Tu and her team finally paid 7.off.In November 1972, they 8.successfully(success) discovered qinghaosu, 9.which is now a key part of many malaria medicines. Tu encouraged scientists to further explore the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine 10.and raise it to a higher level . 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$