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Unit 1 People of Achievement
Learning about language (1): Vocabulary
年 级:高二
学 科:高中英语(人教版)
Learning objectives:
In this class, you will
1. review the vocabulary in this unit;
2. apply some important words and expressions
in topic-related contexts.
3. use what you have learned to express your opinions, deepening the understanding of the unit theme.
Task 1: Review and Retell
How was artemisinin discovered?
word cloud
_____ cook something in very hot water
________ relating to plants
_______ qualities or characteristics of something
_____ a kind of substance that flows freely, such as water or milk
_________ physical material that exists
boil
botanical
property
liquid
substance
Task 2: Quiz
Write down the word that matches each definition.
1. The two flowers are quite distinct from one another, so it is easy to make a __________ between them.
2. Scientists need to ________ how the new material stands up to wear and tear to prove how valuable it is.
3. A talented scientist well known for his __________ to his country, Huang Danian committed himself to his research in geophysics.
4. A: Did you come to any conclusions?
B: Yes, we _________ that by drawing out the extract at a low temperature, we could find the substance that we needed to complete the experiment.
5. She spends a lot of time ___________ her patients’ dreams. This analysis is very helpful, explaining their daily behaviour very well.
adj.
adj.
v.
n.
n.
Task 3: Fill in blanks
Figure out the parts of speech of the underlined words. Fill in the blanks with words that have the same roots.
distinction
evaluate
commitment
concluded
analysing
stands up to
经得起
wear and tear
磨损
come to a conclusion
得出结论
Word-formation--derivation
prefix (前缀)
suffix (后缀)
1. distinction (n.) distinct (adj.) ___________ (adv.)
2. value (v.) ________ (n.) valuable (adj.) __________ (v.)
3. commit (v.) __________/____________ (n.) committed (adj.)
4. conclude (v.) conclusion (n.) _________/___________(adj.)
_____