Unit 4 Scientists Who Changed the World Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语译林版（2020）必修第三册

Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world Reading 1 Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel Prize Who do we refer to when talking about “scientists”? Lead-in Einstein & Hawking Yuan Longping & Wu Mengchao Lead-in The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth. — Irving Langmuir 科学的驱动力主要是好奇心和对真理的渴望。 Yuan Longping ●In 1953, he ______________ South-west Agricultural College. ●In the 1970s, he ______ _________ ___ _ _ _ the first hybrid rice varieties. Stephen Hawking ●He ________ __ _ the field of general relativity. ●In 1988, A Brief History of Time was published and stayed on a bestseller list for ___________. Scientists who changed the world graduated from succeeded in developing made great contributions to 237 weeks Welcome to the unit 1. What else do you know about two scientists in the video? Yuan Longping has an asteroid named after him. In 1999, the asteroid project team who discovered it decided to honour this great man for his achievement in developing hybrid rice. The asteroid is called “Yuan Longping Star”. Welcome to the unit Steven Hawking fulfilled his lifelong dream of experiencing zero gravity, even though he was wheelchair-bound. His dream came true when he flew in a special zero gravity airplane in 2007. Pre-reading What do you know about the Nobel Prize? The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel’s will of 1895, are awarded to “those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”. Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. Nobel Prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields. Mo Yan winning the Nobel Literature Prize Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel Prize Who is this winner? Tu Youyou. Pre-reading What do you know about Tu Youyou? Nobel Prize winner Tu