Unit 1 Section Ⅲ Using Language(Word教参)-【状元桥·优质课堂】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版2019）

Section Ⅲ　Using Language

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<1>aerospace/ˈeərəʊspeIs/n．航空航天工业

<2>have an impact on对……有影响

<3>patriotic/ˌpeItriˈɒtIk/

adj．爱国的

patriot n．爱国者

<4>devotion n．奉献，献身；忠诚；热爱

<5>well-respected

adj．受人尊敬的

<6>attend school 上学

<7>mechanical

/məˈkænIkl/adj． 机械的；发动机的；机器的

mechanic/məˈkænIk/n．机械师；机械修理工

<8>switch…to…把……转换到……

<9>aviation/ˌeIviˈeIʃn/n．航空制造业；航空；飞行

<10>air force空军

<11>defend/dIˈfend/vt．保卫；防守；辩解

<12>pursue graduate studies 攻读研究生

<13>over the course of在……期间

<14>a pioneer in……方面的带头人/先驱/先锋

<15>jet/dʒet/n．喷气式飞机

<16>assistant /əˈsIstənt/n．助理，助手 adj．副的，助理的

<17>conduct research into/on 从事……的研究

<18>propulsion/prəˈpʌlʃən/n．推进；推动力

<19>leading adj．最重要的；一流的

<20>in charge of主管；掌管

in the charge of由……负责；由……掌管

<21>missile/ˈmIsaIl/n．导弹

<22>undeveloped adj．不发达的；未开发的

<23>discourage sb from doing sth 阻碍某人做某事

<24>take on 决定做；承担(责任)

take on the challenge 接受挑战

<25>leadership/ˈliːdəʃip/n．领导；领导地位；领导才能

under one's leadership在某人的领导下

<26>launch v．发射(导弹、火箭等)；发起

launch its first man-made satellite发射第一颗人造卫星

<27>trace/treIs/vt．追溯；追踪；查出

n．痕迹；遗迹；踪迹

trace back to追溯到

THE FATHER OF CHINA'S AEROSPACE<1>

Perhaps no other scientist has had a greater impact on<2> China's aerospace science than Qian Xuesen．①Described by the authors of the Story of Qian Xuesen as a man with “great scientific thought and scientific spirit” who was patriotic<3> and served his homeland with effort, achievement, and devotion<4>, Qian was an extremely well-respected<5> man．

①过去分词短语described by…作状语，在此状语中包含who引导的定语从句who was patriotic…devotion。同时介词短语with “great scientific…”作定语，修饰a man。

②Born in Hangzhou in 1911, Qian attended schools<6> in Beijing and then entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study Railway Mechanical<7> Engineering．However, after the Songhu Battle broke out in 1932, Qian made the decision to switch his major

to<8> aviation<9> ③because he realised that China needed its own powerful air force<10> to protect and defend<11> the country．

②Born in Hangzhou in 1911是过去分词短语作状语。

③此处because引导原因状语从句，其中that引导宾语从句，宾语从句中不定式to protect…作目的状语。

Qian went to the United States in 1935 ④to pursue his graduate studies<12>．Over the course of<13> the 1930s and 1940s, Qian became a pioneer in<14> American jet<15> and rocket technology．As a graduate assistant<16> at the California Institute of Technology during the 1930s, Qian helped conduct important research into<17> rocket propulsion<18>， and in the 1940s, he and several other people founded the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ⑤now one of NASA's leading<19> space-exploration centres．

④此处不定式作目的状语。

⑤此处是同位语，对Jet Propulsion Laboratory进行解释说明。

After overcoming some difficulties during his final few years in the US, Qian returned to China in 1955．He received a hero's welcome from his homeland and was put in charge of<20> ⑥not only developing China's rocket science but also its space and missile<21> programme．At that time, China was poor and its rocket science was undeveloped<22>．No institute or university in China offered rocket science as a major, and there were no talents or experts in this field in China．Nevertheless, Qian did not let that discourage him from taking<23> on the challenge<24>． ⑦When asked “Can we Chinese possibly make missiles？”, his reply was a determined“Why not？We Chinese are able to make the same things that other people make．”

⑥not only…but also…连接两个并列成分作介词of的宾语。not only…but also…不仅……而且……。

⑦此处可视为状语从句的省略形式。

Under Qian's leadership<25>， China developed the Dongfeng missiles, ⑧followed by the first generation of Long March rockets．In 1970, China successfully launched<26>