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Unit 2
Inspiring People
Section B What makes people admirable?
(1a-1f)
1b
Read the text quickly. Who was the seed scientist? What did he do?
Who was the seed scientist? What did he do?
Read again and match each paragraph with its topic.
Tips: Find out the key words or phrases that will help you.
A. Training local students to do important work
D. Becoming interested in seeds
B. Introduction to Zhong Yang and seed banks
C. What he left behind
E. Starting to work and collect seeds in Xizang
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What is the structure of this passage?
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B.
C.
D.
Who is he?
What did he do?
What did he do?
What did he leave behind?
Put the events into the timeline.
Unit 2 Inspiring people
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On 25 September 2017, the scientific world was shaken by the news that Chinese professor Zhong Yang had died in a car accident. The well-respected biologist had spent his whole life researching plants and seeds. Over the years, he collected many important seeds for China’s seed banks. These special banks protect all kinds of plant seeds, including the ones we need for food, and they make sure that important plants do not disappear from the world forever.
How does the passage start?
2. Why do you think the writer chose this?
It starts with Zhong Yang’s death.
To catch readers’ attention, show Zhong Yang was very important, and make his story more touching and inspiring.
3.What's the function of seed banks?
They are used to store seeds and protect different plants.
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Zhong Yang was born in 1964. When he was young, he showed a deep love and curiosity for the things he studied. He was an excellent student, entering university at the early age of 15. There, he studied radio engineering and later became interested in plants. The research and study of plants, especially the seeds, became the focus of his life after he became a professor at Fudan University.
Q1. Did he study plants and seeds at first?
No, he studied radio engineering and later became interested in plants.
Q2.What was the focus of his life after being a professor at Fudan University?
The research and study of plants, especially seeds.
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It is important for seed banks to include many different kinds of seeds.
When Zhong Yang discovered that there was not enough research of the seeds from Xizang, he went there to collect seeds himself. In 2001, he began his travels across Xizang. It was very difficult for him to brave the cold weather and great heights. He sometimes fell sick, but he always continued with his work.
Why did he travel across Xizang? What’re the difficulties? Did he give up? What do you think of him?
Because there was not enough research of the seeds from Xizang
The cold weather and great heights
No
He’s hardworking and brave.
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By Yushen
Zhong Yang knew it was better to include more people when doing important work. He began a programme to find and train local students in field research to become scientists. Together, he and his team collected more than 40 million seeds from around 1,000 plants. Their hard work provided the world with lots of new information about the plants in China.
Their hard work provided the world with lots of new information about the plants in China.
2.What good did their hard work bring to the world?
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Because seed research is important. More people can finish the work better. The young students could continue the scientific work in the future.
Zhong Yang left behind more than just a huge collection of seeds. His love
for his job and research lives on in his students. He once said, “My students will continue on the road of scientific exploration and the seeds we have collected may grow hundreds of years from now.”
Q1. What did Zhong Yang leave behind?
Zhong Yang left behind more than just a huge collection of seeds. His love for his job and research lives on in his students.
Q2. What makes Zhong Yang admirable? What can you learn from him?
He is hard‑working and devoted to science. He kept working even in terrible conditions. We can learn to stick to our goals and devote ourselves to what we love.
3. What other admirable scientists do you know of? What can you learn from their stories?
I think Yuan Longping is an admirable scientist. He spent his whole life developing new kind of rice to reduce hunger.
I learn that we should try our best to help who are in need.
I learn that we should stick to doing what we love.
1e
Explain the meanings of these sentences in your own words. Pay attention to the underlined words.
1. It was very difficult for him to brave the cold weather and great heights.
The cold weather and high places were really tough for him to deal with.
2. His love for his job and research lives on in his students.
His deep love for seed research doesn’t disappear. His students keep this spirit and carry on his work.
Using context
Using the sentence
context may help you
guess and learn the meanings of difficult
words and phrases.
By Yushen
Many young people admire her ________ (brave) when she faced the dangerous situation alone.
Her natural ________ (curious) about the world led her to explore different cultures.
The ________ (science) community has praised his new research on environmental protection.
The young ________ (biology) spent years studying the special plants in the mountain area.
The team ________ (collect) more than 100 different kinds of samples during their trip.
Her hard work and ____________ (determine) helped her finish the project on time.
bravery
语法填空
curiosity
scientific
collected
biologist
determination
根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
1. 我们希望这次慈善活动能留下许多温暖的回忆。
We hope the charity activity will ______________ ______________ a lot of warm memories.
2. 马克・吐温已然离世,但他的精神与故事继续存在。
Mark Twain has passed away, but his spirit and stories ______________ ______________.
3. 年少时,他便对所学事物满怀热爱与求知欲。
When he was young, he _________ ________ _______ ________ _______ __________ for the things he studied.
4. 对他而言,忍受严寒、攀登高海拔地区是一件无比艰难的事。
It was very difficult for him to _________ ________ _________ _________ ________ __________ __________.
5. 他启动了一项培养计划,发掘并培训当地学生开展野外科研,将他们培育成科研工作者。
He began a programme to find and ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ to become scientists.
leave behind
live on
showed a deep love and curiosity
brave the cold weather and great
heights
train local students in
field research
1d tell the story of Zhong Yang in your own words.
Zhong Yang was an inspiring _______________. He was _______ in 1964. When he was young, he showed a ___________ for and a ________ about things he studied. he _______________ at the age of 15. He studied ____________ and later ________________ plants. The research and study of plants and _________ became the ________of his life at Fudan University. In 2001, he travelled to Xizang to _____________ because he discovered there was not enough _________ on seeds from Xizang. It wan difficult for him to brave __________ and __________. He and his team collected ________ 40 million seeds from over 1,000 _______ of plants.Unfortunately, he died in ______________ on 25 September 2017. He spent his whole life __________ and _______ seeds. He _________ a huge collection of seeds.
seed scientist
born
a deep love
curiosity
entered university
radio engineering became interested in
seeds
focus
collect seeds
research
cold weather
great heights
more than
types
a car accident
researching
left behind
collecting
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