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Unit3 Great people
知识点讲解
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1.hero /ˈhɪərəʊ/ n.英雄,崇拜的对象
(复数:heroes)
Yuan Longping is a great hero for us.
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2.famous /ˈfeɪməs/ adj.著名的
短语辨析:be famous for 因……闻名
be famous as 作为……而出名
Li Bai is famous for his poems.
Li Bai is famous as a poet.
小练手:Yuan Longping is famous _____ a scientist.
He is famous _______ hybrid rice.
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for
3.scientist /ˈsaɪəntɪst/ n.科学家
词形变换:science /ˈsaɪəns/ n.科学
He likes science and wants to be a scientist.
4.inventor /ɪnˈventə(r)/ n.发明家
词形变换:invent /ɪnˈvent/ v.发明
invention /ɪnˈvenʃn/ n.发明物
Cai Lun was a famous Chinese inventor who invented paper.
5.hybrid rice /ˈhaɪbrɪd raɪs/ 杂交水稻
Yuan Longping studied hybrid rice all his life.
6.dream /driːm/ v./n.梦想
短语:dream about / of 梦想……
Yuan Longping had two dreams.
7.cool /kuːl/
adj.凉爽的;酷的;n.凉爽
He wanted to enjoy the cool
under tall rice plants.
8.all over the world = around the world 全世界
He also wanted to see hybrid rice grow all over the world.
9.be born 出生
Yuan Longping was born in 1930 in Beijing.
10.pass away 去世
Yuan Longping passed away in 2021 in Changsha.
拓展:pass down 传承,传递
We pass down his spirit from
generation to generation.
11.study /ˈstʌdi/ v.学习;n.书房/学习
He did a lot of studies on rice.
12.call /kɔːl/ v.把……叫作
短语:call sb sth 称呼某人为……
sb be called sth 某人被称作……
People call Yuan Longping the father of hybrid rice.
Yuan Longping is called the father of hybrid rice.
13.come true /kʌm truː/ (梦想)实现
How did his dreams come true?
His dream will come true one day.
14.farming /ˈfɑːmɪŋ/ n.务农,耕作;养殖业
词形变换:farm /fɑːm/ v. 耕作 n.农场;
farmer /ˈfɑːmə(r)/ n.农民
When he grew up, he studied farming.
15.age /eɪdʒ/ n.年龄
短语:at the age of 在……岁时
at an early age 在早年、年少时
Yuan liked farming at an early age.
16.grow up /ɡrəʊ ʌp/ 长大
When he grew up, he studied farming.
短语:grow into长大成为
he grew into a famous scientist.
17.work on 致力于,从事
In 1964, Yuan began to work on hybrid rice.
18.difficult /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ adj.困难的
词形变换:difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ n.困难
复数 difficulties
It was very difficult, but Yuan never gave up.
Yuan Longping faced many difficulties all his life,
but he didn’t give up.
19.develop /dɪˈveləp/ v.发展
词形变换:development /dɪˈveləpmənt/ n.发展
He developed hybrid rice in 1973.
20.bamboo /bæmˈbuː/ n.竹子
At that time, people often wrote on bamboo or silk.
Pandas like eating bamboos.
21.silk /sɪlk/ n.丝绸
Tea and silk were sent to the west on the Silk Road.
22.dear /dɪə(r)/ adj.昂贵的 = expensive /ɪkˈspensɪv/
Bamboo was heavy and silk was dear.
23.paper /ˈpeɪpə(r)/ n.纸(不可数)
newspaper n.报纸(可数)
Cai Lun kept thinking and trying, and finally, he invented cheap but good paper.
24.at first /æt fɜːst/ 起初,起先
拓展:at last 最后
At first, the task looked hard.
At last, we finished it.
25.learn from sb从某人身上学到
What can you learn from Cai Lun?
26.Thanks for doing 感谢某人做了某事
Thanks for taking my baby to the park yesterday.
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