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Unit2
Section B 1a-1f
一、教学四维目标
1. 语言能力
1)掌握核心词汇:seed, biologist, collect, protect, brave, height, programme, explore, exploration
2)掌握重点短语:spend … doing, make sure, show curiosity for, fall sick, live on
3)读懂人物传记,能梳理时间线、匹配段落主旨;能用简单英语复述钟扬的生平故事;能解释重点句子含义。
2. 文化意识
了解钟扬院士的先进事迹,理解科学家的奉献精神;懂得什么样的人值得敬佩,树立奉献、坚持、为国做事的价值观。
3. 思维品质
训练略读找主旨、细读提取细节;学会结合上下文猜词义;分析人物品质,辩证思考 “令人敬佩的人的特质”。
4. 学习能力
掌握阅读策略:skimming(略读)找大意;scanning(细读)找细节;context clue 上下文猜词;学会时间轴梳理人物事件。
二、教学重难点
✅重点:梳理文章结构,提取人物生平细节;复述故事;掌握阅读猜词策略。
❌难点:长难句理解;brave动词用法、短语live on;用自己的语言转述文本;挖掘人物精神内涵。
Meet the new words
1. scientific adj.
2. biologist n.
3. whole adj.
4. bank n.
5. forever adv.
6. radio n.
7. leave behind
8. collection n.
9. live on
10. exloration n.
1. 科学的
2. 生物学家
3. 完全的
4. 银行
5. 永远
6. 无线电;收音机
7. 留下;遗留
8. 收集物;收藏品
9. 继续存在;继续存活
10. 探索
SectionB What makes people admirable?
Pre-reading Look at the title “The inspiring Seed Scientist”, What do you think a seed scientist does? Do you think it is an interesting job?
He/She collects and studies plant seeds.
1. Who is the seed scientist?
2. What did he do for our country?
He is Zhong Yang, a Chinese biologist/professor.
He spent his life researching plants and collecting seeds. He collected millions of seeds and trained local students.
1. seed 种子 2. biologist 生物学家
3. collect 收集 4. brave (v.) 勇敢面对
5. height 高处 6. programme 项目
7. live on 延续、长存
1. How many paragraphs are there?
2. What is the structure of the text?
Introduction → Early life → Hard work → Education work → Spirit legacy
Five
While-reading
Task 1 Skimming 略读
Fast read the whole passage and answer:
What is his main achievement?
He collected millions of seeds and trained young scientists to protect plant diversity.
Task 3 Careful reading
1d. Fill in the blanks with the information from the text. Then put the events into the timeline and tell the story of Zhong Yang in your own words.
A. Zhong Yang was born.
B. He __________________at the age of 15.
C. He began_______________to train local students
D. He died in_________________
E. He studied__________________and later plants.
F. He travelled around Xizang to ______________
G. Zhong Yang____________________ plants.
entered university
a programme
a car accident
radio engineering
collect seeds
researched
While -reading Task 2 Main idea matching
A. Training local students to do important work
B. Introduction to Zhong Yang and seed banks
C. What he left behind
D. Becoming interested in seeds
E. Starting to work and collect seeds in Xizang
1c Read again and match each paragraph with its topics.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Finish the timeline
1964
2017
born
enter university
study radio engineering and love plants
collected seeds in Xizang
started training programme
died in a car accident
1964
2017
born
enter university
study radio engineering and love plants
collected seeds in Xizang
started training programme
died in a car accident
Retell 1b according to the timeline
Post-reading 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.
2. His love for his job and research lives on in his students.
face cold and high places bravely
His spirit continues and never dies
Post-reading 1f Discuss the questions.
1. Why did Zhong Yang want more people to do seed collection and research?
2. What made Zhong Yang admirable?
3. What can we learn from him?
He knew it was better to include more people when doing important work.
He spent his whole life researching plants and seeds. Their hard work provided the world with lots of new information about the plants in China.
brave, hard-working, devoted, selfless
Language points
The Inspiring Seed Scientist
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On 25 September 2017, the scientific world 1.___________(shake) by the news that Chinese professor Zhong Yang had died in a car accident. He was 2. _______well‑respected biologist, who spent his whole life 3.____________(research) plants and seeds. Over the years, he collected plenty of valuable seeds for China’s seed banks. 4.______(this) special banks protect all kinds of plant seeds and make sure 5.______ important plants will not disappear from the world forever.
was shaken
a
researching
These
that
Zhong Yang 6.___________(bear) in 1964. As a young man, he showed deep love and curiosity 7. _______nature. He was so excellent a student 8._______ he entered university at 15. At first he studied radio engineering, 9.______ later he turned to plant science. It was very difficult 10.______ him to work in Xizang. He often suffered from bad weather and high heights. Sometimes he fell sick, 11.______ he never gave up his research.
was born
for
that
but
for
but
It is important for seed banks 12.________(store) different kinds of seeds. It was wise 13. ________Zhong Yang to train young local scientists. It is inspiring 14._______ his spirit still influences lots of young people today. His story encourages us 15.___________(hold) on to our dreams and serve our country.
to store
of
that
to hold
1. 基础层:背诵重点短语、订正课堂随测、熟读课文
2. 提高层:80词短文
My Admirable Person (Zhong Yang)
Homework
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