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Unit 1 Great people
沪教牛津版九年级上册
How did great people contribute to our society?
Key question
主题范畴:人与社会
Reading I
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Unit objectives
After learning this unit, you can:
talk about some great people and their achievements.
understand how great people contribute to the development of society.
write a short story about a great person.
analyse how people became great.
分析人们是怎样成长为伟人的。
谈论一些伟人以及他们取得的成就。
理解伟人是如何为社会发展做出贡献的。
写一篇关于某位伟人的短篇故事。
First thoughts
Which great people do you know?
Stories about them
Why are they considered ‘great’?
Their contributions to the world
Examples of great people
What did they do?
Factors that made them great
How did they become great?
Which great people do you know?
你知道哪些伟人?
What contributions did these great people make to human society? 这些伟人为人类社会做出了哪些贡献?
What qualities do great people have in common?
伟人身上有哪些共同的品质?
How did people become great?
人们是如何成为伟人的?
Before you read
malaria /mə'leəriə/ n. 疟疾
effective /ɪ'fektɪv/ adj. 有效的
cubism /'kju:bɪzəm/ n. 立体主义
composer /kəm'pəʊzə(r)/ n. (尤指古典音乐的)作曲家
influential /ˌɪnflu'enʃl/ adj. 有很大影响(力)的
astronomer /ə'strɒnəmə(r)/ n. 天文学家
eclipse /ɪ'klɪps/ n. 日食;月食
Before you read the article, read the words aloud and understand their meanings.
Tu Youyou Pablo Picasso Ludwig van Nicolaus
Beethoven Copernicus
Have you heard of these people?
What contributions did they make to the world?
section 1的标题在第一次出现的时候可以放一下
Talk about them in pairs.
Who’s Tu Youyou?
She’s a scientist.
What’s her contribution to the world?
...
Pair work.
Who is she?
She was a female scientist from the Qing dynasty.
She is good at astronomy and mathematics.
She explained lunar eclipses (月食) and wrote The Musts of Calculation (《筹算易知》).
A crater on Venus was named after her by the International Astronomical Union.
Wang Zhenyi
Guessing
Let’s read about Wang Zhenyi and see what made her an outstanding woman scholar.
Before reading, let’s read the new words first!
outstanding /aʊt'stændɪŋ/
old-fashioned /ˌəʊld 'fæʃnd/
classical /'klæsɪkl/
ordinary /'ɔːrdnri/
lamp /læmp/
poet /'pəʊɪt/
*convinced /kən'vɪnst/
adj. 优秀的;杰出的
adj. 陈旧的;过时的
adj. 古典的;经典的
adj. 普通的;平凡的
n. 灯
n. 诗人
adj. 坚信的;确信的
New words
Pre-reading
考虑到……
除……之外
with something in mind
in addition to
Wang Zhenyi——an outstanding woman scholar
Wang Zhenyi (1768–1797) was a female mathematician and an astronomer who lived in the Qing dynasty. She also had a talent for poetry.
Wang grew up in a family that valued education. As a child, she learnt mathematics from her father, astronomy from her grandfather and poetry from her grandmother. When she was a teenager, she spent a lot of time studying and building her knowledge in her grandfather’s library.
Wang learnt more and more about astronomy and mathematics, even though the language in the science books was very old-fashioned and difficult to understand. This experience made her realize something important: scientific texts need to be written in a clear way so that everyone can understand them. With this in mind, she rewrote the mathematician Mei Wending’s famous book about calculation. At age 24, she created a simpler method of multiplication and division, and wrote a book about it.
Reading
Wang also studied astronomy on her own. She described lunar and solar eclipses in her works. In old times, people thought eclipses were a sign that heaven was angry with them, but Wang showed that these events were completely natural. She explained it in a simple way so that ordinary people could understand. She set up a model of a lunar eclipse in a garden. It was made up of a round table representing the Earth, a lamp as the Sun, and a round mirror as the Moon. Wang moved the objects around to show what happens during a lunar eclipse: when the Moon passes into the Earth’s shadow, the Moon becomes darker. Her model was clear and simple to understand, even for the youngest people in the audience.
In addition to her achievements in mathematics and astronomy, Wang Zhenyi was an excellent poet, and she wrote about unusually modern topics. Wang knew that women are no less intelligent than men, as we can see in this poem:
It’s made to believe,
Women are the same as Men;
Are you not convinced,
Daughters can also be heroic?
In 1994, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named a crater on Venus after Wang Zhenyi. Since she achieved so much in her short time on Earth—she died at the age of 29—it is fitting that she is remembered beyond it.
Fast-reading
The text is about Wang Zhenyi’s ___
( )Her achievements in mathematics
( )Her achievements in astronomy
( )Her achievements in poetry
( )Her marriage
( )Her childhood
( )Her works (著作)
( )How she was remembered
Fast-reading
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 6
Her achievements in mathematics
An Introduction to Wang Zhenyi
Her achievements in astronomy
How she was remembered
Her childhood
Her achievements in poetry
1 Choose the best topic for each paragraph.
mathematician, astronomer, poet
Wang Zhenyi
learnt mathematics from her father, astronomy from her grandfather and poetry from her grandmother
The IAU named a crater on Venus after her.
Careful-reading
Read for details
Her achievement:
rewrote Mei Wending's book; created a simpler method of multiplication and division and wrote a book about it; showed that lunar and solar eclipses were completely natural events, in a way that ordinary people could understand; wrote poems about unusually modern topics.
Her ideas:
Scientific texts need to be written in a clear way so that everyone can understand them. Women are no less intelligent than men.
Name:
Born: Died:
Job:
Contribution:
Read for details
Wang Zhenyi
1768
1797
mathematician, astronomer, poet
In mathematics: She rewrote Mei Wending's calculation book, created a simpler multiplication-division method, and wrote a book about it.
In astronomy: She described eclipses and set up a model to explain lunar eclipses.
In poetry: She wrote poetry on unusually modern topics.
1. Q: Which subjects did Wang Zhenyi learn from her family members, and who were her teachers for each subject?
A: She learnt mathematics from her father, astronomy from her grandfather, and poetry from her grandmother.
2. Q: What do you think of her family members?
A: (Possible answer) They were knowledgeable and supportive of her education.
Read for thinking
Paragraphs 1–2
1. Q: What needs to be done so that everyone can understand the scientific texts?
A: They need to be written in a clear way.
2. Q: What was Wang’s creative solution to this problem?
A: She rewrote Mei Wending’s book to make it clearer, and also created a simpler method for multiplication and division and wrote a book about it.
Paragraph 3
Read for thinking
1. Q: What was the common misunderstanding about eclipses in ancient times, and what did Wang Zhenyi do to correct it?
A: Ancient people thought eclipses were a sign that heaven was angry. Wang Zhenyi set up a simple physical model in a garden to explain it.
2. Q: According to Wang Zhenyi’s model, what happens during a lunar eclipse?
A: A lunar eclipse happens when the Moon passes into the Earth’s shadow and becomes darker.
Paragraph 4
Read for thinking
1. Q: What was special about Wang Zhenyi’s poetry?
A: She wrote about unusually modern topics.
2. Q:What did Wang Zhenyi think of women and men?
A: She believed that women were no less intelligent than men.
Paragraph 5-6
Read for thinking
Yes, her ideas were very modern. At the time, most scientific books were old-fashioned and difficult to understand, but Wang Zhenyi believed that scientific texts should be written in a clear way so that everyone can understand them. She also understood that women were no less intelligent than men.
2 Read the article again and answer the questions below.
Do you think Wang Zhenyi was ahead of her time? If so, in what way?
Read for analyzing
(1) What made Wang Zhenyi an outstanding woman scholar?
(2) What can you learn from her?
Discuss
After you read
Vocabulary practice
outstanding
ordinary
With
in mind
old-fashioned
In addition to
Yuan Longping was a great person who had inspired countless people worldwide. He grew up in a family …
As an adult, Yuan Longping spent a lot of time doing …
It is fitting that Yuan Longping received numerous honours. …
Homework
听并跟读Reading部分,复述课文;
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Unit 1 Great people
沪教牛津版九年级上册
How did great people contribute to our society?
Key question
主题范畴:人与社会
Reading II
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目录
Revision
1
Phrases
2
Language points
3
Practice
4
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Revision
Retell the story with the mind mapping.
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Find the phrases from P4 to P5
have a talent for
spend...doing sth.
even though
in a clear way
so that
with something in mind
对……有天赋
花费……做某事
即使;尽管
用一种清晰的方式
为了;以便
考虑到……
Find the phrases from P4 to P5
on one’s own
set up
be made up of
in addition to
in one’s short time
name...after
独自
建立
由……组成
除……之外(还)
在某人短暂的一生中
以……命名
Other language points
1. She spent a lot of time studying and building her knowledge in her grandfather's library.
她花费大量时间在祖父的书房里钻研学习、积累知识。
spend time / money (in) doing sth. 花时间 / 金钱做某事
spend time / money on sth. 在某事上花时间 / 金钱
扩展:spend time with sb. 与某人共度时光
1. 我周末和父母在一起。我们通常花 2 小时一起运动。
I spend weekends with my parents. We usually
_______ two hours _______ sports together.
即学即练
spend doing
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spend、pay、take辨析
主语 动词 常用搭配
人 spend
(spent)
人 pay (paid)
it take (took)
sb. spend ... (in) doing
sb. spend ... on sb.
sb. pay for
It takes sb. time to do
用 spend /pay/take 适当形式填空
It ______ my mother 40 minutes to cook dinner tonight.
He ______ 100 yuan for that new bike yesterday.
They ______ lots of time on their homework last night.
How long does it ______ you to get to the park?
She will ______ 30 dollars for this dress.
My father ______ much time reading newspapers every morning.
It ______ us three days to finish the trip last week.
Don’t ______ too much money on toys.
即学即练
took
paid
spent
take
pay
spends
took
spend
2. This experience made her realize something important: scientific texts need to be written in a clear way so that everyone can understand them.
need to be done 需要被做
in a clear way 以一种清晰的方式
so that 为了,以便( 后接目的状语从句)
这段经历让她意识到一件重要的事:科学文献的行文需要清晰易懂,这样所有人都能看懂这些内容。
也可表达为:need doing,主语经常是物
1. The classroom is dirty. It needs ______.
A. clean B. to clean C. cleaning D. cleaned
2. I study hard ______ I can pass the exam easily.
A. so that B. in order to C. because D. but
3. The flowers need ______ every day.
A. to watering B. to be watered C. water D. to water
4. 你应该用清晰的方式解释这个问题.
You should explain the problem ___ ___ ___ ___.
5. He gets up early to catch the early bus. (同义句)
He gets up early ____ ____ he can catch the early bus.
即学即练
in a clear way
so that
In this class, we have learned
new words and expressions in this unit.
the detailed information and the structure of the text.
something about great people.
some important language points in the text.
Summary
Self-assessment
How well do you know about this lesson? Tick the boxes.
I understand the new expressions in the text. 口 口 口
I understand the detailed information about the text. 口 口 口
I know how to retell the passage with key words. 口 口 口
I think I can use all language points correctly. 口 口 口
个人作业(可选) 小组作业(可选)
1.录音机跟读课文,朗读2-3遍,模仿语调,把握单词的读音和句子的停顿。 1. 在互联网上搜索王贞仪或其他伟大人物的更多信息,对课本内容进行补充,撰写一份简短的英文拓展报告(50–80 词)。
2.完成《阳光学业评价》Reading部分练习。
⭐可参考作业布置如下:
Samples:
Homework
单击“同步练习题”字样,即可打开本课时同步练习题的Word文档。
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