内容正文:
U1 Great people
Reading 1
《题女中丈夫图》
足行万里书万卷,
尝拟雄心胜丈夫。
始信须眉等巾帼,
谁言女儿不英雄。
How did great people contribute to our society?
[kənˈtrɪbjuːt]
v.做贡献
Which great people do you know?
Review some great people we have learnt.
Lead-in
professions
scientist, physicist
contribution
raise the level of China’s science and technology
title
the Two Bombs and One Satellite Merit Award
钱学森
职业
Which great people do you know?
Review some great people we have learnt.
Lead-in
profession
scientist
contribution
developed the sugar pill to stop children from getting polio
title
Grandpa Sugar Pill
顾方舟
职业
Which great people do you know?
Review some great people we have learnt.
Lead-in
profession
astronomer 天文学家
contribution
devoted himself to the FAST project
title
the Father of Tianyan in China
南仁东
职业
What do you know about __________?
Pre-reading
Have you heard of these people? What contributions did they make to the world? Talk about them in pairs.
P4, 5
屠呦呦
毕加索
贝多芬
哥白尼
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What can you find about these great people?
Pre-reading
Most of them are male.
男性
Today we will learn a great female figure.
女性的
section 1的标题在第一次出现的时候可以放一下
Pre-reading
Read the title and look at the picture and answer the following questions.
1. Who is the great people?
She is Wang Zhenyi.
2. What is she doing?
She is looking at the sky with a telescope.
3. What do you think her job is?
She may be an astronomer.
adj.杰出的
n.学者
A telescope
General-reading
1. What is the genre of this passage?
A. Biography.
B. Argumentation.
C. Story.
2. Read and match the main ideas.
● Her education. ( )
● Her achievements in different
subjects. ( )
● Her special ideas. ( )
● Introduction of Wang Zhenyi. ( )
● How she is remembered. ( )
Introduction
Education
Achievements in mathematics
Achievements in astronomy
Special ideas
Her honor
人物传记
议论文
Detailed-reading
Wang Zhenyi
Birth: Death: Dynasty:
Her professions:
In 1768
In 1797
Qing dynasty
scholar, mathematician, astronomer
[ˈskɒlə(r), ˌmæθəməˈtɪʃn, əˈstrɒnəmə(r)]
Read the title and para. 1 and finish the table.
Detailed-reading
Read para. 2 and answer the questions.
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.
(2) What do you think of her family?
Her father taught her mathematics, her grandfather taught her astronomy and her grandmother taught her poetry.
(1) Who taught her when she was young and what did they teach her?
● Value education.
● Own lots of books.
● Allow woman to be educated.
cultured 富有涵养的
knowledgable 知识渊博的
open-minded 思想开明的
Detailed-reading
Her achievements
Math Problem she met:
How did she solve it:
Astro-nomy People’s ideas about eclipses:
Her ideas:
The language in the science book was very old-fashioned and difficult to understand.
She rewrote Mei Wending’s famous book in a simpler way.
They were the sign that the heaven was angry with human.
They were completely natural.
Read para. 3 & 4 and compare.
★/ɪˈklɪps/ eclipse 日食;月食
Detailed-reading
How did she explain the eclipses?
round table→
lamp→
round mirror→
Earth
Sun
Moon
Detailed-reading
(1) What is unusual about Wang Zhenyi’s poems?
She wrote about unusually modern topics. For example, women are no less intelligent than men in her poems.
始信须眉等巾帼,
谁言女儿不英雄?
(1) What do you think of her special idea?
Her special idea is ahead of time.
Can you understand her poem?
Read para. 5 and answer the questions.
Detailed-reading
The International Astronomical Union named a crater on Venus after Wang Zhenyi.
(1) How is she remembered?
A crater on Venus
金星的陨石坑
Asteroid 43259
小行星43259
Read para. 6 and answer the questions.
Thinking
(1) What made Wang Zhenyi an outstanding woman scholar?
(2) What can you learn from her?
Watch the video and know more about Wang Zhenyi. After watching, you should discuss the questions below.
I think she is brave...
I was moved by her spirits...
(1) What made Wang Zhenyi an outstanding woman scholar?
内因
外因
her curiosity for science
her determination to keep learning
her strong will to overcome difficulties
her courage to break old prejudices(偏见)
the support of her family
(2) What can you learn from her?
We can learn her spirit of curiosity for science. She was brave to break old prejudices(偏见). She kept learning and never gave up in hard conditions. We should keep an open mind and pursue our dreams.
Which great female figure do you know?
Further-thinking
Professions
樊锦诗
the daughter of Dunhuang
武则天
a female emperor in ancient China
花木兰
a female general in ancient China
李清照
the most female poet of all time
居里夫人
a famous female Nobel Prize winner
海伦凯勒
a famous blind and deaf educator and writer
Great women shine through history with their courage and wisdom!
Group work
Project: Making a presentation about a great person
You can use the mind-map to help you.
Thank you!
A woman forgotten by her age, yet remembered by the starry sky!
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