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Unit 2
Inspiring People
Section A 2a-2d
Review and say
What are their achievements?
_________________________ and helped reduce hunger
trained people ______________________
developed a new kind of rice
to do research on farming
_________________________________ even though he didn’t receive a formal education
dropped out of school at an early age, but he ________________________ and became a _____________
found every chance to study
did research in physics and chemistry
great scientist
was ________________________ (Records of the Historian)
played a big part in reviewing the ________ _________ at that time
calendar
made many important _____________ ____________________
_____________________
discoveries in
won two Nobel Prizes
the author of the book Shiji
Chinese
physics and chemistry
Look and say
Who are they? What are their achievements?
Isaac Newton
Isambard Brunel
Florence Nightingale
Alan Turing
艾伦・图灵
艾萨克・牛顿
伊桑巴德・布鲁内尔
弗洛伦斯・南丁格尔
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Isaac Newton
艾萨克・牛顿
牛顿是英国伟大的物理学家、数学家。他发现了万有引力定律和三大运动定律,奠定了经典物理学的基础。在数学上,他创立了微积分;在光学上,他发明了反射式望远镜,极大推动了近代自然科学的发展。
Isambard Brunel
伊桑巴德・布鲁内尔
布鲁内尔是英国工业革命时期最伟大的工程师。他一生专注交通建设,修建了大量铁路、桥梁、隧道,还设计建造了当时世界上最先进的巨型蒸汽轮船。他的发明和建设,大幅革新了英国的交通系统,推动了工业革命的发展。
Florence Nightingale
艾伦・图灵
弗洛伦斯・南丁格尔
南丁格尔是现代护理学的创始人,被称为“提灯女神”。克里米亚战争中,她改善战地医院脏乱差的环境,严格消毒、规范护理,大幅降低士兵死亡率。她创办世界第一所护士学校,建立系统的护理制度,开启了现代护理事业。
Alan Turing
图灵是英国著名数学家,计算机科学与人工智能之父。二战期间,他成功破解德军绝密密码,为战争胜利做出巨大贡献。他提出“图灵机”理论,奠定了现代计算机的核心原理,还提出图灵测试,开创了人工智能研究领域。
2a
Match the people with their achievements.
1. ____ was an important engineer in the 19th century.
3. ____ made important discoveries in physics.
2. ____ volunteered as a nurse to help the wounded soldiers.
4. ____ created a test to see if a computer could really think
like a person.
B
A
C
D
n. 世纪
adj. 受伤的;负伤的
in the +序数词+century 在……世纪
1. Dad: _________. 2. Mum: ________. 3. Steve: ________.
B
C
D
Why does Dad/Mum/Steve admire him/her?
2b
Listen to the conversation. Who does each family member admire?
Brunel
Nightingale
built the first British airports / railways and many other important things
helped the UK develop into a modern /developed nation
created / developed modern nursing
helped us understand the need for better / cleaner hospitals to stop the spread of diseases
Newton
Turing
developed physics / science
pioneer of computer technology / science
2c
Listen again and circle the coloured words you hear to complete the notes.
疾病的传播
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
Gina: Dad, do you have a second? We need to do a survey of our family
members about their most _________ people. Can you help me, please?
Dad: Sure. Go ________.
Gina: Ok, Dad. Who do you admire the most?
Dad: For me, it has to be Isambard Brunel, a famous English __________.
He ________ the first British railways and many other important things,
such as bridges, ships, and tunnels. All these helped the UK develop
into a modern ________.
Gina: Oh, I see. How about you, Mum?
Mum: Well, I am really __________ by Florence Nightingale. She created
modern nursing. It was wonderful of her to help us understand
the need for cleaner hospitals to stop the _________ of diseases.
Gina: That’s nice. What about you, Steve?
Steve: Isaac Newton, of course. It was so important that he developed physics!
I also admire Alan Turing. You know the famous Turing test? It’s so cool!
Gina: Yes, I agree. He was a _________ of computer science, Thanks, Steve.
admired
ahead
built
nation
inspired
spread
pioneer
engineer
do a survey 做调查
go ahead 开始吧
用于礼貌地询问对方是否有短暂的时间可以交谈或帮忙
pioneer in/of sth ……的先驱/先锋
Look and say
Who are they? What are their fields of work?
Zhan Tianyou
Zheng He
He Zehui,
Qian Sanqiang
Tu Youyou
郑和
屠呦呦
詹天佑
何泽慧(女)钱三强(男)
· railway · sea travel · physics · medicine
Tu Youyou
Zhan Tianyou
He Zehui,
Qian Sanqiang
Zheng He
(明代航海家)
(药学家,青蒿素发现者)
(中国铁路之父)
(核物理学家夫妇)
2d
Match the people with their fields of work.
I think ... is/are great/admirable/inspiring because ...
It is/was ... of/for ...
I think Zheng He is admirable because he led many long sea trips successfully.
It was brave of him to sail to faraway places hundreds of years ago.
It is/was + adj. + of sb. + to do sth. 某人做某事是.....的。
该句型中的形容词描述的是人的特征、品质等,如brave, clever, helpful等。
Then discuss why these people are inspiring.
2d
I think ... is/are great/admirable/inspiring because ...
It is/was ... of/for ...
I think He Zehui and Qian Sanqiang are inspiring because they led the team to develop China’s nuclear technology.
It was challenging for them to take on such a hard and important task.
It is/was + adj. + for sb. + to do sth. 对某人来说,做某事是.....的。
该句型中的形容词表示事物具备的特征(描述的是to do sth.这件事),
如convenient, dangerous, important, difficult等, for引出逻辑主语。
Then discuss why these people are inspiring.
2d
1. Isambard Brunel was an important engineer in the 19th century.
伊桑巴德·布鲁内尔是19世纪一位重要的工程师。
in the+序数词+century 在.......世纪
e.g. He is one of the greatest writers in the 21st century.
他是21世纪最伟大的作家之一。
In the late 18th century, Europeans came to live in NewZealand.
18世纪末,欧洲人来到新西兰定居。(2025遂宁中考)
拓展:表示“在某世纪某个年代”用
“in the+年代+of the+序数词+century”或“in the+整十年份+-s/-'s”。
e.g. His father was born in the eighties of the 20th century(=in the 1980s/1980's)
他父亲出生在20世纪80年代。
练习:My grandfather was born in the ________ century.
A. nineteen B. nineteenth
C. nineteen’s D. nineteenths
Language points
B
2.spread
[名词]传播;散布 the spread of ……的传播/蔓延
◆ Let’s work together to stop the spread of the virus.
让我们齐心协力来阻止病毒的传播。
[动词]传播;散布 过去式:spread 过去分词:spread
◆ I hope that Chinese culture can spread all over the
world. 我希望中国文化能传播到全世界。
◆ Nowadays, it’s really wrong of some people to spread
untrue information online.
如今,一些人在网上散布不实信息,这真地很不对。
3.辨析:disease与illness
两者都是“疾病”的意思,但用法不同。
disease
illness
常指人、动植物感染的传染病,也指严重影响身体的具体疾病
泛指一切疾病,强调生病的时间或状态
◆ He suffers from a rare blood disease.
他患有一种罕见的血液病。
◆ Mary is absent from class because of illness.
玛丽因病缺课。
一、将下列句子翻译成英文。
1.她帮助人们理解了保持医院清洁的重要性。
She helped people understand the importance of keeping hospitals clean.
2.他在19世纪是一位重要的工程师。
He was an important engineer in the 19th century.
3.他们都是计算机科学的先驱。
They are both pioneers of computer science.
4.他创建了一项测试来判断机器是否能像人一样思考。
He created a test to see if a machine could think like a person.
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