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Inspiring People
UNIT 2
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BIG
Question
Who inspires us?
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Section B (1a-1f)
What makes people admirable?
Reading
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能够掌握本课阅读文本中的重点词汇与人物描写短语,熟练巩固本单元两大核心句型。
能依托教材练习(段落匹配、信息填空、词义猜测与问题讨论),运用文本信息完成事实梳理与语言转换任务,能有条理地复述钟扬的故事,并围绕其品质进行观点表达与交流。
了解植物学家钟扬的奉献事迹,学习他不畏艰苦、坚守科研、甘于传承的崇高精神,树立对科研工作者的崇敬之心。
能读懂介绍科学家钟扬的完整语篇,梳理文章人物经历、科研奉献与精神品质等核心信息。
Learning objectives
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Look at the title of the text.
What do you think a seed scientist does? Do you think it is an interesting job?
1a
A seed scientist studies seeds, collects them for seed banks, and researches ways to protect plant species from disappearing.
I think it is an interesting job, because it connects nature, science, and environmental protection. It’s meaningful work to save plant life.
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1. Who was the seed scientist?
He was Professor Zhong Yang, a well-respected Chinese biologist.
2.What did he do?
He spent his whole life researching plants and seeds and collected many important seeds for China’s seed banks.
Read the text quickly. Who was the seed scientist? What did he do?
1b
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Background
钟扬(1964—2017),著名植物学家、复旦大学教授、援藏干部。
15岁考入大学,先学习无线电工程,后深耕植物种子研究;
2001年起16年持续援藏,常年深入西藏高原野外采集种子,克服严寒、高反、高原重病等重重困难;
创立专项计划培养西藏本地科研学生,搭建高原植物研究人才队伍;
2017年9月25日,因公出差途中遭遇车祸不幸离世,年仅53岁。
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成就:
1. 种子资源贡献
带领团队跋涉50多万公里,采集约1000种植物、4000多万颗高原种子,填补全球种子库西藏植物种质空白,守护国家生物基因库,保障粮食与植物物种永续留存 。
2. 西部科教帮扶
为西藏大学培养出首位植物学博士,建成西藏首个生物学创新团队,搭建完整高原生态学科研体系,为少数民族地区留住科研人才。
3. 精神传承
一生扎根科研与教育,他不畏艰苦、无私奉献的精神,通过一代代学生延续;他提出“一粒种子造福苍生”,用一生践行科研报国理想。
4. 荣誉
追授时代楷模、全国优秀共产党员、感动中国年度人物。
Let’s get to know more about him!
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Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
A. Training local students to do
important work
B. Introduction to Zhong Yang
and seed banks
C. What he left behind
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
D. Becoming interested in seeds
E. Starting to work and collect
seeds in Xizang
Read again and match each paragraph with its topic.
1c
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What is the structure of this passage?
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Introduction to Zhong Yang and seed banks
Starting to work and collect seeds in Xizang
Becoming interested in seeds
Training local students to do important work
What he left behind
Life experience & Achievements
Basic Identity & Background
Lasting Spirit
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Choose the main way the writer organizes the information about Zhong Yang’s life.
A. By describing different places he worked in.
B. By following the order of time (year by year).
C. By explaining the causes and effects of his work.
Flashback 倒叙
The writer starts with Zhong Yang's death (2017), then goes back to his birth (1964). This is called flashback.
2017(逝世)
1964(出生)
1979(专注植物研究)
2001(赴藏采种)
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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 .
F. He travelled around Xizang to .
entered university
a programme
2017/a car accident
radio engineering
became interested in plants
collect seeds himself
Fill in the blanks with the information from the text.
1d
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1964
2017
A. Zhong Yang was born.
B. He entered university at the age of 15.
E. He studied radio engineering and later became interested in plants.
F. He travelled around Xizang to collect seeds.
D. He died in a car accident.
C. He began a programme to train local students.
Then put the events into the timeline and tell the story of Zhong Yang in your own words.
1d
1979
2001
Read each paragraph and answer the questions.
Para.1
1. Why was the scientific world shaken on 25 September 2017?
2. What is the purpose of China's special seed banks?
Because Zhong Yang died in a car accident.
1
What can you infer from the circled words?
It shows that Zhong Yang was a very important and respected scientist.
2
They protect all kinds of plant seeds and make sure that important plants do not disappear from the world forever.
被这消息震惊
spend some time (in) doing sth 花时间做某事
确保
从……消失
Para.2
1. What kind of student was Zhong Yang?
2. What became the focus of Zhong Yang's life after he became a professor at Fudan University?
1
He was an excellent student who showed a deep love and curiosity for the things he studied.
2
The research and study of plants, especially the seeds.
What qualities can be inferred from this paragraph about Zhong Yang?
curious
devoted
studious(好学的)
energetic
对……展现热爱和好奇心
成为他生命的重点/重心
无线电工程
对……感兴趣
Para.3
1. Why did Zhong Yang go to Xizang to collect seeds himself?
2. What difficulties did Zhong Yang face when collecting seeds in Xizang?
1
Because there was not enough research on the seeds from Xizang.
He had to brave the cold weather and great heights, and he sometimes fell sick.
2
It was very difficult for him to brave the cold weather and great heights.
Explain the meanings of the sentence in your own words. Pay attention to the underlined words.
It was hard for him to face the cold weather and being very high up. 对他来说,忍受寒冷的天气和高海拔是很难的。
勇敢面对恶劣天气
与高海拔
继续某人的工作
brave v. 勇敢面对;冒(风险);经受(困难)
Para.4
1. What did Zhong Yang and his team collect together?
2. What did their hard work provide for the world?
They collected more than 40 million seeds from over 1,000 plants.
It provided the world with lots of new information about the plants in China.
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2
发起项目做某事
provide sb with sth为……提供某物
Para.5
*What did Zhong Yang leave behind besides a huge collection of seeds?
His love for his job and research lives on in his students.
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Explain the meanings of the sentence in your own words. Pay attention to the underlined words.
留下……
不仅仅是
His devotion to his work and research is passed on to his students.
延续;传承
继续……之路
live on 延续;传承
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Explain the meanings of these sentences in your own words. Pay attention to the underlined words.
1e
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.
It was really hard for him to face and deal with the cold weather and high altitudes in Xizang.
His passion for his work and scientific research continues to exist through his students who carry on his work.
Using context
Using the sentence context may help you guess and learn the meanings of difficult words and phrases.
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Discuss the questions.
1f
1. Why did Zhong Yang want more people to do seed collection and research?
He knew it was better to have more people do this important work. With more people, they could collect more seeds and do better research to protect plants.
2. What makes Zhong Yang admirable? What can you learn from him?
Zhong Yang was admirable for his love for science,brave spirit, and hard work. He spent his whole life collecting seeds to protect plants and training students. I can learn from his spirit and love for science, and I should work hard to help others and the world.
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3. What other admirable scientists do you know of?
What can you learn from their stories?
I know Marie Curie, Albert Einstein and Tu Youyou.
I can learn that with hard work and perseverance
(毅力), we can make great achievements.(答案不唯一,仅供参考)
Translate the expressions into English.
被消息震撼
死于车祸
一生致力于做某事
多年来,久而久之
各种各样的
确保
从世界上消失
对……满怀热爱与好奇
考入大学
在15岁年少时
无线电工程
对……产生兴趣
他一生的重心
走遍西藏
1. be shaken by the news
2. die in a car accident
3. spend one’s whole life doing sth
4. over the years
5. all kinds of
6. make sure
7. disappear from the world
8. show a deep love and curiosity for…
9. enter university
10. at the early age of 15
11. radio engineering
12. become interested in
13. the focus of his life
14. travel across Xizang
Phrases summary
Translate the expressions into English.
不畏严寒
高海拔
生病
继续工作
做某事会更好
野外考察,实地研究
超过;不仅仅
为某人提供某物
留下,遗留
大量收藏……
延续,长存
科学探索之路
数百年
从今往后
15. brave the cold weather
16. great heights
17. fall sick
18. continue with one’s work
19. it was better to do sth
20. field research
21. more than
22. provide sb. with sth.
23. leave behind
24. a huge collection of
25. live on
26. the road of scientific exploration 27. hundreds of years
28. from now
Phrases summary
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