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Unit2
Inspiring
People
Section A 1a-1d
Look and say.
1. Who do you see in this picture?
2. Do you know any of these
people and their stories?
3. What do they have in common?
They are _________ people.
inspiring
They all ___________________ the world.
make a difference to
They are _________________ for many people.
They are _________ in their fields.
pioneers
role models/idols
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1a
Match the people with their professions. More than one option is possible.
historian _____
scientist ______
chemist ______
A
BCD
CD
physicist ______
CD
Sima Qian
Yuan Longping
Michael Faraday
Marie Curie
/ˈmaɪkəl ˈfærədeɪ/
/məˈriː ˈkjʊəri/
I admire ______. He/She is a/an ______.
/hɪˈstɔːriən/ n. 历史学家
/ˈkemɪst/ n. 化学家
/ˈfɪzɪsɪst/ n. 物理学家
What do you know about them?
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1. Yaming ____
4. Emma’s grandma ____
2. Peter ____
5. Ms Gao ____
3. Fu Xing’s father ____
B
C
A
D
D
Sima Qian
Yuan Longping
Michael Faraday
Marie Curie
1b
Listen to the conversations. Match the speakers with the people they admire.
A: Who does ... admire?
B: He/She admires ...
Why do they admire these people?
1. What's the relationship between the speakers?
2. Match the conversations with the questions?
Conversation 1
Conversation 2
Who do your parents or grandparents admire?
Who do you admire the most?
They are the teacher and students.
Yuan Longping
Michael Faraday
Sima Qian
Marie Curie
• developed a new kind of rice and helped _________ hunger
• trained people to ____________ on farming
• did research in physics and chemistry even though he didn’t
________ a formal education
• dropped out of school at an early age, but he found ____________
to study and became a great scientist
• was the ______ of the book Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian)
• played ________ in reviewing the Chinese calendar at that time
• made many important discoveries in _________ and chemistry
• won ____ Nobel Prizes
v.
v.
v.
n.
修订中国历法
n.
n.
n.
inspiring people
achievements
n.
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1c
Listen again and complete the notes.
Yuan Longping
Michael Faraday
Sima Qian
Marie Curie
• developed a new kind of rice and helped _________ hunger
• trained people to ____________ on farming
• did research in physics and chemistry even though he didn’t
________ a formal education
• dropped out of school at an early age, but he found ____________
to study and became a great scientist
• was the ______ of the book Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian)
• played ________ in reviewing the Chinese calendar at that time
• made many important discoveries in _________ and chemistry
• won ____ Nobel Prizes
reduce
do research
receive
every chance
writer
a big part
physics
two
Yaming
Peter
Fu Xing's father
Emma's grandma & Ms. Gao
Ms Gao: Class, who do you admire the most? Yes, Yaming?
Yaming: I really admire Yuan Longping. It was great of him to develop a new kind of rice and help reduce hunger.
Ms Gao: That’s great! Yuan Longping also trained many people to do research on farming in China and other parts of the world. Who else inspires you? Yes, Peter?
Peter: I admire Michael Faraday very much. It was amazing that he did scientific research in physics and chemistry even though he didn’t receive a formal education.
Ms Gao: Yes, Michael Faraday dropped out of school at an early age, but he found every chance to study and became a great scientist. Thanks!
Read and answer.
Why does Yaming admire Yuan Longping?
What difficulty did Michael Faraday overcome?
Conversation 1
Ms Gao: Who do your parents or grandparents admire? Do you know, Fu Xing?
Fu Xing: Yes, Ms Gao. My father loves history. He admires Sima Qian.
Ms Gao: Ah yes, the author of the book Shiji (Records of the Historian). He also played a big part in reviewing the Chinese calendar at that time.
Fu Xing: Oh, I didn’t know that. But I know he was the kind of person who never gave up.
Ms Gao: Right. It’s always important to keep going in life. What about you, Emma?
Emma: My grandma told me about Marie Curie, a great scientist. She made many important discoveries in physics and chemistry.
Ms Gao: Yes. I admire Madame Curie too! It was difficult for women to do that kind of work back in those days. And she won two Nobel Prizes!
Why does Ms Gao say "It’s always important to keep going in life"?
Why was it difficult for Marie Curie to do that?
Conversation2
Because Sima Qian’s story shows us that never giving up can help us succeed.
Further thinking
What good qualities can we learn from them?
admirable
1d
Talk about who you admire and why.
• What great achievements did he/she make?
• What excellent qualities does he/she have?
• What can you learn from him/her?
1.介绍人物:Who do you admire?
I admire...
2.给出理由:Why do you admire hm / her?
find every chance to...
play a big part in...
It is / was amazing that...
3.描述品质:good qualities
It is +adj + for sb to do sth
It is +adj + for sb to do sth
the kind of person...
All great people start as ordinary people. Hold dreams, keep trying, and you can also make a difference.
Ms Gao: Class, who do you admire the most? Yes, Yaming?
Yaming: I really admire Yuan Longping. It was great of him to develop a new kind of rice
and help reduce hunger.
Ms Gao: That's great! Yuan Longping also trained many people to do research on farming in
China and other parts of the world. Who else inspires you? Yes, Peter?
Peter: I admire Michael Faraday very much. It was amazing that he did scientific research in
physics and chemistry even though he didn’t receive a formal education.
Ms Gao: Yes, Michael Faraday dropped out of school at an early age, but he found every
chance to study and became a great scientist. Thanks!
最敬佩
Conversation1
培育新型水稻
减少饥饿
开展农业研究
科学研究
正规教育
辍学
在年少时
find every chance to study 抓住一切机会学习
Ms Gao: Who do your parents or grandparents admire? Do you know, Fu Xing?
Fu Xing: Yes, Ms Gao. My father loves history. He admires Sima Qian.
Ms Gao: Ah yes, the author of the book Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian). He also played
a big part in reviewing the Chinese calendar at that time.
Fu Xing: Oh, I didn’t know that. But I know he was the kind of person who never gave up.
Ms Gao: Right. It’s always important to keep going in life. What about you, Emma?
Emma: My grandma told me about Marie Curie, a great scientist. She made many important
discoveries in physics and chemistry.
Ms Gao: Yes. I admire Madame Curie too! It was difficult for women to do that kind of work
back in those days. And she won two Nobel Prizes!
…的作者
Conversation2
在…方面发挥重大作用
中国历法
永不放弃
坚持下去
取得许多重大发现
在那个年代
诺贝尔奖
Language Points
1. Who do we admire? 我们钦佩谁?
每个路过的人都会停下来欣赏他的新房子。
Everyone that walked by would stop to admire his new house.
我们钦佩格林老师的学识。
We admire Miss Green for her knowledge.
admire [及物动词]钦佩;赞赏
admire sb/sth 赞赏某人/某物
admire sb for (doing) sth 因(做)某事而钦佩某人
拓展: admirable〔形容词〕令人钦佩的;值得赞赏的
他是一位令人钦佩的老师。
He is an admirable teacher.
Language Points
2. Did research in physics and chemistry even though he didn’t receive a formal education 他尽管没有接受正规教育,仍在物理和化学领域进行研究
即使他很累,他仍然坚持学习。
Even though/if he is tired, he keeps studying.
虽然我很忙,但我还是会帮你。
I will help you even though/if I am busy.
even though 即使;虽然;尽管
相当于 even if,引导让步状语从句。
Language Points
3. Dropped out of school at an early age, but he found every chance to study and became a great scientist早年辍学,但他抓住每一次机会学习,成了一名伟大的科学家
辍学不是一个好的选择。
Dropping out of school is not a good choice.
她决定退出。
She decided to drop out.
drop out (of sth) 辍学;不再参加
其中drop意为“停止;终止;放弃”,其过去式和过去分词为dropped,现在分词为dropping。
Language Points
4. 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。
我认为在21世纪机器人会得到高度发展。
I think robots will be highly developed in the 21st century.
in the 19th century 在19世纪
其中century为名词,意为“世纪;百年”。
注意:①表达“在某世纪”要用介词in。
②表达“第几世纪”必须用序数词,而且应在序数词前加定冠词the。
③表达“……世纪……年代”要在整十数字年份后加-s或-'s,且在前面加定冠词the。
the 1870s 意为“19世纪70年代”,读作 the eighteen seventies。
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It was great of him to develop a new kind of rice and help reduce hunger.
1.他培育新型水稻、助力减少饥饿,真是太了不起了。
It was amazing that he did scientific research in physics and chemistry even though he didn’t receive a formal education.
2.尽管没接受过正规教育,他却坚持开展理化科研,这太令人惊叹了。
It’s always important to keep going in life.
3.人生中坚持前行永远至关重要。
It was difficult for women to do that kind of work back in those days.
4.在那个年代,女性从事这类工作十分艰难。
Read and translate the sentences into Chinese.
1.鼓舞人心的人物
2.培育一种新型水稻
3.培训某人做某事
4.在某方面有所发现
5.对...进行研究
6.抓住一切机会做某事
7. 接受正规教育
8.某人做某事真是太…了
9.对某人来说,做某事是…的
inspiring people
develop a new kind of rice
train sb. to do sth
make a discovery in...
do research in
find every chance to do sth
receive formal education
it is + adj. +of sb to do sth
it is +adj.+ for sb to do sth
1. ——你最敬佩谁?——我非常敬佩袁隆平。
---Who do you ? ---I admire Yuan Longping.
2.司马迁是那种永不放弃的人。
Sima Qian was .
3.司马迁在当时修订中国历法这件事上发挥了重要作用。
Sima Qian at that time.
4.在那个年代,女性很难从事这类工作。
that kind of work back in those days.
5.玛丽·居里在物理和化学领域取得了许多重大发现。
Marie Curie .
6.他年少时辍学,但他把握住每一次学习的机会。
He , but he found every chance to study.
admire (the) most
the kind of person who never gave up
played a big role in reviewing the Chinese calender
It was difficult for women to do
made many important discoveries in physics and chemistry
dropped out of school at an early age
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