Module 4 Great Scientists Reading -高中英语外研版必修四

GreatScientistsModule4~Heiscalledthegreatestscientistinthe20thcentury.~Heoncesaid:“imaginationismoreimportantthanknowledge.”~HeisfamousfortheTheoryofRelativity.AlbertEinstein~Inherlife,shewontheNobelPrizetwice.~Shewasknownasanextraordinaryscientistforherdiscoveryofradiumtotheworld.MarieCurie~Heputforwardatheoryaboutblackholesinspace.~Hecouldneithermovenorspeak.StephenHawking~Hisbook–ABriefHistoryofTimewaspublishedin1988andisstillabest-seller.~ShewasafamousChinesefemalechemistandscientist.~ShesucceedindiscoveringQinghaosuoutofaChineseherbtocurethosepatientsofmalaria,forwhichshewasawardedtheNobelPrizeinMedicience.TuYouyou~HedevotedhisenergyandtimetohisresearchtoreducehungerinChina.~Heinventedhybridrice.YuanLongpingTheStudentWhoAskedQuestionsPara.1Para.2Para.3Para.4Para.5Para.6YLPisaleadingfigureintherice-growingworld.Hediscoveredanewtypeofrice.TheyieldofthenewhybridriceismuchgreaterthanthatofothertypesofricegrowninPakistan.Asaboy,hewascalled“thestudentwhoaskedquestions”.Hisdiscoverieshavebroughtingreatprofit.Asayoungteacher,hebeganexperimentsincropbreeding.In1930Hewasborn.AsaboyHehadanickname—_____________________.thestudentwhoaskedQsFromanearlyageHewasinterestedin__________.plantsIncollegeHestudied__________.agricultureAsayoungteacherHebegan__________________________.experimentsincropbreedingIn1966________________________________________.TheresultsofhisexperimentswaspublishedinChina.In1970_________________________________________,whichwasthe____________.AnaturallysterilemalericeplantwasdiscoveredLifeexperiences:breakthroughContributions:1.Chinesericeproduction_______________inthe1990s.roseby47.5%2.50,000km²ofriceyields________________growingvegetablesandothercrashcrops.wereconvertedto3.Yuan’srice________________othercountries.wasexportedto4.ThenewhybridriceisgrowninmanypartsofPakistanand__________ismuchgreater.itsyield1Chinaproducesmorericethananyothercountry.2YuanLongpingaskedalotofquestionsatschool.3Hedevelopedanewkindoffast-growingrice.4Thegovernmenthelpedhiminhisresearch.5Thenewricereplacedvegetablesin50thousandsquarekilometers.6Thenewriceisnowgrowninothercountries,suchasPakistan.Readthepassageandchoose TorF.TTTTTFThinking:1.WhatdoyouthinkhasmadeYuanLongpingagreatscientist?Whatcanyoulearnfromhim?2.Whichonedothinkisthebettertitlebetween“TheStudentWhoAskedQuestions”andYuanLongping?Howtodescribeaperson:1.Generalinformation(birthplace,familybackground,appearance,interest,character…)2.Personallifeexperiences3.Achievementsandcontributions4.RemarkorevaluationLanguagePoints1.…YuanLongpingisaleadingfigure…n.数字；人物；图表；体型；画像v.计算；扮演角色；描绘；keepone’sfigure保持优美体形figureout弄明白；计算出figuresth.in将某物包括在内；计算在内Exercise：她每天早上做运动以保持体形。Shedoesexerciseeverymorningtokeepherfigure.我们必须搞清楚如何解决这个问题。Wemustfigureouthowtosolvetheproblem.写出句中figure的意思。①Tomisanimportantfigureinthesmalltown.(

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)人物图表身材；体型数字弄明白养育；培养；提出bringin引进；生产；增加；赚钱bringout拿出；使显现；出版bringabout引起；使掉头bringback使恢复；使回想起；带回bringdown打垮；击败；降低

bringon使进步；导致（常指坏事）2.YuanwasbornandbroughtupinChina.Weaimto_________thepriceonallourcomputers.bringdownThephotos_________lotsofgoodmemories.bringbackWeneedto_________alotofmorenewbusiness.bringinOnlyactionscan_________changes.bringaboutDifficultiescould_________aperson’squalities.Readinginadimlightmay_________aheadache.bringonbringout3.Hethoughtthatthekeytofeedingpeople…n.饲料；喂食；一餐；（机器设备的）原料供给v.喂养；施肥；添加燃料—fed—fedFeedsb./sth.on/withsth=feedsth.tosb./sth.给（人/动物）食物；喂养……;饲养……Feedon/offsth.以……为食He_______thedog______abigbone.Theseals________fishandsquid.fedon/withfeedon4.In1970anaturallysterilemalericeplantwasdiscovered.(1)discover有两层意思：①发现(某地、某事)；指发现或偶然发现原来就存在但一直未被认识的东西。②认识到；发觉(某事物)；了解到(2)invent指发明原来不存在的东西，有时也可指“虚构”；“捏造”。discovervs.inventPeoplefinally_________thattheworldisround.discoveredWe__________thatourluggagehadbeenstolen.discoveredThegunpowderwas__________inChinaninehundredyearsago.inventedThepersonwho________thetelephonechangedtheworld.invented5.…ricefieldswereconvertedtogrowingvegetablesandothercashcrops.v．改变；转换convert(sth.)to/intosth.把……转变成beconvertedto被转换成……

convertsb.from...to把某人由……改变为……conversionn．转变，变换1.Thesolarcellcan________theenergyofsunlight____electricenergy.2.Allthebankbill__________________cash.3.我想把一些人民币换成美元。IwanttoconvertsomeRMBintoUSdollars.convertintocanbeconvertedinto6.ItsyieldismuchgreaterthantheyieldofothertypesofricegrowninPakistan.yield