Module 4 - Architecting for the Cloud 云计算培训之 云计算基础 多伦多大学

Module 4 Great ScientistsI．教学内容分析本模块以Great Scientists 为话题，介绍了几位不同的科学家，并对我国著名的科学家袁隆平作了主要介绍。

旨在通过本模块的教学，使学生能够运用所学词汇和句型来描述科学家及他们的的发明。

Introduction 部分介绍了几位不同的科学家和学科名称，使学生进一步熟悉词汇、句型，为本模块的学习奠定基础。

Reading and V ocabulary 部分通过阅读The Student who Asked Questions，让学生学习相关词汇，学会归纳文章的主旨大意；分析文章的结构和写作技巧；并进一步了解我国著名科学家袁隆平和他的杂交水稻，对学生进行思想教育。

Grammar 1部分以练习的形式来复习一般现在时、一般过去时，一般将来时和现在完成的被动语态。

Grammar 2部分通过让学生了解介词by +v.- ing 这种形式并能用其改写句子。

Function 部分学习数字的读法，并能进一步去读位数较多的数字，分数和百分数。

Listening and vocabulary 部分听取一段关于科学家爱因斯坦和霍金及他们发明的录音内容，培养学生获取主要信息的能力。

Reading and Writing部分使学生了解有关霍金的信息，学会写如何介绍生平的文章，并能运用所给信息写一篇介绍爱因斯坦的文章。

Pronunciation部分通过听力训练，让学生掌握多音节单词的重音的读法。

Speaking部分要求学生运用所学知识，做猜科学家名字的游戏。

Everyday English部分通过对听力材料的阅读，使学生能在情景中学会材料中出现的日常交际用语的运用。

Cultural Corner部分是一篇介绍火箭的历史和发展的文章，让学生通过阅读了解当今社会科技发展的主要方向和重大成果。

Task部分是对本模块的一个复习与应用，要求学生小组活动，制作一个广播节目来介绍一位科学家的生平。

Module 4 Great ScientistsTeaching aims：1.Learn some new scientific terms.2.Get to know some famous scientists worldwide and nationwide.3.Learn sth. about Yuan Longping.4.Write a short passage.Review names of subjects:biology 生物chemistry 化学geography 地理history 历史IT 信息技术mathematics 数学physics 物理PE 体育Match words and definitionsbiochemistry biology botany chemistry genetics physics zoology1.the study of animals2.the study of plants3.the study of all living things4.the study of physical objects and natural forces5.the study of chemical processes in living things6.the study of the structure of substances and how they react with each other7.the study of inherited characteristics in living thingsDiscussion:1. 2. 3. 4.1.Who are they?2.What did they invent or discover?Answers:1. 阿基米德(Archimedes, 287～212BC)Ancient Greek Physicist, mathematicianThe law of ArchimedesFather of Integral Calculus(微积分)Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world.2. 居里夫人(Marie Curie, 1867-1934)Polish scientistDiscovered Radium(镭) and PoloniumWin Nobel Prize twiceScience is beyond nationalities, classes and races.3. 牛顿(Newton, 1642-1727)English scientistThe law of gravityThe laws of motionIf I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.4. 爱因斯坦(Albert Einstein, 1879-1955)German-born American physicistCreator of theories of relativityWon the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921The Secret of Success: A=X+Y+Z X stands for hard work, Y for good methods, and Z means stop talking and get down to work.vZhang Heng Qian Xuesen Yuan LongpingFather of China’s aerospace King of rocketsFather of hybrid riceFill in the blanks:Yuan Longping is a ____figure in ____ world. As a boy, he was interested in _____. He tried hard to find ways to produce ____ rice to feed people. After experimenting ____ different types of rice, he found a naturally ____ ____rice plant. As a ____, Chinese rice production ____ by 47.5% in the 1990’s. Then Yuan Longping’s rice was _____to other countries.Answers: leading, rice-growing, plants, more, with, sterile male , result, rose, exportedIntensive ReadingRead the first para.1.Which country is the world’s largest rice producer? (China)2.Where is rice grown in the world? (Many Asian countries and some European countries.)3.Who is the leading figure in the rice-growing world? (Yuan Longping)Read the second para.1.Where was Yuan Longping born and brought up? (China)2.What nickname was he given? (The student who asks questions)Reading the third para.1.What did Yuan Longping study in college? (Agriculture)2.According to him, what was the key to feeding people? (To have more rice and produce it morequickly.)3.What is the only way to do it? (To cross different species of rice plant.)Read the fourth para.1.What special type of rice plant did he search for？(A male and sterile rice plant.)2.What was the breakthrough in 1970? (A naturally sterile male rice plant was discovered.)3.Who supported his research? (Researchers from all over China and the government.)Read the fifth para.1.What did his discoveries result in? (Chinese rice production rose by 47.5%)2.Where was his rice exported to? (Pakistan, the Philippines and so on.)3.Why were the rice fields converted to growing vegetable and other cash crops? (It is no need toplant so many rice because of the high production.)Read the last para.1.What is the most important crop in Pakistan? (Wheat.)2.What’s the feature of the new hybrid rice? (Its yield is much greater than that of other types of ricegrown in Pakistan.)Summary Writing1.Write a summary according to the passage.2.Add some information if necessary.3.Less than 120 words.4.Time limit: 5-8 minutes.。