Making a difference

Unit 1

Integrating skills

Zhang

Heng

Copernics

Hawking

Edison

Light

seismograph

The solar system with the sun as its centre

Black holes and Big Bang

What do you think of them ? Are they great ?

They are great and ________________to the world.make a difference

Who are mentioned in the passage ?

Hawking

Zhang

HengGalileo

Bacon

Copernicus 

Read Para 1 and find out:1.Are scientists like Hawking satisfied

with a simple answer? What are they always doing ?

2. By doing what do curious minds find new ideas and solutions.

No. they are always looking for new questions.

By asking why , how and what if

Imagination

Read Para 2 and find out:

Three important thingsthat scientists need all the time !

3

Knowledge Being creative

1

2

Read Para 3 and answer the questions ! 1. What did people do when zhang

heng first introduced his

seismograph. 2. When did the world recognized zhangheng’s greatness?

3. Did the church agree with Galileo’s observations at that time ?

From Para 3, what can we learn ____.

A. We must have knowledge B. We shouldn’t give up and

must believe in ourselves, even others don’t believe us.

C. We should give up when

others don’t believe us.

What is the most important thing if

we want to make a difference ?

Read ParaRead Para

Find something that we like to do and that we are good at.

should be hardworking, careful and curious ;should have knowledge, creativity, and imagination.should believe in ourselves ,never give up ………

If I want to make a difference ,I should __________________

1. What is Zhang Heng’s invention? A. Seismograph

B. Microscope C. Telescope D. A map pf the heavens.

2. Which of the following can properly describe a great scientist?

A. curious, different B. curious, creative,

imaginative C. different, creative D. creative, imaginative

3.From the text, we can infer that _______.

A. Copernicus was famous for his microscope and telescope.

B. Zhang Heng is a scientist. C. in the past, people only know

the earth D. Zhang Heng’s seismograph

worked at that time.

Language pointsLanguage points 1.有所作为 ; 造成影响 _______________ 　2. 对…感到满足 ; 满意 ________________3. 对…感到好奇 ___________________4. 看一下 ___________________5. 即使…又有什么要紧 _______________6. 相信，信任＿＿＿＿＿＿6. 相反地，通过相反方式___________________________７ . 达到目标 ____________________

make a difference

be satisfied with be curious that + 句子

take/have a look at=look at

what if

reach goals　

the other way around

believe in

请根据下表内容用英语写一篇短文，介绍我国著名计算机科学家王选的生平事迹．

生平简介 主要事迹１．江苏无锡人，１９３７年２月生于上海２． 1958 年毕业于北京大学3, 北京大学计算机研究所负责人 . 教授 ;

4, 一生致力于计算机科学 ;

5.2006 年 2 月 13 日在北京病逝

1. 发明了汉字激光照排系统 , 被称为”当代毕２．获２００１年度国家最高科学技术奖

注意：１．短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥；２．词数：１００左右３．参考词汇：计算机研究所： Computer Academy汉字激光照排系统： laser photo typesetting system for Chinese characters

Wang Xuan, whose hometown was in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province , was born in Shanghai in February 1937. He graduated from Peking University in 1958 and later worked there as a professor and was in charge of the Computer Academy of Peking University . He devoted all his life to computer science and invented the laser photo typesetting system for Chinese Characters , for which he was called the “Modern Bi

Wang Xuan died of illness in Beijing on February 13,2006, at the age of 69.The Chinese people will remember him forever for his contributions to China’s computer science .

Sheng” and in 2001 he was given the State Top Science and Technology Award .

Challenge!

nor / neither / never / little/seldom 等表示否定的词放句首要倒装

倒装结构

1.I could never find that cat. Never

________________________. 2. I did not finish my homework .

Not __________________________.

3. I had known little about her.

Little __________________________.

1.Only by discovering what we do best____ hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference. A. we can B. did we

C. can we D. we do

C

2.Only ____ his homework at 2 yesterday.

A. did Jim finish B. Jim finish

C. Jim could finish D. Jim finished

D

动词不定式 to do

1. _____________ is to believe. ( 眼见为实 ) 2. It is a great pleasure ________________________. ( 跟他谈话是件很开心的事）3. Can I have a paper _____ A. to write B. to write on C. to be written D. for writing

4.________________, she studies very hard.

( 为了成为第一名，她努力学习 )5. I hurried to get home, only ___________________. ( 我赶忙回家，却发现那只猫死

了 )6. The teacher asked us ____ so

much noise.A.don’t smoke B. not makingC. not to make D. not make

To find the cat dead

7. To enjoy the movie, I would rather spend hours on the train than ___ by air.

A. travel B. to travel C. traveling D. traveled 8.The chair looks rather hard, but in fact, it is very comfortable to___.

A.to sit B. to sit on

C. to be sat D. for sitting

9. Charles Babbage is generally

considered _____the first computer.

(MET1993)

A. to invent B. inventing

C. to have invented D. having

invented

10. The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him ______. (MET95) A. not to B. not to do C. not do it D. do not to

Phrase

be on fire for … 1. 对… . 充满激情be similar to 2. 与… .. 相似

There is no doubt that + 从句3. 毫无疑问

There is no doubt ＿＿＿＿ _ + 名词about / of

debate about sth with sb

4. 与某人关于某事争辩

undertake to do sth

5. 保证 / 担保做某事

causes and effects 6. 原因和结果

Make a list of sth =list sth

7. 答应 ( 某人 ) 做某事

There is/seems no point in doing sth

8.“ 做某事没有作用或意义”

be engaged in (doing) sth engaged sb/oneself in (doing )sth

12. 忙于做某事

9. （时间）过去

10. 与某人订婚　

go by

be/ get engaged to sb

engage sb as sb 11. 雇佣某人作为．．．．

dream of /about doing sth

13. 梦想做某事

on the other hand

14. 从另一方面来说… . ( 常与 on the one hand 连用 )

turn out ( to be ) + n / adj

15. 结果是；证明是；原来是

It turns out that + 句子

16.use up16.use up 耗光；用完17.Seek( for/after ): search 17.Seek( for/after ): search forfor

寻找

18.Take measures to do sth :

采取措施做某事

Seek to do sth 企图做某事

19.It is obvious that 显而易见显而易见…… ……

显而易见，周星驰先生是很成功的显而易见，周星驰先生是很成功的

It is obvious that Mr Zhou is very successful