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Unit1Makingadifference教案
Unit1Makingadifference
TeachingGoals
1.Talkaboutscienceandscientists
2.Practisedescribingpeopleanddebating
3.Learnnoreabouttheinfinitive
4.Writeadescriptiveparagraph
PeriodOne
﹡makeadifference:
makea(big)differencetosth/sb:
tohaveanimportanteffectonathingorasituation
e.g.Theraindidn’tmakemuchdifferencetothegame.
makenodifference:
1)tohavenoeffectatallonsth/sb
e.g.Evenifyouwouldcometohelp,itwillmakenodifference.
Ateachercan’tmakemuchbuthecanmakeadifference.
2)tobeunimportanttosb
e.g.Itdoesn’tmakeanydifferencetomewhetheryougoorstay.
→oppo.makeallthedifference
StepOne:
Warmingup
I.TalkaboutthemeaningofthequotesonPage1;
1.Imaginationismoreimportantthanknowledge(AlbertEinstein)
TheGerman-AmericanphysicistAlbertEinstein,whowasborninGermanyonMar.14,1879,anddiedinPrinceton,N.J.onApr.18,1955,contributedmorethananyotherscientisttothe20th-centuryvisionofphysicalreality.Inthewakeof(随着...而来)WorldWarI,Einstein'stheories--especiallyhistheoryofrelativity--seemedtomanypeopletopointtoapurequalityofhumanthought,onefarremovedfromthewaranditsaftermath.Seldomhasascientistreceivedsuchpublicattentionforhavingcultivatedthefruitofpurelearning.
Meaningofthequote:
Ifweweren’tabletouseourimagination,knowledgewouldsimplybeauselesscollectionoffacts.Knowledgeisonlyusefulwhenwecanapplyittotheworldarounduse.Withoutimagination,knowledgewouldbeafinitecollectionofstatic
2.Ittakesaveryunusualmindtoundertakeanalysisoftheobvious.(AlfredNorthWhitehead)分辨明显存在的事物需要非凡的头脑。
AlfredNorthWhitehead(1861-1947),Britishmathematician,logicianandphilosopher,bestknownforhisworkinmathematicallogicandthephilosophyofscience.IncollaborationwithBertrandRussell,heauthoredthelandmarkthree-volumePrincipiaMathematical(1910,1912,1913)andcontributedsignificantlytotwentieth-centurylogicandmetaphysics(形而上学论).
Meaningofthequote:
Mostofusdonotquestionthethingswetakeforgranted.Greatscientistsareenormouslycuriousandtendtoaskquestionsthatotherswouldneverthinkof.
3.Nothinginlifeistobefeared.Itisonlytobeunderstood.(Marie/MadameCurie)生活中没有什么可怕的东西,只有需要理解的东西。
Marie/MadameCurieopenedupthescienceofradioactivity.Sheisbestknownasthediscovereroftheradioactiveelementspolonium(钋)andradium(镭)andasthefirstpersontowintwoNobelPrizes.Forscientistsandthepublic,herdiscoverywasakeytoabasicchangeinourunderstandingofmatterandenergy.Herworknotonlyinfluencedthedevelopmentoffundamentalsciencebutalsoushered(引导)inanewerainmedicalresearchandtreatment.
Meaningofthequote:
Wemustnotbeafraidoftheunknown.Onceweunderstandsomething,thereisnoneedtobeafraid.
4.Geniusisonepercentinspirationandninety-ninepercentperspiration.(ThomasAlvaEdison)
ThomasAlvaEdisonwasbornonFebruary11,1847anddiedonOctober18,1931.Hewasaninventorandbusinessmanwhodevelopedmanyimportantdevices.Edisonisconsideredoneofthemostprolificinventors,holdingarecord1,093patentsinhisname.
Meaningofthequote:
Greatthoughtsorideasareresultsofhardwork../greatachievementsdependnotsomuchoningenuityasonhardwork.
5.Youcannotteachamananything;youcanonlyhelphimfinditwithinhimself.(GalileoGalilei)你不能把一切教给一个人,你只能帮助他在自己的认知范围内去发现和了解事物。
GalileoGalileiisthefirstmodernscientistinsomesenseashemadecriticaldiscoveriesofhowtothinkaboutmovingbodies.HewasborninPisa,Italyin1564.HebecameaprofessorofPisaUniversitywhenhewasonly25yearsold.HeinventedthefirsttelescopeanddiscoveredfourplanetsofJupiterandhisstudyimprovedNicolausCopernicus’theoryoftheSun-centeredUniversetoberight.PeoplealwayssayColumbusdiscoveredthenewworldandGalileodiscoveredthenewuniverse.
AtthetimewhenGalileoarrivedattheUniversity,somedebatehadstartedupononeofAristotle's"laws"ofnature--namely,thatthatheavierobjectsfellfasterthanlighterobjects.Aristotle'swordhadbeenacceptedasgospeltruth,andtherehadbeenfewattemptstoactuallytestAristotle'sconclusionsbyactuallyconductinganexperiment!
Accordingtolegend,Galileodecidedtotry.Heneededtobeabletodroptheobjectsfromagreatheight.Theperfectbuildingwasrightathand--theTowerofPisa,54meterstall.Galileoclimbeduptothetopofthebuildingcarryingavarietyofballsofvaryingsizeandweight,anddumpedthemoffofthetop.Theyalllandedatthebaseofthebuildingatthesametime(legendsaysthatthedemonstrationwaswitnessedbyahugecrowdofstudentsandprofessors).Aristotlewaswrong.
Meaningofthequote:
Thereisagreatdifferencebetweenlearningandteaching.Ateacherisonlyaguide,whohelpsthestudentsformanunderstanding.Studentsarenotjust“emptyvessels(containers)”tobefilledwithinformation,butratherthinkingbeingswhodevelopstheircomprehensionandabilityastheyareexposedtolearningopportunities.
II.languagepointsinWarmingup
*undertakeanalysisofsth.=analyse/analyzesth.
undertake:
toacceptapieceofworkandstarttodoit
undertakeatask开始进行,实施一项任务
analysis:
andexaminationofsomethingtogetherwiththoughtsandjudgmentsaboutit
分析;分解
e.g.chemicalanalysis化学分析ananalysisofthemedicine对药品的分析
*obvious:
easilyperceivedorunderstood;quiteapparent.
明显的容易感到或理解的;十分明显的
e.g.Itisobviousthatsheisveryclever.很明显,她挺聪明。
Indeed,therearemanyobviousadvantagestoafive-dayweek.
的确,实行五天工作制有许多明显的优点。
*within:
1)inorintotheinnerpart;inside.在…之内在或进入里面;在内部
e.g.withindoors在屋内
withinfivedays五天之内
remainwithinreach(call,hearing,sight)
留在附近(叫得应,听得见,看得到的地方)
livewithinone'sincome量入为出
2)insidethemind,heart,orsoul;inwardly在里面,在心中在内心、灵魂或思想中
e.g.withinoneself在心里
StepTwo:
Listening
I.Usefulwordsandexpressionsinthelistening.
greatmind
beonfirefor(becrazyabout,bepassionateabout)
inotherwords
curious
(becuriousaboutsth/becurioustohear/see/knowsth)
theNobelPrizeforPhysics
asecondNobelPrize
afallingapple
theforceofgravity
motion
setsbonfire(makesbfeeldeeplyinterested)
tobeexact
*mind
apersonwithgreatabilitytothink,orapersonofintelligence
e.g.Greatmindsthinkalike.
Phraserevision:
keep/bear/have…inmind记着…,心中想着…
changeone’smindtodosth改变主意做某事
makeupone’smindtodosth下决心做某事
keepone’smindon/upon专心于…
---Iwanttoloseweightbyeatingnothingexceptfruitseveryday.
---Youmustbeoutofyourmind.You’llbeillsoon.发疯
II.Listentothematerialanddotheexercisesonthestudents’book
GreatMindNo.1:
MadameCurie
1.Thisgreatmindwasonfireforradioactivity.
2.Thescientist’snameissimilartotheEnglishwordcurious,meaningbeinginterestedinsomething.(Curiessoundslikethebeginningofcurious.)
GreatMindNo.2:
SirIsaacNewton
1.Thisgreatmindwasonfireforgravity.
2.Thisscientist’snameissimilartotheEnglishwordforsomethingnotold.(New-Newton)
GreatMindNo.3:
YuanLongping
1.Heisknownforhisworkwithrice/inagriculture.
2.Hewantstobecalledthefarmerbecauseofhislongfriendshipwithfarmers.
3.Variousanswersarepossible.
Theyareonfireforsomethingaboutwhattheydo./Theyhaveallmadeimportantcontributionstoscienceandsociety.
StepThree:
Speaking
I.Introduction
Inthisgroupdiscussion,thestudentsareaskedtodecidewhichbranchofscience3isthemostimportantandusefulinsociety.
II.Instructions
Explainthetasktothestudentsanddividethemintogroups.Usegroupsoffourorfivestudentsanddistributethebranchesaccordingly.Youcanhelpthembygivingexamplesofpossiblecriteria,e.g.Howusefulisthebranchofscienceusefulinoursociety?
Howisthebranchofsciencehelpustounderstandtheworldbetter?
Howdoesthebranchofsciencehelpusetobecomebetterpeople?
III.Discussionandpresentation
IV.UsefulwordsinSpeaking
*debate:
vi.debatewithsbabout/uponsth
IdebatedwithTomaboutthequestion.
vt.debatesth/doing/wh-clause
Theydebatedclosingthefactory.
We’redebatingwheretogoonholiday.
n.haveadebateabout/uponsthwithsb
c.f.debate:
discuss/argueonsththatpeoplehavedifferentopinionsabout
argue:
disagreewithsbinwords,ofteninanangryway
quarrel:
argueangrilyorveryviolently;disagreewithsborcomplainaboutsthangrily
discuss:
talkaboutsthwithanotherpersontoexchangeideasordecidesth
Ex:
A(n)thatbrokeoutbetweenthemendedtheirfriendship.
A.debateB.argumentC.quarrelD.discussionC
PeriodTwo
StepOne:
Lead-in
1.Discussion.
Youaretwenty-oneyearsoldandapromisinggraduatestudentatoneofthetopuniversitiesintheworld.Onedayyourdoctortellsyouthatyouhavehadaseriousdiseasethatcannotbecuredandyoumaydiesooninoneyear.Whatwouldyoufeelandwhatwouldyoudo?
2.IntroduceStephenHawkingtostudentsandletthemwatchtheslidesandlearnimportantfactsabouthim.
Hewasbornin1942,gothisdoctor’sdegreeinPhysics,anddidresearchatCambridge
UniversityinEngland.Bytheageof21hehadalreadybeguntonoticethatitwasdifficultto
movearoundwithoutfallingover.Althoughhehadproblemswithhisbrain,whichwasgetting
worse,hedecidedtocontinuewithhisresearchandhiswriting.Hehadtofindwaysthatwould
makeitpossibleforhimtospeak,readandwrite,eventhoughhecouldlateronlymovethe
fingersofonlyonehand.In1
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