Unit4ForceofNature课件

TwovideosaboutMadameCurieVideo1Video2Lead-inBarbaraGoldsmithUnit4ForceofNatureWhodoyouadmiremost?Why?CurieEinsteinObamaOthersLead-in1.GreatscientistslikeEdison,Einstein,etc.arebigiconsinourmind’seye.Weseemtoknowmoreabouttheirmiraculousaccomplishmentsthanthestrenuouseffortstheytooktoachievethem.Tellwhatyouknowaboutsomegreatscientistsofthe19thand20thcenturies,boththeirlifeandtheirwork.Openfordiscussion.Lead-in2.Foronereasonoranother,world-famousscientistsarenobleinspirationstoteenagersandyoungpeople.Doyouhaveoneorseveraloftheminyourmind?Whydoyoucherishspecialadmirationforhim/them?Openfordiscussion.Lead-inMarieCurie(Paragraph1)(1867-1934),Polish-bornFrenchchemistwho,withherhusbandPierreCurie,wasanearlyinvestigatorofradioactivity.TheCuriessharedthe1903NobelPrizeinphysicswithFrenchphysicistAntoineHenriBecquerelforfundamentalresearchonradioactivity.MarieCuriewentontostudythechemistryandmedicalapplicationsofradium.Shewasawardedthe1911NobelPrizeinchemistryinrecognitionofherworkindiscoveringradiumandpoloniumandinisolatingradium.RelevantInformationSorbonne(Paragraph5)thenameofoneofthebuildingsoftheUniversityofParis,popularlyusedtodesignatetheentireuniversity.Thenamewasderivedfromatheologicalcollegefoundedabout1257byRobertdeSorbon.索邦神学院（巴黎大学的前身），巴黎大学RelevantInformationPrize-winningauthorandsocialhistorian,BarbaraGoldsmithwasborninNewYorkCity,graduatedfromWellesleyCollege(1958),andholdsthreedoctorates.AfoundingeditorofNewYorkMagazine,shecurrentlycontributestotheNewYorkTimes,ArchitecturalDigest,andTheNewYorker.RelevantInformationSheistheauthoroftheacclaimedbestsellersLittleGloria…HappyAtLast(1980)andJohnsonv.Johnson(1987).AtrusteeoftheNewYorkPublicLibrary,GoldsmithalsoservesonthePresident'sCommissionontheCelebrationofWomeninAmericanHistory.RelevantInformationKeywords:MadameCurieRadioactivityWomanScientistPriceComprehensionTheStructurePart1Part2Part3Part1(Para.1-3)backgroundknowledge,whythewriteridolizedMarieCurieThesethreeparagraphs,thefirstpartofthenarrativearticle,tellusthereasonwhythewriteradmiredMarieCurieandoffersherassessmentoftheheroine.1.WhileIwasateenagergrowingupinNewRochelle,NewYork,IhaduponmybulletinboardaphotoofMarieCuriesittingunderanelmtree,herarmswrappedaroundherdaughters,two-year-oldEveandnine-year-oldIrene.Ididn'tknowverymuchaboutCuriebeyondthebasics:Sheandherhusbandhaddiscoveredradioactivity.ShewasthefirstpersontowintwoNobelprizes.Shewasbrilliant,single-minded,alegend.Iwasjustagirlwithlittledirection,moredrawntowordsandmade-upstoriesthantoformulasandlabexperiments.bulletinboardnotice-board,boardfornoticestobepinnedonbulletinn.ashortofficialstatementofnews;aprintednewsletterproducedbyanassociation,agroup,orasocietye.g.Bulletinsarefoundeverywhereinthissmalltown.elmtreeanytreeofthegenusUlmus,withroughserratedleaves;itproduceshardheavywood榆树1.Thereisanelmforestnearthevillage.2.Thebenchismadeofelm.e.g.basicsn.essentialorimportantmatterse.g.1.Let'sstopchattingandgetdowntobasics.2.ThesestudentshaveacquiredagoodknowledgeofthebasicsofEnglish.radioactivityn.thespontaneousdisintegrationofatomicnuclei,withtheemissionofusu.penetratingradiationorparticles;radioactivesubstances,ortheradiationtheyemitsingle-mindedadj.havingorconcentratingononeaim,purpose,etc.1.Theyweretoosingle-mindedtobedistractedbyfailures.2.Thesemenarehardworkingandsingle-minded,sotheyarealwayssuccessful.e.g.我认为快速的生活变化和全球化很可能让人们不再单一执著。(single-minded)Isupposethattherapidchangeinlifeandglobalizationareapttomakepeoplebecomelesssingle-minded.legendn.afamousperson,apersonwhohasachievedgreatfame;afamousevent1.ThethreeastronautsinChinahavebecomelegends.2.Herdaringworkbehindtheenemylineshasnowbecomealegend.e.g.“Shewasbrilliant,single-minded,alegend.”Shewasveryintelligent,focused,famous.Paraphrase“Iwasjustagirlwithlittledirection,moredrawntowordsandmade-upstoriesthantoformulasandlabexperiments.”ParaphraseIwasonlyagirlwithalmostnoguidance.Iwasmoreattractedtowordsandmade-upstoriesthantoformulasandlabexperiments.第1段中文译文十几岁的时候，我生活在纽约州新罗谢尔市。我的记事牌上贴着一张玛丽·居里的照片，她坐在一棵榆树下面，怀里抱着女儿，两岁的爱娃和九岁的爱莲。对居里夫人我所知甚少，除了一些基本的东西：她和丈夫发现了放射性。她是荣获两项诺贝尔奖的第一人。她聪慧、执着，简直是一个传奇。我当时还是一个小姑娘，还几乎没有人生的方向，与其说对公式和实验室里的实验好奇，还不如说对文字和编造出来的故事更有兴趣。2.Lookingback,IthinkIadmiredthatphotosomuch,notbecauseofMarieCurieandwhatshestoodforbutbecausesheseemedsoexotic—ormaybebecauseofhowherarmsencircledhergirls.Myownmotherlayinthehospital,recoveringfromagraveinjuryinacarcrash.Iwantedhertoholdme,butshecouldn't.So,instead,IidolizedMarie,whoinmymindbecamethestrongestandmostcapablewomanintheworld.WhydidthewriteridolizeMarieCurie?Becauseinthewriter'smindMarieCurieseemedsoexotic;shebecamethestrongestandmostcapablewomanintheworld,andshewasasuper-competentmulti-tasker.encirclevt.(oft.passive)surround,formacircleround1.TheWestLakeisencircledbytrees.2.Theenemytroopswereencirclingthetown.e.g.recoverv.returntoanormalstateofhealth,mind,prosperity,etc.;getbacktheuseofone'shealth,faculties,etc.e.g.1.Hehasnowfullyrecoveredfromhisstroke（中风）.2.Oureconomyfinallyrecoveredfromthefinancialdepression.3.Hehasrecoveredhissig