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1Module4GreatScientists科学家在我们每一个人的心中都是崇高的。古往今来,无数的科学家用他们的精神激励着我们。阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦就是其中一位。ItseemedthatAlbertEinsteinhadchangedthewholebusiness.Infact,hedidnotinventthe“thoughtexperiment”,butheraisedittohighart.Imaginetwins,wearingidenticalwatches;onestayshome,whiletheotherridesinaspaceshipnearthespeedoflight...littlewonderthatfrom1919,Einsteinwas,andremainstoday,theworld'smostfamousscientist.InhisnativeGermanyhebecameatargetforhatredbecausehewasaJew,aliberal,ahumanist,aninternationalist.Hispowerfulvoicelaterwaswidelyheard,especiallyafterhemovedtotheUS.Meanwhile,likeanyfamouspeople,hemadebitsoflegend:thathefailedmathinschool(nottrue).Thatheopenedabookandfoundanuncashed$1,500checkhehadleftasabookmark(maybehewasabsentmindedabouteverydayaffairs).Thathewascarelessaboutsocks,collars,slippers...thathecouldn'tevenrememberhisaddress:112MercerStreetinPrinceton,wherehefinallysettled.Hediedtherein1955.AndaftertherestofEinsteinhadbeencremated,hisbrainremainedforfurtherresearch.ThankstoEinstein,wesaidgoodbyetoaprioruniverseandapreviousGod.Einstein'sGodwasnotclockmaker,buttheembodimentofreasoninnature.ThisGoddidnotcontrolouractionsorevensitinjudgementonthem.Physicsisfree,andwetooarefree,intheEinsteinuniversewhichiswherewelive.[阅读障碍词]1.identicaladj.完全相同的2.targetn.目标;指标3.hatredn.仇恨;厌恶4.liberaln.自由主义者5.settlev.定居6.crematev.火化7.prioradj.优先的8.embodimentn.化身2[诱思导读]根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)1.Einsteinwastheworld'smostfamousscientistin1919.()2.Einsteinwasbornat112MercerStreetinPrinceton.()3.WehavemadeupalotofstoriesaboutEinstein.()[答案]1-3FFTSectionⅠWarmingUp,Prereading&ReadingⅠ.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思()1.figureA.n.突破()2.educateB.n.数量()3.originalC.n.产量()4.publishD.n.人物()5.breakthroughE.v.教育()6.supportF.v.出版()7.productionG.v.支持()8.exportH.v.出口()9.replaceI.v.取代;以……代替()10.quantityJ.adj.原来的;最初的[答案]1-5DEJFA6-10GCHIBⅡ.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思A.培养;养育B.……的关键C.对……进行实验D.引进E.由于……的结果F.涉及;提到1.Thekeytooursuccessintheseareaswastheteamandtheculture.________2.Heneverreferredtohissistersinhisletters.________3.NewideashavebeenbroughtinsinceChinawasopenedtotheoutsideworld.________4.Afterexperimentingwithdifferenttypesofwheat,DrLeedecidedtopopularizethenewspeciesinthecountryside.________5.Asaresultofevolution,itseemstomethathumansshouldhavenomorevaluethananyothercreature.________6.Thewomanbroughtupfivechildren.________3[答案]1-6BFDCEATheStudentWhoAskedQuestionsInahungryworldriceisastaple(主要的)foodandChinaistheworld'slargestproducer(生产者).RiceisalsogrowninmanyotherAsiancountries,andinsomeEuropeancountrieslikeItaly.Inthericegrowingworld,theChinesescientist,YuanLongping,isaleading(主要的)figure.YuanLongpingwasbornandbroughtupinChina.Asaboyhewaseducatedinmanyschoolsandwasgiventhenickname(绰号),“thestudentwhoasksquestions”①.问问题的学生在全球粮食短缺的情况下,稻米是主要粮食,而中国是世界上最大的稻米产地。亚洲其他许多国家和一些欧洲国家比如意大利等也种植水稻。在水稻种植领域,中国科学家袁隆平是一位杰出人士。袁隆平在中国出生并长大。小时候,他在很多学校接受教育,并且得到绰号“问问题的学生”。[助读讲解]①thestudentwhoasksquestions是thenickname的同位语,其中who引导定语从句修饰先行词thestudent。Fromanearlyagehewasinterestedinplants.Hestudiedagriculture(农学)incollegeandasayoungteacherhebeganexperimentsincropbreeding(培育).Hethoughtthatthekeytofeedingpeoplewastohavemorericeandtoproduceitmorequickly.②Hethoughttherewasonlyonewaytodothis—bycrossingdifferentspecies(动物或植物的种)ofriceplant,andthenhecouldproduceanewplantwhichcouldgiveahigheryield(产量)thaneitheroftheoriginalplants③.袁隆平从小就对植物感兴趣。他在大学里研究农学,作为一名年轻的教师,他开始了作物育种方面的实验。他认为,解决人们吃饭问题的关键在于拥有更多的稻米,并且能更快地生产出来。他想只有一种方法可以做这件事——通过杂交不同品种的水稻,然后他可以培育出一种新的水稻,这种水稻可以比原先的任何一种产量更高。[助读讲解]②thought后that引导宾语从句,从句中was后为两个并列的不定式短语作表语。③whichcouldgive...为which引导的定语从句,which在从句中作主语,不能省略。FirstYuanLongpingexperimentedwithdifferenttypesofrice.Theresultsof4hisexperimentswerepublishedinChinain1966.Thenhebeganhissearchforaspecialtypeofriceplant.Ithadtobemale.Ithadtobesterile(不孕育的).Finally,in1970anaturallysterilemalericeplantwasdiscovered.Thiswasthebreakthrough.ResearcherswerebroughtinfromalloverChinatodevelopthenewsystem④.Theresearchwassupportedbythegovernment.首先,袁隆平对不同品种的水稻进行实验。1966年,他的实验结果在中国发表了。接着,他开始寻找一种特殊的水稻。这种水稻必须是雄性且不结果的。终于在1970年,一株天然的雄性不育稻被发现。这是一个突破。中国各地的研究者们被召集在一起开发新的水稻品种。这项研究得到了政府的支持。[助读讲解]④todevelopthenewsystem为不定式短语作目的状语。AsaresultofYuanLongping'sdiscoveriesChinesericeproductionroseby47.5percentinthe1990's.Therewereotheradvantagestoo.50thousandsquarekilometresofricefieldswereconverted(改变;转换)togrowingvegetablesandothercashcrops.Followingthis⑤,YuanLongping'sricewasexportedtoothercountries,suchasPakistanandthePhilippines.由于袁隆平的发现,中国的水稻产量在20世纪90年代增长了47.5%。这一发现还带来了其他的好处。5万平方千米的稻田被改种蔬菜和其他经济作物。在这之后,袁隆平研制的水稻还出口到巴基斯坦和菲律宾等其他国家。[助读讲解]⑤Followingthis为现在分词短语作伴随状语。InPakistanriceisthesecondmostimportantcropafterwheatandwillbegrowninmanypartsofthecountry.Thenewhybrid(杂交种)ricehasbeendevelopedbytheYuanLongpingHightechAgriculturalCompanyofChina.ItsyieldismuchgreaterthantheyieldofothertypesofricegrowninPakistan⑥.在巴基斯坦,水稻是继小麦之后第二重要的作物并将在这个国家的许多地方种植。中国袁隆平高科技农业公司已培育出新的杂交水稻。它的产量比巴基斯坦种植的其他类型的水稻要高很多。[助读讲解]⑥growninPakistan为过去分词短语作定语修饰othertypesofrice。第一步速读——了解文章主题和段落大意速读P32教材课文,匹配段落大意()1.Para.1A.TheadvantagesandpositiveeffectsofYuanLongping'sdiscoveries.()2.Para.2B.Ho
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