1、Module 4Great Scientists 科学家在每个人的心目中都具有崇高的地位。古往今来，无数科学家的故事都激励着一代又一代人。你最敬佩的科学家是哪一位呢？下面就让我们一起了解一下中国著名科学家袁隆平！Yuan Longping，a Chinese agriculturalist，was born in 1930.Professor Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953 and has devoted himself to agricultural education and research since
2、 then.He is currently an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Honorary(名誉)President of the Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences.Professor Yuan is a pioneer in hybrid rice research and has made remarkable achievements in this area.He first developed hybrid rice in the world.It is r
3、egarded as the fifth invention after Chinas Four Major Inventions，and is acclaimed as the Second Green Revolution.The achievements of Yuan Longping greatly solved the food shortage and provided a solution to the worldwide starvation.He was awarded with many international awards，such as Gold Medal Aw
4、ard for the Outstanding Inventor of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization，ect.As far as Im concerned，agriculture is very important for a country and food supply is also important for people.We cant imagine what the world will be like if we lose agriculture and food supply.But t
5、hanks to some great agriculturalists，many problems about agriculture and food supply are solved.And in this module well learn about a famous agriculturalistYuan Longping.1currently adv.目前；当前2remarkable adj.非凡的3acclaim v.称赞4shortage n.缺乏1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? 2
6、Whats the influence of Yuan Longpings achievements on the world? 【答案】1.Hybrid rice.2They greatly solved the food shortage and provided a solution to the worldwide starvation.Section Introduction & Reading and VocabularyPreparing根据提示写出下列单词1 adj.主要的；重要的2 adj.主要的3 n.人物4 vt.教育5 n.绰号6 n.农业7 n.(动物或植物的)种8
7、n.产量9 adj.原来的；最初的10 vt.出版11 n.突破12 vt.支持13 n.产量14 vt.改变；转换15 vt.出口16 adj.农业的17 vt.取代；以代替18 n.数量19 n.质量【答案】1.staple2.leading3.figure4.educate 5nickname6.agriculture7.species8.yield 9original 10.publish11.breakthrough 12support 13.production14.convert15.export 16agricultural17.replace18.quantity 19qua
8、lity看单词 学构词：v. ionn. 常见的有：collect(v.)收集collection(n.)收集物；correct(v.)改正correction(n.)改正；devote(v.)奉献devotion(n.)奉献；infect(v.)传染infection(n.)传染；select(v.)挑选selection(n.)挑选。根据提示补全下列短语1bring 培养；养育2as a result 由于的结果3the key .的关键4bring 引入；挣得5convert 转变为【答案】1.up2.of3.to4.in5.to/into根据提示补全下列教材原句1He thought
9、that people was more rice and it more quickly.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。2He thought there was only one way by crossing different species of rice plant，and then he could produce a new plant which could give a higher yield than either of the original plants.他认为，唯一的办法就是使不同种类的水稻杂交，这样才能培育出比原先任何
10、一种水稻产量都要高的新品种。【答案】1.the key to feeding；to have；to produce2.to do this阅读P32教材课文，选择最佳答案1Why was Yuan given the nickname “the student who asks questions”？ABecause he was stupid.BBecause he did not learn well in the class.CBecause he was curious about the lessons and wanted to learn more.DBecause he lea
11、rned more questions.2From the passage we know that Yuan Longping Agot interested in plants in collegeBstudied in an agricultural school when he was a boyCasked a lot of questions at school when he was a boyDbegan experiments in crop breeding when he was a college student3In Yuans opinion，the only wa
12、y to produce more rice and to produce it more quickly was to Aincrease rice planting areasBdevelop a new kind of fast growing riceCsearch for a special type of rice plantDdevelop a new kind of rice which can give a higher yield4According to the text we can know that Arice is grown in most European c
13、ountriesBwheat is the most important crop in PakistanCYuans research was supported by himselfDYuans rice will be grown in more and more countries【答案】14CCDB阅读P32课文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式The Chinese scientist，Yuan Longping，is a 1. (lead)figure in the ricegrowing world.He was born and brought 2.
14、in China.As a boy he 3. (educate) in many schools.He studied agriculture in college.After 4. (graduate)from Southwest Agriculture College，he 5. (devote)himself to agriculture education and research ever since.He thought that the key to 6. (feed)people was to have more rice and to produce it more qui
15、ckly.After many years hard work，he produced 7. new plant by crossing different species of rice plant，8. could give a 9. (high)yield than either of the original plants.This breakthrough in rice breeding has made great 10. (contribute)to the world.【答案】1.leading2.up3.was educated 4graduation/graduating5.has devoted 6feeding7.a8.which9.higher 10contributions