Unit 11 Scientific Achievement
Wang Lihua
Analysis about unit 11:
The topic of this unit is scientific achievement. It mainly talks about Zhongguancun, which is called China’s Silicon valley, and great achievements in science and technology in China, including exploring space, solving the mysteries of life, e-volution and fighting cancer. At the same time, let the students understand the importance of scientific achievements, arouse their patriotism and encourage them learn more knowledge to contribute to our country.
Goals:
a. Talk about science and scientific achievements
b. Practise expressing intentions and wishes
c. Learn about Word Formation (1)
d. Write a persuasion essay
Period 1 Warming up, listening & speaking
Goals:
1. Know about the significance of great scientific achievement.
2. Discuss the achievements and practise expressing intentions and wishes
Step 1.Warming Up
1. Show the pictures about several inventions. And let the students discuss the following questions in pairs with the limited minutes..
1) When do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made?
2) Which one do you think is the most significant?
3) Do these achievements have anything in common? If so, what?
4) Give some other important scientific achievements you know.
Alexander Bell the First telephone
Thomas Edison the electric Lamp
the Wright Brothers‘ the First Plane
Madame Curie Radium
Franklin electricity
Steven Hawking black holes in Universe
Elbert Einstein the Theory of Relativity
Isaac Newton Theory of Gravity
2. Check the answers and look at the list of achievements. Ask the students to try their best to make it clear that how they improve our daily life.
3. Introduce some important words and phrases that the students will encounter in the unit, such as man, achieve, likely, arrange, failure, organ, base, breakthrough, evolution, rejuvenate, institute, announce, in store, economic zone, rely on, put forward, have an effect on, aim at, come to life, set foot in and so on.
Step 2. Listening
1. Listen to the tape and complete Exercise 1 and 2 with the limited time.
2. Discussion:
What would you say if you were … ?
Step 3. Speaking
1. Ask the students to practise the intentions and wishes by discussing who will get the money to complete his or her project and why.
2. Useful expressions:
a. I want/ wish/ hope/ intend/plan to…
b. My plan/ hope/wish/intention is to …
c. I hope that…
d. I’d like to do sth.,
I feel like doing sth.
e. If…， I would …
f. I’m thinking of/ considering doing sth.
Period 2 Reading
Goals:
1. Know something about Zhongguancun
2. Arouse the students’ patriotic feeling and make a contribution to our country.
Step 1.Pre-reading
Work in pairs and answer the following questions.
1) Do you know what Lenovo stands for?
2) Do you know where Lenovo is located?
3) What do you know about Zhongguancun?
Step 2.Scanning
1.Where is Zhongguancun?
2. What can you find in Zhongguancun?
Step 3. Read the article to find the main idea of each paragraph
Para 1. Brief introduction of Zhongguancun.
Para 2. The development of Zhongguancun.
Para 3-6. Zhongguancun is home to a growing number of overseas Chinese.
Para 7. Zhongguancun has had a positive effect on business.
Para 8. The spirit and creativity are more important than money.
Step 4. Careful reading
1.When and how did Zhongguancun get started?
2. What role does Zhongguancun play in China’s hi-tech industry?
3.Why did Xiang Yufang return to China after studying and working abroad?
4.How does Zhongguancun affect business?
5.How do you think about “ Relying on science, technology and knowledge to increase economic power”
6.What do you think of “ Encouraging pioneering work and accepting failure”?
Step 5 Post-reading
Zhongguancun is sometimes called “ China’s silicon valley”. Find out some information
about Silicon Valley in the US and then compare the two areas. In which ways they are similar or different ?
Step 6 Homework
Surf on the internet and find more about Chen Chunxian and Zhongguancun.
Period 3 Language study
Goals:
1.The ways of forming a word.
2.Let the students guess the meaning of a new word and enlarge students’ vocabulary.
Step 1. Ask students to observe the given words carefully and find out how words are formed.
international= inter-+national telephone= tele-+phone
mankind=man+kind broadband= broad+band
extremely=extreme+-ly manned= man+ -ed
hi-tech= high+technology email= electronic mail
IT= information technology CSA= Chinese Space Agency
Step 2
ab (away) abstain, absent, absolve
ad (to) adverb, advertisement, advance, adjoin
in /il-/im-/ir- (not) incapable, indecisive, intolerable , illegal, impossible, irrugular
dis/un/non (not) dishonest, disorderly, unknown, unfair, non-stop, nonsense
inter (between, among) international, interaction interdependent, interprovincial
pre (before) prerecorded, preface prefer
post (after) postpone, postscript, postwar
sub (under, not quite) subsoil, subscription, suspect ,subway, subnormal
trans (across, to a changed state) transfer, transit, translate, transport ,transform
super superpower, supermarket; co- cooperate, oaction
mini miniskirt, minibus ; micro microsope, microphone
anti antiwar ; en enable, enlarge ; re rebuild, repeat
bio biography, biology ; kilo kilometer, kilogram
Step 3. Practise
Let the students complete Exercises. 2,3,4 on page 6.
Period 4 Integrating Skills
Goals:
1.Learn about scientific achievements in different fields made by Chinese.
2.Realize that scientific achievements rely on science and education and knowledge will
help them to achieve their goals.
Step 1. Ask the students to answer the following questons.
What inventions do you know in China’s history?
( Powder, compass, printing, making paper and so on)
Step 2. Scanning.
1.What fields that China has made great achievement are mentioned in the passage ?
2. What plan did the Chinese government put forward in 1995?
3. What does CSA stand for?
Step 3. Use what you have learnt from the text to complete the chart.
Field Achievement Importance
Exploring the space
Solving the mysteries of life
E-volution
Fighting cancer
Step 4 Homework Finish writing your essay.
Period 5 Language points
1.in store
1) about to happen；waitinge.g. We don't know what is in store for us.
I have a surprise in store for you.
There are better days in store for you2) saved for future use
e.g. There are many other energy sources in store．
We'd better keep some of these in store for next year
2. home作“所在地”，“大本营”，“根据地”，“发源地”等
含义时，在句中使用，可不带冠词。
e.g. The company’s home is in Atlanta.
The pilot was heading for home.
.3. BA =Bachelor of Arts文学学士
MA = Master of Arts文学硕士
BSc =Bachelor of Science理科学士
MSc = Master of Science理科硕士
PhD = Doctor of Philosophy博士学位
4 set foot in / on arrive at；step into
e.g. He said he would never set foot in that house again.
Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon, in July 1969．
5.have an effect (on sb / sth)
e.g. His parents have a great effect on him.
The medicine has a good effect on the disease6.rely on = depend on
e.g. Don’t rely on luck.7.deal withe.g. It was a difficult situation, but she dealt with iteffectively.
This book deals with the troubles in America.
I’ve dealt with this company for 20 years.
8.come to life To become animated; grow excited
e.g. When mentioned our plans for a trip, the kids came to life at once.
9. arrange to do sth.
arrange for sb./sth. to do sth.
e.g.1)He arranged to meet us at the hotel at 10 o’clock.
2) They have arranged for another man to take his place.
3) I’ll arrange for a car to pick you up at the airport.
I10.whatever 无论什么，不管什么
e.g.1)Whatever happens, don’t lose your heart.
2) I’ll believe you whatever/no matter what you say.
3) I promise to buy whatever you want.
11. likely adj. 可能的，预期的
1) sb./sth. is likely to do sth.
e.g. He is likely to win.
An accident is likely to happen if you are not careful enough.
2) It is likely that…
e.g. It is likely that he will arrive so late.
3) adv. 大概，或许 通常与most,very,quite连用
e.g. He will very likely pass the exam.
Most likely his attempt will fail.
ChenChunxian the First Pioneer for China’s Silicon Valley