Unit 11
Pre-reading:
1.Do you want to do research or start a hi-tech company?What kind of support and
environment will you need?
2.Why are scientific achievements important?
3. Why do scientists spend so much time trying to achieve something?
4.Do you know “China’s Silicon Valley”? Where is it?
A statue of a DNA molecule. It is the symbol of the Zhongguancun Scientific and Technological Garden.
The numerals 0 and 1 represent the idea that Zhongguancun will rely on computer technology to develop itself.
An office of a large enterprise in Zhongguancun.
Fast-reading:
Say True or False to the following sentences.
1.Zhongguancun is located in the southwest of Beijing.
2.Zhongguancun was set up in the nineteenth century.
3.Xiang Yufang didn’t want to return to China because he wanted to work with the top scientists in his field.
4.Later his friends persuaded him to come back .
5.Zhongguancun has a positive effect on business. T
6. All the great achievements in the future will surely be born in Zhongguancun..
7 Haidian District in Beijing is the centre for Chinese Academy of sciences and technology.
8. Zhongguancun is the leader of China’s hi-tech industry as Silicon Valley in the USA. T
9.China’s science and technology centre got started in the early 1980s and it became a special economic zone in the late 1990s.. T
10.Only those who studied abroad can find jobs in Zhongguancun.
11. Most of the companies in Zhongguancun do business either on hi-tech or IT .
12. Chen Chunxian was the first person who set up the science park of China.
13 More than half of the people working in Zhongguancun have high degrees. T
14. What has made Zhongguancun a success is the spirit of creativity and scientific skill. T
Careful-reading:
Choose the best answer.
1.According to the author, Zhongguancun is home to ______. A
A.some famous research institutes and universities B.every Chinese
C.all of the graduates D.all private research institutes
2.The science park got started ____. B
A.in the late 1990s B.in the early1980s C.in the early 1990s D.in the late 1980s
3.What is NOT true about Zhongguancun ? D
A.It is located in Haidian District, in northwestern Beijing.
B.It was set up as a special economic zone in the 1990s.
C.Most of its companies are doing IT business.
D.It is not a good place for new companies.
4.According to the reading, Xiang Yufang returned to China and opened a company in Zhongguancun because _______. D
A.he wanted to see more of the world
B.he enjoyed working with the best scientists in his field
C.he felt really comfortable
D.he could enjoy his work and contribute to his country at the same time
5.According to the graph in the passage, how many of the people who work in Zhongguancun have a master’s degree or above? B
A.25,000 B.30,000 C.35,000 D.180,000
6.Today there are _____ IT companies in Zhongguancun. C
A.more than 8,000 B.less than 8,000 C.more than 4,000 D.less than 4,000
Questions: (Detailed information)
1.What kind of spirit has made Zhongguancun a success?
It is the spirit of creativity and scientific skill that has made Zhongguancun a success.
2.What are the two mottos mentioned in the text for the park?
One is “Relying on science,technology,and knowledge to increase economic power.”The other is “Encouraging pioneering work and accepting failure.”
The main idea of each part.
Part 1 (para1-2): General introdution of Zhongguancun
Part2 (para3-7): Why Zhongguancun attracts more and more overseas Chinese.
Part3 (part8-9): The positive effect Zhongguancun has had on both business and science & the spirit of Zhonguancun
Read the text carefully again and then do the word study of page5.
Post-reading
Use the Internet to find out more about Silicon Valley in the US and then compare the two areas. In which ways are they similar or different?
Unit 12
Lead in
When were the inventions in the pictures made?
Picture 1:
It was invented in the early years of the 20th century.
Picture 2:
Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879
Picture 3:
In 1769 James Watt built a steam-powered boat.
Jules Verne
Born in: 1828 Died in: 1905
Nationality: French
Interested in: theatre
Studied : botany, applied science
Famous novels: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, the Children of Captain Grant, the Mysterious Island, 80 Days around the World .
Fast Reading:
Find the main idea for the following paragraphs
Para.1 The life of Jules Verne
Para.2-5 The film “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Para.6 The film “Journey to the Center of the Earth
True or False
1. Verne had to sell newspaper to make a living when he was in Paris.
2. Verne died at 77, with his dreams realized.
3. The furniture on the Nautilu is precious and the food aboard is all sea food. T
4. Captain Nemo is a very cruel man and no one likes him.
5. The story Journey to the Center of the Earth is a science fiction. T
Tick out the right answers
1. What did they see in the centre of the earth?
( ) A. layers of coal and marble
( ) B. boiling water from underground river
( ) C. a huge lake or underground ocean
( ) D. forests of mushrooms and plants
( ) E. ancient sea creatures
( × ) F. an ancient document in an old book
( × ) G. some modern ships
2. What is mentioned in the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea?
( × ) A. Ships are disappearing is caused by a real monster.
( × ) B. Captain Nemo decides to kill the three men.
( ) C. Electricity is used for heating and power.
( × ) D. They walk around under the sea without clothes.
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
1. How were they on board the submarine?
disappear---set out---find---be thrown overboard--------survive-----turn out-----on board----permanent guests
2.What is mentioned about the submarine?
Extraordinary---precious furniture----huge glass windows-----thick iron plates----all that is needed-----electricity----- The food aboard
3. What did they do under the sea?
dressed in-----walk around---lighted by---surrounded by… (r,f,s,p)waving and moving slowly
Journey to the Center Of the Earth
1.How did they begin the journey?
decided to -----a narrow passage-----a chimney in an extinct volcano
2.What did they do in the center of the earth?
pass through layers of coal and marble----drink water from a boiling underground river----reach a huge lake or underground ocean-----go through forests of mushrooms and plants
3. What happened to them in the end?
build a raft to cross the sea---are attacked by ancient sea creatures----be drawn into a fast steam---shot out of a volcano----
Further understanding
Describe the character of Captain Nemo? greedy 贪婪的
sympathetic? clever? brave? selfish? warm-hearted? cruel? greedy? ???
Captain Nemo is the kind of person of whom it is difficult to say whether you like him or not. You may think he is hard and cruel, but he also has a soft and gentle side.
What do the two men do in the adventure of going to the centre of the earth?
Pick out the main verbs in the description of the story.
Main verbs: …enter…lead through…pass through…drink…reach…walk along…go through
…build…cross…be attacked…be shot out
Retell the story in groups according to the verbs above.
Discussion
1.What things described in Jules Verne’s books have come true?
2.What do you think is likely to come true in the future? Why?
3.What do you think is unlikely to come true? Why?
Integrating Skills
Skimming
What did Dr Frankenstein create at last?
He had planned to create a larger human being but at last it turned out a living horror.
Scanning
Now please read the text again and discuss :
How many periods can Dr Frankenstein’s experiment be divided?
Three periods:
Period 1 (Para1—Para3): He decided to create life from dead matter.
Period 2 (Para4—Para5): He decided to create a larger human being than man.
Period 3 (Para6—Para7): He succeeded in creating a creature, but a living horror.
Detailed Reading
Period 1:
Para 1: What did Dr Frankenstein want to do when he was young?
He wanted to learn the secrets of heaven and earth when he was young.
Para 2: After he was sent to university, what did he think of the things taught at university?
He felt them very disappointing and decided to pioneer a new way himself.
Para 3: What attracted his attention?
The structure of the human body and any animal that was alive attracted his attention.
What did he discover?
He discovered the cause of life and how to create life from dead matter.
Period 2:
Para 4: Although he knew how to create life,what remained difficult work for him?
How to prepare a body for it with all its muscles and organs still remained a difficult job for him.
Para 5: Why did he decide to create a larger human being than man about eight feet in height?
Because the small size of the parts slowed down his speed
Period 3:
Para 6: How did he create a life form that looks like a human being?
Please rearrange the following steps in the right order.
1. He gained many materials from butcher shops and hospitals.
2. He finished his work on a night in November.
3. The dead creature came to life at one in the morning.
4. He lighted the flame of life into the dead thing.
5. He collected bones from graves and cut up dead bodies.
5 1 2 4 3
Para 7: What did the creature look like?
He got black hair, white teeth, yellow skin, black lips and strange sounds. He looked like a terrible monster
What did Dr Frankenstein think of the creature?
While unfinished, he was ugly but now he was a living horror
Unit 13
Lead in
Collect as many words as possible related to water.
Ice, ocean, lake, river, rain, sweat, fish, steam
What properties or characteristics do you know about water?
Properties: tasteless, odorless, three forms, absorbing heat, dissolving, feeling wet, colorless
Pre-reading
Questions related to the subjects
What is/ are the properties of water?
What does (one property of water) the oceanslook like?
What are different parts of the oceans?
What can the oceans be compared to?
How does the oceans work?
What are some examples of life in the ocean
Skimming
True or false
1.Water is a liquid at room temperature, and it has a relatively high freezing point. T
2.The reason why water can dissolve most substances on earth is that water has high heat capacity.
3.Like all the other substances, water gets smaller (contract 缩小) when it freezes.
4.Pure water has a higher freezing point and lighter than salt water. T
5.The salinity of the earth’s oceans is about 3.5%. T
6.When water freezes, its density increases.
7.Other recourses such as oil, gas, gold etc is as precious as a drop of rain.
Choose the best answer
1.What makes our planet so different is that___. A
A.earth is covered with water B.earth is covered with air
C.earth is covered with people D.earth is covered with nothing
2.What idea we can have is that_______. A
A.water plays an important part in our life B.rocks forms the bottom of the ocean
C.salt makes up of the most part of the water in the ocean
D.marine plants are rich enough in the ocean
3.The key sentence in Paragraph2 is that_____. B
A.water has its own chemical properties B.water has its own chemical structure
C.water has its own chemical way D.water has its own freezing point
4.What is the meaning of the sentence:…and we have yet to learn much about them.? B
A.We have already known a lot about them B.We have already known a little about them
C.We have already known none about them D.We are going to know a lot about them
5.What makes the ocean such a great place is_ A
A.water B.rocks C.salts D.marine plants
6.Which of the following phrase has the similar meaning of the phrase :range from A
A.cover from B.learn from C.hear from D.choose from
7.It is___that makes the seaside city remain somewhat cool in summer. A
A.the heat capacity B.the water structure C.the ocean motion D.the density
8The water moving about 200 metres down is the depth where____can’t reach. C
A.the fishes B.the marine life C.the sun D.the earth
9. The water in the ocean also keeps the temperature of the earth somewhat____by….A
A.unchangeable B.changeable C.fast D.motionless
99% of the living space on earth is in the oceans.
What does this fact result in?
Marine life is incredibly rich and varied.
Can you give some specific numbers or examples?
5 million species in the oceans
What does this fact imply? Do you agree?
Water is an excellent medium for life.
Why do you agree with it?
Water is a liquid at room temperature and has a relatively high freezing point;
All living creatures need food to survive, but on many occasions the nutrients become available to living things only when they are dissolved by water.
Water’s unique chemical structure
Hydrogen Atom+ Oxygen Atom= A polar molecule
Can you give some other examples which are also resulted from water’s unique chemical structure?
We can