Unit4ForceofNature.docVIP

Unit 4 Force of Nature Learning Objectives 2 I. Picture Activation 2 II. Pre-reading Questions 2 Section Two Global Reading 2 I. Text Introduction 2 II. Culture Notes 3 IV. Structural Analysis 3 Section Three Detailed Reading 3 I. Analysis 5 II. Questions for Paragraphs 5 III. Language Work of Paragraphs 6 IV. Chinese Translation of Paragraphs 12 Section Four Consolidation Activities 14 I. Text Comprehension 14 II. Writing Strategies 15 III. Language Work 15 IV. Translation 19 V. Oral Activities 21 VI. Writing 23 VII. Listening Exercises (Optional) 23 Section Five Further Enchantment 25 I. Lead-in Questions 25 II. Text II 25 III. Text II: Comprehension 28 IV. Notes of Text II 30 V. Fun Time Memorable Quotes 30 Learning Objectives Rhetorical skill: features of English descriptive narration Key language grammar points Writing strategies: metaphorical language Theme: icon and real person Section One Pre-reading Activities I. Picture Activation Who do you admire most? Why? II. Pre- reading Questions Great scientists like Edison, Einstein, etc. are big icons in our mind’s eye. We seem to know more about their miraculous accomplishments than the strenuous efforts they took to achieve them. Tell what you know about some great scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries, both their life and their work. Open for discussion. For one reason or another, world-famous scientists are noble inspirations to teenagers and young people. Do you have one or several of them in your mind? Why do you cherish special admiration for him/them? Open for discussion. Section Two Global Reading I. Text Introduction Great lives in science are all about passion and curiosity. Marie Curie, the Polish-born discoverer of radium, had both in grand measure. But down the road she helped open-up nuclear energy, which meant atomic bombs, and put Curie center stage during one of the great turning points in scientific history. Barbara Goldsmith has uniquely captured the woman and her science. Us