高二英语下册unit-1-period2课件.pptVIP

2. It is said that this English gentleman was sitting in his garden one day when suddenly he was hit by a falling apple. The story is probably not true, but this man did mention that he got one of his best-known ideas while watching apples fall from a tree. His name makes you think that he was not too interested in old things. He discovered the force of gravity, and he drew up a system of how objects move. His laws for motion are still used in physics today, at least in schools and universities. 3. Food is what sets this great mind on fire. Rice, to be exact. This great mind has spent most of his life looking for ways to help farmers grow more rice so that all of us will have enough food to eat. He is known as the father of modern rice, but because of his long friendship with all the farmers in China, he would rather be known as “the farmer”. Task 3: Language points (warming up/listening/speaking) 1. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. genius --[U] great and rare powers of thought, skill or imagination.天赋 --[C] a person of very great ability or very high intelligence天才人物；才子；天才． e.g. Wuthering Heights is one of the most extraordinary books that human genius has ever produced. 《呼啸山庄》是人的天赋所创造出的最 非凡的作品之一。 she has a genius for music. have a genius for…在某方面有天赋 2）inspiration (n.) inspire (V.) 鼓舞 e.g. She was an inspiration to all who knew her. These events provided the inspiration for her first novel. 鼓舞 灵感 2. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious. It take + n. + to do sth. 做某事需要…… e.g. It will take a lot of courage to tell the truth. It takes about thirty minutes to walk from here to the station. It took him a lot of money to buy her a fur coat. （花费时间） (花费钱) 考例： 1.It ___ a lot of nerve to do a thing like that. A. needs B. takes C. spends D. A or B 2.Some passengers complain that it usually ___ so long to fill in travel insurance doc