1、Reading for Writing： What makes a great scientist The Father of Chinas Aerospace&A World of Pure ThoughtWho? life experiencequalitiescontributionsPrediction: What will be talked about?The father of Chinas aerospaceRead the passage and match the main idea of each part.Para. 1 Para. 2-5 Para. 6 Para.
2、7 A. Qians life experience and achievements.B. A brief introduction to QianC. Qians death and peoples appreciation of him D. Qians personalities and qualitiesCareful ReadingWhat can we know about Qian from Para.1?Perhaps no other scientist has had a greater impact on Chinas aerospace science than Qi
3、an Xuesen.with great scientific thought and scientific spirit patriotic and served his homeland with effort, .Born in Hang Zhou 191119322009attended schools and entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University1930sswitched his majorpursued his graduate studies in US 1935became a pioneer 1930s-1940sreturned to
4、China1955launched the first man-made satellite1970Died Read the text and find out all the time and events related to Qian Xuesen. Qian changed his major because of a shift in personal interest.Qian made the decision to switch his major to aviation because he realised that China needed its own powerf
5、ul air force to protect and defend the country.False.What personalities and qualities can we find about Qian?patriotic (having a great love of his country)Did Qians graduate studies help him a lot? How? What personalities and qualities can we find about Qian?knowledgeablebecame a pioneer in .conduct
6、ed important research into .co-founded JPLDid Qian develop Chinas rocket science smoothly? What personalities and qualities can we find about Qian?determined returned to China despite difficulties took on the challenge in developing Chinas space scienceNoWhy was Qian called “ the father of Chinas ae
7、rospace”?What personalities and qualities can we find about Qian?specialized/ professionalBecause much of the technology behind the Shenzhou rockets can also be traced back to Qians research, Qian earned the name of “ the father of Chinas aerospace”.Do you subscribe to the view that Qians strong int
8、erest in art has a positive impact on a scientists development? What personalities and qualities can we find about Qian?a wide range of interest/ gifted/ versatile(多才多艺的多才多艺的) His deep appreciation for art often gave him inspirtion in his scientific reserarch.Qian XuesenWhy Great(Significance)How Gr
9、eat(Stories behind)ContributionsQualitiespatrioticknowledgeabledeterminedgifted/ versatileserved his homeland with effort, achievement, and devotionUnder Qians leadership, China developed the Dongfeng missiles.Because of Qians significant research, Qian earned the name of “the father of Chinas aeros
10、pace”.switched major to empower Chinas air forcebecame a pioneerconducted important researchco-founded JPLreturned to China despite difficultiestook on the challenge in developing Chinas space sciencedeep appreciation for arta man with “great scientific thought and scientific spirit”StephenHawkingWh
11、y Great(Significance)How Great(Stories behind)ContributionsQualities A World of Pure ThoughtStephenHawkingWhy Great(Significance)How Great(Stories behind)ContributionsQualities A World of Pure Thoughtproved the correctness of the big bang theorystood up and pointed out Hoyles mistake corrected Holys
12、 mistake in maths and proved the big bang theory giftedbravedeterminedfirst achieved fame as a graduate student in physics at CUwilling to say and dream the impossiblewilling to admit his faultsfought against his diseaseThis odd combination of characteristics had made him one of the greatest thinker
13、s of the 20th and 21st centuries.Underline the linking words and phrases in the passages, and describe their function.Qian Xuesenborn in Hangzhou in 1911 after the Songhu Battle broke out in 1932over the course of the 1930s and 1940safter overcoming some difficulties during his final year in the USa
14、t that timehoweverneverthelessbecauseStephen Hawkingsince he came down with .during the question and answer period after one of Hoyles lecturesin generalbesidesfurthermoreabove allThese serve to link elements in the passages and bring greater cohesion and logical flow to it.Para.1 IntroductionPara.2
15、 His claim to famePara.3 Characteristics that made him great时间和空间关系转折关系时间和空间关系列举和顺序关系因果关系storyScientific Spirit Para.1 Brief introduction Para.2 Quality 1 Para.3 Quality 2 Para.4 Quality 3 Significance of the scientific spirit & inspiration you get from it in time orderusing linking words and phrasesstorystory SummaryHomeworkChoose one of the great scientist as the topic for your writing and revise it with the help of the checklist in Ex.5 on P.9.
