Module 4 Great Scientists Cultural Corner-高中英語外研版必修四

CulturalCornerReadingrocketsFastreading:Para.1Para.2Para.3Para.4AstoryoftherocketsTheuseoftoday’srocketsTheinventionoftherocketsThemilitaryuseofrocketsinChinaandEuropeCarefulreading:(readPara.1-Para.2)1.Whataretherocketsusedfortoday?2.Howwererocketsinvented?1.Whataretherocketsusedfortoday?Theyareusedtosendastronautsintospaceandusedinfireworkdisplaystocelebrategreatevents.Carefulreading:(readPara.1-Para.2)2.Howwererocketsinvented?Byaccident---whenpeoplethrewbambootubeswithgunpowderinsideintothefiretomakeexplosionsandsawthatsomeofthemflewintotheair.Whenandwhere?2,000yearsagoinChina.Carefulreading:(readPara.1-Para.2)1.HowwererocketsusedinbattlesintheSongDynasty?2.HowdidtheEuropeanuserockets?3.WhatdidWanHudo?Whatwastheresult?Carefulreading:(readPara.3-Para.4)1.HowwererocketsusedinbattlesintheSongDynasty?Thetubeswereattachedtoalongsticktokeeptherocketmovinginastraightdirection.Carefulreading:(readPara.3-Para.4)1.HowwererocketsusedinbattlesintheSongDynasty?2.HowdidtheEuropeanuserockets?3.WhatdidWanHudo?Whatwastheresult?Formilitaryuse.Itcouldtraveloverthesurfaceofwaterandhittheenemyship.Carefulreading:(readPara.3-Para.4)1.HowwererocketsusedinbattlesintheSongDynasty?2.HowdidtheEuropeanuserockets?3.WhatdidWanHudo?Whatwastheresult?Heattachedtwobigkitestothechair,and47rocketstothekites.Therewasahugeexplosion,andWanHuandhischairdisappeared.Carefulreading:(readPara.3-Para.4)ChooseTorF:1.Todayrocketsareonlyusedtosendastronautsintospace.2.RocketswereinventedbyChineseabout2,000yearsago.3.ItwasintheSongDynastythatrocketswerefirstusedinwars.4.ItisbelievedthatEuropeanslearnedhowtomakerocketsfromtheMongols.5.WanHusucceededinsendinghimselfintospacewiththehelpofrockets.FTTFFDiscussion:Whatdoyouthinkthefuturerocketswillbe?LanguagePoints1.Todayrocketsareveryadvancedmachineswhich…adj.高級的；先進的advancen./v.前進；進步；進展inadvance預先；事先我們總是提前交房租。Weoftenpaytherentinadvance.2.TheChinesediscoveredthatthegasescapingfromthetubecouldlifeitintotheair.escapev.逃避；避免；被忘掉haveanarrowescape九死一生；死里逃生escapefrom從……中逃脫escapedoingsth.逃避做某事；逃脫做某事makeone’sescape逃走1.兩只猴子從動物園里逃了出來。Twomonkeysescapedfromthezoo.2.我記不起她的名字了。Hernameescapesme.3.Hewasfortunateenoughtohaveescaped_____________(kill)intheearthquake.beingkilled4.他從那場大火中死里逃生。Hehadanarrowescapefromthebigfire.3.Thetubeswereattachedtoalongstick…

Heattachedtwobigkitestothechair…attachv.把…固定；貼上；把……附（在..…上）；附屬

attach…to…把……附在/固定在……上attach(great)importanceto重視；認為…有重要性（或意義、價值等）

1.他在所有的袋子上都貼上了標簽。Heattachedlabelstoallthebags.2.這個醫(yī)院附屬于那所大學。Thehospitalisattachedtothatuniversity.3.我們應該重視中學生的心理健康。Weshouldattachgreatimportancetomiddleschoolstudents’mentalhealth.Reading&WritingMatchthewordsintheboxwiththedefinitions.1.aperson,animal,orthingthatsufferspain,deathorharm2.todiscoverthenatureofanillness3.abookthatsellsinverylargenumbers4.anillnessordisordercausedbyunnaturalgrowth5.thestudyoftheoriginandarrangementoftheuniverse6.thestateofbeingdisabledvictimdiagnosebest-sellerdisabilitycosmologydiseaseReadthethreeparagraphscarefullyandanswerquestions.1.WhyisHawkingsofamous?Partlybecauseofhisscientificdiscoveriesandpartlybecauseofhisphysicaldisability.2.WhatkindofdiseasedidHawkingsufferfrom?Hesufferedfrommotorneuronedisease.3.What’sthenameofHawking’sbook?ABriefHistoryofTime1.AlbertEinsteinleftGermanywhenHitlercametopower當權；執(zhí)政powern.能力；權力；政權；能量v.提供動力take/seize/losepower掌握/奪取/失掉政權beinpower當權的；掌權的

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