Unit 2 Great minds教学目标

U2 More reading

The Nobel Prize I. Pre-discussion

What do you know about ‘the Nobel Prize’?

1) Who was the founder of the prize?

--- Alfred Nobel a chemist and inventor

2) What was his nationality? --- Swedish

Sweden

a Swede

3) What was he famous for? --- invention of dynamite

4) When was the first prize awarded? --- in 1901

5) In what fields was the prize awarded? physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace economics (added in 1968)

6) Do you know any of the winners?

Quiz: The Nobel Prize winners

II. While-reading

1. Words and expressions

2. Listen to the tape

1) Skimming Outline

P1 The Original source of the prize

P2 The fields the prizes cover

P3 The Awarding ceremony

2) Scanning

Findings

1896

9 million

1901

Dec. 10

1,300

3) Listen and think

1. When and where is the first award ceremony of the Nobel Prize held?

2. Where was he born?

3. How many parts does the first Nobel Prize consist of ? What are they?

4. What can winners of the Nobel Prizes get?

5. Who presented the prizes to the winner?

3. Language points 1. prize/ price

the Nobel Prize for Physics

the Nobel Physics Prize

Nobel Prizes

2. inventor

discoverer

invent

discover

invention

discovery

(invite, invitation)

3. Sweden

the Swedish

a Swede

4. property n. [U] --- sth. owned by sb.

The family had little ~ except an old house. common/ personal ~ 公共、私人财产

[C] --- special quality The chemical ~ies of iron

5. worth

be worth doing/ n.

The book is well worth reading.

The house is worth a lot/ that much/ 500,000 yuan. The boy is worth the praise.

Cf:

be worthy of being done/ to be done

of the visit

6. original a.

originally ad.

origin n.

7. source/ resource

the source of information/ water

natural resources

8. spread

n. the ~ of

vt. spread- spread- spread ~ butter on bread The disease is ~ by mice.

vi.--- cause to become more widely extended （消息，疾病，火势）

The disease quickly ~ through the village. Bad news ~ quickly. The fire ~ from the factory to the houses nearby.

9. yearly-awarded

yearly, weekly, daily, manly, friendly

award v. n. --- give by official decision 授奖，颁奖，

奖项

~ sb. sth./ ~ sth. to sb. for ...

reward v. n.

奖励

~ sb. with sth.

award him the first prize

her the scholarship

reward the boy with an amount of money for saving the dog

10. honor v. --- to publicly praise... for ..., respect highly 给与奖励，尊重，尊敬

~ sb. with... (an invitation, a visit)

~ sb. as... He was ~ed as a special guest.

~ sb. for... He was ~ed for his bravery.

n. a guest of ~ 贵宾

It is an ~ for me to be invited here.

in ~ of...

A meeting is held ~ the little hero. 11. works

the ~ of Luxun

a work of art

12. literature n. --- plays, novels and poems

Chinese ~

13. present v. --- give

~ sth. to sb./ ~ sb. with sth.

~ her with a bunch of flowers

adj. a ~ situation

a student ~

be ~ at

n. a Christmas ~

at ~

14. anniversary n. --- yearly return of the date of an event

wedding ~

15. at the award ceremony

at the opening/ closing ceremony

16. diploma n. --- a document which shows one has achieved sth.

17. medal

奖章

gold/ silver/ bronze ~

Cf. metal/ mental

18. follow

~ sb. into the room

跟进

~ the street to the church

顺着这条路

~ one’s advice (take)

I can’t follow you. You speak too fast. 听不明白

The teacher entered the classroom followed by a group of students.

The teacher entered the classroom following a group of students,

as follows 如下所述

My arguments are as follows.

adj. following

in the ~ years 次年

on the ~ day 第二天

19. banquet n. --- a large and important meal for many people

20. Among the guests of honor are ...

In the middle of the lake is an island.

Among the visitors is a well-known inventor.

21. invitation to ....

receive/ accept/ decline an ~ to the party

v. invite

~ sb. to dinner/ one’s house

adj. inviting --- tempting, attractive

~ food/ meals

22. occasion n. --- time at which a particular event takes place 时机，场合

on this/ that ~

adv. occasionally --- at times

He visits me ~.