1. Unit 11 Scientific Achievements

2. Warming up
These are some great scientific achievements that have changed the world. Which one do you think is the most important ? Why?
Electricity
The internet
Cloning
Aeroplanes
The Theory of Gravity
Nuclear science
Solar energy …

3. Achievement
Importance/Reasons
Electricity
possible to invent computers, telephone, TVs etc
possible to work at night
The Internet
provides education and entertainment
let people know news and other important information
Cloning
may help us find cures for diseases
may help couples who can’t have children
Aeroplanes
Mail and goods can be sent /People can travel across the world

4. Achievement
Importance/Reasons
The Theory of Gravity
helped people understand the world
Helped advance science
Nuclear science
can produce energy
can advance science
Solar energy
clean and safe energy source, can help reduce pollution
may help build a cleaner and safer future

5. 2. Do these achievements have anything in common? If so, what?
Change the way we live.
Help us understand things we couldn’t understand before.
Lead to new discoveries and advances in science.
Help us develop society.
Make life better/easier/more enjoyable/more complicated/worse

6. Listening Words Speaker Achievement
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Neil Armstrong
first man on the moon
“Mr. Watson, _________; I want you.”
Alexander Graham Bell
first telephone call
“QWERTYUIOP”
Ray Tomlinson
first message
come here

7. Listening Can you explain Tomlinson’s message?
“QWERTYUIOP” are the first keys on a keyboard. When Tomlinson wanted to send a test message, he simply typed in the first letters on his keyboard.

8. Listen to part 2 and complete the sentences below.
1.The words “____________” are famous because they are the ____ _____ of The Constitution of the United States of America.
2.Eureca is a word from the ______language and means _____________.
3.If you ask a father, he might say:______.
If you ask a mother, she might say:______.
We, the people
First words
Greek
I have found it
Daddy
Mommy

9. What would you say if you were …?
A. the first person on Mars
B. the first cloned human being
C. the first person to travel in time

10. Pre-reading
Work in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions :
1.If you wanted to do research or start a hi-tech company, what kind of support and environment would you need?
2.Have you ever been to zhongguancun? What attracts you most there?

11. Post-reading

12. 1.Which is not true about Zhongguancun?
A. It is located in Haidian District, in northwestern Beijing.
B. It was set up as a special economic zone in the 1990s.
C. Half of companies are doing IT business.
D. It is not a good place for new hi-tech companies.

13. 2. Xiang yufang returned to China and opened a company in Zhongguancun because ___.
A. He wanted to see more of the world.
B. He enjoyed working with the best scientists in his field.
C. He could enjoy his work and contribute to his country at the same time.
D. He only missed his friends and family.

14. 3. How many people who work at Zhongguancun have a master’s degree or above?

15. 4. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?
A. chemical element for curing cancer.
B. Long March rocket series.
C. humanoid robot.
D. clone technology.
5.According to the author, what is becoming increasingly popular in china?
A. the internet
B. robot
C. space flight D. genetics

16. 6. According to the text, how does China rejuvenate the nation?
A. by solving the mysteries of life.
B. by e-volution.
C. by exploring space.
D. by science and education.

17. 7. According to the author, Zhongguancun is home to _____.
A. only a few research institutions and
universities
b. several IT companies
C. more and more returned overseas Chinese
D. a number of science parks

18. 8. What would be another proper title for passage 2?
A. The Chinese Space Agency
B. The Breakthrough in Fighting Cancer
C. the Great Achievements in Science and Technology
D. The Development of Super Computer “Shenwei”.

19. 9.How is “failure” understood in Zhongguancun?
A. There are fewer failures in Zhongguancun.
B. Some of its researchers and scientists will try hard not to fail.
C. There are more failures than successes.
D. The best thing about failure is what you learn every time you fail.

20. 10. The word “boom” in para. 1 of the second text means __.
A. victory
B. success
C. progress
D. prosperity

21. Key to Post-reading Exercise(P4)
1.a,b,c
2.d
3.c
4.b
5.c

22. Language Study
Answers to Exercise 1:
1.a 5.c
2.c 6.b
3.b 7.b
4.a 8.c

23. Grammar Answers to Exercise 2 construct-construction
connect-connection
attract-attraction
act-action
collect-collection
direct-direction
express-expression
invent-invention
produce-production
protect-protection
suggest-suggestion
impress-impression

24. Grammar Answers to Exercise 2 celebrate-celebration
communicate-communication
educate-education
graduate-graduation
pollute-pollution
contribute-contribution
combine-combination
admire-admiration
examine-examination
transport-transportation
explore-exploration
Imagine-imagination

25. Answers to Exercise 3 invisible non-conductor disappearance
interaction
disagreement
international
misunderstanding
unexpected
dishonesty
illogical
enlargement
unforgettable
impossibility
replacement
reconsideration
unsuccessful

26. Answers to Exercise 4:
showcases=show+ case+ s
breakthrough=break+ through+ s
bioengineering=bio+ engineer+ ing
outstanding=out+ stand+ ing
enable=en+ able
Indirectly=in+ direct+ ly
strengthened=strength+ en+ ed

27. Integrating Skills Field Achievement Importance Space exploration
Long March Rocket, man in space
Send satellites into space, learn more about space
Genetic research
New kind of rice, human genome
Improve agriculture, cure new disease
Computer engineering
Shenwei supercomputer
Run large programs, perform difficult operations
Medical science
Element to fight cancer cells
Help people with cancer

28. workbook Answers to the exercise (Part 1)
1.Yang Liwei’s mission lasted 21 hours.
2.Yang Liwei’s mission was made possible by the team of scientists that have developed the Long March Rocket an the Shenzhou 5 Space Capsule.

29. 3. his family
his background
what he had seen
his training
4.Yang Liwei said that he had not seen the Great Wall.

30. Practising Answers to exercise 1 1.Mark 2.support 3.March 4.masters
5.support 6.marks 7.marched/are marching
8.battle 9.has mastered 10.battle
Answers to Exercise 2:
1.private 2.rely 3. aim 4. evolution
5.base 6.solar 7.institute

31. Answers to Exercise 3:
1.the Constitution is the fundamental law of a country
2.the Chinese government has established more than 50 state-level economic and technological development zones
3.the house would be perfect
4.you will get a 7-day free trip to Europe for two provided by the Youth Travel Agency

32. 5.My luggage is very heavy
6.it is necessary to make a law to stop the trade in human organs
7.we must rely on science and technology
8.he always puts forward new demands
9.aiming at improving farmers’living standards

33. Grammar Answers to exercise 1: Group1:mankind,breakthrough
Group2:manned,manly,daily,likely,liked,
achievement, achieved, researcher,
researched, arrangement, arranged,
failure, failed, announcement, announced

34. Answers to Exercise 2:
1.telephone,telegraph,telescope, television
2.transaction,transport,transplant
3.biochemistry, bioengineering
Answers to Exercise 3:
1.S “sub-” means “under”
2.D the first “im-” means “into”, the second “im-” means “not”
3.S “in-” and “im-”both means “not”
4.D the first “ex-” means “out”, and the second “ex-” means “former”
5.”ed” changes a verb (man, excite) into an adj/ past participle

35. Answers to Exercise 4: help helpful给予帮助的；有用的 helpless 无助的；无用的 care
careful 仔细的；小心的
careless 粗心的；草率的
use
useful 有用的；有效的
useless 无用的；无效的
power
powerful 强壮的；强大的
powerless 无力量的；无效力的
meaning
meaningful 有意义的；有目的的
meaningless 无意义的，无目的的

36. Answers to Exercise 5:
1.difference patience importance absence
distance presence independence science
2.darkness blindness deaf/deafness happiness willingness usefulness bitterness liveliness greatness carelessness fairness sickness
3.ability activity equality generosity popularity possibility disability creativity personality curiosity similarity electricity

37. Integrating skills
Answers to Exercise 1:
1.c 2.b 3.a 4.b