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人教版高中英语选择性必修二Unit1 单元话题写作作业（学生版）

一、单元写作任务

你校英文报Science专栏正在面向全校学生征稿，请你以 What makes a great scientist为题写一篇短文投

稿，内容包括：

1. 伟大科学家的必备品质；

2. 举例说明。

注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

二、话题词块梳理

Essential qualities and Personalities (基本素质与品格）

9. dream of what others were afraid to dream about

__________________________

10. _______________________敢于承认错误

11. be extremely knowledgeable in

the area of

frontier science ___________________

12. be creative in solving difficult problems

________________________

13. be gifted in the areas of maths and science

________________________

14. be motivated by curiosity and a desire for truth

____________________________

Experiences (经历）

1. stop the disease in its tracks_________________ 8. come down with a disease__________________

2. _____________________ 得出确凿的结论 9. ______________________克服困难

3. through tireless efforts ___________________ 10. acquire a broad knowledge of..______________

4. make substantial advances in research 11. through trail and error 通过反复试验

_____________________

12. ___________________受命负责...

5. switch his major to aviation________________ 13. from taking on the challenge

6. conduct important research into rocket propulsion

___________________

_____________________

14. devote one’s life to improving the

7. developed the Dongfeng missiles _____________

___________________

8. successfully launched its first man-made satellite 15. find renewable, environment-friendly solutions

___________________ ____________________

Achievements （成就）

1. a biologist/mathematician/chemist best known for.. 7. make many outstanding discoveries

____________________________ ________________________

2. become a leading figure/a 8. lead to a shift in the

____________________________ ________________________

3. ___________________________ 被称为... 9. transform the thinking of scientific community

4. the first female scientist to be awarded the Nobel

________________________

Prize ____________________________

10. expand human reach in the universe

5. be selected as one of the most influential figures of

拓宽人类在宇宙的广度

science __________________________

11. discover the secrets/mysteries of the universe

6. earn the name of “the father of China’s aerospace”

__________________________

____________________________

12. make history________________

13. _____________________对...影响巨大/深远

三、教材好句精选

1. creative/vivid imagination ________________

2. sense of wonder and awe_________________

3. ___________________ 深厚的艺术鉴赏力

4. determination in the face of difficulty

_________________________

5. serve his homeland with devotion_____________

6. challenge normal thinking patterns____________

7. approach the problem from different directions

__________________________

8. think outside the box______________

人物一：约翰·斯诺

1. Cholera __________________ in the world, until John Snow, a British doctor, showed___________________.

在英国医生John Snow向人们展示如何展示霍乱之前，霍乱曾是世界上最令人恐惧的疾病之一。

2. ______ that no one knew how to prevent or treat cholera, Snow______________________ it once and for all.

虽然没人知道如何预防或治疗霍乱让Snow感到很沮丧，但他从来没放弃彻底根除霍乱的愿望。

3. ______________, Snow began to investigate by____________________ where all those who died had lived, and

suspected_______________________.

Snow决心找到证据，他开始调查，在地图上标出所有死者的确切居住地，并怀疑是水泵造成的。

4. As a result of this evidence, Snow was able to announce that the pump water carried cholera germs

and________________________, thus_________________________.

由于这一证据，Snow能够宣布水泵的水携带霍乱细菌，并相应地拆除了水泵的手柄，从而阻止了疾病的蔓延。

5. ________________, the threat of cholera around the world ______________________________.

通过Snow的不懈努力，世界各地的霍乱威胁大幅减少。

6. Moreover, in his use of maps and statistics, Snow________________ scientists study disease, for which

Snow__________________________modern epidemiology.

此外，Snow对地图和统计学的运用，改变了科学家研究疾病的方式，因此Snow被认为是现代流行病学之父。

人物二： 钱学森

1. Perhaps no other scientist____________________ China’s aerospace science ________ Qian Xuesen.

也许再也没有哪一位科学家比钱学森对中国航天科学的影响更大了。

2. Described as a man with “great scientific thought and scientific spirit” who was patriotic and ________________,

Qian Xuesen was an extremely well-respected man.

钱学森备受人们尊敬，他被称为是一位具有伟大科学思想和科学精神的人，并且热爱祖国，勤勉努力、甘于

奉献，成就斐然。

3. After the Songhu Battle broke out in 1932, Qian _________________________________ because he realized that

China needed its own powerful air force_______________________.

在1932年淞沪会战爆发后，钱学森意识到中国需要建设强大的空军来保卫国家，因此决定改学航空专业。

4. Despite the fact that__________________________________, Qian _________________________________,

and always replied to others’ question with a determined “why not?”.

尽管中国很穷，火箭科学也不发达，但钱并没有因此而放弃挑战，他总是以坚定的“为什么不”回答别人的

质疑。

5. Because much of the technology behind the Shenzhou rockets_____________________________________,

Qian _____________________________________.

由于神舟火箭背后的许多技术也可以追溯到钱的研究，钱赢得了中国航天之父的称号。

6. ____________________________________________ was probably his strong interest in other things, such as

music and drawing, ______________________________________.

使他成为如此杰出和富有创造力的科学家的原因可能是他对其他事物的强烈兴趣，比如音乐和绘画，这给了

他科学研究的灵感。

人物三：斯蒂芬·霍金

1. Stephen Hawking was_______________________________.

斯蒂芬·霍金是世界上最著名、最有才华物理学家之一

2. Since he__________________ which caused him to lose the use of most of his muscles, his world became one of

abstract thought.

他因患病致使大部分肌肉萎缩无力，他的世界变成里一个抽象思维的世界。

3. ________________, Hawking didn’t consider himself unlucky man, saying it __________________________,

and being successful in his work.

尽管疾病缠身，霍金并不认为自己是个不幸的人，他说这并没有妨碍他拥有一个家庭，也没有妨碍他在事

业上取得成功。

4. So, what made Stephen Hawking a genius? Besides being brilliant, he was brave, willing to say what others were