Awarded for their efforts (P4-5)

山东省烟台第二中学  孔洁

I. Lead-in

•Do you have a role model?

•If so, introduce that person.

•To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), various honorary titles were given to 42 individuals. Do you know anything about the recipients?

•What do you know about them?

II. Skimming

What is the text about?

It introduces some of the people who won national awards recently.

III. Scanning

Read & think

•1. Why did President Xi Jinping present the awards on Sept 17?

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

•2. What do these award recipients have in common?

They have all made outstanding contributions to the nation’s construction and development.

•3.What do you know about Shen Jilan, Ye Peijian and Raul Castro Ruz?

V. Language focus

Find out the following expressions in the passage and figure out their meanings:

•look up to

•Inspire sb to do

•the best version of yourself

•thanks to

•have a wider range of possible role models

•make outstanding contributions to the nation’s construction and development

•be engaged in

•be devoted to

•touch down on the moon’s far side

•the lunar exploration program

•assist with China’s prosperity

•the heroic efforts

•light the way for a new generation

Paraphrase the following sentences.

•1. It was she who proposed the clause on “equal pay for equal work” by men and women, which was written into the first Constitution of the PRC in 1954.

•She proposed that men and women should get equal pay for equal work. Her proposal was written into the first Constitution of the PRC in 1954.

It was/is… that/who…强调句

It was the culture, rather than the language, _____ made it hard for him to adapt to the new environment abroad. (2014福建)

•2. China’s development can’t continue without lawmakers, nor can it move forward without scientists.

•Without lawmakers, China cannot continue to develop. Without scientists, China cannot  move forward, either.

Nor can it…倒装句

Neither did I know, nor did I care what had happened to him.

Not once _______ it occur to Michael that he could one day become a top student in his class. (2013湖南)

•3. On Jan 3 of this year, the Chang’e-4 probe touched down on the moon’s far side, marking the program’s latest achievement.

•On Jan 3 of this year, the Chang’e-4 probe landed on the moon’s far side. Its landing was the program’s latest achievement.

现在分词作状语

The hospital has recently obtained new medical equipment, _______ (allow) more patients to be treated. (2017天津)

Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, ____ (turn) the old town into a dreamland.

VI. Further exploring

http://news.sina.com.cn/bn/china/2019-02-09/detail-ihqfskcp3924718.d.html

•If you measure greatness in terms of the number of human lives saved, then there is no doubt at all that Tu Youyou is one of the greatest scientists of all time.

BBC

•Find more information about a person on the list and share with your classmates.

•The eight recipients of the Medal of the Republic are late nuclear physicist Yu Min, longtime national legislator Shen Jilan, aerospace engineer Sun Jiadong, war veterans Li Yannian and Zhang Fuqing, "father of hybrid rice" Yuan Longping, nuclear submarine designer Huang Xuhua and Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou who led the discovery of malaria drug artemisinin.

•Six foreign nationals were awarded the Friendship Medal for their contributions to supporting China's socialist modernization, promoting exchanges and cooperation between China and foreign countries and safeguarding world peace.

•They are Cuba's Raul Castro Ruz, Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Tanzania's Salim Ahmed Salim, Russia's Galina Kulikova, France's Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Canada's Isabel Crook.

•The national honorary titles, including "the people's scientist," "the people's artist," "the people's hero" and "the people's role model," were awarded to 28 outstanding figures who have made great contributions.

Sit down to enjoy a meal (P6)

宁波诺丁汉大学附属中学

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