高中英語(yǔ)牛津譯林版必修2課件：Unit3Amazingpeople拓展閱讀課件

1、拓展閱讀Women have been making scientific discoveries since ancient times.Twelve women have won the Nobel Prize for science,one of the highest honors1 in the world.Some women scientists never married,some worked with their husbands,and others raised2 large families.It has been difficult for women to be

2、successful scientists.In the early 1800s in England,Mary Anning became one of the first women recognized3 for her discoveries about the ancient history of the earth.Mary and her father collected fossils4 in their village on the south coast of Great Britain.Fossils are parts of plants or animals that

3、 have been saved in rocks for millions of years.When she was only twelve years old,Mary became the first person to find the almost complete5 skeletons6 of several animals that no longer existed on earth.She didnt become famous for her discoveries at that time because she often sold her fossils to ge

4、t money to support her family.In 1891,a young Polish woman named Marie Sklodowska traveled to Paris to study physics.She did so because she could not get a college education in Poland.She began working in the laboratory7 of a man named Pierre Curie.Marie and Pierre Curie got married and made many di

5、scoveries together.They received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 along with another scientist.Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Nobel Prize in 1911,this time for Chemistry8.Marie Curie was one of the few women at the time who became famous as a scientist.詞海拾貝1.honor n n.

6、榮譽(yù)2.raise reIz vt. 撫養(yǎng)3.recognize reknaIz vt. 承認(rèn);認(rèn)可;辨認(rèn)出4.fossil fsl n. 化石plete kmplit adj. 完整的6.skeleton skelItn n. 骨架7.laboratory lbrtrI n. 實(shí)驗(yàn)室8.chemistry kemIstri n. 化學(xué)理解誘思1.The author believes that women scientists .A.have more opportunities to become successfulB.cannot get the highest honors in t

7、he worldC.go through difficulties to be successfulD.had better pay more attention to their families答案C2.Mary Anning was one of the first women to .A.win the Nobel Prize for Science after getting marriedB.make achievements in the study of ancient history of the earthC.research animals and their bones

8、D.study the mystery of all kinds of plants答案B3.Mary Anning failed to be famous for her discoveries of fossils when she was 12,because .A.nobody recognized themB.they werent worth studyingC.she didnt want to be known to anyoneD.she sold them for money答案D4.What can we learn about Marie Sklodowska?A.She studied physics in Poland and got a college education.B.She received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 on her own.C.She only got one Nobel Prize during her lifetime.D.She made many discoveries after s