Teaching objectives
1. Understand Madame Curie’s lofty spiritual realm and great personality charm, and understand the connotation of beauty.
2. Learn various writing techniques and the use of rhetoric in this article, and appreciate the beauty of the language in the article.
Teaching Key Points and Difficulties
Difficulty Points: Let students clarify the author’s ideas of writing and the internal connections before and after the article. Key Points: Understand the beauty of Marie Curie
(Breakthrough: What is beauty, and why can beauty span hundreds of years?)
Preview
Let students search and collect information about Madame Curie.
The first teaching hour
(1) Introduction
1. Ask a classmate to introduce the protagonist of the article: Curie’s resume
Introduction to Marie Curie
Marie Curie, Marie Curie, was a French scientist originally from Poland. She and her husband Pierre Curie were early researchers of radioactivity. They discovered the radioactive elements polonium (Po) and radium (Ra), for which they won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. After that, Marie Curie continued to study the application of radium in chemistry and medicine, and won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for isolating pure metallic radium.
In 1906, Pierre Curie was unfortunately hit and killed by a carriage, but Madame Curie did not collapse. She continued her research and isolated pure radium metal together with Debien in 1910. .
When World War I broke out in 1914, Marie Curie equipped an ambulance with X-ray equipment and drove it to the front line.
In the late 1920s, Marie Curie's health began to decline. Long-term exposure to radiation caused her to suffer from leukemia, and she finally died on July 4, 1934. A few months before this, her daughter Illen and son-in-law Joliot-Curie announced the discovery of artificial radiation (for which they were awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry).
Mrs. Curie was poor for most of her life, and the arduous process of extracting radium was completed under simple conditions. The Curies refused to patent any of their discoveries in order to allow everyone to freely exploit their discoveries. They used the Nobel Prize and other bonuses for future research
Everyone knows the story of Madame Curie. From childhood to adulthood, all we know in our memory is her as a scientist: she discovered Radium, won the Nobel Prize twice, endured the pain of losing his husband and devoted himself to science... But Liang Heng wrote a different story.
About the author Liang Heng: Born in 1946, graduated from Renmin University of China in 1968. He has successively served as reporter for Inner Mongolia Daily, reporter for Guangming Daily, and deputy director of the State Press and Publication Administration. He is currently the deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Daily, a doctoral tutor at the School of Journalism, Renmin University of China, and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association. His works include "The Collected Works of Liang Heng" and the news trilogy "The Corner Without News", "The Context of the Green Leaves of News", "Thoughts on the Principles of News", the collection of essays "Just Seeking New Places", "The Heroes and the Ghosts", "Famous Mountains and Rivers" ", the history of science chapter novel "Popular Romance of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry", the collection of political commentaries "Inheritance and Transcendence", etc. Four works including "Jinci", "Xiagan", "Looking for a ferry, looking for a ferry, where to cross", and "Beauty spanning a hundred years" were selected into middle school textbooks and normal teaching materials. He has won the Youth Literature Award, the Zhao Shuli Literature Award, and the National Award for Outstanding Popular Science Works.
Madame Curie has always been one of the women whom Liang Heng admired and admired very much. He collected detailed information about Madame Curie and thought about what is the value of life and what is the true beauty of women. In 1998, it was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie. Liang Heng was then the deputy director of the National Press and Publication Administration. When he was flipping through the documents, he saw news about the commemorative activities. This once again touched him: a century has passed, Marie Curie She is getting further and further away from us, but why haven't people forgotten her yet? In the collision between reality and history, the author feels the need to help readers, especially young journalists, re-understand Marie Curie.
He said: "The influence of great men in society among the people has been very great, but this is mainly due to their great deeds and theories. What people accept is their result, the result after the process has been abandoned, so They are often kept at a distance. In many places, they are not connected to the readers. Literature is to bring back this widened distance and reveal the process before the result, which is to make readers amiable and trustworthy. , so I don’t want to repeat those results, but try to follow the melon and find those green leaves and fragrant flowers, so that readers can understand by themselves what it looks like at the beginning of the fruit and before the fruit.” So he picked up the book. With a pen for thinking, I wrote "Beauty Across a Hundred Years" in just two days. This article indeed implements the author's concept, and uses soft and profound writing to bring us closer to the great man.
After this essay was published, it received rave reviews. Liang Heng wrote a different picture of Madame Curie. First of all, the title is unconventional, "Beauty that spans a hundred years", which attracts readers' attention and makes people think: What is beauty, and why can beauty span a hundred years?
What is beauty
The beauty of Madame Curie is reflected in two aspects: "beauty of appearance and beauty of soul"
About the beauty of Madame Curie in the article There are many detailed descriptions,
Paragraph 2: Marie Curie was wearing a black dress, her fair and dignified face showed a firm and slightly indifferent expression, and her slightly sunken big shoes Eyes make you feel like you can see through everything and the future. Her report shocked the entire audience. Physics entered a new era, and her beautiful and solemn image was fixed in history and in everyone's heart.
Paragraph 5: Madame Curie belongs to that category of very beautiful women. Her portraits are now hung in scientific research and teaching institutions around the world, and we can still see her former grace.
Paragraph 5: There were very few female students in the university at that time. This beautiful foreign woman with a high forehead, blue eyes, and slender figure soon became the center of people's discussion.
There is a paragraph about her beauty that is absolutely amazing
“In order to get a better look at her or have the chance to come up and say a few words, the male students often crowded in. In the corridor outside the classroom, her girlfriend even had to use the handle of an umbrella to drive away these admirers."
Our ancient Chinese words to describe beauty include sinking fish and falling geese, closing the moon to shame the flowers, overwhelming the country... Here we write about the opposite sex. The image in the eyes uses a profile to describe its beauty.
Inner Beauty
"Mrs. Curie had great ambitions and great aspirations. She knew that only through discovery can the flowers of creation have everlasting beauty." Her "ambitions, great aspirations" "Qiu" is reflected in the fact that she not only understands personal self-esteem, but also understands the self-esteem of the nation. At that time, Poland was ruled by the Tsar. There was a statue of the Tsar's lackey on her way to school every day. When Mary passed by this place, she would always spit on her. If she forgot to talk to her girlfriend that day, she would have to spit even after she had reached the school gate. Come back and make it up.
(2). Make contributions to mankind (the highest state of scientific pursuit)
(3). Overcome yourself and have the courage to create
(4). Women strive to regain honor and status
These "ambitions and great pursuits" embody Madame Curie's beautiful world view and outlook on life.
In addition to the above four points, in specific scientific research activities, some specific examples also show the excellent qualities of Marie Curie and her inner beauty
(Discuss, talk about opinions )
(1). Indifferent to fame and fortune:
——(Paragraph 7: "She regards fame and fortune as dirt. She gave bonuses to scientific research and France during the war, and Give those medals to your 6-year-old daughter as toys”)
(2) Pursue truth and study rigorously:
——(Paragraph 3: “… Madame Curie immediately raised a new question: Are other substances radioactive? Is there another brand-new field in the world of substances? Others are picking melons, she is looking for vines, others are picking leaves, she is asking for roots.
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(3) Hard work:
*Hard working environment:
——(Paragraph 3: "And the so-called laboratory is a Abandoned shed that once held corpses for autopsy. Mary stirred the slag in the pot all day long in the smoke and fire, leaving little burn marks of acid and alkali on her dress and hands. ” )
*The social environment is also bad:
——(Paragraph 1: "...No woman has ever stepped onto the podium of the French Academy of Sciences before.")
The society at that time still had prejudices and discrimination against women. To break through these prejudices, we had to work harder than ordinary people.
——(Paragraph 4: "...This project opened up a new era of science. It seems that the great discovery should not have fallen on a woman.")
The author talks from the social and historical level at that time. The role of "seemingly" is to further prove the injustice to women in society at that time. It also proves that Mrs. Curie is not afraid of difficulties. Therefore, while condemning society, the author also highly praises Mrs. Curie.
(4) Perseverance:
—— (Paragraph 3: "Finally, after 3 years and 9 months, they extracted 0.1 grams of radium from tons of slag.")
——(Paragraph 7: "...She was as good as ever. , worked hard until she passed away at the age of 67, leaving her beloved laboratory. ")
(5), selfless and persistent, not afraid of failure:
——(Paragraph 3: "In order to refine pure radium, the Curies obtained a ton of industrial slag that may contain radium." )
(6). Have self-control:
——(No. 4 Paragraph: "...She deliberately cut her blond hair very short." )
——(Paragraph 4: "...In order to seek peace and quiet, she rented a small attic alone and only ate One meal, hard study day and night.")
(7), determination, confidence:
——(Paragraph 4: "...this talent must be made available to us. One of them showed up!" )
(8), dedication to science:
——(Paragraph 6: "...radium rays are also silently eroding her body .Her beautiful and healthy appearance was quietly fading away, and she gradually became dazzled, tinnitus, and pale and weak."
——(Paragraph 7: "Until 40 years after her death, the notebook she used remained. Inside, there are still rays that are constantly being released.”)
[Conclusion]: Madame Curie was not afraid of difficulties, had the courage to devote herself to science, despised fame and fortune, and had “big ambitions and big pursuits”. That’s all. "Beauty" lies.
Why is Madame Curie's beauty "spanning for hundreds of years"
Beauty: External beauty is temporary and perishable, while inner beauty is eternal. , unchanged.
Across a hundred years: The centenary of the death of Madame Curie.
(1) A hundred years is a virtual reference: it means "eternity". . In addition to her beauty (which cannot last forever), her great discoveries and contributions to society will last forever, and her excellent qualities and personality will last forever.
(2) The author is full of praise for her:
A. Direct lyricism:
——(Paragraph 6: "She grew up as a beautiful child The girl, a dignified and resolute female scholar,...transposed into the history of human culture")
B. Indirect lyricism:
——(Paragraph 7: "Big. The sound is like a sound, the elephant is invisible... but always maintains a kind of rational beauty)
Read these two paragraphs and experience the emotions contained in them.
Curie. The beauty of Madam inspires us. What does beauty look like in my eyes? (Everyone expresses his own opinion)
Artistic characteristics
1. Application of rhetorical techniques
This article uses metaphors, quotations, analogies, contrasts and other techniques to highlight the beauty of Madame Curie and deepen the theme.
To illustrate Madame Curie’s spirit of questioning and inquiry, she used vivid metaphors: “Someone else picked up a shell on the beach; others picked leaves and she asked about the root.” This more vividly expresses Curie’s spirit of questioning and inquiry. Lady’s spirit.
Analogies highlight the characteristics of new things through known things
(1) In 1852, Mrs. Stork wrote a book called "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which led to the outbreak of the American Civil War. Lincoln said that it was a little woman who triggered a great revolution that liberated the black slaves.
Take the example of Madame Stowe and highlight Madame Curie’s discovery (radium), which was a revolution in the scientific world and highlighted Madame Curie’s contribution to mankind.
(2) Song Yu said that there was a beautiful woman watching him on the wall for three years without being moved. Fan Zhongyan studied in a dilapidated temple before he was admitted to the imperial examination. He cooked a bowl of porridge in the morning and cut it into four pieces after it was cold, which was a day's ration.
Using the story of Song Yu and Fan Zhongyan studying hard as an analogy, I highly praise Madame Curie for having such a persistent and enterprising spirit of "no distractions".
(3) Zhuge Liang spent his whole life as a soldier, devouring Cao and Wu, but he did not wear a single armor or a sword; Mao Zedong commanded the soldiers and civilians to create a new China in the flames of war, but did not carry a gun and was not subject to Military rank. The sound is great, the great road is invisible, and a man of great wisdom is not obsessed with form, does not pursue strength, and does not adhere to skills. They live lightly, think quietly, and forge ahead persistently, until they reach the heights of wisdom, freely control the laws, and always maintain a rational beauty
It shows that the truly great people are those who win great honors Marie Curie is such a great person who stands on the high ground of wisdom.