1、Unit 1 Great Scientists2021/8/8 星期日1Learning Goals What will we learn in Unit 1? Go through the summing up form on p 82021/8/8 星期日2Word study ( P 99) Pair work* Read the new words aloud, and pay attention to the pronunciation 2021/8/8 星期日3 n. v. adj.infectionexamination=examscience , scientistconclu

2、deanalysis defeatvalue Use the correct form of the words in this unit to fill in the chart.2021/8/8 星期日4infectionexaminationscience, scientist concludeanalysis defeatvalueinfectinfectiousexaminescientificconclusionanalysedefeatvaluevaluable2021/8/8 星期日5 n. v. adj.instructor,instructioncontribution,c

3、ontributorcontributivecreatecalculatemovecompletionenthusiasm instructinstructivecontributecreationcreativecalculation movementmovablecompletecomplete enthusiastic2021/8/8 星期日6 What do you know about great scientists? Try the quiz on P1 and find out who knows the most. Warming up2021/8/8 星期日71.Which

4、 scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float?Archimedes (287-212 BC) an ancient Greek mathematician & physicist2021/8/8 星期日82.Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed?Charles Darwin (1808-1882) British autho

5、r of The Origin of Species 2021/8/8 星期日93.Who invented the first steam engine?Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) British, improved the first steam pump and turned it into a steam engine for taking water out of mines in 1712. James Watt improved it and turned it into the first modern steam engine used on th

6、e railways. 2021/8/8 星期日104.Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children?Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) Czech (捷克人)2021/8/8 星期日115.Who discovered radium?Marie Curie (1867-1934) (Polish and French, won two Nobel Prizes)2021/8/8 星期日126.Who invented the way of

7、 giving electricity to everybody in large cities?Thomas Edison (1847-1931) an American inventor2021/8/8 星期日13Thomas EdisonThe Inventions of Thomas Edison Phonograph 留聲機LightbulbMotion Pictures2021/8/8 星期日147.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? Last SupperM

8、ona LisaLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist2021/8/8 星期日158.Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground?Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829)BritishMiniature Miners Safety Lamp 2021/8/8 星期日169.Who invented the earliest instrument to tell people where earthquakes happened?Zhang Heng(78-139) Ch

9、inese, invented seismograph2021/8/8 星期日1710.Who put forward a theory about black holes?Stephen Hawking (1942-) a British astronomer2021/8/8 星期日18Q Answer1.Archimedes2.Charles Darwin3.Thomas Newcomen 4.Gregor Mendel5.Marie Curie6.Thomas Edison7.Leonardo da Vinci8.Sir Humphry Davy9.Zhang Heng10.Stephe

10、n Hawking2021/8/8 星期日19Pre-reading (pair discussion) What five most important qualities do you think a scientist should have? Give reasons. careful clever strict patient creative strong-willed honest serious intelligent humorous ambitious generous2021/8/8 星期日201. Listening exercise P41,Ex 1&22. Speaking task (p46) write some key words to the Qs to help your talk on your book and prepare to introduce the scientist you admire most