Unit1 Great scientists www.chinaedu.com

The 1st Period

What do you know about great scientists? Try this quiz and find out who knows the most.(Finish the Quiz Questions on P1.)

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 the railways.

1.Who invented the first steam engine?

Charles Darwin (1808-1882) Britishauthor of The Origin of Species

2.Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed?

3.Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float?

Archimedes (287-212 BC) an ancient Greek mathematician&physicist)

4.Who discovered radium?

Marie Curie (1867-1934) (Polish and French, won two Nobel Prizes)

Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

an American inventor

5.Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody

in large cities?

Last Supper

Mona Lisa

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist

6.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people?

7 invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground?

Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829)British

Miniature Miner's Safety Lamp

8.Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children?

Gregor Mendel

(1822-1884) Czech ( 捷克人 )

Zhang Heng

(78-139) Chinese, invented

9.Who invented the earliest

Instrument to tell people where

Earthquakes happened?

seismograph

10.Who put forward a theory about black holes?

Stephen Hawking (1942--) a British astronomer

Q Answer

1. Thomas Newcomen (British, improved the first steam pump and turned it into a steam engine for taking water out of mines in 1712)

2. Charles Darwin (author of The Origin of Species )

3. Archimedes (an ancient Greek mathematician

4. Marie Curie (Polish and French, won two Nobel Prizes)

5. Thomas Edison (an American inventor)

6. Leonardo da Vinci (a famous Italian artist)

7. Sir Humphry Davy (British)

8. Gregor Mendel (Czech)

9. Zhang Heng (Chinese, invented seismograph)

10. Stephen Hawking (a British astronomer)

Word Study

1. Read the new words after the tape.

2. Choose the correct words to complete the following sentences.

1) John Snow devoted himself to ________(science, scientific) research.

2) He worked hard until he drew a ____________(conclude, conclusion) in 1854.

3) The boy needs one more stamp to make his collection __________ (complete, completely)

scientific

conclusion

complete

4)____________(Apart from, Except) that 10 dollars, I have another ten given by my mother.

5)Cholera was a ________disease. Many people _____ of it. (dead, die , death, deadly)

6) People who had drunk the __________ (polluting, polluted) water were dead.

7) I will tell him the good news ____________ I see him. (immediate, immediately)

8) I suggest _______(to have, having) a rest after working for such a long time.

polluted

Apart from

died

immediately

having

deadly

1. Who _______________ a theory about black holes?

2. What ______________ did you draw?

3.The car went out of ___________ and crashed.

4. SARS is a terrible _____________ disease.

5. He _____________ a difficult argument skillfully.

6.The cholera outbreak was so ________ that more than 500 people had died in 10 days.

7. Everyone was silent as he ___________ the winner of the match.

8._____________ visiting the zoo, we went to the museum.

put forward

conclusions

control

infectious

handled

severe

announced

In addition to

put forward infectious announce conclusion

handle control severe in addition to

n. v. adj.infection

examination=exam

sciencescientist

conclude

analysis

defeat

valueannouncement /announcer

Fill in the form.

n. v. adj.infection infect infectious

examination=exam

examine

sciencescientist

scientific

conclusion conclude

analysis analyse

defeat defeat

value value valuableannouncement

announcer announce

Pre-reading (Discussion)

1. What five most important qualities do you think a scientist should have? Give the reasons.(group work)

careful clever strict patient creative strong-willed generous serious intelligent honest ambitious humorous

2. Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific research? Discuss in groups the stages in examining a new scientific

idea.What order would you put them in? (pair work)

Draw a conclusion Think of a method Collect results Make up a question Find a problem Analyse the results Repeat if necessary

After reading the following passage, put the correct stages into the reading about research into a disease.

1.Read the passage John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”.

2. Learn the new words by heart and prepare for tomorrow’s dictation.