外研社高一英语必修4-module4-great-scientists

1、Module 4 Great Scientists,How many famous scientists do you know in the world?,Guess,who the scientist is ?,1.Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? 2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? 3

2、. Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children? 4. Who discovered radium?,Quiz,5. Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? 6. Who invented the earliest instrument to tell people where earthquakes happened? 7.Who p

3、ut forward a theory about black holes?,He discovered why all things fall down to earth.,The law of Gravity,Newton (1643-1727),Evolution,Charles Darwin (1809-1882),Alexander Bell (1847-1942),The Theory of Relativity,Einstein (1879-1955),爱因斯坦 (Albert Einstein, 1879-1955),The Secret of Success:成功法则 A=X

4、+Y+Z X stands for hard work, Y for good methods, and Z means stop talking and get down to work.,(Mathematical) physicist: Theory of Relativity相对论(1916) (NobelPrize:1921),Stephen William Hawking,霍金,Brief introduction of hawking,StephenWilliamHawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the dea

5、th of Galileo) in Oxford, England. Physics professor of Cambridge University. His favorite book is hot all over the world., A brief history of time ,在经典的广义相对论的框架里，霍金和彭罗斯证明了，在很一般的条件下，时空一定存在奇点，最著名的奇点即是黑洞里的奇点以及宇宙大爆炸处的奇点。在奇点处，所有定律以及可预见性都失效。 In the frame of classical theory of relativity , hawking and Ro

6、ss has proved that in a very general conditions, the space must exist singularities, the most famous singularity of a black hole is a singularity and cosmic explosions of singular. In the law, all the singularity predictability is invalid.,Black holes theory-黑洞理论,黑洞理论是一个复杂的关于宇宙语时空的科学体系。 霍金用一个手指完成了爱因

7、斯坦没有完成的工作。,Some of his sayings,When you are faced with the possibility of mortality, you realize that life is precious, and you have a lot of things to do. 当你面临着夭折的可能性，你就会意识到，生命是宝贵的，你有大量的事情要做。 God created both a genius, but also to create a fool, which does not depend on natural, individual effort i

8、s the reason for completely different results.上帝既造就天才，也造就傻瓜，这不取决于天赋，完全是个人努力程度不同的结果。 If a man does not have a dream, is dead .如果一个人没有梦想，无异于死掉. Life is not fair, regardless of your circumstances, you can only do your best. 生活是不公平的，不管你的境遇如何，你只能全力以赴。,Look at the photos of great scientists. Write down as

9、 much information as you can.,Who is he?,Qian Xuesen,“father of Chinas aerospace” （太空）and “king of rockets”,Name: _ Nationality: _ Major: _ Inventions /discovers: _ When did he invent/discover: _,Qian Xuesen,Chinese,Physics,Chinese atom bomb,In 1964,Who is he?,Po,Radioactivity,Madam Curie (1867-1934

10、),Name: _ Nationality: _ Major: _ Inventions /discovers: _ When did she invent/discover: _,Madam Curie,Polish,Physics,Radioactivity,In 1898,Who is she?,Name: _ Nationality: _ Major: _ Inventions /discovers: _ When did he invent/discover: _,Archimedes,Ancient Greece,Physics, Mathematics,Buoyancy,Abou

11、t 240 BC,Who is he?,阿基米德 (Archimedes, 287212BC),Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world.,Name: _ Nationality: _ Major: _ Inventions /discovers: _ When did he invent/discover: _,Albert Einstein,German / American,Mathematical Physics,Relativity,In 1916,Who is he?,杂交

12、水稻之父,father of hybrid rice,Yuan Longping,The study of animals The study of plants The study of all living things The study of physical objects and natural forces. The study of chemical process in living things. The study of the structure of substances and how the react with each other. The study of

13、inherited characteristics in living things,zoology,botany,biology,physics,biochemistry,chemistry,genetics,How do we call the persons who study these subjects?,biology chemistry biochemistry botany zoology genetics physics mathematics,biologist chemist biochemist botanist zoologist geneticist physici

14、st mathematician,Cultural Corner,Rockets,Read the passage and answer the questions.,1. How were rockets invented? 2. What are they used for today?,By accident when people threw bamboo tubes with gunpowder inside into the fire to make explosions and saw that some of them flew into the air.,They are u

15、sed to send astronauts into space and in firework displays.,Read the passage again and decide whether the statements are T/F.,Today rockers are only used to send astronauts into the space. ( ) Rockets were invented by Chinese about 2,000 years ago. ( ) It was in the Song Dynasty that rockets were first used in wars. ( ) It is believed that Europeans learned how to make rockets from the Mongols. ( ),F,T,T,T,Wan Hu succeeded in sending himself into the space with the help of rockets. ( ),F,Read the text fast and then tick what are talked about in the text.,What ro