外研社高一英語(yǔ)必修4 module4 great scientists

1、Module 4Great ScientistsHow 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. Who

2、used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children?4. Who discovered radium?Quiz5. 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 put forward

3、a theory about black holes?He discovered why all things fall down to earth.The law of GravityNewton (1643-1727)EvolutionCharles Darwin (1809-1882)PoRadioactivityMadam Curie (1867-1934)Radium鐳鐳Alexander Bell(1847-1942)The Theory of RelativityEinstein(1879-1955)Look at the photos of great scientists.

4、Write down as much information as you can. Who is he?Qian Xuesen“father of Chinas aerospace” （太空）（太空）and “king of rockets” Name: _Name: _Nationality: _Nationality: _Major: _Major: _Inventions /discovers: Inventions /discovers: _When did he invent/discover:When did he invent/discover:_Qian XuesenChin

5、esePhysicsChinese atom bombIn 1964Who is he?Name: _Name: _Nationality: _Nationality: _Major: _Major: _Inventions /discovers: Inventions /discovers: _When did she When did she invent/discover:invent/discover:_Madam CuriePolishPhysicsRadioactivityIn 1898Who is she?Name: _Name: _Nationality: _Nationali

6、ty: _Major: _Major: _Inventions /discovers: Inventions /discovers: _When did he invent/discover:When did he invent/discover:_ArchimedesAncient GreecePhysics, MathematicsBuoyancy,About 240 BCWho is he?阿基米德阿基米德 (Archimedes, 287212BC) Give me a lever long enough and aplace to stand, and I will movethe

7、world. “father of integralcalculus”（微積分）（微積分）Name: _Name: _Nationality: _Nationality: _Major: _Major: _Inventions /discovers: Inventions /discovers: _When did he invent/discover:When did he invent/discover:_Albert EinsteinGerman / AmericanMathematical PhysicsRelativity In 1916Who is he?愛(ài)因斯坦愛(ài)因斯坦 (Alb

8、ert Einstein, 1879-1955) The Secret of Success:成功法則成功法則 A=X+Y+Z X standsfor hard work, Y for good methods, and Z means stop talking and get down to work. (Mathematical) physicist: Theory of Relativity相對(duì)論相對(duì)論(1916) (NobelPrize:1921) Stephen William Hawking Brief introduction of hawking StephenWilliamH

9、awking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. Physics professor of Cambridge University. His favorite book is hot all over the world. A brief history of time 在經(jīng)典的廣義相對(duì)論的框架里，霍金和彭羅斯證明了，在很一般的條件下，時(shí)空一定存在奇點(diǎn)，最著名的奇點(diǎn)即是黑洞里的奇點(diǎn)以及宇宙大爆炸處的奇點(diǎn)。在奇點(diǎn)處，所有定律以及可預(yù)見(jiàn)性都失效。In the f

10、rame of classical theory of relativity , hawking and Ross 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

11、holes theory-黑洞理論 黑洞理論是一個(gè)復(fù)雜的關(guān)于宇宙語(yǔ)時(shí)空的科學(xué)體系。 霍金用一個(gè)手指完成了愛(ài)因斯坦沒(méi)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. 當(dāng)你面臨著夭折的可能性，你就會(huì)意識(shí)到，生命是寶貴的，你有大量的事情要做。 God created both a genius, but also to create a fool,

12、 which does not depend on natural, individual effort is the reason for completely different results.上帝既造就天才，也造就傻瓜，這不取決于天賦，完全是個(gè)人努力程度不同的結(jié)果。 If a man does not have a dream, is dead .如果一個(gè)人沒(méi)有夢(mèng)想，無(wú)異于死掉. 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。

13、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 inherited characteristics i

14、n living things zoologybotanybiologyphysicsbiochemistrychemistrygeneticsHow do we call the persons who study these subjects? biology chemistry biochemistry botany zoology genetics physics mathematicsbiologistchemistbiochemistbotanistzoologistgeneticistphysicistmathematicianRead the passage and answe

15、r 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 used to send astronauts into space and in firework displays.Read the pas

16、sage 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. ( )FTTT Wan Hu succeeded in sending himself into the space with the help of rockets. ( )FRead the text fast and then tick what are talked about in the t