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Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world
Welcome to the unit
The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
— Irving Langmuir
科学家的驱动力主要是好奇心和对真理的渴望。
欧文﹒朗缪尔,美国化学家、物理学家,因在表面化学上的贡献于1932年获得诺贝尔化学奖。
Stephen Hawking
1942-2018
had to sit in a wheelchair and couldn’t speak because of the disease
study blackhole & universe
Yuan Longping
A well-known agricultural scientist
received the Medal of the Republic共和国勋章
The Father of Hybrid rice
1. What else do you know about the two scientists in the video
Yuan Longping has an asteriod
/ st r d/(小行星) named after him. In 1999. the asteroid project team who discovered it decided to honour this great man for his achievement in developing hybrid rice(杂交水稻). The asteroid is called“Yuan Longping star”.
Many scientists have changed our lives and made a difference to the world. Watch the video and finish the following exercises.
Yuan Longping
● In 1953, he ____________________ South-west Agricultural College.
● In the 1970s, he _____________________________the first hybrid rice varieties.
Stephen Hawking
● He _____________________________________the field of general relativity.
● In 1988, A Brief History of Time was published and stayed on a bestseller list for ___________.
Scientists who changed the world
Listening
Yuan Longping
● In 1953, he ____________________ South-west Agricultural College.
● In the 1970s, he _____________________________the first hybrid rice varieties.
Stephen Hawking
● He _____________________________________the field of general relativity.
● In 1988, A Brief History of Time was published and stayed on a bestseller list for ___________.
Scientists who changed the world
graduated from
succeeded in developing
made great contributions to
237 weeks
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
Thomas Edison
Li Siguang
Deng Jiaxian
Tu Youyou
Yuan Longping
Stephen Hawking
Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities
Thomas Edison
爱迪生
Which scientists discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float
Archimedes
/ ɑ ki mi di z/
阿基米德
Who invented the first advanced steam engine
James Watt
瓦特
Tu Youyou
A Chinese female scientist
A Nobel Prize winner
Isaac/ a z k/
Newton
a famous British physicist
Invented the reflecting telescope
Charles Darwin
the founder of evolution
The Origin of Species
Marie Curie/ kj ri/
a two-time Nobel Prize winner
one for physics (1903)
and one for chemistry (1911)
discovered polonium钋 & radium
Qian Xuesen
was known as the “Father of Chinese Aerospace” and “King of Rocketry”
Hydrogen bomb
atomic bomb
Man-made satellite
The father of hepatobiliary surgery in China
What do they have in common
What do you know about the Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel‘s will of 1895, are awarded to “those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”.
Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace Nobel Prizes (物理学、化学、生理学或医学奖、文学奖和和平奖)are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields.
adj. 先前的,前面的
v. 授予,赋予;商讨,交换意见
adj. 有威望的,有声望的
Alfred Nobel
A Swedish chemist and engineer
Started the Nobel Prize
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B1
Raymond is listening to a lecture about the scientist Alfred Nobel.
B1:
1 f 2 c 3 d 4 e 5 a 6 b
B2
Raymond is talking to his friend Debby about Alfred Nobel.
B2 Raymond is talking to his friend Debby about Alfred Nobel.Please complete the notes.
1 private teachers
2 five languages
3 17
4 the latest technological advances
5 350 inventions
6 his last will