课件24张PPT。高二必修5Unit 1 Great Scientists
Warming up & Listening and speaking
学习目标
1. To learn how to describe people.
2. To help us better understand ―Great scientists.
情景导入There are some great scientific achievements that have changed the world.
Can you name some of them?
What kind of role do they play in the field of science?
Do these achievements have anything in common?
Who is he?He is … Archimedes (阿基米德).Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float?新课讲解Warming UpCharles Darwin.Who is he?He is … Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed?新课讲解Thomas Newcomen.Who is he?He is … Who invented the first steam engine?新课讲解Gregor Mendel.Who is he?He is … Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children?新课讲解Marie Curie.Who is he?She is … Who discovered radium?新课讲解Thomas Edison.Who is he?He is … Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities?新课讲解Leonardo da Vinci.Who is he?He is … Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people?新课讲解Humphry Davy.Who is he?He is … Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground?新课讲解 Stephen Hawking.Who is he?He is … Who put forward a theory about black holes? 新课讲解Qian Xuesen新课讲解Listening and speakingWhat do you know about Qian Xuesen? Qian Xuesen, father of Missile in China, was born in Hangzhou.
As an academician, he has contributed greatly to the astronautical industry of the country. 新课讲解Look at the picture and predict the content of the listening. 新课讲解Before we begin to listen, read the new words in the material:
astronomer (天文学家)
astronaut (宇航员)
institute (研究所)新课讲解 Listen to Parts 1 and 2 of the tape for the first time and write down the main idea. Listening It is about the role of Qian Xuesen in the development of space technology in China. 新课讲解Listen to part 1 again and answer the questions1. What did Qian Xuesen study first?
Qian Xuesen first studied to be an engineer.
2. What experience did he get in America
that was very useful for China?
In America he began to work on space
rockets so that he was able to develop a space
program when he came back to China.
新课讲解What was Qian Xuesen’s main achievement when he returned to China?
When Qian Xuesen returned to China he set up a space institute to begin training people in how to design and build rockets.新课讲解1. China astronauts in space
2. Chinese satellites in spaceListen to Part 2 and fill in the chart below.1. become a rocket scientist
2. be the first to land on Mars and put Qian
Xuesen’s picture there新课讲解In groups discuss a scientific job you might choose in the future. 小组活动 What personality will be needed?
How long will the training take?
What work experience would be useful?
How will you prepare for this career?
Why are you so interested in this job?These questions may help you:
What kind of scientific job do you want to do?
What education will you need? 小组活动小组活动 Show Time随堂检测请完成《 Unit 1 Great scientists-Warming up》随堂测试!