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1、Unit1GreatScientistsWhatdoyouknowaboutgreatscientists?TrythequizonP1andfindoutwhoknowsthemost.Warmingup1.Whichscientistdiscoveredthatobjectsinwaterareliftedupbyaforcethathelpsthemfloat?Archimedes(287-212BC)anancientGreekmathematician&physicist2.Whowroteabookexplaininghowani

2、malsandplantsdevelopedastheenvironmentchanged?CharlesDarwin(1808-1882)BritishauthorofTheOriginofSpecies3.Whoinventedthefirststeamengine?ThomasNewcomen(1663-1729)British,improvedthefirststeampumpandturneditintoasteamenginefortakingwateroutofminesin1712.JamesWattimproveditand

3、turneditintothefirstmodernsteamengineusedontherailways.4.Whousedpeastoshowhowphysicalcharacteristicsarepassedfromparentstotheirchildren?GregorMendel(1822-1884)Czech(捷克人)5.Whodiscoveredradium?MarieCurie(1867-1934)(PolishandFrench,wontwoNobelPrizes)6.Whoinventedthewayofgiving

4、electricitytoeverybodyinlargecities?ThomasEdison(1847-1931)anAmericaninventor7.Whowasthepainterthatstudieddeadbodiestoimprovehispaintingofpeople?LastSupperMonaLisaLeonardodaVinci(1452-1519)Italianartist8.Whoinventedalamptokeepminerssafeunderground?SirHumphryDavy(1778-1829)B

5、ritishMiniatureMiner'sSafetyLamp9.Whoinventedtheearliestinstrumenttotellpeoplewhereearthquakeshappened?ZhangHeng(78-139)Chinese,inventedseismograph10.Whoputforwardatheoryaboutblackholes?StephenHawking(1942--)aBritishastronomer1.DoyouknowaboutSARS?Itisakindofterribleinfectio

6、usdiseasecausedbydrinkingdirtywateranditcausedalotofdeathsintheoldtimesanditwasverydifficulttodefeat.Itisakindofterribleinfectiousdisease,whichkilledmanypeople.2.Doyouknowaboutcholera?ButJohnSnow,awell-knowndoctorinthe19thcenturyinLondon,defeated“KingCholera”.JohnSnowDefeat

7、s“KingCholera”Let’sgettoknowhowDr.JohnSnowdefeated“KingCholera”in:JohnSnow(1813-1854)“Forhispersistenteffortstodeterminehowcholerawasspreadandforthestatisticalmappingmethodsheinitiated,JohnSnowiswidelyconsideredtobethefatherofepidemiology(流行病学)."JohnSnowDefeats“KingCholera”

8、Whycouldn'tcholerabecontrolledatfirst?ItscausewasnotunderstoodItscurewasnotunderst