Unit 1 Great Scientists 朱玉华
Who is he? What is his achievement?
• A great scientist • Father of Hybrid Rice • The man who puts an end to hunger
Quiz
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 invented the first steam engine? 4. Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children? 5. Who discovered radium? Archimedes/.a:ki`mi:di:z/ Charles Darwin Thomas Newcomen Gregor Mendel Marie Curie [mз„ri] [‟kjuзri]
Charles Darwin
• Britain (1808-1882) • The Origin of Species
Thomas Newcomen
He made a significant contribution to the Industrial Revolution with his invention of the Steam engine.
Think about other infectious diseases you have known?
Marie Curie
• Polish and French (1867-1934)
6. Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities? 7. Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? 8. Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground? 9. Who invented the earliest instrument to tell people where earthquakes happened? 10.Who put forward a theory about black holes?
Stephen Hawking
• British (1942-) • Theoretical Physicist A Brief History of Time
John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
Pre-reading: Make a prediction about what this text will be about according to the title.
Thomas Edison Sir Humphry Davy Stephen Hawking Leonardo da Vinci[liəu'nɑ:dəudə'vintʃi] Zhang Heng
Thomas Edison
• American (1847-1931)
Zhang Heng
• Chinese (78-139)John NhomakorabeaSnow
• British ( 1813~ 1858) • a legendary(传说中的) figure in the history of public health,
霍乱(cholera)，早期译作虎烈拉，是由霍乱 弧菌所致的烈性肠道传染病(infectious disease) ，解放后我国已消灭本病。霍乱为 我国法定的甲级烈性传染病，要求在发现确 诊或疑似病例后2小时内上报