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Alexander Bell Electricity

Thomas Edison The First Telephone

Laite Brothers The Electric Lamp

Madame Curie Black Holes in Universe

Franklin Theory of Gravity

Steven Hawking The First Plane

Elbert Einstein Radium

Isaac Newton The Theory of Relativity

Edison

Issac Newton 1642-1727

Which one do you think is the most important? Why ?

Electricity

Cars

Aeroplanes

Radio and television

The Internet

Cloning

The Theory of Gravity

Nuclear science

Solar energy

Do these achievements have anything in common ? If so, what ?

They have a great effect on

people’s life.

They change the lifestyle and make

the human society move on and become more comfortable.

They are all important and useful for the development of mankind and society.

Listening

Listen to Part 1 and complete the chart below

Can you explain Tomlinson’s message?

__________________________________________

The first man who

set foot on the

moon

come here

Make the first

telephone

Send the first

e-mail message

It was meaningless and just some timeless letters.

2. Listen to part 2 and complete the sentences below.

The words “__________________” are famous because they are the ___________ of The Constitution of the United States of America.

“Eureka” is a word from the ______ language and means ________________

If you ask a father, he might say: “______”

If you ask a mother, she might say: “______”

we , the people

first words

Greek

“I have found it”

Daddy

Mommy

Guess the word according to the meaning given:

1. the opposite of “public”

2. a synonym of “depend”

3. to point a gun

4. gradual development

5. the lowest or bottom part

_____________________

_____________________

_____________________

_____________________

_____________________

private

rely

aim

evolution

valley

6. of the sun

7. an organization for educational or research purpose

8. an act of marching

9. to finish successfully

10. to bear the weight of

11. lack of success

solar

institute

march

achieve

support

failure

__________

______________

______________

______________

______________

______________

rely on

We rely increasingly on computer for help.

She can’t be relied on to tell the truth.

You can rely on me to keep your secret.

arrange : put in order; make tidy;

organize in advance

She arranged all her business affairs before going on holiday.

They will arrange a dinner to celebrate their anniversary.

Her marriage was arranged by his parents.

arrange for sb. / sth. to do sth

I’ve arranged for a car to meet you at the airport.

arrange with sb. about sth.

I’ve arranged with the neighbours about feeding the cat.

mark v. / n.

Mark your name on your clothes.

Mark your clothes with your name.

Prices are marked on the goods.

Her death marked the end of an era.

Mark examination papers.

She got 80 marks of 100 for maths.

There are black marks on his white trousers

Neil Armstrong

Alexander Graham Bell

Ray Tomlinson

Aeroplanes

Aeroplanes

Newton

Galileo

Edison

Watt

Curie

Bell

Franklin

Einstein

Nobel

Flaming

Hawking

Joule

杨振宁

李政道

丁肇中

李远哲

朱棣文

崔 琦

王 选

袁隆平

钱学森

陈景润

P 1:Something you do in your free time

P 2:What is under your feet __________

P 1:The way into a park or yard

P 2:Someone keeping or taking care of sth. _______________

P 1:Part of the car that makes rhe power to move

P2:a traffic tool which can move with two wheels _______________

playground

gatekeeper

motorbike

Nuclear energy :

Advantages :

Can make all the electricity we nee;

Not pollute the environment

Disadvantages :

Great danger in case of accident;

very expensive to build;

Unsafe to all life if not controlled

Clone :

Advantages :

can help some women have babies;

can help medical research

Disadvantages :

not natural to make people

dangerous; people use it to do strange things

computer :

Advantages :

Easier to keep and use information better

Make communication faster

Disadvantages :

Unsafe because of viruses

Difficult to control when sth. goes wrong

Space flights :

Advantages :

Makes research outer space possible

Put communication satellites in space

Disadvantages :

Expensive and dangerous

If sth. goes wrong it is difficult to help and rescue people

Louis Pasteur

1822-1895

Germs

John Snow

1813-1858

Spread of disease

Florence Nightingale

1820-1910

Pie chart

Beatrix Potter

1866-1943

Seeds of mushrooms

Charles Darwin

1809-1882

Evolution

Carl Linnaeus

1707-1778

Naming plants

Biology

Chemists

Mendeleev

1834-1907 Periodic Table of elements

Gay-Lussac

1778-1850

Gas Laws

Watson Crick

DNA