1、Unit 11 Scientific achievementsWarming up and listening Alexander Bell electricity Thomas Edison the First telephoneLaite Brothers the electric LampMadame Curie black holes in UniverseFranklin Theory of GravitySteven Hawking the First PlaneElbert Einstein RadiumIsaac Newton the Theory of RelativityC

2、omputerThe first computer in the world. Who invented the computer? is not a question with a simple answer. The real answer is that many inventors contributed to the history of computers and that a computer is a complex piece of machinery made up of many parts, each of which can be considered a separ

3、ate invention. Do you know who invented the first computer in the world?EdisonEdisonMaglev TrainIssac Newton 1642-1727 Which scientific achievement is the most important? Why?ElectricityCarsAero planesRadio and televisionThe InternetCloningThe Theory of GravityNuclear scienceSolar energyWhat do they

4、 have in common?Make life better and easier.Change the way we liveHelp us understand what we couldnt understand before.Lead to new discoveries and advances in science.Help us develop society.Alexander G Bell 1847-1922 A pioneer in the field of telecommunications, he was interested in the education o

5、f deaf people. This interest lead him to invent the microphone and, in 1876, a telephone. Wow! (Neil Armstrong was born on August 5,1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio ) the first person to touch the Moons surface. His unforgettable phrase, Thats one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind. Ray Tomlinso

6、n (born 1941) : inventor of the first “killer app”(招人喜愛的應用程序招人喜愛的應用程序) He chose the symbol to mark the difference between a message that needed to go to different mailboxes- e-mail.Some new words in the listening:announce:document:constitution:Greece:Greek:make sth known publiclypaper, giving inform

7、ation about sth憲法a name of a countryof Greece or its people or language1.The first listening and try to get the main idea of the whole passage.The first astronaut to set foot on the moon.Some famous scientists great scientific achievements.Some famous first words said by some famous persons.2. Which

8、 of the following is not right? All famous first words arent always beautiful or wise.The first e-mail message is “QWERTYUIOP”, sent by Ray Tomlinson, who wanted to tell his friend something important.a. It was Alexander Bell who made the first telephone.Listen to part 1 and complete the chart below

9、.WordsSpeakerAchievementThats one small step for a man ,one giant leap for mankindNeil ArmstrongMr Watson,_; I want you.Alexander G BellQWERTYUIOPRay TomlinsonSet foot on the moon first Invented the telephone and made the first call Sent first e-mail messagecome here Can you explain Tomlinsons messa

10、ge? _It was meaningless and just some timeless letters 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

11、first wordsGreek I have found itDaddy Mommy Part 2.Listen to the 2nd part and fill in the blanks 1. Words can also become famous because they are used in important _.2. Other words have been made famous through stories about great _. Archimedes is said to _ _ an important law of physics when he was

12、taking a _. Watching the water of his bath on the floor, he said “Eureka”, _ “I have found it.”3. Of course , perhaps the most famous and important words in the world are the first words a _ speaks. Proud parents often tell their friends about the important event, but mothers and fathers _ agree on

13、what the first word was. Depending on who you ask, that word is either Well, can you guess?documentseventshavediscoveredbathmeaningbabyseldomA Long March RocketListening P 811. Yang Liweis mission lasted 21 hours.2. .thousands of people have worked together to make it possible.Yang Liweis mission wa

14、s made possible by the team of scientists that have developed the Long March Rocket and the Shenzhou 5 Space Capsule.(太空艙)3. The reporters asked Yang Liwei about4. He said he had not seen the Great Wall.Part 1his family his backgroundwhat he had seen his training2.So what did Yang Liwei have to do i

15、n order to become an astronaut? First, he _ in school, where he was especially good at _. After graduating, Yang Liwei _ to be a fighter pilot. In order to be successful, he had to _ both his _ and his _. To become an astronaut, he had to prove that he was _, _ and _ to succeed. He also had to learn

16、 about the _, the _, how to _, how rockets work and how to _ in space. studied hard maths was trained develop mind body strong intelligent determined earth weather recognise stars find ones way Yang was always good at maths, but he had problems with _. He knew that he must be good at _ if he wanted

17、to be an astronaut, so he asked his wife to practice English with him. After much _, Yang succeeded and passes the _.Yang Liwei is a _ man. People who have worked with him say he knows how to _ _. Once when Yang Liwei was flying a plane, one of the _ stopped. Yang _ and with great _ managed to _.English all subjects hard workEnglish test brave deal with danger engines stayed calm skill keep the plane in the airJust as he reached the airport, the _ _ stopped, too. Still _, he landed safely without _.Even though Yang Liwei