大学体验英语三Unit2.ppt

Nobel and Nobel Prize Nobel and Nobel Prize Nobel and Nobel Prize Nobel Prize inPhysiology or Medicine Nobel Prize inPhysiology or Medicine Cambridge University Press publishes the finest academic and educational writing from around the world. As a department of the University of Cambridge, its purpose is to further the Universitys objective of advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. Cambridge is not just a leading British publisher, it is the oldest printer and publisher in the world and one of the largest academic publishers globally Cambridge University is one of the oldest universities in the world and one of the largest in the UK. The Earliest records of its existence are from 1209. Cambridge University will be celebrating its 800th anniversary in 2009 with unique events and access to historic buildings. This would be a good year to visit! All this emphasises that Cambridge University is continuing to build on its world-wide reputation for outstanding academic achievement. This reflects both the high quality of its students and the world-class original research carried out by its staff. One of the ways of measuring such achievement is through the winning of awards, and the most famous award of all is the NOBEL PRIZE. Cambridge Nobel Prize winners include: James Chadwell – for discovering the Neutron Bertrand Russell - for Literature (History of Western Philosophy) Crick and Watson - for discovering the structure of DNA Famous people who were students and staff at Cambridge University include: 1.Sir Isaac Newton牛頓 – who first proposed提議 the existence存在 of gravity地心引力 2.Charles Darwin達爾文 – who first proposed the theory of evolution進展 3.Sir Frank Whittle – the inventor of the jet engine噴射引擎 惠特爾-英國發明家和飛行員，製造了英國最早的噴射推進裝置。他在皇家空軍學校取得駕駛員資格，1928年被編入戰 4.Professor Stephen Hawking – Who first proposed the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe and wrote the best-selling “A brief history of time”:”時 間 簡 史” 霍 金 教 授 全 名 是 史 提 芬 ? 威 廉 ? 霍 金 (Ste