英语：20.3《New Frontiers》课件（北师大版选修7）.pptVIP

ks5u精品课件 Read the text and check your guesses from Exercise 2. Careful Reading 1. Einstein was at work when he thought of the equation “E=mc2 ”. This outspoken young man was rocking his one-year-old baby when he was suddenly inspired. “E=mc2”was born. 2. Einstein participated in the program that developed the nuclear bomb. 3. Einstein observed changes in time, size and mass. Einstein then showed in his “theory of relativity” that not even time, mass or length are constant ---they change according to our experience of them. 4. Hubble studied the universe for over twenty years. He began the long, slow process of exploring our galaxy. 5. Hubble discovered that our galaxy is bigger than we thought it was. He discovered small areas of mist which were in fact galaxies like own, millions of light years …than had previously been thought. 7. There was a blue mould around the bacteria in the dish. He double-checked and saw a blue mould in the dish around which the bacteria had been destroyed. 8. Fleming developed the process for making penicillin. He said: “Nature made it, and he found it.” 9. The first computer project failed to meet its original goal. The US navy wanted to improve the accuracy of their missiles. But they only finished after the war in 1946. 10. The first computer was extremely difficult to program. 11. The scientists who discovered microwaves invented microwave ovens. We have Percy Spencer to thank. This inventor, with 120 patents to his name, discovered microwaves when he was experimenting with Radars and noticed a chocolate melting in his pockets. 12. Today, it is possible to donate your heart to hospital when you die. Medical advances ranged from discovering the causes of diseases under microscopes to surgical procedures replacing diseases organs with donated ones. c) compound noun adjective + noun d) compound verb e) compound adjective * * * Unit20 lesson3 Scientific Breakthro