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Scientific Breakthroughs Guessing game Reading strategy Match the scientists with their discoveries or inventions (books closed) Albert Einstein penicillin Edwin Hubble the first computer Alexander Fleming other galaxy Eckert and Mauchly microwave Percy Spencer the theory of relativity Reading strategy 4: identify important words In order to help the US Navy improve the a_______ of their m____ during the Second World War. Eckert and Mauchly produced the world’s first c________. Today we can use handy m________ oven to prepare meals in minutes. We should be g______ for Percy Spencer, because he discovered microwave by c______ . Scientists f___ ___ how to split the atom and changed the way we c_________ from writing letters to emailing. 1.Which of the discoveries mentioned in the text has been the most important so far? Why? 2.Which discovery will have the most important influences in the future? Why? 3. Which of the scientists in the text do you admire the most? Why? 1. Review the text. 2. Do exercise 1, 2, and 3 on page 70. Thank you * * Unit 20 lesson3 Yuan Longping The father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻） Stephen Hawking The author of A Brief History of Time Madame Curie She discovered radium（镭） and won two Nobel Prizes Albert Einstein He discovered famous mathematical formula e=mc2 and create Theory of Relativity.(相对论） Let’s have a quiz about science and scientist. Good Luck! 1. The Origin of Species was published in 1859. The book showed that people had developed from apes instead. Who is the author? A. Leonardo do Vinci B. Charles Darwin C. Stephen Hawking 2. Who said that ‘Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration’? A. Albert Einstein B. Madame Curie C. Thomas Edison 3. This mathematician found that the force of the water pushing it up is the same as the weight o