高中英语笔修5第一单元Warming up.ppt

7. Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist Last Supper Mona Lisa 8. Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground? Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) British Miniature (小型的) Miner’s Safety Lamp the Safety Lamp 9. Who invented the earliest instrument to tell people where earthquakes happened? Zhang Heng seismograph 10. Who put forward a theory  about black hole? Stephen Hawking (1942---)British A Brief History of Time made a great contribution. made great achievements. succeeded in their scientific career. overcome many difficulties. common characteristics cautious persuasive strict positive Co-operative creative bright enthusiastic 遗传学 电 浮力定理 镭 进化论 画家 蒸汽机 矿工安全灯 黑洞理论 地动仪 阿基米德 Archimedes 达尔文 Charles Darwin 纽可门 Thomas Newcomen 孟德尔 Gregor Mendel 居里夫人 Marie Curie 爱迪生 Thomas Edison 达芬奇 Leonardo de Vinci 汉弗来.戴维爵士 Sir Humphry Davy 张衡 Zhang Heng 斯蒂芬.霍金 Stephen Hawking Match the names and what they famous for. 1. discover invent invent v. 发明, 发明原先不存在的东西 Who invented the steam engine? 谁发明了蒸汽机? discover v. 发现, 探索或揭示早就客观 存在着事物 Columbus discovered America in 1492. 哥伦布于1492年发现了美洲。 Who discovered radium? 谁发现了镭? Language Points 2. explain explain sb. sth. explain sth. to sb. 3. characteristic n. / adj. Some genetic characteristics are not obvious. The two groups of children have quite different characteristics. Forgetfulness is often characteristic of aged people. (T) (F) 特有的，典型的 1)The tradition is ___________ their ancestors. 2) This spirit should be passed ______ from generation to generation. 3) Pass the letter ___ to the person next to you. 4) So many people pass ___ and never notice the change. passed from down on by 4. pass sth from… 从……处传来, 传下 pass by 路过，经过…… pass down 把……传下来 pass on 传递，传授 5.Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities? 是谁发明了把电带给大城市中的每个人的办法? the way of d