[中学联盟]浙江省杭州市塘栖中学高中英语必修五教学课件：B5U1 Warming up reading.ppt

What do you know about great scientists? Try this quiz and find out who knows the most. What is Cholera? Cholera is the illness caused by a bacterium called Vibrio [‘vibri?u] cholerae. It infects people’s intestines [in‘testin] (肠), causing diarrhea(腹泻), vomiting(呕吐) and leg cramps(痉挛). The most common cause of cholera is by someone eating food or drinking water that has been infected with the bacteria. Number these events in the order that they happened. * Unit 1 Great scientists Galileo Galilei Benjamin Franklin Newton Alexander Bell Albert Einstein the theory of falling objects lightning the law of gravity telephone Scientists Achievements the theory of relativity Match the achievements with the scientists below. 1. Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? B. Archimedes [a:kimi:di:z] C. Thomas Edison A. Charles Darwin Archimedes (287-212 BC), an ancient Greek mathematician physicist 2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? Marie Curie C. Charles Darwin B. Gregor Mendel Charles Darwin (1808-1882), British author of The Origin of Species 3. Who invented the first steam engine? Thomas Newcomen C. Thomas Edison B. Archimedes Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729), British, improved the first steam pump and turned it into a steam engine for taking water out of mines in 1712. 4. Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children? Thomas Edison C. Archimedes B. Gregor Mendel Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), developed ideas on heredity (遗传学) and inherited (继承, 承传) characteristics 5. Who discovered radium? C. Marie Curie B. Newton A. Zhang Heng Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish and French, won two Nobel Prizes. 6. Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities? Stephen Hawking 　 C. Thomas