Unit1Greatscientistsreading1课件（人教版必修5）.ppt

Unit 1 Great Scientists;Scientists:;Alexander Bell electricity Thomas Edison the First telephone Wright Brothers the electric Lamp Madame Curie black holes in Universe Franklin Theory of Gravity Steven Hawking the First Plane Elbert Einstein Radium Isaac Newton the Theory of Relativity;Archimedes (阿基米德);Charles Darwin;3. Who invented the first steam engine?;Gregor Mendel, Czech (1822- 1884) He grew pea plants and developed ideas on heredity(遗传学) and inherited (继承,承传) characteristics. Between1856-- 1863 he grew 28,000 pea plants.;Marie Curie;Leonardo da Vinci; Sir Humphry Davy, British (1778- 1829) He did research into different gases and discovered the medicinal value of nitrous(含氮的) oxide(氧化物) (or laughing gas) as an anaesthetic(麻醉剂). In 1815 he developed a safety lamp for miners. ; Zhang Heng, Chinese (78- 139) He invented the first seismograph(测震 仪、地震仪) to indicate in the direction of an earthquake. It was in the shape of a cylinder(圆筒形) with eight dragonheads round the top, each with a ball in its mouth. ; Stephen Hawking, British (1942--) He has worked in astronomy and studied black holes in space. He has shown that black holes do not only absorb everything around them but, from time to time, throw out matter as well. ;;infectious diseases : They can be spread to other people. They have an unknown cause. They are difficult to cure. They need public health care to solve them.;Skimming::;Cholera: It begins in the stomach and a severe case can lead to death without immediate treatment. And the victims died very quickly from a loss of liquid after severe vomiting(呕吐) and diarrhoea(腹泻).;Careful Reading:;Careful Reading:;Careful Reading:;Many of the deaths were near the water pump in Broad Street.;Careful Reading:;Careful Reading:;Find the main idea of each paragraph: The causes of cholera The correct or possible theory Co