第六单元 reading A课件.ppt

Unit 6 Maintaining a Sharp Eye New Practical English 呈妄溃佑拒槽串腮贴嘎孟快僻投勘容协沾大瘴欧慢泉峙斋洛良白产晾歼当第六单元 reading A课件第六单元 reading A课件 New Practical English Unit 6 Maintaining a Sharp Eye Related Information 1 Intensive Study 2 Practice 3 扒玄钙佯颁蟹逼匪戳换挑敢戳蛋霖敷椿殖稽队悔啼玛妻锡国掘卢负域哼廊第六单元 reading A课件第六单元 reading A课件 New Practical English Unit 6 Related Information  Famous Engineers   All of the people listed below made a significant contribution (directly or indirectly) to the applied engineering.  Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, FRS (1892 -1973)   James Watt (1736-1819) 霹电馈冬疯转断部衔捞径姆叙注辰慧讣芬伸圭血腺衣帚冈抽葫步刘兆碍斌第六单元 reading A课件第六单元 reading A课件 New Practical English Robert Alexander Watson-Watt was born in 1892. He was educated at Dundee and the university of St Andrews. His first line of research was in meteorology where he used short-wave radio to detect the location of thunderstorms. By combining this direction finding technique with the ranging capabilities of ionosondes, he designed a system that was capable of detecting aeroplanes. He called this system Radio Detection And Ranging (RADAR). By the autumn of 1938 radar systems were in place along the south coast of Britain and by the Battle of Britain in 1940 were able to detect enemy aircraft at any time of day and in any weather Unit 6 Related Information 媚芋家她哼晒迈舅踊杏感竟贵崇疫外蝉聪篓酷药呢检矣奈隋轿庶败墒流簇第六单元 reading A课件第六单元 reading A课件 New Practical English conditions. Watson-Watt became scientific advisor to the Air Ministry in 1940 and in 1941 went to the United States there. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941 and Knighted in 1942 for his role in the development of radar. Isambard Kingdom Brunel(1806-1859) Isambard was born in Portsmouth on April 9th, 1806. He helped his father (Sir Marc Isambard Brunel) build the first tunnel under the river Thames.   Unit 6 Related Information 狰吩象阻荧尸祖帐霸古住咀巩妙满国左逝冉屋皿训杏椎瞬刘隋萨瀑架腊均第六单元 reading A课件第六单元 reading A课件 New Practical English Brunel built gigantic steam ships ca