高二上UNIT1Warming up Listening and speaking.pptVIP

This woman is one of the greatest scientists of all times. Even her name tells you that she likes science: a good scientist should want to find out answers and ask many questions – in other words they should be curious. This woman was certainly curious. Together with her husband, she tried to learn the secrets of radioactivity. The couple were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. Eighty years later, she received a second Nobel Prize, this time for chemistry. Listening text: 1 It is said that this English gentleman was sitting in his garden one day when suddenly he was hit by a falling apple. The story is probably not true, but this man did mention that he got one of his best-known ideas while watching apples fall from a tree. His name makes you think that he was not too interested in old things. He discovered the force of gravity, and he drew up a system of how objects move. His laws for motion are still used in physics today, at least in schools and universities. Listening text: 2 Food is what sets this great mind on fire. Rice, to be exact. This great mind has spent most of his life looking for ways to help farmers grow more rice so that all of us will have enough food to eat. He is known as the father of modern rice, but because of his long friendship with all the farmers in China, he would rather be known as “the farmer”. Listening text: 3 Great mind No 4: you What are you interested in? Write a short paragraph about what you would like to invent, discover or be. I am no fire for environmental protection. I want to learn more about animals, plants and the earth in order to be able to find new ways to protect the environment. I believe that most people would help protect the environment if they knew more about it, so I will try to help educate people and teach them about the environment. I think this is very important because we must change our behaviour if we want to save our planet. I am on fire for languages! I love learning English and I want to s