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Unit 1 Great Scientists 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). 1. Read the passage and number these events in the order that they happened _John Snow began to test two theories. __An outbreak of cholera hit London in 1854. __John Snow marked the deaths on a map. __He announced that the water carried the disease. __John Snow investigated two streets where the outbreak was very severe. __King Cholera was defeated. __He found that most of the deaths were near a water pump. __He had the handle removed from the water pump. * * Unit 1 Great scientists 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 Warming Up Match the names and what they famous for . Do you know the great scientists? 1.Who invented the first modern steam engine? James Watt (瓦特) 2.Who discovered radium? Madame Curie 3. Who is the inventor of electric light bulb(电灯)? Thomas Edison 4.Who invented the earliest instrument to tell people where earthquakes happened? Zhang Heng 1.Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? Archimedes (287-212 BC) an ancient Greek mathematicianphysicist) 2.Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? Charles Darwin (1808-1882) British author of The Origin of Species “father of modern biology” 7.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist 8.Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground? Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829)British Miniature Miners Safety Lamp 10.Who put forward a theory about