高中英语新教材北师大版（2019）选修四课件 Unit12 Lesson1 Scientific Breakthroughs.pptxVIP

UNIT 12 innovation LESSON 1 Scientific Breakthroughs;;;;Some discoveries or inventions in the 20th century;Means of transport;Wright Brothers;;Neil Alden Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon.;The first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.;Albert Einstein was considered the greatest scientist of the 20th century. His greatest discovery is the creation of his famous Theory of Relativity. ;The designer of ENIAC, the first commercial computer made in the United States.;The World’s First Computer; Do you know him and his discoveries?;Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation ;;First reading;First reading;1. E=mc2 2. penicillin 3. the first computer 4. the Internet;;Find information about how the following things were invented / discovered. Organise the information in your own way. Then describe the process in groups. ;A brief introduction of scientific breakthroughs in the 20th century;( ) 1. It is not easy to choose the single most important discoveries of the 20th century. ( ) 2. An atom is the smallest particle of matter. ( ) 3. Einstein was at work when he thought of the equation “E=mc2”. ( ) 4. Einstein participated in the programme that developed the nuclear bomb. ( ) 5. Einstein observed changes in time, size and mass.;( ) 6. Fleming had been studying bacteria in his laboratory when the discovery happened. ( ) 7. Fleming developed the process of making penicillin. ( ) 8. The first computer project failed to meet its original goal. ( ) 9. The first computer was extremely difficult to programme. ( ) 10. Computers could not connect to each other before 1990.;;1. Which discovery or invention mentioned in the text has been the most important so far? 2. Which discovery or invention will most influence the future? Why? 3. How did the writer connect the paragraphs? Circle the signal words or phrases. ;;Search online and find the major discoveries and inventions of the 21th centu