新人教版必修五Unit1 Warming up课件.ppt

* * * * * Unit 1 Great Scientists know about… lift up steam engine physical characteristic put forward a theory about black holes Expressions phrases (1) 了解……的情况 举起;抬起;提升 蒸汽机 人体的特征 提出一个有关黑洞的理论 Warming Up What do you know about great scientists? Try this quiz and find out who knows the most. 1. Which scientists discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? Archimedes 阿基米德Archimedes, Ancient Greek (287-212 BC), a mathematician. 2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? Charles Darwin 达尔文Charles Darwin, Britain (1808-1882).The name of the book is Origin of Species. 3. Who invented the first steam engine? Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) 纽科门was an English blacksmith, who invented the atmospheric steam engine. Newcomen’s steam engine James Watt 瓦特James Watt (1736-1819) was a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer, who was famouse for his improvements of the steam engine. 4. Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children? Gregor Mendel 孟德尔Gregor Mendel, Czech, a botanist and geneticist. 5. Who discovered radium? Marie Curie 居里夫人 Marie Curie, Polish and French, a chemist and physicist. She discovered radium. 6. Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities? Thomas Edison 爱迪生 Thomas Edison, American, an inventor. He invented the lights and the gramophone. 7. Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? Leonardo da Vinci 达芬奇Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, an artist. 8. Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground? Humphry Davy 汉弗莱 戴维 Sir Humphry Davy, British, an inventor and chemist. 9. Who invented the earliest instrument to tell people where earthquakes happened? 张衡 Zhang Heng, ancient China, an inventor. * * *