1、UNIT 12 INNOVATIONLESSON 1 SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS目录页contentsPre-readingIPost-readingIVFast ReadingIIGrammar VIIIIntensive Reading HomeworkPre-readingpremier scientist pioneers of the 20th centuryto be committed to to be inspired byto be proposed byto improve the quality of human lifePre-readingWha
2、t do you think are the most important inventions of discoveries of the 20th century?Can you name a few inventors?What makes them great?Some discoveries or inventions in the 20th centuryPre-readingMeans of transportPre-readingWright BrothersPre-readingThe change in communicationPre-readingNeil Alden
3、Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the Moon.This is my personal one small step,it was a great step of mankind.Pre-readingThe first artificial satellite,Sputnik 1,was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.Pre-readingAlbert Einstein was considered the greatest scientist of the 20th century.H
4、is greatest discovery is the creation of his famous Theory of Relativity.Albert EinsteinPre-readingThe designer of ENIAC,the first commercial computer made in the United States.John William Mauchly and J.Presper EckertPre-readingThe Worlds First ComputerPre-reading Do you know him and his discoverie
5、s?Pre-readingNewtons Law of Universal Gravitation Pre-reading Fast ReadingFirst readingThe purpose of this article is _.A.the introduction of Albert EinsteinB.the introduction of the process of scientific breakthroughC.the introduction of the major scientific discoveries in the 20th centuryD.the con
6、tributions scientists made to the world First readingSummaryThe text mainly talks about a few pioneers of science and their discoveries in the 20th century,which makes the world completely different.1.E=mc2.penicillin3.the first computer4.the InternetTry to match the discoveries with how they were d
7、iscovered?a)scientists worked together as a teamb)there was a lucky accident c)different scientists worked on it for many yearsd)a scientist was inspiredFirst reading Intensive ReadingFind information about how the following things were invented/discovered.Organise the information in your own way.Th
8、en describe the process in groups.E=mcWho?How?Significance?penicillincomputerthe InternetIntensive ReadingA brief introduction of scientific breakthroughs in the 20th centurySome great pioneers of science and their inventions or discoveriesThe significance of these breakthroughsPara 1Para 2-6Para 7I
9、ntensive Reading()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=mc”.()4.Einstein participated in the programme that developed the nuclear bomb.()5.Einstein
10、 observed changes in time,size and mass.FNITTFWrite T(true),F(false),NI(no information)in brackets.Intensive Reading()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 mee
11、t its original goal.()9.The first computer was extremely difficult to programme.()10.Computers could not connect to each other before 1990.FFNITNIIntensive ReadingPost-reading1.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.Post-readingThink and share.VIHomeworkSearch online and find the major discoveries and inventions of the 21th century.Which do you think is the most important?Why?Homework
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