1、Module 5Introduction and cultural cornerDo you know what they are?test tubebeaker&glass rodbalancetongsLook at the four pictures.Who are these people?How much do you know about them?What are their major achievements?Alfred NobelHe was a Swedish chemist,engineer,inventor,businessman,and philanthropis
2、t(慈善家）.He invented TNT gun powder and made his fortune.He founded the Nobel Prize with his fortune.Albert EinsteinA theoretical physicist who is widely regarded as the greatest scientist of the 20th centuryHe proposed the theory of relativity.He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics for his e
3、xplanation of the photoelectric effect and for his services to Theoretical Physics.An English naturalist His evolutionary theories,On the Origin of Species Charles DarwinAn American inventor,scientist,and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world,such as el
4、ectricity and light bulb,phonograph(留声机）留声机）Thomas Alva Edison Madam Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize,the first person and only woman to win twice,the only person to win twi
5、ce in multiple sciencesYang ZhenningBorn on September 22,1922,a Chinese-American physicist He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 at the age of 35,with Li Zhengdao,to become the first two Chinese Nobel-Prize winners.Listen and choose1.(a)Water exists as a solid,a liquid and a gas.(b)Water ex
6、ists as a solid and a liquid only.2.(a)When you heat a metal,it expands.(b)When you heat a metal,it contracts.3.(a)Steel is a mixture of iron and other substances.(b)Steel is a mixture of iron and oxygen.4.(a)Two-thirds of the earths surface is water.(b)50%of the earths surface is water.5.(a)The dis
7、tance of the sun from the earth is 25,500 kilometers.(b)The distance of the sun from the earth is 150,500,500 kilometers.6.(a)The earth is 4.6 million years old.(b)The earth is 4.6 billion years old.7.(a)The earth is twice as large as the moon.(b)The earth is forty-nine times larger than the moon.ai
8、r contract earth gas liquid oxygen moon solid sun expand1234air-oxygencontract-expandearth sun-moongas liquid-solidelectricity iron metal steel air glassnaturalman-madebothelectricity iron air some metalssteel glass some metalselectricity some metals(alloy for example)1.What subject are you interest
9、ed in?2.How did you become interested in it?3.What do you think of this subject?Read the passage with the question.Why has Mark become more interested in science?Because he has moved to a new school with good facilities and teachers.In the new school,the science teachers are excellent;the laboratori
10、es have the latest equipment;there are public science lecturers about four times a term.What in detail have changed Marks attitude to science?How do your teacher teach science subjects?Do you enjoy studying science?Why or why not?A is Mark Kendon.B is a Chinese student who studies abroad.For example
11、:For example:B:Whats your feeling about science now?A:My feelings about science have changed.Work in pairs to retell the passage by asking and answering questions.Which major will you choose when you go to university?When you heat a metal,it expands.expand v.膨胀膨胀,增加，扩展增加，扩展Metals expand when they ar
12、e heated.Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years.归纳拓展归纳拓展make a contract with 与与签合同签合同sign a contract 签署合同签署合同carry out a contract 履行合同履行合同I never used to enjoy science,but last year I changed schools,and the science teachers at my new school are excellent.used to (过去过去)常常常常I used to go t
13、o work on foot,but now I drive there.You used to see a lot of her,didnt you/usednt you?used to/would 二者均含有过去做某事的二者均含有过去做某事的意义意义(1)used to暗含和现在的情况对比，强调暗含和现在的情况对比，强调现在不再那样了。现在不再那样了。(2)would指过去的习惯，常常做某事，指过去的习惯，常常做某事，不和现在进行比较。如：不和现在进行比较。如：He used to be a doctor,but now a lawyer.他过去是一名医生，现在是一名律师。他过去是一名医生
14、，现在是一名律师。I would sit under a big tree in front of my house as a child.孩提时我经常坐在我家房前的大树下。孩提时我经常坐在我家房前的大树下。用用use的适当短语填空的适当短语填空I _ be a middle school teacher,but I resigned in the year 1999.Now my office in that school is used as the school clinic,and I have _ my new job already.used togot used to Im go
15、ing to try to go to either Montreal or Ottawa University,as both are supposed to have good Physics Departments.be supposed to 应该，认为必须，被期望应该，认为必须，被期望 They were supposed to be here an hour ago.Youre not supposed to smoke here.He was supposed to give us advice,but all he came up with were airy-fairy ideas.eitherore.g.1.You can either stay at home or go to cinema.2.You can either call me or send me an email.
