makingadifference(1)Warmingup&Listening&SpeakingPeriod1(Unit1BII)Warmingup&Listening&SpeakingI.Warmingup1.Introducesomefamousscientists.TheGerman-AmericanphysicistAlbertEinstein,b.Ulm,Germany,Mar.14,1879,d.Princeton,N.J.,Apr.18,1955,contributedmorethananyotherscientisttothe20th-centuryvisionofphysicalreality.Inthewakeof(随着...而来)WorldWarI,Einstein\'stheories--especiallyhistheoryofrelativity--seemedtomanypeopletopointtoapurequalityofhumanthought,onefarremovedfromthewaranditsaftermath.Seldomhasascientistreceivedsuchpublicattentionforhavingcultivatedthefruitofpurelearning.MARIECURIEopenedupthescienceofradioactivity（放射能）.Sheisbestknownasthediscovereroftheradioactiveelements（元素）polonium（钋）andradium（镭）andasthefirstpersontowintwoNobelprizes.Forscientistsandthepublic,herradiumwasakeytoabasicchangeinourunderstandingofmatterandenergy.Herworknotonlyinfluenced（影响）thedevelopmentoffundamental（基础的）sciencebutalsoushered（引导）inanewera（纪元）inmedicalresearchandtreatment.AlfredNorthWhitehead(b.1861-d.1947),Britishmathematician,logicianandphilosopherbestknownforhisworkinmathematicallogicandthephilosophyofscience.IncollaborationwithBertrandRussell,heauthored（创造）thelandmark（里程碑）three-volumePrincipiaMathematica(1910,1912,1913)andcontributedsignificantlytotwentieth-centurylogicandmetaphysics（形而上学）.AtthetimethatGalileoarrivedattheUniversity,somedebatehadstartedupononeofAristotle\'s\"laws\"ofnature--namely,thatthatheavierobjectsfellfasterthanlighterobjects.Aristotle\'swordhadbeenacceptedasgospeltruth,andtherehadbeenfewattemptstoactuallytestAristotle\'sconclusionsbyactuallyconductinganexperiment!Accordingtolegend,Galileodecidedtotry.Heneededtobeabletodroptheobjectsfromagreatheight.Theperfectbuildingwasrightathand--theTowerofPisa,54meterstall.Galileoclimbeduptothetopofthebuildingcarryingavarietyofballsofvaryingsizeandweight,anddumpedthemoffofthetop.Theyalllandedatthebaseofthebuildingatthesametime(legendsaysthatthedemonstrationwaswitnessedbyahugecrowdofstudentsandprofessors).Aristotlewaswrong.Whowerethey?Whatweretheyfamousfor?ScientistsContributionsQuotesMeaningAlbertEinsteintheTheoryofRelativityImaginationismoreimportantthanknowledge.Ifweweren’tabletouseoutimagination,knowledgewouldsimplybeauselesscollectionoffacts.MarieCuriediscoveryofradiumandpoloniumNothinginlifeistobefeared.Itisonlytobeunderstood.Wemustnotbeafraidoftheunknown.Onceweunderstandsomething,thereisnoneedtobeafraid.ThomasAlvaEdisoninventionoflightbulbsGeniusisonepercentinspirationandninety-ninepercentperspiration.Greatthoughtsandideasaretheresultofhardwork,notsuddenspurtsof“inspiration”.AlfredNorthWhiteheadIttakesaveryunusualmindtoundertakeanalysisoftheobvious.Mostofusdonotquestionthethingswetakeforgranted.Greatscientistsareenormouslycuriousandtendtoaskquestionsthatotherswouldneverthinkof.GalileoGalileiYoucannotteachamananything;youcanonlyhelphimfinditwithinhimself.Thereisabigdifferencebetweenlearningandteaching.用心爱心专心115号编辑2.Readthequotes,Whatdotheymean?Doyouagree?3.DiscussionAnyothergreatscientistsandtheircontributions?Anyotherquotesaboutscienceandthinking?4.Whatmakesascientistsuccessful?（creative,hard-working,curious,careful,confident）II.Listening1.Askthestudentstoguessthenamesofthreewell-knownscientists.2.Askthestudentstowriteabriefparagraphaboutthemselves.III.Speaking1...
