JennyThomasEdisonIsaacNewtonAlbertEinsteinFranklinWrightBrothersMarieCurieNeilAldenArmstrongHewasbornonAugust5,1930inWapakoneta,OhioAsArmstrongbecamethefirstpersontotouchtheMoon'ssurface,hespoketheunforgettablephrase,"That'sonesmallstepforman;onegiantleapformankind".AlexanderGrahamBell1847-1922RayTomlinson1941—RayTomlinsoncreatedoneofthebiggestcommunicationsphenomenaalmostbyaccident-e-mail.Hechosethe‘@’symboltomarkthedifferencebetweenamessagethatneededtogotoamailboxonthelocalcomputerandonethatwasheadedoutontothenetwork.Doyouknowanyfamousscientistsintheworld?•Canyouremembertheirnamesandtheirscientificachievements?AlexanderBellelectricityThomasEdisontheFirsttelephoneWrightBrotherstheelectricLampMadameCurieblackholesinUniverseFranklinTheoryofGravityStevenHawkingtheFirstPlaneAlbertEinsteinRadiumIsaacNewtontheTheoryofRelativitySiliconValley中关村科技高园区标志中关村航空科技园Pre-readingIfyouwantedtodoresearchorstartahi-techcompany,whatkindofsupportandenvironmentwouldyouneed?1.Apropersite2.Enoughmoney3.Modernequipments4.Goodworkingconditions5.SupportfromfamilyandfriendsPre-readingWhydoscientistsspendsomuchtimetryingtoachievesomething?Becausescientistsexpecttorealizetheirownvalueandmakecontributionstothesociety.ReadthearticletomatchthemainideaofeachparagraphPara1:Para2:Para3-7Para8-9BriefintroductionofZhongguancunThedevelopmentofZhongguancunZhongguancunishometoagrowingnumberofoverseaChinese.Zhongguancunhashadapositiveeffectonbusinessandscienceandthespiritofzhongguancun1.WhenandhowdidZhongguancungetstarted?Zhongguancunwassetupasaspecialeconomiczoneinthelate1990s.2.WhatroledoesZhongguancunplayinChina’shi-techindustry?ZhongguancunbecomestheleaderofChina’shi-techindustry.3.WhydidXiangYufangreturntoChinaafterstudyingandworkingabroad?Hewantedtograsptheopportunitytodevelophisideasathome.AndbecauseZhongguancunmadeitpossibletofollowhisdreamsandhelpthecountryheloves.4.HowdoesZhongguancunaffectbusiness?Zhongguancunhashadapositiveeffectonbusinessaswellasscience.5.Howdoyouthinkabout“Relyingonscience,technologyandknowledgetoincreaseeconomicpower”?Scienceandbusinesscanandmustworktogethertobuildthefuture.6.Whatdoyouthinkof“Encouragingpioneeringworkandacceptingfailure”?Greatscientificachievementsaretheresultsofyearsoffailure,yearsoftryingtocreatesomethingthathasneverexistedbefore.1.WhatisNottrueaboutZhongguancun?A.ItislocatedinHaidianDistrict,innorthwesternBeijing.B.Itwassetupasaspecialeconomiczoneinthe1990s.C.MostofitscompaniesaredoingITbusinessD.Itisnotagoodplacefornewcompanies2.Accordingtothereading,XiangYufangreturnedtoChinaandopenedacompanyinZhongguancunbecause_______AhewantedtoseemoreoftheworldB.Heenjoyedworkingwiththebestscientistsinhisfield.C.HecouldenjoyhisworkandcontributetohiscountryatthesametimeD.Hemissedhisfriendsandfamily3.Accordingtothegraphinthepassage,howmanyofthepeoplewhoworkinZhongguancunhaveamaster’sdegreeorabove?A25,000B.30,000C.35,000D.180,0004.Howis“failure”understoodinZhongguancun?ATherearefewerfailuresinZhongguancunB.ManyofitsresearchersandscientistswilltryhardnottofailC.FailureisanecessarypartofbeingsuccessfulD.ThebestthingaboutfailureisthatyoulearneverytimeyoufailNextXiangYufengwentbacktoChinaandbuilthiscompanyinZhongguancun,butnowadaysmoreandmorepeoplestayabroadtodoreasearchorbuilttheircareerthere,ifyouwerehim,whatwouldyoudo?Andwhywouldyoudothat?Discussion
