Unit1MakingADifferenceMakeadifference--1)haveaneffect(onsb/sth)有影响2)beimportant;matter重要;要紧Thesecondgoalmadeabigdifferencetotheteam’ssuccess.Itriedtoreasonwithhim,butitmadenodifference.Scientists:OutstandingWise,havingastrongwillMakegreatcontributionstosociety,Diligent,hardworking,carefulIntelligent,clever,confidentCreative,imaginative,perseverant,ambitious,capable,Humanhistoryisfullofoutstandingscientists.Theyhavemadeoraremakinggreatcontributionstosocietyandscience.Makealistofthenamesofsomescientistsandtheircontributions.ScientistsMadameCurieZhangHengCharlesDarwinThomasEdisonAlbertEinsteinContributionsRadium/PoloniumSeismographTheTheoryofEvolutionThelightbulb,ThegramophoneTheTheoryofRelativityGalileo(1564-1642),ItalianphysicistandastronomerHemaintainedthattheearthrevolvedaroundthesun,disputingthebeliefheldbytheRomanCatholicchurchthattheearthwasthecenteroftheuniverse.HerefusedtoobeyordersfromRometoceasediscussionsofhistheoriesandwassentencedtolifeimprisonment.Itwasnotuntil1984thatapapalcommissionacknowledgedthatthechurchwaswrong.Whitehead,AlfredNorth(1861-1947),Britishmathematician,logicianandphilosopherbestknownforhisworkinmathematicallogicandthephilosophyofscience.IncollaborationwithBertrandRussell,heauthoredthelandmarkthree-volumePrincipiaMathematica(1910,1912,1913)andcontributedsignificantlytotwentieth-centurylogicandmetaphysicsandisgenerallyrecognizedasoneofthegreatest20th-centuryphilosophers.Whatmakesascientistsuccessful?Ithinkitisthewayheuseshistoolsthatmakesascientistsuccessful.Asuccessfulscientistmusthavealotofimaginationandintelligenceandhemustbecreativeandhard-working.Ithinkasuccessfulscientistmustbeconfident,curiousandcareful.QuotesfromfamousscientistsImaginationismoreimportantthanknowledge.Ifyouwanttosucceed,it’smoreimportantforyoutohaveimaginationthanknowledge.Geniusisonepercentinspirationandninety-ninepercentperspiration.Ifwemakegreateffortstodosomething,we’llsucceed.Andnomatterhowcleverheis,apersonwillfailifhedoesn’ttryhisbest.Nothinginlifeistobefeared.Itisonlytobeunderstood.Thereareonlythingstobeunderstoodinlife,whilethereisnothingtobefeared.(生活中没有什么可怕的东西,只有需要理解的东西。)Ittakesaveryunusualmindtoundertakeanalysisoftheobvious.Don’tthinkthattheobviousthingsaretheeasiesttounderstand.Onlythegreatestmindcanraisetheeasiestquestions.(分析显而易见的事物需要非常不同凡响的大脑)Youcannotteachamananything;youcanonlyhelphimfinditwithinhimself.Ifyouwanttoachieveanything,youhavetodependonyourselfandact.Yoursuccessonlydependsonyourownefforts,thoughhelpfromothersisnecessary.Doyouknowanyotherquotesaboutscience?Ifadogjumpsinyourlap,itisbecauseheisfondofyou;butifacatdoesthesamething,itisbecauseyourlapiswarmer.ThedeepestdefinitionofyouthislifeasyetuntouchedbytragedyTherearenowholetruths;alltruthsarehalf-truths.Itistryingtotreatthemaswholetruthsthatplaysthedevil.1.makea/some/nodifferencetosb/sth对……有(一些/没有)影响/关系1)这对我没什么影响。海上的空气改善了她的健康状况2)那要紧吗?你今天去也好,明天去也好,关系不大。Itwon’tmakeanydifferencetome.Theseaairhasmadeadifferencetoherhealth.Doesthatmakeanydifference?Itwon’tmakemuchdifferencewhetheryougotodayortomorrow.difference差别,区别,不同之处;相差;分歧differencein/from/between…在某方面的不同/和某个的不同/在两者间的不同...