一、 課前預習：

Ⅰ. Match the names in Column A with the inventions or discoveries in column B.

1. Qian Xuesen a. father of integral calculus（積分學）

2. Marie Curie b. Theory of Relativity

3. Archimedes c. father of China’s aerospace

4. Albert Einstein d. Radium and Polonium

Ⅱ. Translate the following into Chinese:

1. biochemistry 2. biology

3. botany 4. genetics

5. zoology 6. chemistry

7. chemist 8. physicist

二、新課流程

1). Question: What great scientists do you know? ( free speaking )

Make students say something about those four great scientists--- Qian Xuesen, Marie Curie, Archimedes, Albert Einstein.

Name Nationality Major Invention/Discovery Time of the discovery

Qian Xuesen

Marie Curie

Archimedes

Albert Einstein

2). Make students learn some words of different fields in science.

Subjects Chinese meaning The person who research the subjects

Biochemistry Biochemist

Biology Biologist

Botany Botanist

Chemistry Chemist

Genetics Geneticist

Physics Physicist

Zoology Zoologist

3). Find out the words with their definitions.

1. the study of animals _______________

2. the study of plants _______________

3. the study of all living things _______________

4. the study of physical objects and natural forces _______________

5. the study of chemical processes in living things _______________

6. the study of the structure of substance and how they react with each other __________

7. the study of inherited characteristics in living things _______________

4). Language point:

invent, discover, find 與find out 的區別：

invent -“發明”以前不曾有的事物

discover-“發現”客觀存在而不為人知的事物

find-“找到，發現”，強調結果

find out-“發現，查明，弄清楚”，強調過程

聯想： (發明n. ) 發明者(n. )

(發現n.) 發現者(n.)

found (vt.)-

Ex. ①As we know, it was Thomas Edison who the electric light and Columbus that America.

②My pen is missing. And I can’t it anywhere.

③Have you why he was late today?

④It’s known to all that the PRC in 1949.

課后反思：