JennyThomasEdisonIsaacNewtonAlbert EinsteinFranklinWrightBrothersMarie CurieNeilAldenArmstrongHewasbornonAugust5,1930inWapakoneta,OhioAsArmstrongbecamethefirstpersontotouchtheMoonssurface,hespoketheunforgettablephrase,Thatsonesmallstepforman;onegiantleapformankind.AlexanderGrahamBell1847-1922Apioneerinthefieldoftelecommunications,Bellhadbeeninterestedintheeducationofdeafpeople.Thisinterestleadhimtoinventthemicrophoneand,in1876,hiselectricalspeechmachine,whichwenowcallatelephone.Newsofhisinventionquicklyspreadthroughoutthecountry,eventhroughoutEurope.RayTomlinson1941RayTomlinsoncreatedoneofthebiggestcommunicationsphenomenaalmostbyaccident-e-mail.Hechosethesymboltomarkthedifferencebetweenamessagethatneededtogotoamailboxonthelocalcomputerandonethatwasheadedoutontothenetwork.DO YOU KNOW ANY FAMOUS SCIENTISTS IN THE WORLD?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.A proper site1.A proper site 2.Enough money2.Enough money 3 3. Modern equipments. Modern equipments 4 4.Good working conditions.Good working conditions 5 5.Support from family and friends.Support from family and friends Pre-readingWhydoscientistsspendsomuchtimetryingtoachievesomething? Because scientists expect to Because scientists expect to realize their own value and realize their own value and make contributionmake contributions s to the to the society. society. Read the article to match the main idea of each paragraphPara1:Para2:Para3-7Para8-9BriefintroductionofZhongguancunThedevelopmentofZhongguancunZhongguancunishometoagrowingnumberofoverseaChinese.Zhongguancunhashadapositiveeffectonbusinessandscienceandthespiritofzhongguancun1.WhenandhowdidZhongguancungetstarted?Zhongguancunwassetupasaspecialeconomiczoneinthelate1990s.2.WhatroledoesZhongguancunplayinChinashi-techindustry?ZhongguancunbecomestheleaderofChinashi-techindustry.3.WhydidXiangYufangreturntoChinaafterstudyingandworkingabroad?Hewantedtograsptheopportunitytodevelophisideasathome.AndbecauseZhongguancunmadeitpossibletofollowhisdreamsandhelpthecountryheloves.4.HowdoesZhongguancunaffectbusiness?Zhongguancunhashadapositiveeffectonbusinessaswellasscience.5.Howdoyouthinkabout“Relyingonscience,technologyandknowledgetoincreaseeconomicpower”?Scienceandbusinesscanandmustworktogethertobuildthefuture.6.Whatdoyouthinkof“Encouragingpioneeringworkandacceptingfailure”?Greatscientificachievementsaretheresultsofyearsoffailure,yearsoftryingtocreatesomethingthathasneverexistedbefore.1.What is Not true about Zhongguancun? A. It is located in Haidian District, in northwestern Beijing. B. It was set up as a special economic zone in the 1990s. C. Most of its companies are doing IT business D. It is not a good place for new companies2.According to the reading , Xiang Yufang returned to China and opened a company in Zhongguancun because_A he wanted to see more of the world B.He enjoyed working with the best scientists in his field.C. He could enjoy his work and contribute to his country at the same timeD. He missed his friends and family3.According to the graphin the passage, how many of the people who work in Zhongguancun have a masters degree or above?A 25,000 B.30,000C.35,000D.180,0004.How is “failure” understood in Zhongguancun?A There are fewer failures in ZhongguancunB. Many of its researchers and scientists will try hard not to failC. Failure is a necessary part of being successfulD. The best thing about failure is that you learn every time you fail Next Xiang Yufeng went back to China and built his company in Zhongguancun, but nowadays more and more people stay abroad to do reasearch or built their career there, if you were him, what would you do? And why would you do that? Discussion