1. Unit 1 Making a difference The First Period

2. Warming up Let’s look at some pictures and guess who they are.

3. Albert Einstein Imagination is more important than knowledge.

4. Marie Curie Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

5. Galileo Galilei You cannot teach a man anything ; you can only help him find it within himself.

6. Thomas Alva Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

7. Alfred North Whitehead It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.

8. Do you know any other quotes about science and thinking?  1. At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. ( B. Franklin) 二十岁时 起支配作用的是意志，三十岁时是机智，四十岁时是判断。 （富兰克林） 2. The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. ( T. Carlyle ) 生活的悲剧不 在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。（卡莱尔） 3. There is only one success --- to be able to spend your life in your own way. (C. Morley ) 只有一种成功， 那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。（莫利）  1. At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. ( B. Franklin) 二十岁时 起支配作用的是意志，三十岁时是机智，四十岁时是判断。 （富兰克林） 2. The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss. ( T. Carlyle ) 生活的悲剧不 在于人们受到多少苦，而在于人们错过了什么。（卡莱尔） 3. There is only one success --- to be able to spend your life in your own way. (C. Morley ) 只有一种成功， 那就是能够用自己的方式度过自己的一生。（莫利）

9. 4. We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. ( Martin Luther King, Jr.) 我们必须接受失望，因为它是有限的，但千万不可失去 希望，因为它是无穷的。（马丁。路德。金） 5. We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more like ourselves. ( M. L. Becker ) 随着年龄 的增长，我们并不变得更好也不变得更坏，而是变得更象我们自己。（贝克尔）

10. Discuss  What makes a scientist successful? Are they geniuses? Hard working, diligent, perspiration, genius, imagination, exploration, intelligence, patient

11. Debate  Which branch of science is the most  important and useful to society? Please make four as a group, and discuss it.

12. Useful expressions That’s correct. It’s clear that… I doubt that… That’s true. It’s hard to say. Well, maybe, but.. There is no doubt that… What’s your idea? Have you thought about…?