Serena Chow
Sima Guang 司马光
 Scholar, poet, and
historian of the Song
Dynasty
 Compiled Zhizi Tongjian
– finest chronicle of
Chinese history dating
from 959 AD to 403 BC
 Moral righteousness –
discipline in prominent
government
 学者,诗人, 和历史学家
 资治通鉴 – 中文历史
 道德正义
司马光救
朋友
Sima Guang Saves
His Friend
Washington 华盛顿
 America’s 1st president in
1789
 Born into a Virginian
farming family
 1775: Commander in
Chief of the Continental
Army
 US Revolutionary
military and political
leader
 美国第一个总统
 弗吉尼亚农民家
 美国军事和政治领袖
华盛顿
砍树
Washington Cuts
Down a Cherry
Tree
Zhang Heng 张衡
 Chinese astronomer,
mathematician, engineer
 Maintained calendars
and predicted/recorded
celestial events of the
heavens in court
 Patented π, a cart to
measure the Chinese
mile, and a seismograph
(urn)
 中国天文学家，数学
家，和工程师
 发明了里和候风地动仪
张衡数星
星
Zhang Heng
Counts the Stars
Edison 爱迪生
 American scientist and
engineer
 Mass production  first
industrial research lab
 1,093 patents in his name
 Electric power
generation 
distribution to homes
 美国科学家和工程师
 第一个研究实验室
 家庭用的电灯
爱迪生发
明电灯
Edison Creates
Electricity
Inspirational Figures
 Like these 4 inspirational
characters, if you work
hard and always try your
best, you can succeed
and be victorious in life
 如果你努力做工和总是
尽历而为， 你可以成功