人教高中英语必修5Unit1Reading

Discussion:
• What should you do if you're traveling to a country that has a cholera outbreak according to Snow’s theory?
• What spirit can we find in John Snow? As a student, what should we learn from him?
• Q5. How did John Snow find the evidence for his theory? • A： He gathered the information and marked a map where
all the dead people had lived. And at last he found that all the dead people drank the polluted water from the river.
A. Charles Darwin B. Zhang Heng C. Watt
9.Who put forward a theory about black holes? A. Stephen Hawking B. Archimedes C. Copernicus
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talented positive
A. Stephen Hawking B. Archimedes C. Thomas Edison
6.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people?
A. Gregor Mendel B. Leonardo da VinciC. Marie Curie
• Q2. What did John Snow do when the serious cholera broke out?
• A： John Snow wanted to use his knowledge to help solve this problem.
• Q3. What were the two theories then? • A： The first suggested that cholera multiplied in the air
the illness. • Para.6: Find other evidences to confirm his conclusion. • Para.7: The polluted dirty source of drinking water was
to blame for the cause of the London cholera.
2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed?
A. Marie Curie B. Gregor MendelC. Charles Darwin
3. Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children.
Collect results
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Draw a conclusion
Infectious diseases：flu，bird flu，SARS And cholera.
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Pre-reading
What should scientists do to prove a new idea in scientific research?
Draw a conclusion Collect results Find a problem Repeat if necessary
Think of a method Make up a question Analyse the results
What order would you put the seven in?
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7. Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground? A. Sir Humphry Davy B. Thomas Newcomen C. Faraday
8. Who invented the earle where earthquakes happened?
• Q6. How did he solve the problem finally? • A： To prevent this from happening again, John Snow
suggested that the source of all water supplies be examined and mew methods of dealing with polluted water be found. And finally “King Cholera” was defeated.
A. Thomas Edison B. Gregor Mendel C. Archimedes
4. Who discovered radium? A. Marie Curie B. Zhang Heng C. Newton
5.Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities?
• Read the passage aloud after class.
• Prepare for comprehending and learning about language.
Detailed questions
• Q4. What was John Snow’s attitude towards the two theories?
• A：He believed in the second theory but needed to prove he was correct.
Unit 1 Great Scientists
Reading
Unit 1 Great Scientists
Archimedes 阿基米德
Charles Darwin 达尔文
Leonardo da Vinci 达芬奇
Gregor Mendel 门德尔
Marie Curie 居里夫人
Thomas Edison
Detailed questions
• Q1. Who was John Snow? • A：John Snow was a well-known doctor in London-so
famous, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria to ease the birth of her babies.
John Snow defeats “King cholera”
The main idea of each paragraph：
• Para.1: The causes of cholera. • Para.2: The correct or possible theory. • Para.3: Collect data on those where people were ill and
without reason. A cloud of dangerous gas would float around until it found its victims. The second suggested that people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals. From the stomach the disease attacked the body quickly and soon the affected person was dead.
died and where they got their water. • Para.4: Plot information on a map to find out where
people died or did not die. • Para.5: Analyze the water to see if that is the cause of
Read the passage again and fill in the blanks:(in 5 minutes)
John Snow was a well-knownd_o_ct_o_rin London in the1_9_t_h century. He wanted to find the _c_a_u_s_e_ of cholera in order to _d_e_f_e_a_t it. In 1854 when a cholerab_r_o_k_eout, he began to gather information. Hem__a_r_k_edon a map where all the dead people had lived and he found that many people who had drunk the dirty water from the __p_u_m__p died. So he decided that the polluted water carried cholera. He suggested that the s_o_u_r_c_e of all water supply bee_x_a_m__in_e_dand new methods of _d_e_a_l_in__g_ with polluted water be found. Finally, “King Cholera” was defeated.
Zhang Heng
Stephen Hawking
斯帝芬 霍金
1.Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float?
A. Charles Darwin B. Archimedes C. Thomas Edison