高二英语必修五UNIT1Reading

Please put the 7 stages in right order according to the passage.
Draw a conclusion Think of a method
Collect results Make a question Find a problem Analyse the results
Find supporting evidence
2. What do you know about infectious diseases? What do you know about cholera?
What is Cholera? Cholera is a disease caused by Vibrio Cholerae, a form of bacteria that attacks the intestine ( 肠).
to prove and found the deaths were near the
his
water pump in Broad Street.
assumpt Evidence 2: He looked into the source
ion
of the water and found it came from
He is … Archimedes (阿基米德)
Who is he?
Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed?
He is … Charles Darwin.
Who is he?
Alexander Bell Thomas Edison Laite Brothers Madame Curie Franklin Steven Hawking Elbert Einstein Isaac Newton
electricity the First telephone the electric Lamp black holes in Universe
He is … Gregor Mendel

Who is he?
Who discovered radium?
She is …
Marie Curie
Who is he?
Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities?
T
Match the stages of scientific
research with what John Snow did to
solve the problem of cholera.
1. Find a problem.
•He noticed two possible theories which explained how cholera spread.
2. About 100,000 –120,000 people die of cholera every year and most of them are not reported to the WHO.
3. 80% of cholera sufferers can be successfully treated with safe water and salt.
Germany
Here are some facts about cholera. Try to present them to your partners and consider whether they are the same as you expected.
1. Cholera can kill sufferers within a few hours if they are left untreated.
His
He thought that the _s_ec_o_n__d__
suspicion theory was correct.
What Evidence 1: He _m__a_r_k_e_d_ the places
he did on a map where the dead people lived
The disease is not always serious, but 1 in 20 patients suffer from severe diarrhea, vomiting and muscle pains. Without treatment, such patients can die within a few hours if their bodies lose too much water.
John Snow
Read the text quickly and complete the main idea of it.
The text is mainly about _J_o_h_n_ _S_n_o_w__ and how he _d_e_fe_a_t_e_d_c_h_o_l_e_r_a_.
高二英语必修五UNIT1Reading
There are some great scientific achievements that have changed the world. Can you name some of them? What kind of role do they play in the field of science? Do these achievements have anything in common? Match the inventions with their inventors below before you answer all these questions.
Theory of Gravity the First Plane
Radium the Theory of Relativity
Who is he?
Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float?
Street pump and died.
Conclusion Polluted water carried the
_v_i_r_u_s___
II. Read the text again and tell whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
7. Today, no country requires proof of cholera vaccination as a condition for entry.
3. Look at the picture, the map and the title and predict the content of the reading passage. Then skim it quickly to see if you are right.
4. Safe water and waste control can prevent cholera.
5. When there is an outbreak of cholera, it is important to focus on treatment and waste control.
6. Safe and effective cholera vaccines are now used to control the disease.
He is … Humphry Davy
Who is he?
Who put forward a theory about black holes?
He is … Stephen Hawking
1. Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific research? Discuss in small groups the stages in setting out a new scientific idea. What order would you put them in?
He is … Thomas Edison
Who is he?
Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people?
He is … Leonardo da Vinci
Who is he?
Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground?
4. The people who drank beer instead of water did not catch cholera. (T)
5. The water companies were asked to stop supplying polluted water to people. ( )
a(n) _p_o_l_lu_t_e_d_ river. When the water
was cut off, the disease _s_lo_w__e_d_d__o_w_n__.
Evidence 3: A woman and ___h_e_r__ _d_a_u_g_h__te_r_ used the water from Broad
The spread of cholera
Previous cholera epidemic in Great Britain in 1831-32
Great Britain
London
Death of first cholera case in London during the 1848-49 epidemic
I. Read the text “John Snow Defeats ‘King Cholera’”, and fill in the blanks.
About John Snow
He was a famous __d_o_c_t_o_r_ and
Queen Victoria's personal physician. He made up his mind to solve the
2. Make a question.
•He wanted to face the challenge of cholera and find the cause.
3. Think of a method.
1. Many people died of cholera before its cause was found. (T)
2. It was a fact that cholera spread in a cloud of gas. (F)
3. When cholera broke out in 1854, it spread quickly through poor neighbourhoods. (T)
problem of _c_h_o_le_r_a__.
Two theories
Theory 1: Cholera was spread by
_a_i_r___.
Theory 2: The disease went into
people 's bodies through
their _m__e_a_l_s_.
Who invented the first steam engine?
He is … Thomas Newcomen.
Who is he?
Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children?