Using LanguageⅡ国家优质课一等奖

Unit

1

Great

scientists

Period

1

文本研读课

学习目标

1.To talk about science and contributions of scientists. 2.To have a better understanding of the reading passage and learn to use some key words and expressions. 3.To learn to organize a scientific research and appreciate great peoples characteristics and qualities. 自主预习

1.Match the scientist in the left column with his/her contributions in the right column. Alexander Bell

electricity Thomas Edison the first telephone Wright brothers the electric lamp Madame Curie black holes in the universe Franklin theory of gravity Steven Hawking the first plane Elbert Einstein Isaac Newton radium the theory of relativity 2.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?

Draw a conclusion

Think of a method Collect results

Make a question

Find a problem

Analyse the results

Find supporting evidence

3.Do you know the features of infectious diseases?

学习过程

Step

1:Skimming

1.Who was the great scientist in the passage and what was the deadly disease of its day?

2.What happened in 1854? 3.What can prove that cholera was severe? Step

2:Careful

reading

1.Read Paragraph 1 and then fill in the blanks. John Snow was an

doctor in London who

Queen Victoria as her personal

.He thought about helping ordinary people

to cholera.Though the cause and the

of it were unknown,he wanted to face the

and solve the problem. 2.Read Paragraphs 2 & 3 and then answer the questions. (1)What were the two theories about the cause of cholera?

(2)Which theory did John Snow want to prove?

(3)What was his method of doing the research?

3.Read Paragraph 4 and answer the questions. (1)Fill in the blank with a proper word. First he marked on a map the exact places

/(

) all the dead people had lived. (2)Replace the sentence with one that has the same meaning from the text. It seemed that the water should be blamed.

(3)Read Paragraph 5 and answer the following questions. ①Why did John Snow tell people to remove the handle from the pump?

②What happened after the handle was removed?

(4)Read Paragraph 6 & 7 and answer the following questions. ①Where did the woman live and what had she delivered to her house every day?

②What did their deaths suggest?

③What measures did John Snow take to prevent the disease from spreading?

Step

3:Summary

1.Read the whole passage again and finish the exercise. A Scientific Report by John Snow The problem

Idea 1:

The cause Idea 2:

The method The results Idea 1 or 2?

Why?

The conclusion

2.Fill in the blanks. John Snow was a well-known

in London in the 19th century.He wanted to find the

of cholera in order to help people

to cholera.In 1854 when a

cholera

out,he began to gather information.He

on a map where all the dead people had lived and found that many people who had drunk the dirty water from the

died.So he decided that the polluted water carried cholera.He suggested that the

of all the water supplies be

and new methods of

with polluted water be found.Finally,“King Cholera” was defeated. 课后作业

1.Read the text again. 2.Try to retell the text with only a few sentences.