《Unit 1》课件二十二（13张PPT）（人教版必修5）.pptVIP

What do you know about infectious diseases? What do you know about cholera? Scanning: True or False ( ) 1. As a doctor, being able to attend Queen Victoria was an honourable thing at that time. ( ) 2. Although cholera couldn’t be cured, its cause was known to people in the day of John Snow. ( ) 3. John Snow doubted the two theories explaining how cholera killed people, so he did investigation to test them. ( ) 4. The results wouldn’t have been so clear without the map John Snow had drawn. ( ) 5. The polluted dirty water from the river was to blame for the disease. * * * * * * * * Cholera is an acute illness caused by infection of the intestine（肠） with the bacterium Vibrio(弧菌,一种S形霍乱菌) cholera. The infection is often mild or without symptoms征兆, but sometimes it can be severe. Approximately one in 20 infected persons has severe disease characterized by profuse watery diarrhea腹泻, vomiting呕吐, and leg cramps. In these persons, rapid loss of body fluids leads to dehydration and shock. Without treatment, death can occur within hours. Pre-reading Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific research? Discuss in small groups the stages in examining a new scientific idea. Put them in a logical order. Make up a question Find a problem Collect results Think of a method Draw a conclusion Analyse the results Repeat if necessary Reading: John Snow Defeats “King Cholera” Dr John Snow (1813-1858) was an epidemiologist and an anaesthesiologist. He administered chloroform to Queen Victoria for the delivery of her youngest son, Prince Leopold, and later for Victorias youngest daughter Princess Beatrice. John Snow was an exemplary citizen and useful physician. He demonstrated that cholera is communicated by polluted water, and he made the art of anaesthesia a science. T F F T T Skimming Fill in the stages of an experiment in each paragraph and write down what is the evidence or approach John Snow used in that stage. The water is to blame. The source of all drinking wat