2015-2016学年高二英语讲练（人教版）：Book 5 Unit 1 Reading Tasks .docVIP

Unit 1 Great Scientists Task I. Tell your partners what you know about cholera. You can refer to the information from the article below. What is Cholera? Cholera is a disease caused by Vibrio Cholerae, a form of bacteria that attacks the intestine (肠). The disease is not always serious, but 1 in 20 patients suffer from severe diarrhea (腹泻), vomiting and muscle pains. Without treatment, such patients can die within a few hours if their bodies lose too much water. Task II. Here are some facts about cholera. Try to state 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. 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 using safe water and salt. 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. 7. Today, no country requires proof of cholera vaccination as a condition for entry. Task III. Read the text “John Snow Defeats ‘King Cholera’ ”, and fill in the blanks. About John Snow He was a famous 1. ________ and Queen Victoria’s personal physician. He made up his mind to solve the problem of 2. ________. Two theories Theory 1: Cholera was spread by 3. ________. Theory 2: The disease went into people’s bodies through their 4. ________. His suspicion He thought that the 5. ________ theory was correct. What he did to prove his assumption Evidence 1: He 6. ________ the places on a map where the dead people lived and found the deaths were near the water pump in Broad Street. Evidence 2: He looked into the source of the water and found it came from a(n) 7. ________ river. When the water was cut off, the disease 8. ________. Evidence 3: A woman, with 9. ________, used the water from Broad