《高三课件 unit1Great scientists》课件 .pptVIP

Unit 1 Great scientists Who are they? Task 1. Discuss the following question with your partner: Do you know the names of some famous scientists? What are they famous for? Then try the quiz on page 1. John Snow (1813-1858) was born and worked as a doctor in Great Britain. He was originally an anesthetist, which means that he put people to sleep during operations. At that time he lived, cholera was the most frightening disease. There were four outbreaks of cholera in the 1830s and 1840s, which killed many thousands of people in the industrial cities of England. In 1853 there were outbreaks in Newcastle and Gates head. In London more than ten thousand people died. Then in 1854 on August 31st “the most terrible outbreak of cholera which ever occurred in the kingdom” began. It was so violent and sudden that 127 people around Broad Street died in the first three days. John Snow found the cause of the disease and he was the first epidemiologist (流行病学家) or community health doctor. Task 2. Ss discuss and answer the following questions. 1. What do you know about infectious diseases? What do you know about cholera? 2. Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific research? Discuss in small groups the stages in examining a new scientific idea. What order would you put them in? Draw a conclusion Find a problem Think of a method Analyse the results Collect results Repeat if necessary Make up a question Task 3: First reading: Ss read the text and tell whether the statements are true or false. (T/F) 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 days 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