人教新课标英语book5 Unit1 period4 Using Language （共44张PPT）.pptVIP

COPERNICUS’ REVOLUTIONARY THEORY Da Vinci Don Quixote  Galileo Hamlet Cervantes Free Fall Experiment Shakespeare Mona Lisa 哥白尼(Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473- 1543), 波兰天文学家、日心说创立者, 近代天文学的奠基人。 We know the first scientist is Copernicus. He was one of the first scientists to use mathematical observations to collect information. He believed the sun is the center of the universe and the earth and other planets went around it. The chart on P.7 shows his theory. Copernicus’ Revolutionary Theory 1497 Began observations of the Sun, Moon, and planets 1514 Wrote Commentariolus, an outline of his astronomical ideas, but did not circulate it widely 1543 Published De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial) 3. Copernicus didn’t show his new theory to his friends until he completed it. 4. His friends were not interested in his ideas. 1. What conclusion did Copernicus’ mathematical calculations lead to? 2. Why couldn’t he tell anyone about the theory? 3. How many years did Copernicus work on the problem to complete his theory? 4. When did Copernicus publish his theory? 5. Do you think it’s right for Copernicus to publish his theory that late? 2 If you were Nicolaus Copernicus, would you have hidden your theory for so many years? Give your reasons. As a scientist, Copernicus was more cautious than coward. If he had published his ideas at his time, he would have been killed just as Bruno who was burnt to death because his theory was against the Christian Church’s. Every time a new idea appears, there are always rejections. It’s normal. Scientists should have patience to spread their truth. 1) 这个句子，好像一点也讲不通。 The sentence doesn’t seem to make sense. 2) 你编的故事我听不明白。 Your story doesn’t make