必修5Unit1Reading(阅读）.pptVIP

Unit 1 Great Scientists Reading Scientists: Pre-reading: Pre-reading: infectious diseases : They can be spread to other people. They have an unknown cause. They are difficult to cure. They need public health care to solve them. Cholera: It begins in the stomach and a severe case can lead to death without immediate treatment. And the victims died very quickly from a loss of liquid after severe vomiting(呕吐) and diarrhoea(腹泻). Find the main idea of each paragraph: The causes of cholera The correct or possible theory Collect data on those where people were ill and died and where they got their water Plot information on a map to find out where people died or did not die Analyse the water to see if that is the cause of the illness. Find other evidences to confirm his conclusion The polluted dirty source of drinking water was to blame for the cause of the London cholera. * * Alexander Bell electricity Thomas Edison the First telephone Wright Brothers the electric Lamp Madame Curie black holes in Universe Franklin Theory of Gravity Steven Hawking the First Plane Elbert Einstein Radium Isaac Newton the Theory of Relativity Scientists Contributions: Archimedes (阿基米德) Warming up: 1. Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? Ancient Greek (287-212BC) A mathematician Charles Darwin 2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? the Origin of Species Warming up: “father of modern biology” Marie Curie Warming up: 3. Who discovered radium? 4. Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody I large cities? Thomas Edison Skimming:: Who was the great scientist in the passage and what was the deadly disease of its day? John Snow cholera Careful Reading: John Snow was an doctor in London who Queen Victori