B5U1Usinglanguage例析.ppt

Unit 5 Great scientists Nicolaus Copernicus born: in Poland in 1473 died : May 24, 1543 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. Copernicus’ Revolutionary Theory Prediction How did he put it forward? Whats his theory about? Read the text and draw the two theories of the universe with the following pictures. Sun earth Before Copernicus’ theory Showing Copernicus’ theory Reading and drawing orbit Before Copernicus’ theory Showing Copernicus’ theory Sun earth Sun Sun earth Mind map of the text Paragraph 1: the background of Copernicus’ study Paragraph 2: the cause of Copernicus’ study Paragraph 3: the procedure of Copernicus’ study Paragraph 4: the result of Copernicus’ study Paragraph 5: Copernicus’ theory replaced the Christian idea and proved correct. True (T) or False (F). At Copernicus’ time, Christian Church was in charge of many western countries. 2. Copernicus noticed that observed from the earth, some planets appears in front of or behind the earth. 3. Copernicus didn’t show his new theory to his friends until he completed it. T F T 4. His friends were not interested in his ideas. 5. Since he was not afraid of being attacked by the Church, Copernicus published his book as soon as he finished working on it. 6. Newton, Einstein, and Hawking are all scientists who made contribution to the study of the universe. F F T 1.导致；通向 2.……的中心 3.太阳系 4.只要，只有…… 5.有意义 6.有时，间或 7.考虑；回想起 8.努力做某事 9.从事，致力于…… 10.发表某人的观点 11.被……攻击 导致；通向 ……的中心 太阳系 只要，只有…… 有意义 有时，间或 lead to at times only if… make sense the centre of solar system 考虑；回想起 努力做某事 从事，致力于…… 发表某人的观点 受……攻击 think about try to do sth. work on publish one’s idea be attacked by lead to 导致；通向 All roads lead to Rome. 过着……的生活 lead a … life 条条大道通罗马。 lead the way 带路，示范