必修5Unit 1 Great Scientists 泛读课.doc

必修5Unit 1 Great Scientists 泛读课 济宁市第一中学 林翠菊 李雯 张学敏 刘玉东 邵长云 孔庆民 第一步 作业检查 Ask students some questions about Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. 第二步 阅读训练 “Copernicus Revolutionary Theory” 1. 话题导入 Ask students if they know what is the center of the solar system. ② Who found it? ③ Get students to have a look at the picture of Nicolaus Copernicus and talk about him. Nicolaus Copernicus 2. 快速阅读 Ask students to read the passage, and then answer the questions: What kind of conclusion did Nicolaus Copernicus draw? Key: He found that the sun is the center of the solar system instead of the earth. ② Could he tell anyone about his theory? And why? Key: No, he couldn’t. Because the powerful Christian Church believed God had made the world and for that reason the earth must be the center of the solar system, they would have punished him for even suggesting such an idea. ③ When did he publish his theory? Key: He published it as he lay dying in 1543. ④ How is his theory important? Key: Copernicus’ theory is now the base on which all our ideas of the universe are built. His theory replaced the Christian idea of gravity and showed this was obviously wrong. Also there is a direct link between his theory and the work of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. 3. Let students read the passage again and work in pairs to tell the main idea of each paragraph 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 4. 学生活动 Let students discuss Exercise 2 on page 7 in groups of four. 5. Ask students to underline some useful words and expressions and have a good understanding of them like: lead to, make sense, at times, complete, enthusiastic, cautious, reject, etc. ① lead to: 导致，通向 Your carelessness led to this traffic accident. 你