高中英语 Unit 1 Great scientists Warming up课件5 新人教版.pptVIP

What is Cholera? Cholera is the illness caused by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. It infects people’s intestines(肠), causing diarrhea(腹泻), vomiting and leg cramps. The most common cause of cholera is by someone eating food or drinking water that has been infected with the bacteria. * After a disaster, this is a very real danger, since regular, clean water and food supplies are often unavailable. The disease can be spread even further by infected people using already dirtied water sources to clean themselves or dispose of waste. * * Great Britain Germany Death of first cholera case in London during the 1848-49 epidemic London Previous cholera epidemic in Great Britain in 1831-32 The spread of cholera * Homework Write a passage about one of your favourite scientist in about 150 words. 2. Preview the reading: JOHN SNOW DEFEATS “KING CHOLERA” * Unit 1 Great scientists characteristic radium painter scientific conclude conclusion analyse n. 特征; 特性 n. 镭 n. 画家; 油漆匠 adj. 科学的 vt. vi. 结束； 推断出 n. 结论；结束 vt. 分析 Words preview * put forward draw a conclusion 提出 得出结论 Expressions preview * There are some great scientific achievements that have changed the world. Can you name some of them? Match the achievements with the scientists below. * Galileo Galilei Benjamin Franklin Newton Alexander Bell Albert Einstein the theory of falling objects lightning the law of gravity telephone Scientists Achievements the theory of relativity * What do you know about great scientists? Try this quiz and find out who knows the most. * 1. Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? B. Archimedes C. Thomas Edison A. Charles Darwin Archimedes (287-212 BC), an ancient Greek mathematician physicist * 2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? Marie Curie C. Charles