人教版高中英语必修5 unit1 great (using language).ppt

If i have seen futher,it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. -Isaac Newton 如果说我比别人看得远些，那只是因为我站在巨人的肩膀上。 UNIT 1 GREAT SCIENTISTS learning about language using language NICOLAUS? COPERNICUS哥白尼 尼古拉·哥白尼（1473—1543）是15-16世纪的波兰天文学家、数学家、教会法博士、牧师。40岁时，哥白尼提出了日心说否定了教会的权威改变了人类对自然对自身的看法，当时罗马天主教廷错误认为他的日心说违反《圣经》。但哥白尼仍坚信日心说，并认为日心说与圣经没有矛盾，并经过长年的观察和计算完成他的伟大著作《天体运行论》。1533年，60岁的哥白尼在罗马做了一系列的讲演，但直到他临近古稀之年才终于决定将它出版。1543年5月24日去世的那一天才收到出版商寄来的一部他写的书。哥白尼的“日心说”沉重地打击了教会的宇宙观，这是唯物主义和唯心主义斗争的伟大胜利。哥白尼是欧洲文艺复兴时期的一位巨人。他用毕生的精力去研究天文学，为后世留下了宝贵的遗产。哥白尼遗骨于2010年5月22日在波兰弗龙堡大教堂重新下葬?。  QUIZ Do you know what is the center of the solar system? The sun Can you name the eight planets in the solar system? Mercury Mars Venus金星 Earth Jupiter木星 Saturn土星 Uranus 天王星 Neptune海王星 八大行星 Mercury水星 [m??kj?r?] Venus金星 [vi?n?s] Earth 地球 ?[??θ]? Mars火星 ?[mɑ?z]? Jupiter木星 [d?u?p?t?]? Saturn土星 [s?t(?)n] Uranus天王星 [ju?r?n?s] Neptune海王星[n?ptjun] Read the text carefully, then answer these questions 1.Why could he not tell about his theory? (Para 1) Because the powerful Christian Church would have punished him for even suggesting such an idea 2.What had the astronomers noticed in the sky? (Para 2) They had noticed that some planets in the sky seemed to stop, move backward and then go forward in a loop. Others appeared brighter at times and less bright at others. 3.When did Copernicus complete his theory? (Para 3) Between 1510 and 1514 he worked on it, gradually improving his theory until he felt it was complete. He published it as he lay dying in 1543 He placed a fixed sun at the centre of the solar system with the planets going round it and only the moon still going round the earth. He also suggested that the earth was spinning as it went round it and this explain changes in the movement of the planets and in the brightness of the stars. 4.How did he explain changes in the movement of the planets and in the brightness of the stars? Whe