人教版高二英语必修五unit1Great scientists reading.pptVIP

Unit 1 Great scientists What do they have in common? Do you know other scientists?---- Let`s do a quiz. 1.Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? 2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? 3.Who invented the first steam engine? 4. Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children. 6.Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities? 7.Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? 8. Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground? 9. Who invented the earliest instrument to tell people where earthquakes happened? 10.Who put forward a theory about black holes? Another scientist--- John Snow British ( 1813~ 1858) A famous doctor An expert in cholera What is Cholera? Cholera is the illness caused by a bacterium[b?kti?ri?m] n. 细菌. It infects people’s intestines(肠), causing diarrhea[,dai?ri?] (腹泻), vomiting呕吐 and leg cramps肌肉抽筋；腹部绞痛 . 2.Number these events in the order that they happened. __ John Snow began to test two theories. __ An outbreak of cholera hit London in 1854 __ John Snow Marked the deaths on a map. __ He announced the water carried the disease. __ John Snow investigated two streets where the outbreak was very severe. __ King cholera was defeated. __ He founded that most of the deaths were near a water pump. __ He had the handle removed from the water pump. Para.1 Find a problem.   Homework Write a short summary of the reading passage using your own words. * They are scientists. Archimedes阿基米德（古希腊数学家、物理学家、发明家、学者） Charles Darwin (1808-1882) British author of The Origin of Species Thomas Newcomen,(1663-1729) British, improved the first steam pump and turned it into a steam engine for taking water out of mines in 1712. Gregor Mendel 格里哥·孟德尔（奥地利遗传学家 5. Who discovered radium? Marie C