人教版高二英语必修五unit1reading课件.pptVIP

* John Snow Defeats “King Cholera” According to the title, can you guess the main idea of the text? The text mainly tells us John Snow defeated ‘King Cholera’. how _______ John Snow: Para.1: John Snow was a famous doctor in London—— so expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. …help ordinary people (who were) exposed to cholera. … face the challenge and solve this problem. Cholera: The deadly disease of its day (in the 19th century) Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. Many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak. In two particular streets, the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. Para.1: “He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found.” What causes cholera??? Para.1: Para.2: Two theories The first theory Cholera multiplied in the air. The second theory People absorbed … with their meals. Para. 3-6 Suppose you were John Snow, what kind of information would you go to collect? Q1: Where did the dead people live? Did they live in the same place？ Q2: What did the dead people eat and drink? Q3: What caused their deaths? Q4: What did the dead people have in common? Q5:… 16 37 20 8 9 pump 38 40 BROAD STREET CAMBRIDGE STREET 21 John Snows Cholera Map 7 Pub 16 37 20 8 9 pump 38 40 BROAD STREET CAMBRIDGE STREET 21 John Snows Cholera Map 7 Pub It seemed that the water was to blame! Thinking: Do you think John Snow would have solved this problem without the map? Give your reasons. With the map, he was able to identify the houses that had had many deaths (no deaths). And then he could survey their drinking habits. The results could be clearly showed on the map. In a way, it is the key to solving the problem. Further thinking: Is the word ”seem” here necessary? Can we remove it? The word “seem” here is necessary, and we can’t remove it. Scientific research should be serious, careful and cautious. Only investigation is not