新人教版高中英语选修10课件Unit1 Workbooklistening and talking（共49张PPT.ppt

Listening;1 Before you listen to the tape discuss in pairs what theories you know of on the origin of species that existed before Darwin’s idea. Then have a class discussion and see how many different theories you are familiar with.;2 Charles Darwin developed his view new theory to replace the Western idea of the origin of species. Listen to the tape for the first time and write it down.;3 Listen to the tape again and fill in the information in the chart.;;4 Answer these questions.;2 What was the public reaction to his book The Origin of Species?;4 How did he handle the criticism?;The year is 1860. Fred Jones (F J) is interviewing Charles Darwin (CD) for a newspaper.;FJ: Hello, Mr Darwin, Im your interviewer, Fred Jones. Today Im very glad youve come from London to talk to me. Now, Mr Darwin, I hear you have a new theory. What is it?;CD: My theory of evolution states that all animals originally came from other earlier species. It took millions of years. In the old idea, the Bible assumed that God made all creatures and plants in six days. FJ: I see. What about human beings?;CD: Well. I think people come from monkeys. FJ: That mustve upset Christians, I suppose. CD: Indeed, it upset all the Christians who believe that God made animals including people in six days. ;FJ: Why did you change your mind in 1858 and publish your idea nearly twenty years after you thought of it?;CD: Well, in that year an unknown biologist wrote to me with the same idea. So I knew that I couldnt keep quiet any longer. But I wanted to be fair. So the two of us explained our ideas together in an important meeting in London. The next year I published On The Origin of Species where I explained all my ideas fully and included all my ev