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Unit1GREAT

SCIENTISTS

JOHNSNOWDEFEATS

“KINGCHOLERA”

JohnSnowwasafamous

doctorinLondon—so

expert,indeed,thathe

attendedQueenVictoriaas

herpersonalphysician.But

hebecameinspiredwhen

hethoughtabouthelping

ordinarypeople(whowere)

exposedtocholera.This

wasthedeadlydiseaseofits

day.Neitheritscausenor

itscurewasunderstood.So

manythousandsofterrified

peoplediedeverytimethere

wasanoutbreak.John

Snowwantedtofacethe

challengeandsolvethis

problem.Heknewthat

cholerawouldneverbe

controlleduntilitscause

wasfound.

(expose:1暴露beexposed

toallkindsofweather.经受

风吹雨打。

Exposesbto

danger使某人面临危险。

Astudentwhohasbeen

exposedtoEnglishfor

some6years.接触英语达

六年左右的学生。

揭露。

2.Exposea

politician’slies.Hehas

beenexposedasaliar.他说

谎的行为被揭穿。）

Hebecameinterestedin

（

twotheoriesthatpossibly

explainedhowcholera

）

killedpeople.Thefirst

suggestedthatcholera

multipliedintheair,a

cloudofdangerousgas

floatedarounduntilit

founditsvictims.Fromthe

stomachthediseasequickly

attackedthebodyandsoon

theaffectedpersondied.

JohnSnowsuspectedthat

thesecondtheorywas

correctbutheneeded

evidence.Sowhenanother

outbreakhitLondon

（

Therewasanother

outbreak）in1854,hewas

readytobeginhisenquiry.

Asthediseasespread

quicklythroughpoor

neighbourhoods,hebegan

togatherinformation.In

twoparticularstreets,the

choleraoutbreakwasso

severethatmorethan500

peoplediedintendays.He

wasdeterminedtofindout

why.

Firsthemarkedonamap

（

theexactplaces