1. Unit 1 Great Scientists

2. Who is he/she? Their great achievements?
Lin Qiaozhi
(l90l--l983),
Jane Goodall
(l934-- ),
Nelson Mandela
( )
the first Chinese specialist in women’s disease
British zoologist study chimps
former South Africa president fight for… Nobel Peace prize 1993

3. Who is he/she? Their great achievements?
Great scientists
Qian Xuesen（ ）China
Madame Curie （1867~1934）Poland
discoverer of radium
the Nobel Prize twice physics chemistry
Father of the Chinese space programme

4. Who is he/she? and their nationality &title?
1.Archimedes (287~212BC) 阿基米德
Ancient Greek Mathematician physicist
2. Charles Darwin (1809~1882) 查理士 达尔文
British biologist
3. Thomas Newcomen (1663~1729) 托马斯 纽科门
British engineer
4. Gregor Mendel (1822~1884) 格雷戈尔·孟德尔
Austrian botanist
5. Marie Curie (1867~1934) 玛丽·居里
Polish Physicist chemist
James Watt ( ) B. inventor
founder of the science of genetics

5. Who is he/she? and their nationality &title?
6. Thomas Edison (1847~1931) 托马斯·爱迪生
American inventor
7. Leonardo da Vinci (1452~1519) 达·芬奇
Italian painter engineer scientist
8. Sir Humphry Davy (1778~1829) 汉弗莱·戴维
British chemist
9. Zhang Heng (78~139) 张衡
Chinese astronomer
10. Stephen Hawking (1942~) 史蒂芬·霍金
British physicist

6. What do you think the most important qualities are as a scientist?
interest curiosity cleverness/intelligence diligence/hard work honesty …
new ideas in scientific research

7. Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific research?
(P1 Pre-reading )
Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific research?
Draw a conclusion
Think of a method
Collect results
Make a question
Find a problem
Analyse the results
Find supporting evidence
得出结论
找出研究方法
收集材料
形成研究主题
发现问题
分析材料
找其它证据

8. Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific research?
(P1 Pre-reading )
Do you know how to prove a new idea in scientific research?
Draw a conclusion
Think of a method
Collect results
Make a question
Find a problem
Analyse the results
Find supporting evidence
1.Find a problem
2.Make a question
3.Think of a method
4.Collect results
5.Analyse results
6.Find supporting evidence
7.Draw a conclusion

9. The passage is written following the stages:
John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
deadly
infectious
= causing death
= that can be spread quickly
SARS
Bird flu
AIDS

10. Read the first and last sentences of each para.
Steps:
Which para.
1. Find a problem
2. Make a question
3. Think of a method
4. Collect results
5. Analyse results
6. Find supporting evidence
7. Make a conclusion
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
Para 6
Solution
Para 7

11. Para.1 The harm of Cholera: The problem : Find a problem deadly
Many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak.
whenever cholera broke out.
The problem :
Neither its cause nor its cure was understood.

12. √ Para.2 The likely reasons: Para.3 The way of researching:
Make up a question
The likely reasons:
Cholera spread in the air.
People absorbed this disease into their body with their meals. √
Para.3
Think of a method
The way of researching:
By enquiring and gathering information on a map.

13. His preliminary(初步的) conclusion:
Para.4
Collect results
What he found:
many deaths were near the water pump.
some houses had had no deaths.
→ a valuable clue about the cause
His preliminary(初步的) conclusion:
water was to blame.

14. His preliminary(初步的) conclusion was __________from his findings..
Analyse the result
Para.5
What to do? what to find?
looked into the source of their drinking water
→found it came from the river polluted by the dirty water from London.
told people to remove the handle from the pump
→ found the disease slowed down
His preliminary(初步的) conclusion was __________from his findings..
proved

15. What is the supporting evidence?
Para.6
Find supporting evidence
What is the supporting evidence?
Two other people in another part of London died after drinking the water.
His preliminary(初步的) conclusion was proved __________.
further
His final conclusion:
Para.6
announced with certainty that polluted water carried the virus.

16. Para.7 Solution What did John do after his discovery? should
suggested that the water supplies be examined
The water companies were instructed not to expose people to polluted water.
= officially tell somebody to do …

17. Read and put the stages into the reading:
Steps:
What?
1. Find a problem
2. Make a question
3. Think of a method
4. Collect results
5. Analyse results
6. Find supporting evidence
7. Make a conclusion
What caused cholera?
Was the disease absorbed into bodies with meals?
Asked/gathered information on…
Many deaths were near the water pump. Some houses had no deaths.
looked into the source of the water for the people
Two other deaths in another part of London were linked to the water.
Polluted water carried the virus.

18. Discussion:
What should you do if you're travelling a country where there is a cholera outbreak? …

19. Read the passage again and fill in the blanks:
John Snow was a well-known ____ in London in the ___ century. He wanted to find the ______ of cholera in order to ______ it.
In 1854 when a cholera ____ out, he began to gather information. He _____ on a map where all the dead people had lived and he found that they had drunk the water from the ______ nearby. Then he _________ the source of the water and found it came from the river _____ by the dirty water from London. Later, he also found two other deaths in another part of London were ______to the water. So he ______certainly that polluted water carried the virus.
doctor/physician
cause
19th
defeat
broke
marked
pump
looked into
polluted
linked
announced

20. Besides, he suggested that the source of all water supplies be _______
Besides, he suggested that the source of all water supplies be _______. And the water companies were _________ to provide people with clean drinking water.
examined
instructed