北师大版英语Unit15Lesson 4

Unit15LearningLesson4Understanding

Sswillbeableto1.learnaboutinquirylearningandunderstandkeyinformation.2.getsomeofthekeyinformationandtalkaboutitintheirownwords.3.uselinkingandreferencewordstohelpunderstandatext.ObjectivesAreyoufullofcuriosity?Howdoyougetknowledgeandunderstand?readingobservingthinkingAskingquestionsFrancisBaconKnowledgeispower.Truthisthedaughteroftime,notofauthority.

Inorderforthelighttoshinesobrightly,thedarknessmustbepresent.GalileoGalileiGalileoGalileiAlltruthsareeasytounderstandoncetheyarediscovered;thepointistodiscoverthem.Pre-reading

PleasereadoutthefollowingwordsandgivetheChinesemeaningacquireobserveanalysisreligionignorerespect

Matchthephraseswiththecorrectmeanings

acquireknowledge信仰宗教observetheworld获得知识thetypeofanalysis值得尊重的人物believeinreligion观察世界someonerespected忽视事实ignorethefacts分析方式Whatdoesthewriteradviseustodofirsttounderstandthings?

AAskingsomebodyforhelpBDiscussingwithothersCAskingquestionsDSurftheInternetandwaitforittospittheansweroutcGuess:3.Readtexts1-5.Whichoftheunderlinedlinkingwordsmeanthesameasthese?Examplethen=nextbut,when,since,tostartwith,afterwards,so,sohecouldWhilereadinghowever=but,as=for,because=since,atfirst=tostartwith,later=afterwards,therefore=so,inorderto=sohecouldWhatelsedoesthewriteradviseustodotounderstandthingsaccordingtoPara.1?Headvisesustounderstandthingsby

observing_________________;

studying__________________;considering________________;

testing____________________.theworldaroundyouthefactspossibleanswerseachtofindtheonesMatchthemainideawiththeotherpartsofthetext

Para.2

peoplebelievedinwhatsomeoneimportantandrespectedsaidPara.3~4peoplethankedthegreatmanwhostudyinascientificway.Para.5

peoplebelievedinreligioninancienttime.Readthetextagain.Answerthesequestions.

Doesthewriterbelievethatthe

BaconianMethodofscientificthoughtisagoodwaytogainknowledge?Yes.Shesaysmodernscientistsandthinkersarestillsolvingtheworld’sproblemswiththistypeofanalysis—luckilyforus.2)WhatimagesdoesthewriterusetoexplainhowmenlikeBaconandGalileohelpededucatepeople?Sheusesimagesofshadows,kingdoms,warandmoney.Shesays,“stepoutfromtheshadowsofconventionalthoughtandintothekingdomofknowledge…”and“knowledgeandunderstandingarethingstofightfor;morevitaltoman,somemightsay,thanallthemoneyintheworld.”3)WhydidAristotleassumethatthesunmovedaroundtheEarth?Becauseitfeltliketheearthwasstandingstillwhilethesunmovedthroughthesky.4)WouldthewriterdescribethepeopleofthechurchduringGalileo’stimeashaving‘open’or‘closed’minds?ThewriterwoulddescribethepeopleofthechurchduringGalileo’stimeashavingclosedminds.5)DoyouthinkpeoplelikeBaconandGalileiwouldhavethoughtitwasagoodideatoopenlibrariesandsetupuniversities?Why?Yes.Becauselibrariesanduniversitiesaretheplacesinwhichpeoplecanacquiretheknowledgeandunderstandingoftheworld.PostReading

Howdoyouunderstandthefollowingsentence?

Whoquestionsmuch,shalllearnmuchandremembermuch.Howshouldweacquireknowledge&understanding?observestudyconsidertestKnowledgeWisdomDiscuss:

Findtheseverbsaboutlearninginthetext,thenmatchthemwiththeirmeaningsbelow.Vocabulary:Wordsaboutlearningacquire,observe,consider,test,discover,inspire,solve,challenge1)tolookatclosely2)togetobserveacquire3)toquestionsomething4)toencouragelearning5)tofindtheanswertoaproblem6)tothinkaboutsomethingfromallsides7)toseeifananswerisright8)tofindsomethingforthefirsttimechallengeinspiresolve

consider

testdiscoverCompletethesentenceswiththecorrectformofthewordsbelow.accustomed,bureaucratic,tend,approve,beneficial,worthy,urge,vital,unwilling,assumption,defence,BC,kingdom,rank1.Ben_____toliewheneverhefeelshemightgetintotrouble.tends2.Youmightfindit_____toSTUDYbeforeyournextexam!3.Idon’t________ofthemansheismarrying.He’snot______ofher.4.He______metogiveupsmoking.Hesaiditwas_________formyhealth.vitalapproveworthyurgedbeneficial5.IworkforgovernmentforsoIam___________todoingalotofaccustomed8.Inthewar,menofalldifferent_____helpedinthe_______ofthecity.7.I’m_________tomakeany___________aboutmynewjobincaseI’mwrong.6.Davidruledhis________for40years,from1000____.ranksdefencekingdomBCunwillingassumptions_____________work.bureaucraticLanguagepoints1.tostartwith1）inthefirstplace第一；e.g.Tostartwithwedon’thaveenoughmoneyandsecondlywe’retoobusy.

一来我们的钱不够，二来我们没时间。2）atthebeginning起初；开始时e.g.Theclubhadonlysixmemberstostartwith.这个俱乐部最初只有六个成员。2.1）worthyofsb/sth适合于某人/某事e.g.Itwasdifficulttofindwords

worthyoftheoccasion.很难找到适合于那种场合的言词。2）worthyofsth.应得某事物；值得做某事e.g.Theireffortsareworthyofyoursupport.他们的这样努力应得到你的支持。3）approveofsb./sth.赞成；认可；