高中英语Unit 1 Great Scientists Reading 教学课件2

GreatScientistsReading2Reading1AssignmentcheckingReadingpractice1Readingpractice2assignmentAssignmentcheckingWhatmakesIsaacNewtonsofamous?WhatisAlbertEinstein’sthemostimportanttheory?DoyourespectStephenHawking?Whyorwhynot?Readingpractise1Doyouknowthesolarsystem?Thesunisthecenterofthesolarsystem.

Readingpractise1Whofoundthesolarsystem?

WhatdoyouknowaboutCopernicus?Lookatthepicturesanddiscusswithyourclassmates

NicolausCopernicus

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Readthepassageonpage6quicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions

WhatkindofconclusiondidNicolausCopernicusdraw?

Hefoundthatthesunisthecenterofthesolarsysteminsteadoftheearth.

Readingpractise1 Couldhetellanyoneabouthistheory?Andwhy?

No,hecouldn't.BecausethepowerfulChristianChurchbelievedGodhadmadetheworldandforthatreasontheearthmustbethecenterofthesolarsystem,theywouldhavepunishedhimforevensuggestingsuchanidea.Readingpractise1 Whendidhepublishhistheory? Hepublisheditashelaydyingin1543.

Whendidhepublishhistheory? Copernicus'theoryisnowthebaseonwhichallourideasoftheuniversearebuilt.HistheoryreplacedtheChristianideaofgravityandshowedthiswasobviouslywrong.AlsothereisadirectlinkbetweenhistheoryandtheworkofIsaacNewton,AlbertEinsteinandStephenHawking.

Readingpractise1 Readthepassageagainandworkinpairstotellthemainideaofeachparagraph Paragraph1:

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thebackgroundofCopernicus'study

thecauseofCopernicus'study

theprocedureofCopernicus'studyReadingpractise1 Readthepassageagainandworkinpairstotellthemainideaofeachparagraph Paragraph4:

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theresultofCopernicus'study

Copernicus'theoryreplacedtheChristianideaandprovedcorrectReadingpractise1

IfyouwereNicolausCopernicus,wouldyouhavehiddenyourtheoryforsomanyyears?Giveareason.Readingpractise1

Readthepassageagainandunderlinesomeusefulwordsandexpressionsandhaveagoodunderstandingofthem

leadto:导致，通向Yourcarelessnessledtothistrafficaccident.你的粗心导致了这次交通事故。AllroadsleadtoRome.条条大路通罗马。leadsb.to(do)sth.诱使……做……Whatledyoutobelieveshewasathief?什么使你相信她是个贼？Whatledyoutothisconclusion?什么使你得出这个结论？Readingpractise1makesense:有意义，有道理，是合情合理的Yourexplanationdoesn'tmakesense/makenosense.Yourattitudemakessense.你的态度是有道理的。makesenseofsth.:tounderstandsth.理解……，懂得……Canyoumake(any)senseofwhatthiswriterissaying?你能理解这位作者在说什么吗？

attimes:sometimesbutnotusually有时，偶尔AttimesIwonderifit'sworthalltheeffort.有时候我想这一切努力是否值得。

Readingpractise1cautious:carefultoavoiddanger小心的，谨慎的acautiousdriver谨慎的司机becautiousaboutdoing...小心做……I'vealwaysbeenverycautiousaboutgivingmyaddresstostrangers.我总是很小心，不轻易把我的地址给陌生人。reject:拒绝（接受）Sherejectedmysuggestion.她拒绝了我的建议。Hewasrejectedforthearmybecauseofhisbadeyesight.他由于视力差而被拒绝入伍。Readingpractise2 Readthepassageonpage45andanswerWhat'sthegeneralrulethatEulerfound?

ThegeneralrulethatEulerfoundis:Ifafigurehasmore