B5U1 John Snow defeats“King cholera”
预习案
Pre-reading Please match the words with their proper meanings.
1．defeat A．to make a person or an animal healthy again after an illness 2．cure B．a new or difficult task that tests sb.'s ability and skill 3．challenge C．to win against sb.in a war, competition, sports game, etc. 4．suspect
D．to have an idea that something is bad but without having
definite proof
5．blame E．to take in liquid, gas, or another substance from the surface or
space around something
6．absorb F．to make a connection between two or more things or people 7．link G．to think or say that sb./sth. is responsible for sth.bad
8．conclusion H．the part of sth.used to open it; to deal with; to operate or control 9．expose I．to show sth. that is usually covered or hidden; to make sth.
Known publicly
10．handle J．sth. that you decide is true after thinking it carefully; the end of sth. 1～5 ________ 6～10 ________ Lead-in
Match the pictures with the proper introductions.
1．____ He is considered as one of the greatest scientists in history for his discovery of universal gravitation and the three laws of motion.
2．____ She is a famous Chinese female scientist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in medicine on October 5 for her discoveries concerning a novel treatment against malaria (疟疾). This is the first Nobel Prize given to a Chinese scientist for work carried out within China.
3．____ He is a British scientist. He worked in astronomy and put forward a theory
about black holes.
4．____ He was a scientist who made important contributions to the missile and space programs.He returned to China in 1955 and led the Chinese rocket program, and became known as the “Father of Chinese Rocketrying”.
reading While-Fast-reading
Skim the text and choose the best answers. 1．What's the main idea of the passage?
A．John Snow was a well-known doctor in London. B．The cause of cholera was polluted water.
C．The source of all drinking water should be examined.
D．How John Snow collected, analyzed data and found the cause of the disease and solved it.
2．Find out the main idea (or topic sentence) of each paragraph：
Para.1 A．Polluted water carried the disease. Para.2 B．“King Cholera” was defeated at last.
Para.3 C．John Snow wanted to use his knowledge to solve cholera. Paras.4 & 5 D．He got interested in two theories explaining the cause of cholera. Para.6 E．He needed evidence to prove the second theory was correct. Para.7 F．He found out that dirty water was the cause of cholera. Para.1 ________ Para.2 ________ Para.3 ________ Paras.4 & 5 ________ Para.6 ________ Para.7 ________ Careful-reading
Read the text and choose the best answers. 1．According to John Snow's view, ________. A．Queen Victoria suffered a lot from bad health B．a cure had been found for cholera before his time C．cholera's cause had to be discovered in order to control it D．thousands of terrified people knew what they should do 2．Which of the following theories did John Snow believe in?
A．A cloud of dangerous gas would float around until it found its victims. B．People absorbed cholera into their bodies with their meals. C．People got infected with cholera because of cold and hunger. D．People suffered from cholera because they were not clean.
3．After he made further investigations, John Snow found ________. A．cholera multiplied in the air
B．people absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals C．the water from the polluted river was to blame D．flies spread the disease
4．How did he find out the cause of the disease? A．By living in the area where cholera broke out. B．By marking a map where all the dead people had lived. C．By telling the terrified people how to prevent it. D．By saving the dying people suffering from cholera. 5．How was “King Cholera” defeated? A．By not polluting the river again. B．By eating healthy diets.
C．By delivering the water from other rivers. D．By stopping drinking the polluted water. Study-reading
Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text.
1．But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera. [句式分析]
[尝试翻译] ________________________________________________________ 2．First he marked on a map the exact places where all the dead people had lived.
[句式分析] where引导定语从句，修饰先行词places, on a map为地点状语前置，原因marked的宾语“the exact places ... had lived”太长，为了结构紧凑，故放在了地点状语的后面。
[尝试翻译] _______________________________________________________ 3．A woman, who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it delivered to her house every day. [句式分析]
[尝试翻译] ________________________________________________________ 4．To prevent this from happening again, John Snow suggested that the source of all the
water supplies be examined.
[句式分析] 逗号前面的不定式短语作目的状语。suggested 后接宾语从句the source of all the water supplies be examined。
[尝试翻译] ________________________________________________________
B5U1 John Snow defeats“King cholera”
教学案
Warming Up & Reading — Language Points
一、这样记单词
记得准·写得对 Ⅰ.基础词汇 1. ________vt. 打败；战胜；使受挫 n. 失败 2. ________adj. 熟练的；经验或知识丰富的 n. 专家；行家 3. ________vt. 照顾；护理；出席；参加 4. ________vt. 暴露；揭露；使曝光 5. ________n. 治愈；痊愈 vt. 治愈；治疗 6. ________n. 挑战 vt. 向??挑战 7. ________vt. 认为；怀疑 n. 被怀疑者； 嫌疑犯 8. ________vt. 责备；谴责 n. 过失；责备 9. ________n. 柄；把手 vt. 处理；操纵 10. ________vt.& n. 连接；联系 Ⅱ.拓展词汇 记得快·记得多 1.painter n．画家；油漆匠 [同义] drawer n．画家 [串记] The painter is painting the door. 这位油漆匠正在给门上油漆。 2.physician n．医生；内科医师 [联想] doctor 医生； dentist 牙医 [词块] see a doctor/dentist 看医生/牙医 3.neighbourhood n．附近；邻近 [记法] neighbour (n.邻居)＋-hood [联想] childhood n．童年 4.pump [名词动用] n．泵；抽水机→vt.(用泵)抽水 [联想] “名词动用”的常见词集锦 ①book n．书→v.预订 ②seat n．座位→v.容纳 ③back n．背部→v.支持 ④face n．脸→vt.面对 ⑤head n．头→vi.前往 1.scientific adj. 科学的→science n．科学→scientist 5.foresee (原形)→foresaw (过去n．科学家 2. _______vt.&vi. 结束；推断出→________n．结论；结束 3. ________vt. 吸收；吸引；使专心→absorbed adj.全神贯注的；一心一意的 4. ________vt. 污染；弄脏→pollution n．污染 5. ________vt. 宣布；通告→announcement n．公告；[联想] “A－B－C型”不规则动词一览 ①see→saw→seen ②hide→hid→hidden ③write→wrote→written ④ride→rode→ridden 式)→foreseen (过去分词) [规律] A－B－C型