(课件网) Reading and Thinking: Understand the questioning mind Learning objectives 1.Find out the stages of scientific research in this passage； 2.Learn about John Snow’s research process and analyse John Snow’s character； 3.Express your idea on the given topic through creative thinking； 4.Analyse the structure of problem-solution pattern. Lead-in Watch the video and discuss the following stages of scientific research in groups. What order would you put them in Stages of scientific research Draw a conclusion Collect data Ask a question Find a problem Analyse the results Find supporting evidence Think of a method What can we know from the title John Snow Defeats“King Cholera” Who How What In the early 19th century, an infectious disease hit Europe. While-reading Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas 1．What’s the main idea of the passage A．How John Snow became a well-known doctor in London. B．How John Snow found out the cause and defeated cholera. C．How John Snow changed the way scientists studied diseases. D．How John Snow stopped all people from catching cholera. √ 2．Read the whole passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph. Para.1 A．Snow began his study by marking on a map. Para.2 B．John Snow decided to prove the second theory. Para.3 C．Snow’s contributions. Para.4 D．John Snow desired to defeat cholera. Para.5 E．The truth of the infection of cholera. Cholera What When Where What results It used to be _____ in the world，because it causes _____. one of the most feared diseases severe diarrhoea，dehydration，and even death _____. _____. Europe _____. Millions of people died from the disease In the early 19th century Activity 2 Careful-reading for details Ⅰ.Read para.1 quickly and fill in the mind map. Ⅱ. Read para.2 carefully and finish the following exercises. 1．Find out the two theories. Two contradictory theories Theory one: caused by _____ Theory two: caused by _____ Symptoms Symptoms cough sneeze runny nose lung diarrhoea dehydration bad air germs Snow subscribed to the second theory. 2.What did John Snow investigate when another outbreak hit London in 1854 He discovered that in two particular streets the cholera outbreak was so severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. He was determined to find out why. Ⅲ. Read para.3 carefully and finish the exercises. Multiple deaths happened here. No death happened here. Public house Clue 1: They drunk the water from the pump. Water pump Clue 2: They drunk free beer from the Public house. He suspected that the water from the pump was to blame. Find supporting evidence Two deaths Place Person Event In another part of London A woman and her daughter Died of cholera because of drinking the water delivered from the pump Draw a conclusion Pump water carried the cholera germs. Match the following headers with the letters from the chart above. Write A-E in the blanks. 1. conclusion 2. evidence 3. proces ... ...
