Unit5 Great scientists

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Isaac Newton

The Theory of Relativity

Albert Einstein Jane Goodall

chimps

John Snow

cholera

Stephen Hawking

radium

Madame Curie

Hybrid rice

Black hole

Thinking:What personality and quality will be needed as a scientist?

intelligent, modest, patient, creative , hard-working,unselfish, determined, persistent, generous, confident , brave , co-operative, positive, pleasant, polite, energetic, etc.

brave

About Copernicus Do you know what is the center of

the solar system?

Can you name the nine planets in the solar system?

Mercury Mars

Venus Earth

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

oror？Copernicus

1.What’s Copernicus’ fear?

2.How did Copernicus prove his theory?

3.What is his theory?

Questions:

1.What’s Copernicus’ fear?He feared that the powerful Christian Church would have punished him for even suggesting such an idea.

Bruno was born five years after Copernicus died .He stuck to the Sun-centered Theory, which was against the Church’s will. In 1600,he was burnt to death.

2.How did Copernicus prove his theory?He had thought long and hard about these problems and tried to find an answer. He had observations of the stars and used all his mathematical knowledge to explain them. All his calculations and observations proved that his theory was right.

3.What is his theory?

The sun is the centre of the solar system with the planets going round it and only the moon still going round the earth.

Mind map of the text

Paragraph 1: the background of Copernicus’ study

Paragraph 2: the cause of Copernicus’ study

Paragraph 3: the procedure of Copernicus’ study

Paragraph 4: the result of Copernicus’ study

Paragraph 4: Copernicus’ theory replaced the Christian idea and proved correct.

The 9 planets:Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

The discovery of new evidence led to _____. A. the thief having caught B. catch the thief C. the thief being caught D. the thief to be caught

lead to + n\ doing

Only + 状语在句首，主句要部分倒装

1. Only when ____ the truth, ______ to realize that she was wrong.

A. did Mary hear; did she begin B. Mary hear; she began C. did Mary hear;she began D. Mary heard; did she begin

1. Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.

Translation:

Only if the teacher gives a permission can I enter the lab.

If only he comes early.

Only when finishing his homework was he allowed to go out for football.

如果……就好了

只有

Make sense• 1.make sense • 讲得通，言之有理• 2.Sense doesn\'t make sense in radio. • 在无线电广播方面，道理也不成其为道理了。• 3.Does that seem to make sense? • 那讲得通吗？• 4.It doesn\'t make sense. • 这没有意义。• 5.Do you think it make sense? • 你看这行得通吗

• Can you make sense of what this American is saying?

• 你听得懂这个美国人在说些什么吗• Arise:• arise from bed or rise to one's feet.• 起床起床或起立 • Tell our comrades to keep calm when problems a

rise. • 告诉同志们，遇事要沉着。

Woke on1 work on • 继续工作• They'll work on till sunset.• 他们将继续工作 , 直到日落• 。2 致力于…• He has been working on a new novel for over a

year now.• 近一年多来 , 他一直在写一部新小说。

Fill in the blanks with some proper words Copernicus was______ because he found the earth was not the centre of the solar _____, only if you put the sun there did the_______ of the other planets in the sky_________ He kept improving his new theory until he felt it was _____ in 1514. He Suggested that the earth was_____ as it went round the sun.His Friends were______ and encouraged him to publish his ideas, but Copernicus was_______he didn’t want to be______ by Christian Church.In fact,he was right.The Church______ his theory,saying it was against God’s idea.

confused system

movementsmake sense .

completedspinning

enthusiasticcautious

attacked

rejected

Discussion

As a scientist, one should be brave. But Copernicus was afraid of being attacked by the Christian Church.So he’d hidden his theory for nearly 30 years. What do you think of this?

I agree (with you). I support you.

I don’t agree with you . I don’t think so.

Write a short letter asking Copernicus to publish his ideas so everyone can read them.

Writing: