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Unit1 Science and Scientists
John Snow
Defeats “King Cholera”
Reading and Thinking
John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
What do you know about infectious diseases
Infectious diseases can be spread to other people. They may have an unknown cause and need public health care to solve them.
foot-and-mouth
disease
chickenpox
medical achievements
pills
Vaccine (疫苗)
who？
great
doctors/scientists
Brainstorming:
How do robots already help humans today
Share the opinions with your partner.
Domestic robots:
How do robots already help humans in their lives today
Robots are useful for domestic uses, commercial uses, and military intelligence and combat purposes.
Robots are performing tasks that are too dangerous for humans like neutralizing bombs. Furthermore, robots can help to search for human survivors in insecure ruins. Additionally, they can aid in discovering mines and shells. Robotics is also a teaching aid in STEM. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Read the text quickly and finish the two tasks.
No.1： Match the main idea with each part.
C Larry persuaded Claire to accept the robot that would be tested out.
B The result of Claire living with the robot.
A The process of the robot helping Claire.
Para 3- 8:
Para 9:
Para 1-2:
Setting
Conflict
Conclusion
Skim for the characters (their traits and relationships)
a household robot
Claire
Larry Belmont
Gladys Claffern
one of the richest and most powerful women around
made this household robot
(Claire wished to be)
Tony
A couple
tested out

Task 3: Read carefully for the plot
A household robot was going to be _________ by Claire
Claire’s problems Tony’s help
1.She thought she was not _______. 2.Her house was not _______. 3.She wanted to be like _______________. 4.The saleswoman was _______ to her. 5.She was so clumsy to _____________________. 1.He gave her a new _______ and improved the _______ she wore.
2.He____________the house completely.
3.He suggested a _____in her house.
4.He made the woman changed her_________.
5.He managed to _________ in time from the next room.
On the night of the party, before the guests ________, Tony took her in his arms, said that he did not want ___________ the next day, and that he felt more than just the _______ to please her.
Setting (para.
1-2)
Conflict
(para.3-8)
Conclusion
(para.9)
Gladys Claffern
rude
fall off the ladder
clever
elegant
hairstyle
makeup
transformed
party
attitude
catch her
tested out
arrived
desire
to leave her
Claire’s feelings changed.
Read carefully for the change of Clarie’s feeling，and complete the chart.
Task 4
Occasion Claire
1 Before he arrived dislike him
2 was alarmed
3 felt embarrassed
4 admired him
5 called him a dear
6 felt warmth
7 felt being envied
8 cried all night
Stages of scientific research
Find a problem
Ask a question
Think of a method
Collect data
Analyse the results
Find supporting evidence
Draw a conclusion
while reading
Order
Cholera
Who
What
A _________doctor who even attend ________________
when she gave birth.
He had desire to ________________once and for all.
famous
Queen Victoria
destroy cholera
John
Snow
Read para.1 quickly and fill in the mind map.
Read for details.
while reading
Though being famous, he was still devoted to defeating “King Cholera”
What It’s one of ________________________ in the world, because it causes _ ____________________________.
When ___________________________
Where __________
What results _________________________________________
the most feared diseases
severe diarrhoea, dehydration and even death
In the early 19th century
Europe
Millions of people died from the disease.
Cholera
Read para.1 quickly and fill in the mind map.
Find the problem
Research background
“King Cholera”
Para. 1
Cholera was caused by bad air.
Cholera was caused by an infection from germs in food or water.
Para.2
Para.2 (two contradictory theories about how cholera spread)
Para 1-2:
C Larry persuaded Clair to accept the robot that
would be tested out.
B The result of Clair living with the robot.
A The process of the robot helping Clair.
Para 3- 8:
Para 9:
Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Activity 2: Scan the passage for details.
1. Who did Claire turn to for help when the clerk at the counter was rude to her
Tony, the robot.
Activity 2: Scan the passage for details.
2. The robot Tony helped Claire realize her dream
by making her home elegant, giving her a new hairstyle and changing the makeup she wore, and giving her advice.
Activity 3: Intensive reading for more information
1. Why didi Claire buy the items from the shops
Because Tony wanted the house trransformed.
Beginning
Development
Ending
Climax
(高潮)
Para. 1-2
M _________
Para. 3-8
H _________
Para. 9
L _________

Meet
Help
Love
Step 4 Post-reading
Task 1: Analyse the structure

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