课程内容

《Great scientists（Part 3）》
Learning goals:
1.to read the reading passage to draw the theories of the universe
2.to write a short letter asking Copernicus to publish his ideas.
Pre-reading
  We know from last class it is his logical mind and screntific method that help john Snow defeat cholera.
Today we will learn another scientist Copernicus, who was one of the first scientists to use mathematical observations to collect information.He believed the sun is the center of the universe and the earth and other;planets went around it.
The reading passage on P.7 shows his theory.
Copernicus'Revolutionary Theory
Paragraph I:Copernicus' confusion
  His calulation about the universe went against the Church's idea which was in charge of many western cotmtries at that time.
Paragraph2:The problem
Paragraph3-4:The publishment of his theory
Paragraph5:The influence of his theory.
1.Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.只有当你把太阳放在中心位置上，天空中其他行星的运动才能说得清楚。
2.Yet he could not tell anyone about his theory as the powerful Christian Church would have punished him for even suggesting such an idea.
他的这种理论可不能告诉任何人，因为即使只暗示有这种想法，他都会是受到强大的基督教会势力的惩罚。
请选择下列短语的适当形式完成下列句子。
put forward;draw a conclusion;link.....to ;(be)strict with;make sense;expose......to;lead to
1.The new road will____the city_____the countryside.
2.After waiting for half an hour.I____that he wouldn't come at all.
3.The theory___by Einstein was later to prove true,but at that time few people could accept it.
4.The parents are always____their children.
5.Hard work_____success and failure often lies in laziness.
6.No matter how I tried to read it the sentence didn't____.
7.Don't_______the vegetables______the sun.
First,brainstorm some reasons
There are problems with thepresent theory.
He has done many years of observations to prove his new theory is true.
Science cannot develop unless people publish thei ideas......
Second,make a plan
Paragraph 1.tell Copernicus who you are and why you want him to publish his ideas.