内容正文:
Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking — Comprehending
学习任务目标
1. 理清文章结构,掌握文章的主旨大意。
2. 能够在阅读中主动发问,并积极主动地探究答案。
3. 了解约翰·斯诺发现霍乱病源的过程,弘扬科学家无私奉献的精神。
4. 培养分析长难句的能力。
写出下列词汇的汉语意思
1. contradictory adj. 相互矛盾的;对立的;不一致的
2. germ n. 微生物;细菌;病菌
3. proof n. 证据;证明;检验
4. multiple adj. 数量多的;多种多样的
5. pump n. 泵;抽水机;打气筒
6. household n. 一家人;家庭;同住一所(套)房子的人
7. suspect vt. & vi. 怀疑;疑有;不信任
n. 犯罪嫌疑人;可疑对象
8. blame vt. 把……归咎于;责怪;指责
n. 责备;指责
9. handle n. 把手;拉手;柄
vt. 处理;搬动;操纵(车辆、动物、工具等)
10. link n. 联系;纽带
vt. 把……连接起来;相关联
11. raw adj. 未煮的;生的;未经处理的;原始的
12. decrease n. 减少;降低;减少量
vt. & vi. (使大小、数量等)减少;减小;降低
13. statistic n. [pl.] 统计数字;统计资料;统计学
14. microscope n. 显微镜
15. once and for all 最终地;彻底地
16. subscribe to 同意;赞同
17. thanks to 幸亏;由于
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Steps
What/How
Find a problem
Cholera used to be one of the most 1. feared diseases in the world.
Think of a method
★Cholera was caused by an 2. infection from germs in food or water.
★John Snow gathered information when an 3. outbreak of cholera hit London in 1854.
Collect and analyse results
★John Snow marked on a 4. map where all the dead people had lived and found the water from the pump was 5. to blame.
★Some water companies sold water from the River Thames that was 6. polluted by raw waste.
Draw a conclusion
★The pump water carried cholera 7. germs.
★Water companies began to sell 8. clean water.
Ⅰ. 根据课文内容选择正确答案
1. How did John Snow find out the cause of cholera?
A. By living in the area where cholera broke out.
B. By marking on a map where all the dead people had lived.
C. By analysing the food the patients had eaten.
D. By treating the people who infected with cholera.
2. There were no deaths in some houses in the cholera outbreak area because _________.
A. they worked in the pub at 7 Cambridge Street which provided clean water
B. they paid more attention to personal health and the clean living environment
C. they had drunk free beer instead of water from the Broad Street pump
D. they had known the water from the Broad Street pump was dangerous
3. Wha