内容正文:
Science And Scientists
Unit1
Predictive Clause
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What kind of person is John Snow?
John Snow is talented.
John Snow is determined.
John Snow is committed.
Lead in
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Explanation
1. John Snow is determined.
2. One theory was that bad air caused the disease.
predictive(表语)
SP 主(系)表
SP 主(系)表
predictive clause(表语从句)
Find and underline the predictive clause
1. It seems that science is all around us.
2. Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me satisfied.
HOW?
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Summary
Linking verbs
一是:be(am, is, are)
二保持:keep, stay
三变化:become, turn, get
五起来:look, smell, taste, sound, feel
特殊记忆:seem, appear, remain, go, grow, prove, turn out
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Para. 2
In general, doctors in those days had two contradictory theories... One theory was that bad air caused the disease. Another was that cholera was caused by an infection from germs in food and water.
Activity 1: Underline all the predictive clauses in the reading passage.
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Para.3
... What is more, in another part of London, a woman and her daughter had died of cholera after moving away from Broad Street. It seemed that the women liked the water from the pump so much that she had it delivered to her house every day.
Activity 1: Underline all the predictive clauses in the reading passage.
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Para.4
The truth was that water from the Broad Street pump had been infected by waste. Moreover, Snow was later able to show a link between other cases of cholera and the different water companies in London.
Activity 1: Underline all the predictive clauses in the reading passage.
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Activity 2: Answer the following questions using the information from the reading passage as well as the predictive clauses.
Example
What was it that John Snow showed to the world?
What John Snow showed to the world was how ________________________.
cholera could be overcome
how 意思为“如何”,在表语从句中充当状语
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Activity 2: Answer the following questions using the information from the reading passage as well as the predictive clauses.
1. What was Snow’