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人教版(2019)选择性必修二
Unit 1 SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS
Period 6
Assessing Your Progress
1.To read about how John Snow defeated “King Cholera”
2.To work out the stages of scientific research
3.To understand the important role of questioning spirit in scientific research.
4.To solve the reading tasks by thinking logically and cooperating with peers.
Learning Objectives
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words below.
Activity 1
brilliant solid microscope finding contradictory gift astronomer theory
The scientist's main task is to discover how things work in the universe. But few scientists have placed themselves under the ___________ . So even though the _______________ scientific method, which mainly includes hypotheses, data collection, and statistical analysis, is written down, the method by which scientists come to ________________ conclusions is hard to identify. Two of the essential qualities a scientist needs to have seem to be curiosity and creativity. People who are curious usually have a mixture of seemingly ____________ desires: They are looking for originality and yet they also want everything in its proper place.
microscope
brilliant
solid
contradictory
To settle the confict between statistics and _______,scientists often have to be creative, and think outside the box—approach the problem from different directions. They must have a vivid imagination and a strong intuition in order for new ________ to be made. It echoes something the _______ Carl Sagan once said. He believes that every child"starts out as a scientist" and every child is __________ with the“sense of wonder and awe".
theory
findings
astronmer
gifted
What qualities can be added to the scientific spirit list according to this passage?
Fill in each blank with a word or expression that introduces a predicative clause.
Activity 2 Review predictive clauses
link verb
①be动词;
②感官动词:sound, tas