Unit1 Reading and Thinking 导学案 -2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

Unit 1 Reading and Thinking 导学案 1.Look at the title and pictures. What is the passage mainly about? The text is mainly about how John Snow found the cause of cholera and defeated it. 2.What’s the structure of the passage? Paragraphs Key words to conclude the main idea 1 Background information 2-3 Research process 4 The truth 5 Results and significance 3. Read para.1 and fill in the mind map.What? It used to be one of the most feared diseases in the world, because it causes severe diarrhoea, dehydration, and even death. . When? In the early 19th century. Cholera Where? Europe. . What consequence? Millions of people died. Who? A British, young and famous doctor who even attended to Queen Victoria when she gave birth. John Snow What? He had a desire to destroy cholera once and for all. 4. Read para2-3 and answer the following questions. Q1: What were the two theories and which one did John Snow agree with? Theory two: caused by germs in food or water __________________. VS Theory one: caused by bad air Snow subscribed to the second theory. Q2:What method did he use? Using cholera map. 5. Read para. 2-3 again and complete the chart below. H: The handle of the pump was removed. A: It was believed that cholera was caused by bad air or germs in food or water. G: The pump water carried cholera germs. B: Snow was determined to find out why. F: A woman and her daughter died in another part of London after moving away from Broad Street. C: Snow marked on a map the places where the people who died had lived. E: Many deaths occurred near the water pump in Broad Street. Some people hadn’t drunk the water from the pump, and lived. D: House number 16, 37, 38, and 40; 20 and 21 Broad Street; 8 and 9 Cambridge Street. Then match the following headers with the letters from the chart above. Write A-H in the blanks. 1. analyse the results E 2. ask a question B 3. draw a conclusion G 4. collect data D 5. find a problem A 6. find supporting evidence F 7. think o