Unit 1 Science and Scientists 课文学案-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第二册

I. Translate the sense groups in the text into Chinese. 1. used to be 2. feared diseases 3. in the early 19th century 4. die from 5. in time 6. rise 7. cause severe diarrhoea 8. attend to 9. give birth 10. once and for all 11. in general 12. contradictory theories 13. an infection from germs 14. subscribe to the second theory 15. consequently 18. investigate 19. be determined to do 20 find out 21. be to blame 22. what is more 23. in another part of London 24. die of 25. as a result of 26. carry cholera germs 27. accordingly 28. the handle of the pump 29. moreover 30. other cases of cholera 30. a link between...and... 31. raw waste 32. be likely to do sth 33. pure/boiled water 34. through tireless effort 35. a substantial decrease 36. thanks to 37. in his use of maps and statistics 38, for this reason 39. modern epidemiology II. Fill in the blanks. 1. Cholera used to be one of the most feared diseases in the world, until a British doctor, John Snow, showed how it could ______(overcome). 2. In the early 19th century, _____ an outbreak of cholera hit Europe, millions of people died from the disease. 3. —— a young doctor, John Snow became _____(frustrate) because no one knew how to prevent or treat cholera. 4. In time, he ____(rise) to become a famous doctor, and even attended to Queen Victoria when she gave birth.______, he never lost his desire _____(destroy) cholera once and for all. 5. ___ general, doctors in those days had two contradictory theories ____ (explain) how cholera spread. 6. One theory was _____ bad air caused the disease. The others was ____ cholera was caused by an ____(infect) from germs in food or water. 7. Snow subscribed______ the second theory. 8. Consequent, when ____ outbreak of cholera hit London in 1854, Snow began to investigate. 9. The cholera outbreak was ______severe that more than 500 people died in ten days. 10. Snow began ___ marking on a map the exact places _____ all those ____ died had l