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John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
Unit 1
Reading and Thinking
Lead-in
What disease can you think of when you look at these pictures?
COVID-19
Lead in
Are you familiar with these situations ?
Mask up
Get vaccinated
Self-isolation
Positive measures are taken by humans to fight against COVID-19.
coronavirus[kəˈrəʊnəvairəs]
Besides coronavirus, what other kinds of epidemics (流行病) do you know?
bird-flu
plague[pleiɡ]
Ebola [iˈbəʊlə]
malaria [məˈleriə]
Who Helped Defeat Malaria?
What are the symptoms (症状) of Cholera?
It begins in the stomach and a severe case can lead to death without immediate treatment.
dehydration (缺水)
severe vomiting (呕吐)
diarrhea (腹泻)
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Many years ago, a terrible disease named cholera in the world killed millions of people. People were very afraid of it, but they didn' t know what to do. Luckily, a young doctor decided to find out how to prevent and treat the disease. Finally, the doctor won the battle.
John Snow
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Pre-reading
John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”
Who ?
How ?
What ?
The text is mainly about ____________ and _______ he defeated king cholera.
John Snow
how
scientific research
Prediction
1. Discuss the following stages of scientific research in groups. What order would you put them in?
Stages of Scientific Research
______ analyse the results ______ ask a question
______ draw a conclusion ______ collect data
______ find a problem ______ find supporting evidence
______ think of a method
While reading
Para1
Para 2
Para 4
Para 5
John Snow desired to destroy cholera.
John Snow decided to prove the second theory.
Snow began his study by marking on the map
and the process.
Truth of the infection of cholera
Snow's contributions
Para 3
Read the passage quickly and get the main idea of each paragraph.
While-reading
Read for details.
P1
John
Snow
Who?
What?
A _________doctor who even attend _______________
when she gave birth.
He had desire to ________________once and for all.
famous
Queen Victoria
destroy cholera
Though being famous, he was still devoted to defeating “King Cholera”
While Reading-Careful reading
Cholera
Jone
It's one of ________________________ in the world, because it causes _______________________________.
_______________________(when), an outbreak of cholera hit _______ milions of people ______________________.
He rose to become _________________ , and even _______________ Queen Victoria when she gave birth..
Snow became ________ because no one knew _________________.
However, he had a desire to __________________ once and for all.
the most feared diseases
severe diarrhoea and dehydration
Read Para 1 carefully and fill in the mind map
In the early 19th century
Europe
died from the disease
“King Cholera”
frustrated
how to prevent or
treat cholera
a famous doctor
attended to
destroy cholera
Though being famous, he was still devoted to defeating “King Cholera”
Ask a question
Two contradictory theories
P2
two theories
The first theory
The second theory
Cholera was caused by _________________.
Cholera was caused by _____________________
__________________________________________.
bad air
an infection from the
germs in food or water.
He needed proof .
Snow subscribed to the ________ theory.
second
Think of a method& collect data
Para. 3
1. What method did Snow use?
2. What did he find on the map? What did he do to deal with it?
A map of Broad Street
water pump
beer pub
Many deaths happened here.
No deaths happened here.
Snow suspected that the water pump was to blame.
It was believed that cholera was caused by bad ____ or germs in____________.
A
Snow ____________ the places where the people who _______ had lived.
B
Many deaths occurred near the _____________
in Broad Street.
Some people _________
drunk the water from the pump, and lived.
A woman and her daughter died in another part of London after
____________________.
The pump water carried ______________
The ________ of the pump was removed.
theories
process
air
food or water
died
investigated
water pump
hadn’t
drinking the pump water
cholera germs
handle
Solution
Conclusion
Find supporting evidence
Read Para. 2-3 again and complete the chart below.
C
D
E
conclusion evidence process solution theories
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1. What caused the outbreak of cholera in London?
A. Bad air B. Water infected by raw waste
C. Polluted air D. Water polluted by the air
2.Why was John Snow considered the father of modern epidemiology? [ˌepɪˌdiːmiˈɒlədʒi]
1. He helped people know how to prevent cholera .
2. He transformed the way scientists study diseases in use of map and statistics.
While reading
Read Para.4 and Para.5 carefully to answer the two questions.
draw a conclusion
find a problem
ask a question
collect data
find supporting evidence
What causes cholera?
Which theory is correct?
Mark information on a map to find out where people died or did not die.
Find other evidence to confirm the conclusion.
The water is to blame. The source of all drinking water should be examined so that it is safe.
Use the stages in examining a new scientific idea to describe each paragraph.
As a doctor, he helped us to ____________________.
As a scientist, he found out _________________________.
Evaluation of John Snow
what caused cholera
prevent cholera
hard work
devotion
determination
passion
creativity
selflessness
critical thinking
Common characteristics
What qualities do you need to be a scientist?.
Homework:
Read the passage and review the words and expressions in it.
Write a short story about a scientist.
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