人教2003课标版《Listening and reading》新课标PPT课件优质课下载

人教2003课标版《Listening and reading》新课标PPT课件优质课下载

What … ?

How … ?

Watch a video about John Snow and Cholera and answer the question:

Q: What impressed you most in the video?

John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”

Why did the author choose the words “defeats” and “king”?

II. Reading and Speaking

Reading

Para.1

John Snow was a famous doctor in London – so expert, indeed, that he attended Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera. This was the deadly disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the challenge and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found.

(Background information: John Snow was born on 15 March 1813 in York, England, the first of nine children born in his family. His father was a laborer who worked at a local coal yard, but later was a farmer in a small village. The neighborhood where he lived was one of the poorest in the city and was frequently in danger of flooding. Growing up, Snow experienced unsanitary 不卫生的 and polluted conditions in his hometown. )

Discussion:

Q1: Why can John become a personal physician of Queen

Victoria?

Q2: When serving as a royal physician, what is John Snow’s

living condition and social status?

Q3: Why did he give up his comfortable and rich life to

choose to study the cause of cholera?

Because he is expert/qualified/famous/eminent in the field of medicine.

He led a comfortable life and belonged to the higher class in the society.

Reason1: curiosity/ exploration spirit

Reason 2: civilian attachment

(He once belonged to the lower

Class. He showed sympathy for/

was sympathetic with/identified with