高中英语教学资料--U1 Reading II.ppt

Warming up 1. Do you know what is the center of the solar system? 2. Can you name the nine s in the solar system? Reading 2 Copernicus' Revolutionary Theory 1 Mercury 水星 Venus 金星 Earth 地球 Mars 火星 Jupiter 木星 Saturn 土星 Uranus 天王星 Neptune 海王星 Pluto 冥王星 Nine s In the Solar System: Reading Copernicus ’ Revolutionary Theory 3 Nicolaus Nicolaus Copernicus Copernicus born: in Poland in 1473 died : May 24, 1543 He was one of the first scientists to use mathematical observations to collect information. He believed the sun is the center of the universe and the earth and other s went around it. 4 1. What was Copernicus ’ theory? How did he draw the conclusion? How did he feel? Why? The sun is the centre of the solar system. His mathematical calculations surprised Because the powerful Christian Church would have punished him for even suggesting such an idea 5 (1) What was his theory about? (Para 1) All his mathematical calculations led to the same conclusion: 6 that the earth was not the centre of the solar system. Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other s in the sky make sense. Some s in the sky seemed to_______, move ___________and then go ______________in a loop. Others appeared ____________at times and ___________at others. stop backward forward brighter less bright 天上有些行星停顿下来,往后移动,然后再成环状向前移动,而其他行星看上去有时亮些,有时又不怎么亮。 7 (2) What had the astronomers noticed in the sky? (Para 2) How did Copernicus get his theory? 1) __________long and hard about ... 2) __________observations of the stars … 3) _______all his mathematical knowledge to explain 4) _________on 5) ____________his theory thought collected used worked improved When did he publish it? Why? As he lay dying in1543 临终之前 8 (3) When did plete his theory? (Para 3) Between 1510 and 1514 he worked on it, gradually improving his