課程內容

《Great scientists（Part 2）》
Reading Comprehending II
Learning goals:
1.to learn the rest part of the reading passage
2.to write a short summary of the reading passage, using the stages for scientific research
Review the lesson
Cholera became the most deadly disease of its day but neither it s cause nor its care was understood.
John Snow decided to find out the cure by testing out the second theory.
1.Did the map which Dr.Snow draw help find the cause of the disease?
2.Where were many of the deaths in Broad Street?
3.Why did some houses have no deaths?
4.What did Dr.Snow think was responsible for the disease?
5.What did Dr.Snow advised the people in Broad Street do?
6.What else did Dr.Snow find in another part of London that were ___ the Broad Steet outbreak?
7.What conclusion did Dr.Snow tell the public?
1.It seemed that the water was to blame.
 看來霍亂的流行要歸罪于飲用水了。
常用結構：
blame sb/sth.for sth因......責備....
blame sth.on sb.sth把....歸咎于....
be to blame(for sth)應.....承擔責任；該..受責備...
bear/take the blame承擔責任
put/lay the blame on 怪在.....身上
1.Ms Hawkins,the chief manager of the company handles the company's  accounts.
2.The children are so naughty that I Can't handle them.
3.She handled a difficult argument skillfully.
4.Handle children kindly,if you want them to trust you
5.This shop hattdles fruit and vegetables.
6.He learnt how to handle the machine.

3.A woman,who had moved away from Broad Street, liked the water from the pump so much that she had it delivered to her house every day.
有一位婦女是從寬街搬出來的，她特別喜歡那里的水，每天都派人從水泵打水運到這里來。
Write a summary by Group Discussion
1.John Snow believed Idea 2 was right.
How did he finally prove it?
John Snow finally proved his idea because he found an

outbreak that was clearly related to cholera,collected

information and was able to tie cases outside the area

to the polluted water.
2.Do you think john Snow would have solved this problem

without the map?
No,The map helped john Snow organize his ideas.He was

able to identify those households that had had many

deaths and cleck their water-drinking habits.He

identified those houses that had had no deaths and

survyed their drinking habits.The evidence clearly

pointed to the polluted water being the cause.
Summary
    John Snow wanted find the cause of cholera.He

beheved that people became ill after eating mfected

food.He used the next outbreak of cholera to text his

idea.He studied a small area of houses which got their

water from the same pump.Many people in the area died

.John Snow showed that this was because the water in

the pump was infected He showed that cholera could be

defeated if people drank clean water.