2018-2019学年度人教版必修五Unit 1 Great scientistPeriod 2 Learning about Language

(The Past Participle <1>as the Predicative & Attribute)

Introduction

In this period students will be warming up by interviewing John Snow first. Then they shall go on to learning about The Participle, to discover words and expressions, to discover useful structures and finally close down by reading and copying.

Objectives

■ To help students learn to use useful words and expressions

■ To help students learn to use The Past Participle (1) as the Predicative & attribute

Procedures

1. Warming up by interviewing John Snow

John Snow (1813 - 1858)

"The prevention of epidemic or communicable diseases is a subject that deserves increased investigation, for diseases influence the life, the death, and the numbers of the human race, more than all others."

　　Yesterday we learned about John Snow defeating King Cholera. Today we shall try to interview him again to know more about his contribution to the world people.

Reporter: I am representing China Daily. I am from the 21st century China, an east country in Asia. I am here to interview you for more information to write my feature article about you. John Snow: You are welcome. I know of China. It is a great country. Yes, I'm John Snow, a London physician. I lived and worked in the mid-nineteenth century as an obstetrician. I was among the first to use anesthesia. Reporter: During the 1830s and 1840s, when severe cholera epidemics threatened London, how did you become interested in the cause and transmission of the disease? John Snow:... Reporter:...