高中英語(yǔ)北師大版選擇性必修二UNIT 5　Period 5　Lesson 3 Understanding-Reading Comprehension

Period5Lesson3

Understanding—ReadingComprehensionUNIT5EDUCATION讀前清障精讀課文讀前清障1.rank

A.somethingthatyouthinkistruealthoughyouhave

nodefiniteproof2.worthy B.knowledgegainedoveralongperiodoftime

throughlearningorexperience3.abandon C.havingthequalitiesthatdeservesb/sth4.assumption D.amethod，product，etc.hasbeenusedforalong

timeandisconsideredtheusualtype5.wisdom E.tostopdoingorhavingsth；toleavesb/aplace6.conventional F.theposition，especiallyahighposition，thatsbhas

inaparticularorganization，society，etc.Ⅰ.匹配單詞(請(qǐng)把單詞和其對(duì)應(yīng)的英語(yǔ)解釋連線(xiàn))1.He

thewillofhisparentsandchoseanothermajorinstead.2.Thissuggestionyou

atthemeetingdeservesconsideration.3.Ifhissuggestionisn’t

bytheboss，allhisworkwillhavebeenwasted.4.WhileIhadfailedseveraltimes，mypartner

continue.5.Wehadnoideawherewewere.

，wecouldn’tgetbackalongtheoriginaltrackatall.Ⅱ.選詞填空putforward，approveof，inotherwords，urgesbtodo，goagainstwentagainstputforwardapprovedofurgedmetoInotherwords返回精讀課文Bytheendofthisperiod,youwillbeableto:readandtalkabouthowtoacquireknowledgeandachieveunderstanding;readfordeepunderstanding,andsummarizeinformation;knowtheimportanceofunderstandingandgettingnewknowledge.CONTENTSPre-readingIWhile-readingIIPost-readingIIISentencesanalysisIV1.Doyouknowsomepopularfactsfinallyprovedtobefalse?2.Doyoucompletelybelievewhatgreatscientistssaid?Pre-readingWhile-readingActivity1

Fastreading1．Readthetextquicklyandmatchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Para.1

A．Whypeopledidn’tapproveofthistypeofthinking.Para.2

B．Weshouldthankthegreatmenofthepastfortheirwisdom.Para.3

C．Atypeofanalysis.Para.4

D．Ourunderstandingoftheworldaroundusisconstantlygrowing andchanging.Para.5

E．Somegreatmeninhistoryusingthistypeofthinkingwerenot supported，butpunished.2．Dividethepassageintothreeparts.Part1(Para._)：Howdoweacquireknowledgeandunderstanding?Part2(Para._－Para._)：HowdidpeoplethinkinBacon’stime?Part3(Para._－Para._)：Conclusions123453．What’sthemainideaofthefamoussaying“Alltruthsareeasytounderstandoncetheyarediscovered；thepointistodiscoverthem.”？A．Alltruthsareeasytodiscover.B．It’smostimportanttodiscovertruths.C．It’smoreimportanttounderstandtruthsthantodiscoverthem.D．Ifwewanttodiscovertruths，weshouldfirstunderstandthem.√4．What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A．FrancisBaconwasgoingagainsttheviewsofhisday.B．GalileoGalileiwasgreattoprovetheEarthisnotthecentreoftheuniverse.C．TheEarthisnotthecentreoftheuniverseanditdoesn’tmoveroundthesuninaperfectcircle，either.D．Peopleshouldquestionmorebecausegreatmen，evenAristotleandGalilei，mightmakemistakes.√Activity2

CarefulreadingfordetailsPart11．Readparagraph1.Accordingtothewriter，howdoweacquireknowledgeandachieveunderstanding？Completetheflowchart.Tostartwith，weneed_________.Then，tofindanswers，we_______________________________________.Afterthat，we__________________________________________________.questionsobservetheworldaroundusandstudythefactsconsiderpossibleanswersandtesteachtofindtherightones2．Whosolvesproblemsbythinkingandanalysing?A．Peoplenowadays.B．Peopleinthe17thcentury.C．Modernscientistsandthinkers.D．ThegreatphilosopherAristotle.√Part2Ⅰ.Readparagraphs2－3.Completethesentences.1．FrancisBaconbelievedthatthewaytogainknowledgeis________.Butmostpeopleinhisdaysbelieved________________.2．GalileoGalileiprovedthat_____________________________________.Butmanypeopleinhisdays______________________________________________________________________________________________.thinkingmoreinreligiontheEarthwasnotthecentreoftheuniversetendedtoignorethefactsanddidn’twanttochallengewhattheyhadalwayscomfortablybelieved3．Aristotle’sunderstandingoftheuniversewasthat____________________________________________because_________________________________________.4．Itisstilloftentruetodaythat_________________________________________________________.theEarthmustbethecentreoftheuniverseitfeltliketheEarthwasstandingstillpeopledon’twanttoabandonwhatthey’vealwaysthoughtastrueⅡ.Answerthefollowingquestions.1．WhatpositiondidBaconholdduringhisdaysandwhatwashistrueinterest?BaconheldanimportantrankinKingJames’royalcourtofEngland.Histrueinterestwastheworthysearchforknowledge.2．AtfirstpeopleapprovedofGalilei’sstudies，butlatertheygotangry.Why?Theydidn’twanttochallengewhattheyhadalwaysthoughtwastrue.3．Whydidpeoplechoosetobelieveviewsthatwereabout2,000yearsold?Becausetheywereunwillingtochallengewhattheyhadalwayscomfortablybelieved.4．Weregreatmeninhistoryalwayscorrect？Giveexamples.No.Galileimademistakes.HebelievedthattheEarthmovedroundthesuninaperfectcircles.Buthewaswrong.5．Howdoestheauthordevelopthispartofthepassage?A．Bygivingexamples.

B．Bylistingnumbers.C．Bycomparison.

D．Byquotation.√Part3Ⅰ.Readparas.4－5andfillintheblanks.1．Ourunderstandingoftheworldaroundusisconstantly_______and________.2．Weneedto_____thegreatmenofthepastfortheir________.3．_________and_____________arethingstofightfor.4．PeoplelikeBaconandGalileiwere_____enoughtostepoutfromtheshadowsof____________thought.growingchangingthank

wisdomKnowledgeunderstandingbraveconventionalⅡ.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsthewayofacquiringknowledge?Theauthorthinksweshouldkeepaskingquestionsandrespectfacts，andshouldn’tjustacceptanswersfromauthority.Ⅲ.Findtheexpressionsthatshowtheauthor’sattitude.Theexpressionsthatshowtheauthor’sattitudearelike：itseemsobvious，luckilyforus，however，itisnotsurprising，primitiveideas，itfeltlike，maketheassumption，waswrongattimes，sitbackandsay，aworldwithoutquestions，owesomuch...to，stepoutfromtheshadows，tofindthekingdomofknowledge，morevitalto，morebeneficialto...Activity1

Discussion1.Whatdoyouthinkthelastsentenceofthepassagemeans?(Criticalthinking)Post-readingThesemenknewthatknowledgeandunderstandingarethingstofightfor;morevitaltoaman,andmorebeneficialtomankind,somemightsay,thanallthemoneyintheworld.Ithinkthelastsentenceofthetextmeansthatknowledgeandunderstandingaremoreimportantthanmoney.Theyaremorehelpfulandusefulbecausetheycanguideourwaysoflearningabouttheworldandhelpussolveproblemsallthetimewhilemoneycanjustbuycertaingoodsandsolveproblemsforsometime.2.HowdoIknowwhatI’mreadingistrue?(Creativethinking)Themostincomprehensiblethingintheworldisthatthingsareunderstandable.—AlbertEinsteinActivity2

Summary1．__seemsobviousnowhowweacquireknowledgeandunderstanding.Tostartwith，weneedquestions.Then,2._______(find)answers，weobservetheworldaroundusandstudythefacts.Afterthat，weconsiderpossibleanswersandtesteachtofindtheright3._____(one)．Modernscientistsandthinkersarestillsolvingtheworld’sproblems4.____thistypeofanalysis.Ourunderstandingoftheworldaroundusis5.__________(constant)growingandchanging.Inotherwords，welearnmoreeveryday.Weneedtothankthegreatmenofthepastfortheir6.________(wise)．Theyunderstood7.____wedon’tknoweverythingandprobablyneverwill，forthatwouldmeanaworldwithoutquestions.WeowesomuchofourknowledgeandunderstandingoftheworldtopeoplelikeBaconandGalilei,8.___werebraveenoughtostepoutfromtheshadowsof9.____________(convention)thoughtinordertofindthekingdomofknowledgethattoday’scivilisation10.________(build)upon.IttofindoneswithconstantlywisdomthatwhoconventionalisbuiltSentencesanalysis:1．Itseemsobviousnowhowweacquireknowledgeandunderstanding.[句式分析]

此句為

_________句；主句為

____________________；It是

__________，how引導(dǎo)_________作真正的主語(yǔ)。[自主翻譯]

主從復(fù)合Itseemsobviousnow形式主語(yǔ)主語(yǔ)從句今天，如何獲取知識(shí)、認(rèn)識(shí)世界，人人皆知。2．AlthoughtodaywearemoreusedtotypingafewkeywordsintoasearchengineandwaitingfortheInternettogiveusananswer，modernscientistsandthinkersarestillsolvingtheworld’sproblemswiththistypeofanalysis—luckilyforus.[句式分析]

此句為_(kāi)_________句；主句為_(kāi)_______________________________________________________________________________________________；Although引導(dǎo)______________；typingafew...engine和waitingfor...answer為動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)作介詞to的

______。[自主翻譯]

modernscientistsandthinkersarestillsolvingtheworld’sproblemswiththistypeofanalysis—luckilyforus主從復(fù)合讓步狀語(yǔ)從句賓語(yǔ)盡管我們現(xiàn)在更習(xí)慣于在搜索引擎中敲幾個(gè)關(guān)鍵詞，等待互聯(lián)網(wǎng)為我們提供答案，但當(dāng)代科學(xué)家、思想家仍采用這種分析方式來(lái)解決問(wèn)題——我們應(yīng)該為此感到慶幸。3．Atthattime，peoplebelievedmoreinthechurchthaninfacts，andpeoplelikeGalileoGalilei(1564－1642)，whoprovedtheideathat“theEarthisnotthecentreoftheuniverse”，wereoftenpunishedbythechurchwithnoonecomingtotheirdefence.[句式分析]

此句為_(kāi)_____________句；第一個(gè)句子主干為_(kāi)________________________________________；第二個(gè)句子主干為_(kāi)__________________________________________________________________；who引導(dǎo)__________________，先行詞GalileoGalilei為人，在從句中作主語(yǔ)；that引導(dǎo)____________，作idea的同位語(yǔ)，解釋說(shuō)明idea的內(nèi)容；withnoonecomingtotheirdefence為“with＋賓語(yǔ)＋doing(賓補(bǔ))”結(jié)構(gòu)作狀語(yǔ)。[自主翻譯]

主從復(fù)合peoplebelievedmoreinthechurchthaninfactspeoplewereoftenpunishedbythechurchwithnoonecomingtotheirdefence非限制性定語(yǔ)從句同位語(yǔ)從句那時(shí)人們相信教會(huì)勝過(guò)相信事實(shí)，像伽利略·伽利萊(1564—1642)那樣證明了“地球不是宇宙中心”的人物，往往會(huì)被教會(huì)懲罰，也沒(méi)有人會(huì)為他們辯護(hù)。4．Infact，whenGalileiprovedthattheEarthwasnotthecentreoftheuniverse，insteadofbelievinghim，peoplechosetobelieveviewsthatwerealmost2,000yearsold![句式分析]此句為_(kāi)__________句；句子主干為_(kāi)__________________________；when引導(dǎo)_____________，第一個(gè)that引導(dǎo)__________作prove的賓語(yǔ)；第二個(gè)that引導(dǎo)__________，先行詞views在從句中作主語(yǔ)，指物。[自主翻譯]

主從復(fù)合peoplechosetobelieveviews時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句賓語(yǔ)從句定語(yǔ)從句事實(shí)上，當(dāng)伽利略證明地球不是宇宙的中心時(shí)，人們沒(méi)有選擇相信他，而寧愿相信將近2000年前的陳舊觀(guān)點(diǎn)！5．ItisnotsurprisingthatpeoplewantedtobelievetheseprimitiveideasastheyhadbeenputforwardbythegreatphilosopherAristotle(384-—322BCE).[句式分析]此句為

___________句；主句為_(kāi)_________________；It是__________，that引導(dǎo)__________,作真正的主語(yǔ)；as引導(dǎo)_____________，意為“______”

。[自主翻譯]

主從復(fù)合Itisnotsurprising形式主語(yǔ)主語(yǔ)從句原因狀語(yǔ)從句因?yàn)槿藗冊(cè)敢庀嘈艂ゴ笳軐W(xué)家亞里士多德(公元前384—前322)提出的那些陳舊的觀(guān)點(diǎn)，這一點(diǎn)并不奇怪。6．Peoplemaketheassumptionthatifsomeoneimportantandrespectedsaysthatsomethingisright,thenitmustbeso.[句式分析]此句為_(kāi)__________句；主句為_(kāi)__________________________；that引導(dǎo)_________________,解釋說(shuō)明assumption的內(nèi)容，if引導(dǎo)的從句在從句中作____________；第二個(gè)that引導(dǎo)_________.[自主翻譯]

主從復(fù)合Peoplemaketheassumption同位語(yǔ)從句條件狀語(yǔ)從句賓語(yǔ)從句人們認(rèn)為，如果某個(gè)重要的、受人尊敬的人說(shuō)某件事是對(duì)的，那么它一定是對(duì)的。7．ButeventhoughAristotlewasagreatmanwhoinspiredmanygreatscientistsandphilosophersafterhim，hewaswrongattimes.[句式分析]此句為

___________句；主句為_(kāi)_________________；eventhough引導(dǎo)____________，who引導(dǎo)__________