大学英语精读3第2单元教案.pptVIP

College English Book 3; Warming-up Activities;Before Reading_1;;;1. What was the question the father asked his children? (What doesn’t belong, an orange, a tomato or a strawberry?) 2. What was the answer the children were expected to give? (Tomato) 3. What were the answers the children supplied? (tomato, strawberry, orange);4. Did the father think their answers correct? Why or why not? (Yes, he thought all their answers correct because there was some truth in all of them.) 5. Did you think his children’s thinking important? Cite evidence from the text to support your view. (Yes, he thought his children’s thinking important. At the very beginning of the essay, he says the other night his three kids taught him about “paradigm shifts, and limitations of linear thinking and how to refocus parameters.” He also says what was happening here was “much more important than whether a tomato is a fruit or vegetable.”);6. To what does the father connect his children’s thinking? (He connects his children’s thinking to the great accomplishments of Copernicus, Reuben Mattus and Edward Jenner.) 7. What did Copernicus do to deserve to be remembered as one of the world’s greatest astronomers? (He readjusted the centuries-old paradigm of an Earth-centered system and placed the sun at the center of the universe.);8. What did Edward Jenner do in an effort to conquer smallpox? (He abandoned the quest for a cure for the disease and discovered a vaccination for it.) 9. What did the author’s children do to deserve to be considered as good as great figures like Copernicus in a way? (Like Copernicus and other great scientists, they were creative in their thinking.;Globe Reading_1;Globe Reading.2_1_1;Globe Reading.2_1_2;Globe Reading.2_2_1;Globe Reading.2_3_1;Globe Reading2_3_2;Globe Reading.2_4;1. fruitful: producing good results; successful ---It was a fruitful meeting; we made a lot of important decisions. 2. take out: remove ---I don’t like eating grapes----I hate taking out all th