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Reading 2 Copernicus Revolutionary TheoryWarming upDo you know what is the center of the solar system?Can you name the nine planets in the solar system?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 Planets In the Solar System:Reading Copernicus’ Revolutionary Theory born: in Poland in 1473 died : May 24, 1543 Nicolaus CopernicusHe 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 planets went around it.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 calculationssurprisedBecause the powerful Christian Church would have punished him for even suggesting such an idea(1) What was his theory about? (Para 1) All his mathematical calculations led to the same conclusion: that the earth was not the centre of the solar system. Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.(2) What had the astronomers noticed in the sky? (Para 2)Some planets in the sky seemed to_______,move ___________and then go ______________in a loop.Others appeared ____________at times and ___________at others.stopbackwardforwardbrighterless 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。How did Copernicus get his theory? thought__________long and hard about ...__________observations of the stars… _______all his mathematical knowledge to explain4) _________on 5) ____________his theory collectedusedworkedimprovedWhen did he publish it? Why?As he lay dying in1543 临终之前(3) When did Copernicus complete his theory? (Para 3)Between 1510 and 1514 he worked on it, gradually improving his theory until he felt it was complete.What was the Christian Church’s opinion?Rejected his theoryIt was against God’s ideaWhat do you think of Copernicus’s theory? the basis on which all our ideas of the universeare built His theory rep