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Task 1 Fill in the chart after reading the passage. Scientific report by John Snow The problem The cause Idea 1: Idea 2: The method The results Idea 1or 2? Why? The conclusion the passage again and answer these questions. 1). Cholera was a 19th century disease. What disease do you think is similar to cholera today? 2). John Snow believed Idea 2 was right. How did he finally prove it? 3). Do you think John Snow would have solved this problem without the map? Give a reason. Look at the excited boy! Why is he so happy? He has got the first prize in the contest. No wonder he is excited! Discovering useful structures Past Participle as the Predicative Example: But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people. More examples: He got interested in two theories explaining how cholera killed people. Neither its cause, nor its cure was understood. ?過去分詞作表語一般用來 表示感受或狀態(tài)(系動詞 +過去分詞 ) No wonder he is excited! (predictive) 可以用作表語的常見的過去分詞有: delighted, disappointed, upset, astonished, excited, frightened, experienced, interested, qualified, puzzled, exhausted, satisfied Past Participle as the Attribute Examples: So many thousands of terrified people died. Doctor John Snow was a wellknown doctor in London. John Snow told the astonished people in Broad Street. ?過去分詞作定語: 1. 分詞可以用作前置定語,此時,分詞和名詞之間有兩種語意關(guān)系:一種是分詞表示主動(但時間上已經(jīng)過去);一種是分詞表被動。There are some great scientific achievements that have changed the world. Can you name some of them? What kind of role do they play in the field of science ? Do these achievements have anything in mon? Match the inventions with their inventors below before you answer all these questions. Warming Up: Alexander Bell