Unit1GreatscientistPeriod3AsamplelessonplanforUsingLanguage(COPERNICUS’REVOLUTIONARYTHEORY)IntroductionLanguageislearnedtobeusedinandforcommunication.Sointhisperiodafterthewarmingupbylookingandlisteningstudentswillbelisteningandanswering,discussingfuturejobs,readingapassageaboutCopernicusandcopyingitsexpressions,summinguptheoriesandfinallywritingalettertoCopernicus.Objectives■Tohelpstudentsreadthepassage“Copernicus’revolutionarytheoryonpage6■Tohelpstudentsusethelanguagebyreading,listening,speakingandwritingProcedures1.WarmingupbylookingandlisteningHaveyoueverheardofamannamedQianXuesen?QianXuesen(1911-),anativeofHangzhou,ZhejiangProvince,wenttotheUnitedStatestostudyin1935.In1955hereturnedtoChina,andin1958hejoinedtheCommunistParty.HeservedsuccessivelyasDirectoroftheInstituteofMechanicsundertheChineseAcademyofSciences,Vice-MinisteroftheNo.7MinistryoftheMachine-buildingIndustry,Vice-MinisteroftheStateCommissiononScience,TechnologyandIndustryforNationalDefenceandChairmanoftheChinaAssociationforScienceandTechnology.HewasalsoelectedalternatememberoftheNinththroughTwelfthCPCCentralCommittees.Qianplayedaleadingroleintheresearch,manufactureandtestingofcarrierrockets,guidedmissilesandsatellites,thusmakingoutstandingcontributionstothedevelopmentofChina'saerospaceindustry.2.ListeningandansweringTurntopage5.ListentothetapeinwhichQianXuesenisbeingtalkedabout.Listenforinformationtoanswerthequestionsonlistedonpage6.3.ReadingandcopyingNowit’stimetoreadthetextCOPERNICUS’REVOLUTIONARYTHEORYandunderlinealltheexpressionsusefultoyouatthesametime.Andafterclasswriteashortpassagemakinguseoftheexpressionsunderlined.ExpressionsfromCOPERNICUS’REVOLUTIONARYTHEORYconfuseone’smind,makesense,inthesky,punish…for…,suggestanidea,maketheworld,forthatreason,movebackward,goforwardinaloop,appearbright,thinklongandhardabout…,findananswer,collectobservationsof…,useone’sknowledgeto,show…to…,makechangeto…,place…atthecenterof…,publishone’sidea,beattackedby…,liedying,rejectone’stheory,beagainstone’sidea,build…onthebaseof…,replacetheideaof…,falltoearth,create…as…,adirectlinkbetween…and…4.SumminguptheoriesNextweshalldosomescientificresearch:tosumupthetwotheoriesoftheuniversewiththehelpofthetext.BeforeCopernicus’theoryShowingCopernicus’theoryTheearthisthecenteroftheuniverse.Theearthisnotthecenteroftheuniverse.Godmakestheworld.Goddoesnotmaketheworld.……5.WritingalettertoCopernicus(1)ReadingabouttheoriesbyCopernicus1)ThecenteroftheEarthisnotthecenteroftheUniverse,butonlythecenteroftheEarth'smassandofthelunarorbit.2)AlltheplanetsmovealongorbitswhosecenteristheSun,thereforetheSunisthecenteroftheWorld.(CopernicuswasnevercertainwhethertheSunmovedornot,claimingthatthecenteroftheWorldis'intheSun,ornearit.')3)ThedistancebetweentheEarthandtheSun,comparedwiththedistancebetweentheEarthandthefixedstars,isverysmall.4)ThedaytimemovementoftheSunisonlyapparent,andrepresentstheeffectofarotationthattheEarthmakesevery24hoursarounditsaxis,alwaysparalleltoitself.5)TheEarth(togetherwithitsMoon,andjustliketheotherplanets)movesaroundtheSun,sothemovementsthattheSunseemsmaking(itsapparentmovingduringdaytime,anditsannualmovingthroughtheZodiac)arenothingelsethaneffectsoftheEarth'srealmovements.6)ThesemovementsoftheEarthandoftheotherplanetsaroundtheSuncanexplainthestations,andalltheparticularcharacteristicsoftheplanets'movements.(2)MakingaplanofwritingalettertoCopernicusBeginning(self-introduction)Paragraph1(reason1andevidence)Paragraph2(reason2andevidence)Summingup(persuasion)6.ClosingdownbymakingadebateToendourstudiesofCopernicus’theoriesweshallmakeadebatewhethertheSunisthecenterortheEarthisthecenter,oftheuniverse.Theclasswillbecutintwoparts,oneforCopernicus,theotheragainstCopernicus.Nowtakefiveminutestogetnecessaryfactsandarguments.ForCopernicusAgainstCopernicus1)ThecenteroftheEarthisnotthecenteroftheUniverse.2)AlltheplanetsmovealongorbitswhosecenteristheSun.3)ThedistancebetweentheEarthandtheSunisverysmall.4)ThedaytimemovementoftheSunisonlyapparent.5)TheEarthmovesaroundtheSun.1)ThecenteroftheEarthisthecenteroftheUniverse.2)AlltheplanetsmovealongorbitswhosecenteristheEarth.3)ThedistancebetweentheEarthandtheSunisverybig.4)ThedaytimemovementoftheSunisjustobscure.5)TheSunmovesaroundtheEarth.
