课标人教实验版高二 Module 5Unit 2 Extensive Reading广东 刘超英 Match the people with their achievementDa Vinci Don Quixote Galileo HamletCervantes Free Fall ExperimentShakespeare Mona Lisa Copernicus We know the first scientist is Copernicus. He 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. The chart on P.7 shows his theory.Pre-reading Copernicus’ Revolutionary Theory Birth: February 19, 1473 Death: May 24, 1543 Place of Birth: Toruń, Poland Career: 1491-1494 Studied mathematics at Kraków Academy 1496 Went to Italy to study astronomy and law at the University of Bologna Nicolas Copernicus 1497 Began observations of the Sun, Moon, and planets 1514 Wrote Commentariolus, an outline of his astronomical ideas, but did not circulate it widely 1543 Published De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial) 1. At Copernicus’ time, Christian Church was in charge of many western countries.TRead through the passage, and tell whether the following statements are true or false. 3. Copernicus didn’t show his new theory to his friends until he completed it. 4. His friends were not interested in his ideas.TF2. Copernicus noticed that observed from the earth, some planets appears in front of or behind the earth.F 5. Since he was not afraid of being attacked by the Church, Copernicus published his book as soon as he finished working on it. 6. Newton, Einstein, and Hawking are all scientists who made contribution to the study of the universe. FT Read carefully and try to draw the two theories of the universe.Before Copernicus’ theoryShowing Copernicu...
