高二英语教案：Unit15Lesson4

1、lesson 4understandingobjectivesto practise using linking and reference words to help understand a text.to practise using adverbs.to make students know how to gain knowledge. . warming upquestion students: by what ways do we acquire knowledge?reading bookswatching tvgoing through the internetlearning

2、 from teachers or friendslistening to radio . pre-reading1. can you think of the process/way to gain/understand knowledge?2. which of these things help you to understand things?1) being relaxed and happy2) having time to think about what you are learning3) being interested in the topic4) discussing

3、topics with friends5) asking questions3. will you completely believe in what your teachers said? what about the great scientist? will you fully believe in them?we have our understanding about things, but we are always affected by the authorities and lose our thoughts. it seems that not all that the

4、great people said is correct.do you believe the following sentences said by the great?knowledge is power.truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.第 1页共 3页all truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them earth must be the centre of the universe because

5、it felt like the earth was standing stillearth must be the centre of the universe because it felt like the earth was standing still .reading(i).read the text and answer the following questions.1)does thewriter believe that the baconian method of scientific thought is a good way to gainknowledge?2) w

6、hat image does the writer use to explain how men like bacon andgalileo helped educatepeople?3) why did aristotle assume thatthe sun moved around the earth?4) woul d the writer describe the people of the church during galileo s time as having o closed minds?5) do you think people like bacon and galileo would have thought it was a good idea to open libraries and set up universities? why?(ii).read texts 1-4which of the underlined linkingwords meanthe sameas these?exampleas = whenafterwards, but,since, so he could, so, to start with, when, next( ).vocabulary: words about learning, ex.5( ).comple