高中Unit 3 Diverse Cultures精品课件ppt

这是一份高中Unit 3 Diverse Cultures精品课件ppt，共12页。PPT课件主要包含了Who is he，Lead-in，Sum up等内容，欢迎下载使用。
Benjamin Franklin
Activity 1 Read the intrductin t Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) was ne f the Funding Fathers f the United States and helped draft the Declaratin f Independence. Apart frm being a successful statesman, he was als well knwn as a leading American authr, printer and publisher, successful diplmat, creative scientist and inventr.
His Famus Experiment
I assume that Benjamin Franklin is a ... persn.In my pinin, maybe he is...
Activity 2 Read the passage and find ut what Franklin’s experiment aimed t prve.
T test if lightning was really prduced by electricity.
A kite with a string and a metal key
First, Franklin flew a kite with a string and a metal key.Then, when a flash f lightning hit the kite, electricity was cnducted thrugh the string t the key.Finally, tuching the key, Franklin gt an electric shck.
Lightning was a frm f electricity.
Para.1　 A. Questining accepted ideas.Para. 2 B. Benefits f the stries abut explring science. Para. 3 C. Benjamin Franklin’s famus experiment.Para. 4 D. Facts shuld be prved by experiments and researchPara. 5 E. Intrductin f the theme f the text.Para. 6 F. Nt everything abut the experiment is true.
Activity 3 Match the main ideas with each paragraphs.
Intrduce the theme f the passage
Explaine the theme in detail
Transitin t anther viewpint t further explain the theme
Franklin’s spirit f scientific explratin is still cnsidered an inspiratin. Peple are amazed at and inspired by Franklin’s experiment.Scientists questin what really happened in Franklin’s experiment.
Activity 3 Number the statements t shw hw peple's attitudes twards Franklin's experiment have changed.
1) D yu think it matters that Franklin’s experiment might nt be true? Why? eg N. Because what really matters lies in his bravery t d the experiment. 2) What is yur pinin abut the statement "…we shuld nt always believe everything we read r hear - even if it is a great stry"? eg Smetimes a really great stry may nt be true, and we need t have critical thinking.
3) What qualities d yu think a great scientist shuld have? eg I think a great scientist shuld be patient, serius, brave, careful, creative and imaginative…4) In what ways d scientists cntribute t sciety?Firstly, scientific discveries prmte the develpment f ur sciety. Secndly, the cntributins f scientists in medicine extend ur life span. Thirdly, scientists have invented a lt f surprising tls that fundamentally imprve ur living standards.