Period 3　语言运用课

　　学习目标

　　1.To comprehend the passage and improve your reading comprehension and writing abilities.

　　2.To learn to express your ideas freely through self-directed study and cooperation.

　　3.To learn to describe some person in English.

　　学习过程

　　Step 1:Pre-reading activity(读前):

　　浏览文章内容的长度,把握阅读速度;结合插图,猜测文章话题。

　　Step 2:Reading

　　Task 1:Skimming-Skim the text and draw the two theories of the universe.

Before Copernicus theory Showing Copernicus theory 　　

　　Task 2:Careful reading

　　1.Why could he not tell about his theory?

　　2.How did he explain changes in the movement of the planets and in the brightness of the stars?

　　3.What was his theory about?

　　Task 3:Focus on language

1.Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky make sense.