(共17张PPT)
Unit 9 HUMAN BIOLOGY
Topic Talk
Listening & Speaking
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
1. listen for specific information about human body and mind;
2. comb specific information about human body and mind and talk about;
3. write a short paragraph about the human body or mind and what it can do.
Learning objectives
How much do you know about biology
the theory of evolution
Darwin
Warm-up
What are your body and mind capable of doing
My mind is capable of doing many things, such as__________
My body is
capable of doing many things, such as ________
Activity 1
Lead-in
My body is capable of doing many things, such as …
My mind is capable of doing many things, such as …
扫清听力障碍
incredible
is capable of
gymnastics competitions
innovate
find cures for
do research into
extreme conditions
on one’s own
be involved in
similar effects
难以置信的
能够
体操比赛
创新
找到……的疗法
对……做研究
极端情况
独自一人
参与
相似的效果
Pre-listening
9.1
Capabilities of the Human Body
running very fast, carrying heavy things, jumping high, dancing beautifully, doing gymnastics, running marathons
Read the text builder carefully. Then listen to the dialogue and complete it by underlining the expressions you hear.
Text Builder
Human Biology
The human body is capable of doing many things, such as ________.
Activity 2
While-listening
Capabilities of the Human Mind
making decisions, reasoning, justifying, memorising facts, predicting the future, thinking and making judgements, inferring meaning;
create, innovate, solve problems, calculate
The human mind is capable of ____________. We use our minds to ________.
I really admire people who use their minds for the betterment of mankind. For example, ___________ conduct research to _______.
What Scientists Can Do
physicists, medical researchers, information technologists;
discover the unknown world and the universe, find cures for diseases, make new inventions to better human life, create robots to do the work for human beings
Activity 3
Use the Text Builder to talk about things the human body or mind is capable of doing.
The human body is capable of carrying heavy things, dancing beautifully and running marathons.
The human mind is capable of justifying, predicting the future and solving problems.
Listen to the dialogue and write T(true) or F(false) .
( ) 1 Dr. Millhouse has been doing research into how the human body reacts in extreme conditions.
( ) 2 They trained the participants to do special breathing exercises and then had them practise the exercises in extremely low temperatures outside.
( ) 3 After about twenty minutes, the participants’ bodies started to warm up on their own!
( ) 4 When the participants started suffering from tiredness, they stopped doing the exercises property. Then their body temperature kept warm for a long time.
( ) 5 According to the research, people are able to control how hot or cold their bodies are.
T
T
F
T
F
9.2
Activity 4
Listen to the material again and fill in the blanks.
(I = Interviewer M = Dr. Millhouse)
I: Thank you for _______ ____ _____ to talk to us today. Dr. Millhouse.
M: You’re welcome.
I: You’ve been doing some research into how the human body reacts in extreme conditions. Could you tell us what you’ve _____ ____
M: Yes, of course. First of all, we looked at human resilience in hot and cold _________ _________. We trained the experiment’s participants to do special __________ exercises and then they did them in extremely low temperatures in our lab.
I: And what happened
M: After they’d been doing the breathing exercises for about _______ _______, we noticed something very interesting—their bodies started to warm up on their own!
taking the time
found
extreme
twenty minutes
breathing
climates
out
I: Wow, that’s amazing!
M: Yes, it was. When the participants started to ____ ______ , they stopped doing the exercises properly. Then their body temperature started to _____ again.
I: OK, so what you’re saying is that people are able to ________ how hot or cold their bodies are
M: Yes, that’s right. We saw similar effects to those we see in the bodies of athletes ________ ____ doping. But we need to do some more research to find out how this all works exactly.
I: Thank you very much, Dr. Millhouse. It's been very interesting to talk to you today.
feel tired
control
fall
involved in
Use the language you have learnt to write a short paragraph about the human body or mind can do.
Human body human mind
running very fast, carrying heavy things, jumping high, dancing beautifully, doing gymnastics, running marathons making decisions, reasoning, justifying, memorising facts, predicting the future, thinking and making judgements, inferring meaning
Try to make the information a paragraph by yourself.
Activity 5
文化知识——Quotes about human biology
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
— Mahatma Gandhi
金银财宝不是真正的财富,健康才是。
——“圣雄甘地” (印度民族解放运动领导人)
A person’s life is limited but serving the people is limitless. I want to devote my limited life to serving the people limitlessly.
— Lei Feng
人的生命是有限的,可是,为人民服务是无限的,我要把有限的生命,投入到无限的为人民服务之中去。——雷锋(中国人民解放军战士,全心全意为人民服务的楷模)
The human body is the best picture of the human soul.
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
人的身体是人的灵魂的最好写照。
——路德维希·维特根斯坦(英国哲学家和数理逻辑学家)
Every human brain is different — the brain makes each human unique and defines who he or she is.
— Stanley B. Prusiner
每个人的大脑都是不同的——大脑使每个人都是独一无二的,并定义了他或她是谁。
——斯坦利·普鲁西纳(美国神经学家、生物化学家)
Search online to find one example of new inventions that better human life. Make a short presentation about it.
Homework