Unit4FunwithscienceReading課件-高中英語(yǔ)牛津譯林版(2020)選修第一冊(cè)

Unit4FunwithscienceReadingThehumanmicrobiome:aninvisiblemicrouniverseAccording

tothetitleandthepicturebesideit,whatdoyouthinktheblogpostismainlyabout?PredictionTheblogpostmightbemainlyaboutthemicroorganismsandhowtheyaffecthumanhealth.Theseinvisiblemicroorganismsliveinandonourbodyinmanydifferentkindsofforms.Thehumanmicrobiome:

aninvisiblemicrouniverseworkouttheoutlineoftheblogpostWhilereading:IntroductionMainbodyConclusionPara.1:Microorganismsinfluenceourbodyandmindinbigunexpectedways.Para.2:Para.5:Para.6:Microorganismscanbeusedtoimprovehumanhealth.Theworldofmicroorganismsisfilledwithpossibilitieswaitingtobeexplored.Para.1:Microorganismsinfluenceourbodyandmindinbigunexpectedways.Paras.3–4:Microorganismsinfluenceourphysicalhealthaswellascognitiveandpsychologicalwell-being.Ourmicroorganismscomefromourmotheraswellastheexternalenvironment.

Microorganismsareaninseparablepartofourbody,whichaffectusphysically,cognitivelyandpsychologically.WhilereadingSummarizeitinonesentence.(1)Howmanymicroorganismsliveinandonourbody?(2)Whyarethemicroorganismswereceivefromourmotheressential?(3)Howdoesthegutmicrobiomeregulateourbodyweight?(4)Whenwillgutmicroorganismsreleaseharmfulsubstances?(5)Whatbenefitscould“microbiomevaccines”provide?WhilereadingReadfordetailedinformation(1)Howmanymicroorganismsliveinandonourbody?(2)Whyarethemicroorganismswereceivefromourmotheressential?About39trillion.Becauseweneedthemtosurviveandgrow.WhilereadingReadfordetailedinformation(3)Howdoesthegutmicrobiomeregulateourbodyweight?(4)Whenwillgutmicroorganismsreleaseharmfulsubstances?(5)Whatbenefitscould“microbiomevaccines”provide?Ithelpsdigestfoodandaffectsthewaywestorefatandrespondtochemicalsthatmakeusfeelhungryorfull.Whenthebodyisstressed,illorold.Theycouldgetridofcurrenthealthissueslikeobesityandmalnutrition.Readthefollowingsentencesandanswerthequestion.

Ourveryfirstbirthdaygift—threequartersoftheessentialmicroorganismsweneedtosurviveandgrow—isfromourmotherwhenweareborn.(Page44,Lines8–9)

Whyarethreequartersoftheessentialmicroorganismsconsideredtobeourveryfirstbirthdaygift?Discussion

Becausehumanbeingsarebornwiththreequartersoftheessentialmicroorganisms,withoutwhichitwouldbedifficultforhumanstosurviveandgrow.Sotheyareofgreatimportancetousandthusareconsideredtobeourveryfirstbirthdaygiftgivenbyourmother.Whyarethreequartersoftheessentialmicroorganismsconsideredtobeourveryfirstbirthdaygift?Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsthehumanmicrobiome?Giveevidencetosupportyouropinion.

Post-readingTheauthorhasanobjectiveattitudetowardsthehumanmicrobiome.Heusesnotpersuasivebutneutralwordstostateboththescientificfactsandopinions.Thefollowingsentences,especiallytheexpressionsinbold,aregoodexamples.(1)Eventhoughincrediblysmall,thesemicroorganismsinfluenceourbodyandmindinbigunexpectedways.(Lines4–6)(2)Believeitornot,gutmicroorganismsaffecthowwellthebrainfunctions.(Lines28–29)(3)Itisthereforeimportantthatwetakegoodcareofourgutmicroorganismssoastoimproveourcognitive