讲授章节Lesson Seven The Greatest Invention 1 授课时数 2 periods 教学目的： Grasp the meaning of the text Analysize the text (main idea,structure) Learn more about fable and parable 教学内容（讲授提纲） I.Warming-up questions 1.Do you still remember the September 11 incident?Why do you think those terrorists can bring about such incidents? 2.What's the driving force of scientific development? 3.What's the purpose of science? 4.Since science is a double-edged sword,what should scientists do? II.About the author and the text ppt IlI.Understanding of the text The main idea A man,who had worked in the Ministry of Warfare of his country,believed that modern science had given small countries like theirs the power to conquer the world. They had a great scientist who had discovered a most deadly germ and a most effective way to spread it.But the scientist suddenly lost interest in this and turned his attention to other scientific wonders.In spite the man tried everything he could, the scientist refused to give up his wonderful research project just to please the overnment and help the government to develop a deadly weapon forworld domination. Finally the man's government had to execute the scientist and thus their marvelou plan failed. 2.Style The story was originally told by the strange man and retold by Jorkens.The whole story is written in the direct speech,thus the write adopts a colloquial style. 3.Structure Part 1 (Para.1-4) Jorkens talked with his friends at their club about the international situation. Part 2 (Para.5-44) (Para.5)Jorkens went to a port in the tropics where he met with a strange mar (Para.6-24)The strange man told Jorkens a story:He and his government had a great scientist and wanted the scientist's discovery to help them conquer the whole 讲授章节 Lesson Seven The Greatest Invention 1 授课时数 2 periods 教学目的： Grasp the meaning of the text Analysize the text (main idea, structure) Learn more about fable and parable 教 学 内 容（讲授提纲） I. Warming-up questions 1. Do you still remember the September 11 incident? Why do you think those terrorists can bring about such incidents? 2. What’s the driving force of scientific development? 3. What’s the purpose of science? 4. Since science is a double-edged sword, what should scientists do? II. About the author and the text ppt Ⅲ. Understanding of the text 1. The main idea A man, who had worked in the Ministry of Warfare of his country, believed that modern science had given small countries like theirs the power to conquer the world. They had a great scientist who had discovered a most deadly germ and a most effective way to spread it. But the scientist suddenly lost interest in this and turned his attention to other scientific wonders. In spite the man tried everything he could, the scientist refused to give up his wonderful research project just to please the government and help the government to develop a deadly weapon for world domination. Finally the man’s government had to execute the scientist and thus their marvelous plan failed. 2. Style The story was originally told by the strange man and retold by Jorkens. The whole story is written in the direct speech, thus the write adopts a colloquial style. 3. Structure Part 1 (Para. 1-4) Jorkens talked with his friends at their club about the international situation. Part 2 (Para. 5-44) (Para. 5) Jorkens went to a port in the tropics where he met with a strange man. (Para. 6 –24) The strange man told Jorkens a story: He and his government had a great scientist and wanted the scientist’s discovery to help them conquer the whole