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1、Reading&WritingNicolausCopernicusborn:inPolandin1473died:May24,1543Hewasoneofthefirstscientiststousemathematicalobservationstocollectinformation.Hebelievedthesunisthecenteroftheuniverseandtheearthandotherplanetswentaroundit.NinePlanetsIntheSolarSystemShowingCopernicus’theoryAdia

2、gramshowingthesolarsystemwiththeearthatitscentreAdiagramshowingthesolarsystemwiththesunatitscentreskimmingBeforeCopernicus’theoryCarefulreadingReadthetextcarefully,thenanswerthesequestionsWhycouldhenottellabouthistheory?(Para1)BecausethepowerfulChistianChurchwouldhavepunishedhim

3、forevensuggestingsuchanidea(2)Whatwashistheoryabout?(Para1)Allhismathematicalcalculationsledtothesameconclusion:thattheearthwasnotthecentreofthesolarsystem.Onlyifyouputthesuntheredidthemovementsoftheotherplanetsintheskymakesense.(3)Whathadtheastronomersnoticedinthesky?(Para2)The

4、yhadnoticedthatsomeplanetsintheskyseemedtostop,movebackwardandthengoforwardinaloop.Othersappearedbrighterattimesandlessbrightatothers.(4)WhendidCopernicuscompletehistheory?(Para3)Between1510and1514heworkedonit,graduallyimprovinghistheoryuntilhefeltitwascomplete.(5)Howdidheexplai

5、nchangesinthemovementoftheplanetsandinthebrightnessofthestars?Whendidhepublishhisidea?(Para4)Heplacedafixedsunatthecentreofthesolarsystemwiththeplanetsgoingrounditandonlythemoonstillgoingroundtheearth.Healsosuggestedthattheearthwasspinningasitwentrounditandthisexplainchangesinth

6、emovementoftheplanetsandinthebrightnessofthestars..Hepublisheditashelaydyingin1543(6)WhydopeoplethinkthatthereisadirectlinkbetweenhisideasandtheworkofIsaacNewton,AlbertEinsteinandStephenHawking?Becausehistheoryisnowthebaseonwhichallourideasoftheuniversearebuilt.Histheoryreplaced

7、theChristianideaofgravitywhichsaidthingsfelltoearthbecauseGodcreatedtheearthasthecentreoftheuniverse,Heshowedthiswasobviouslywrong.IfyouwereNicolausCopernicus,wouldyouhavehiddenyourtheoryforsomanyyears?GivereasonsDebateYes/No◆Asascientist,oneshouldbebrave.ButCopernicuswasafraido

8、fbeingattackedbytheChristianChurch.Sohehadhidde