新人教版+高中英语课件+book 3 unit four warming up and reading.ppt

Astronomy:thescienceofthestars,Unit4,Havealookattheuniverseobjects.,Howmuchdoyouknowabouttheuniverse?,Whatarethenamesoftheeightplanetsthatcircleoursun?Whatistheirorderfromthesun?,地球_木星_火星_水星_,海王星_土星_天王星_金星_,Earth,Jupiter,Mars,Mercury,Neptune,Saturn,Uranus,Venus,Astronomyisoneoftheoldestsciences.Itisthescientificstudyofcelestialobjects(suchasstars,planets,comets,nebul,starclustersandgalaxies)andphenomenathatoriginateoutsidetheEarthsatmosphere(suchasthecosmicbackgroundradiation).Itisconcernedwiththeevolution,physics,chemistry,meteorology,andmotionofcelestialobjects,aswellastheformationanddevelopmentoftheuniverse.Astronomyisamultidisciplinarysubjectandusesknowledgefrombothmathandphysics.,1.Howoldistheuniverse?2.Howoldistheearth?3.Whichwerethefirstcreatureorplantsonearth?4.Doyouknowwhattheorderforthedevelopmentofplantsandanimalsis?,Severalbillionyearsago.,Between4.5and3.8millionyearsago.,Verysmallair-breathingcreatures.,FreeTalk,Fastreading,Readthepassagequicklyandfindthemainidea.,Abriefintroductiononhowtheuniversedevelopedandhowlifebeganontheearth.,Carefulreading,Para1:,Para2:Para3:Para4:,Para5:,Awidelyacceptedtheoryabouttheformationoftheuniverse.,Theformationoftheearth.,Theimportanceofwaterforlife.,Thedevelopmentofplantsandanimalsontheearth.,Thearrivalofhumansandtheirimpactontheearth.,Readthepassagecarefullyandanalyseitsstructure.,earth,atmosphereandwater,lifedevelopment,humanbeings,1.Whatistheoriginalearthsatmospheremadeupof?2.Whydidscientistsbelievewaterisfundamentaltothedevelopmentoflife?3.Howdidwatercomeintobeingontheearth?4.Whichkindoflife-beingfirstappearedontheearth,plantsoranimals?Why?5.Whyweremammalsdifferentfromalllifeformsinthepast?,Answerthefollowingquestions.,Carbon,nitrogen,watervapour,andothergases.,2.Whydidscientistbelievewaterisfundamentaltothedevelopmentoflife?,Becausewaterallowedtheearthtodissolveharmfulgasesandacidsintotheoceansandseastoensureafollowingchainreaction,whichmadeitpossibleforlifetodevelop.,Whatistheoriginalearthsatmospheremadeupof?,3.Howdidwatercomeintobeingontheearth?,Theexplosionoftheearthproducedwatervapor,whichturnedintowaterwhentheearthcooleddown.,4.Whichkindoflife-beingfirstappearedontheearth,plantsoranimals?Why?,Atfirst,smallplantsbegantoappearonthesurfaceofthewater,theyproduceoxygen,whichencouragedthelaterdevelopmentofearlyshellfishandallsortsoffish.,5.Whyweremammalsdifferentfromalllifeformsinthepast?,Theyweredifferentbecausetheyproducedtheiryoungfromwithintheirbodiesandproducemilktofeedthem.,（）1Insectsandamphibiansappeared.（）2Dinosaursappeared.（）3Theearthbecameasolidball.（）4Smallplantsgrewonthewater.（）5Reptilesappeared.（）6Plantsbegantogrowondryland.（）7Theearthwasacloudofdust.（）8Waterappearedontheearth.（9Shellfishandotherfishappeared.（）10Theuniversebeganwitha“BigBang”.（）11Cleveranimalswithhandsandfeetappeared.（）12Mammalsappeared.,8,7,5）,6,4,1,10,3,9,2,Puttheorderofdevelopmentoflife.,12,11,Workoutthemeaningofthenewwordsandphrasesthroughcontext.,violentintimeatmosphereunlikeharmfulexistpreventfrom,verystrongandsudden,notlate,themassofairsurroundingtheEarth,differentfrom,ableorlikelytodoharm,tobepresentinaplaceorsituation;tolive,stopfrom,Makesentenceswiththenewwordsandphrases.,Postreading,Discussthefollowingquestions.,1.Whywastheearthdifferentfromtheotherplanets?,3.Whyisitwrongtoshowfilmswithdinosaursandpeopletogether?,2.Whydidtheplantsgrowbeforetheanimalscame?,Becausethewaterremainedontheearth.,Becausedinosaursdiedoutlongbeforehumanbeingsdevelopedontheearth.,Becauseplantsprovideoxygenforanimalstobreathe.,4.Thereusedtobenineplanetsinthesolarsystem.Recentlyscientistshavedecidedthatoneofthemcannolongerbeconsideredaplanet.Doyouknowthenameofit?Doyouknowwhytheyremovedit?,5.Whatproblemiscausedbyhumanbeings?,ItsnameisPluto.Scientistsnowthinkitistoosmalltobecalledaplanet.,Globalwarming.,Letsreviewtheevolutionoflifeontheearth.,Afterthe“BigBang”,theearthwasfullofwater.,Originalcellsappearedintheocean.,Thecellsinthewaterbegantoseparate.Marineanimalscameintobeing.,Somean