Book3Unit 4 Warming Up& Reading (I)

Unit 4 Astronomy:the science of thestars Warming Up & Reading (Ⅰ)

What are the names and order of the eight planets? planets that circle the sun?

Three versions of the beginning of the life

Pangu separated Nvwa created created created the sky humans word《盘古开天》 《女娲造人》

God

the 《上帝创世

The Biblical AccountDay 1: God spoke and separated light from darkness creating Day and Night. Day 2: God spoke and separated the water creating sky and ocean. Day 3: God spoke and created dry land.

Day 4: God spoke and created the sun, moon and stars. Day 5: God spoke and created living creatures in the air and sea. Day 6: God spoke and created the land animals and man. Day 7: God rested and blessed this day calling it Holy.

Fast readingConclude the main idea of each paragraph.theory about the _____ origin of the 1) A widely accepted ______ universe. earth 2) The formation of the ______. importance of water for life. 3) The __________

plants and _______ animals on the earth. 4) The development of ______humans and their ______________ influence/ effect on 5) The arrival of _______

the earth.

1. This text can be mainly divided into two stages: Stage 1 : The development of the earth (Paras. 1~3) Stage 2 : The development of life (Paras. 4~5)

match the main idea with each paragraph.

Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3

Para. 4Para. 5

The formation (形成) of the earth. The importance of water for life. A widely accepted theory about the formation of the universe. The arrival of humans and their impact on the earth. The development of plants and animals on the earth.

Main idea

formation of the earth and the The text mainly tells us the _________ ___________ of life on it. development

Stage 1: The development of the earth

a cloud of dust

a solid globe

exploded loudly with fire and rock

produced water vapour and gases

Water is important for the beginning of life on the earth.

the earth’s atmosphere

Stage 2: The development of life

In waterSmall plants appeared on the surface of the water. Shellfish and all sorts of fish.

On landGreen plants

Insects Dinosaurs

Amphibians

forests

Mammals

Reptiles

Small clever animals.

2. Can you fill in the blanks?

plants1 small plants in water

animalsshellfish and 2 all sorts of fish4 insects 5 amphibians

3 green plants on land

6 forests

7 8 9 10

reptiles dinosaurs mammals humans

3. Can you put the order of development of life into a timeline?

8 Insects and amphibians appeared.3 The earth became a solid ball.

9 Reptiles appeared.2 The earth was a cloud of dust.

6 Shellfish and other fish appeared.12 Clever animals with hands and feet appeared. Ex.2 on P27

10 Dinosaurs appeared.

57 4 1

Small plants grew on the water.Plants began to grow on dry land.

Water appeared on the earth.The universe began with a “Big Bang”.

11 Mammals appeared.

Retellvapour which The explosion of the earth produced water _____ _______,turned into water wh

en the earth cooled down. Water allowed

dissolve the earth to _________ harmful gases into the oceans and seas.life to begin to develop. That made it possible for _____

plants encouraged the development The arrival of small ________of early shellfish ________ and all sorts of fish. Many millions of years

later the first green plants began to appear on land.

Later land animals appeared. Some were insects Others, called ___________, amphibians were able to ________.

live on land as well as in the water. When the plantsreptiles appeared for the first grew into forests, ________

dinosaurs developed, which became the time. Then _________most important animals on the earth for millions of

mammals became years. After they disappeared, _________more important.

They were the last group of animals and they produced their young were different because they _________ from within their bodies. Small clever animals, with hands and feet, __________ appeared and _________ spread all over the earth. As time went by, they covered the earth and have become the most important animals on the

planet.

Homework 1.Preview grammar points of this unit. 2.Read the text again and find out all the subjective clauses.

Look before you leap. First think, then act. 三思而后行。