福建省厦门市集美区灌口中学2014-2015学年（新课标）高一下学期英语课件 必修3：U4 Extensive reading.pptVIP

* Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of stars Extensive Reading If you want to travel from the earth to other planets, there is a kind of force which makes everything on the earth fall, what is it? gravity How many times would the force of gravity change on the journey to the moon? The change of gravity On the moon In space Very strong Disappeared Very light Leave the earth Read the passage and fill in the form. The weight changed On the moon In space On the earth His weight is normal. He had no weight and could float weightlessly around in their spaceship. He weights less than on the earth. 1. block out 挡住（光线） That wall blocks out all the light. They put curtains across the window to block out the sunlight. block v. 阻碍；阻挡；堵塞 The accident blocked traffic in the town centre. 2. escape the pull of the earths gravity pull n. 拉力；拖；牵引力 A pull on the rope will make the bell ring. He felt the pull of the beautiful scenery. He has a lot of pull with his parents. In a tug-of-war,the competitors pull as hard as they can. 吸引力 影响力 pull v. 拉；拖；牵引 push The train has already pulled in, and the passengers are getting on it now. pull in （火车）进站；（船）靠岸；驶向路边停靠 I arrived as the last train was pulling out. I had to wait for the next one. pull out 离站 The father pulled up at the gate of our school to pick up his son. pull up 停车；停住 3. get close to 靠近 We went camping last weekend to get close to nature. 4. as strong a pull as the earth’s as +adj./adv. + as 像……一样……，在否定结构中会用not so/as ... as Hearing the news, Mary felt as happy as me. He always study as hard as his elder brother. as + adj. + a/an + n. + as ... 像……一样的一个…… He is as clever a boy as Jim. 他居住在一个像厦门一样美丽的城市。 He lives in as beautiful a city as Xiamen. 5. twice as far as on the earth 倍数表达法: A+ 倍数+ as + 形容词/副词原级 + as + B This tree is three times as tall as that one. A + 倍数 +形容词比较级 + than + B The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River. A + 倍数 + the +名词 (size, length, amount, weight, height) + o