高中英语人教版备课资料包：必修3 Unit 4课件 Unit 4 Astronomy the science of stars .pptVIP

Step 1 Lead in Look at two pictures , try to give as much information as possible. Unit4 Astronomy: thescience of the stars Step 2 Warming up Do you know how many planets circle around the sun in our solar system ? What are they? Can you match the names with the planets? Step 3 A quiz What’s the end of the world ? It’s “ D ”. What’s the beginning of the world? It’s “ W ”. Step 4 Pre-reading Each religion and culture has its own ideas about how life began on earth. What do you know ? In China, we all know that Pangu separates the sky from the earth. The Goddess Nvwa mended the heaven and created human beings. In western culture, God created the world in six days. Pangu separates the sky from the earth. While-reading While-reading While-reading Step 6 Looking and thinking Look at the following pictures and try to understand more of the reading passage. Step 8 Homework 1.Read aloud the reading passage and underline the useful phrases and sentence patterns. 2.Finish off Ex1and Ex2 on P. 28. Task 3: Careful reading 1. What was there on the earth before life could begin? Water vapour, carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen and other gases. 2. Why do scientists think there has never been life on the moon? Because there is no water on the moon. 3. Why did animals first appear in the seas? Because water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases into the oceans and seas. 4. Why did green plants help life to develop? Because green plants can take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and fill the air with oxygen. 5. Why were mammals different from other animals? They were different because they produced their young from within their bodies. 6. How did water come into being on the earth? The explosion of the earth produced water vapor, which turned into water when the earth cooled down.