外研版八年级下册英语Module3Unit2导论.ppt

八年级下册;;Warming Up;Put the words and expressions in the box in order: small – large. ;The Milky Way Galaxy;reading and vocabulary;;Watch and read;2. Read the passage and choose the best title for it.; The earth is a planet and it goes around the sun. Seven other planets also go around the sun. None of them has an environment like that of the earth, so scientists do not think they will find life on them. The sun and its planets are called the solar system, and our solar system is a small part of a much larger group of stars and planets, called the Galaxy or the Milky Way. ;There are billions of stars in the Galaxy, and our sun is only one of them. Scientists have also discovered many other galaxies in the universe. They are very far away and their light has to travel for many years to reach us. So how large is the universe? It is impossible to imagine. Scientists have sent spaceships to the planet Mars to take photos. They have even;sent spaceships to travel outside the solar system. However, no spaceship has travelled far enough to reach other stars in our Galaxy. Scientists have always asked the questions: with so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space? Have there been visitors to the earth from other planets? Why has no one communicated with us? We do no know the answers... yet.;1. The earth is a star. □ 2. The sun is a star. □ 3. There is more than one galaxy in the universe. □ 4. The light from the stars in other galaxies has travelled for a long time to reach us. □ 5. Scientists have received many messages from space. □ 6. Spaceships have visited most of the universe. □; Is there life on other planets? There are seven other planets in our (1) ___________ ， but (2) _____ of them has a(n) (3)___________ like that of the earth. Spaceships from the;earth have done surveys of the other planets, but they have not found any life there. Why has no one from other planets tried to (