Unit_4_Astronomy：the_science_of_stars_reading.pptVIP

Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars Warming up In our solar system eight planets circle around the sun. What are they? Uranus /`jur?n?s/ Venus /`vin?s/ Mars /ma:z/ Mercury /`m?:kjuri/ Jupiter /`d?upit?r/ Neptune /`neptju:n/ Saturn /`s?t?n/ Pre-reading Each religion and culture has its own ideas about how life began on earth. What do you know? How Life Began on The Earth How Life Began on The Earth 1. circle n.圆，圈 in a circle 孩子们围成一个圈跳舞。 The children were dancing in a circle. vi.围着…..盘旋，环行 The bird was circling around overhead. 鸟儿在头顶上盘旋。 vt.圈出，画圈，绕圈 The teacher circled their spelling mistakes in red ink(墨水). 老师用红笔在学生们错的地方画圈。 2、begin with 以…..开始 Knowledge began with practice. 认识从实践开始 start with 以….开始，从….着手,由….作为开头 A thousand journey starts with the first step. 千里之行始于足下 这两个词组都可以单独使用，表示“首先，第一；起初；最初”，在句子中做时间状语： To begin with, I couldn’t understand every word. 起初，我一句也没有弄明白。 To start with, we have the correct leadership of the Party. 首先，我们有党的正确领导。 3.be to do表示将来不可避免要发生的事情。 As a young man he didn’t know that he was to become famous later on. 年轻时他也不知道后来会出名。 注意： 天要下雨了 It is going to rain. 4、for the first/second/… time “第一/二…..次” ，在句子中只能做状语。 他首次见到了北京。 He saw Beijing for the first time. the first time 在句中可以作表语，也可以做连词。 做连词： 第一次见到她，我就知道我们会成为好朋友。 I knew we would be good friends the first time I met her. 做表语： It is/was the first time that….. 后接句子常用完成时态。 这是我第一次见到他。 It is the first time that I have seen him. It was the first time that I had seen him. 5. remain 1)做系动词，意为“保持，仍然是” （1）名词 The labour shortage remains a problem in society. 劳动力短缺仍然是社会的一个问题。 （2）形容词 Three out of four of men present remain single. 在场的男士之中四分之三的人仍然是单身。 （3）过去分词 实际上，工作还没有完成。 In fact,the work remained unfinished. （2）现在分词 学生们还在继续听音乐。 The students remained listening to the music. （5）介词短语 People in some parts of Africa remain in deep poverty. 非洲一些地区的人仍然处于极度贫困之中。 2）做不及物动词，意为“剩下”，通常不用于被动语态。 If you take 5 away from 8, 3 remains. 八减三等于5