八年级英语上册 Module 2 Amazing things Unit 5 Encyclopaedias Reading 5课件 （新版）牛津上海版.pptVIP

* A Match the words with the pictures. skeletons _____ an amusement park _____ footprints _____ mail _____ a jar _____ B Find words in the articles on page 75 tocomplete the following dialogue. The words must be similar in meaning to the words in brackets. 1 Danny: Did dinosaurs live on the Earth before people? May: Yes, they __________ (lived) long before people. 2 Danny: Were all dinosaurs __________ (causing harm)? May: No, many were __________(not causing harm). 3 Danny: Who was Diogenes? May: He was a famous __________ (a person who thinks seriously) from Greece. 4 Danny: What did the mouse do __________ (at the same time) Disney was working? May: It sat on his desk. 5 Danny: Which cartoon __________ (an animal or a person in a film, book, etc.) do you like best? May: Donald Duck. Walt Disney __________ (made) him. *C Work in groups four to six. Look at thefollowing words and make new words using the letters from some of the words in the checklist. Example: characteract, are, art, cart, cat, race, rat, rate, reach, teach, tear, etc. create deliver exist own harmful finally amusement park A May has made some notes below about the articles in the encyclopaedia, but some of the facts are wrong. Read the articles and correct May’s notes where necessary. Dinosaurs They lived on the Earth over sixty thousand years ago. Some were small. Others were huge. Some were gentle. Others were dangerous. Some died out suddenly. Diogenes He was a famous thinker. He lived in America about two thousand years ago. He believed the way to be happy was to own as many things as possible. Diogenes He lived from 1910 to 1966. He created Disneyland. He drew cartoons for newspapers. His most famous cartoon character is Snow White. Mickey Mouse became rich and famous. All dinosaurs were bigger than elephants. ________ Some dinosaurs could fly. ________ All dinosaurs probably lived peacefully together. ________ Scientists found that dinosaurs all died of