高一英语ReadingUnit4.pptVIP

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 and Nvwa made humans. 中国神话传说中有盘古开天地的说法。巨人盘古用一把利斧劈开混沌, 将天地分开。死后, 他的气息化成风和云, 声音变成轰轰的雷声, 左眼化为太阳, 右眼化为月亮, 手足与四肢变成大地的四极与五方的名山, 血液化成江河,筋脉铺成道路, 肌肉形成田地, 须发成为星星, 牙齿和骨骼化为金属、珍珠、玉石, 汗水成为滋润万物生长的甘霖和雨露。 3. What made up the earth’s atmosphere after the earth exploded? Carbon, nitrogen, water vapour and other gases. 4. How did water come into being on the earth? As the earth cooled down after it exploded, water came into being. Close reading I. Read the passage carefully and match the main idea with each paragraph. 6. What problem is caused by human beings? They cause global warming. Summary 5. There used to be nine planets in the solar system. Recently scientists have decided that one of them can no longer be considered a planet. Do you know the name of that planet? Do you know why they removed it? Pluto. Scientists now think it is too small to be called a planet. III. Fill in the blanks in the following form. ______ began to form and combine to create stars and other bodies. Big Bang What happened Time Atoms ●Dust settled into a solid and ______ globe. ●The earth exploded to produce its ___________. ●The continued ________ of water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases and _____ into the oceans and seas. Between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago violent atmosphere presence acids ●The first small plants on the surface of the water produced _______. ●Early _______ and all sorts of fish appeared. ●Green plants began to grow on land. ●Insects and ___________ appeared. Many millions of years later oxygen shellfish amphibians ●________ appeared and they laid eggs. ●Dinosaurs developed, laid eggs and _______ for more than 140 million years. ●Mammals rose and ____________ babies. Many millions of years later Reptiles existed gave birth to Humans produce too much carbon _______, ma