M3U4 人教版 课件.ppt

Pre-reading Each religion and culture has its own ideas about how life began on earth. 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。 Nuwa creates human beings The Biblical Account Day 1: God spoke and separated light from darkness creating Day and Night Day 2: God spoke and separated the water creating sky and ocean Day 3: God spoke and created dry land Day 4: God spoke and created the sun, moon and stars Day 5: God spoke and created living creatures in the air and sea Day 6: God spoke and created the land animals and man Day 7: God rested and blessed this day calling it Holy India Brahma is the god first represented in the Hindu Triad. He is the creator of the universe and all living beings are said to have evolved from him. 1. How old is the universe? (several billion years ago) 2. How old is the Earth? (between 4.5 and 3.8 million years ago) 3. Which were the first creatures on Earth? ( small plants in water) Scanning 10. The universe began with a big bang”. 7. The earth was a cloud of dust 3. The earth became a solid ball. 8. Water appeared on the earth. 4. Small plants grew on dry land. 9. Shellfish and other fish appeared. 6. Plants began to grow on dry land. 1. Insets and amphibians appeared. 5. Reptiles appeared. 2. Dinosaurs appeared. 12.Mammals appeared 11. Clever animals with hands and feet appeared. Read the passage carefully and analyse its structure. Write down the main idea for each paragraph. A widely accepted theory about the formation of the universe The formation of the earth The importance of water for life The development of plants and animals on the earth The arrival of humans and their impact on the earth 1. Why was the earth different from other planets? The water remained. 2. Why did the plants grow before the animals came?