《导学案》高中英语（人教版必修3）教师用书：Unit 4 Period 1 Reading Comprehension 讲义 .docVIP

　　据研究,六千五百万年前小行星撞击地球,对地球造成了几乎毁灭性的破坏,有人认为这可能是恐龙灭绝的原因。如果是这样,那么未来再有这样的小行星或彗星撞击地球,会不会导致人类的毁灭呢? 　　It??s said that a huge asteroid (小行星) smashed (撞击) into the earth 65 million years ago, which certainly sent the earth??s ecosystem (生态系统) into a disaster which took thousands of years to recover from. Scientists say that it??s probable that such disaster could happen again. 　　Asteroids are rocky bodies which tend to live in orbits (轨道) between Mars and Jupiter. Comets, on the other hand, are a mix of rock and ice, and they can swing into the earth??s orbit from anywhere in the Solar System. Comets have an icy tail which reflects the sun and therefore can be seen from the earth. But asteroids have far less visibility (可见度)and have to be at least half a kilometre across to be found. There are millions of such rocky and icy bodies out there which have not been discovered yet. 　　But did an asteroid kill the dinosaurs—and could another kill us? 　　Despite what you may have heard, it hasn??t been proved that the hitting was the only reason for the dinosaurs?? dying out. But the asteroid which created the hitting would certainly have had a great effect on the environment, and a mass extinction (灭绝) did take place around the time. 　　So far we have no idea when the next one will be because we haven??t spotted (发现) it yet and not many organizations are spending money on asteroid-detection, because a deathly hitting is such a faraway possibility. Answer the following questions. 1.What is the best title of the passage? ? 2.What are asteroids? ? 　　【答案】 1.A Terrible Disaster Likely to Happen 2.They are rocky bodies which tend to live in orbits between Mars and Jupiter. Period 1　Reading Comprehension 1.了解地球上生命的起源和进化过程。 2.调动学生对于天文知识的兴趣,主动探究、钻研,培养科学探索的精神。 3.理解文章中的长难句,并学会佳句赏析。 1.利用图片和问题引出本课话题,了解学生对天文方面的背景知识的掌握情况。 2.训练学生的查读技巧,帮助学生进一步了解地球生命的起源和进化。 重点句式 What it was to become was uncertain until between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago when the dust settled into a solid globe. 速读课文,回答问题 1