高一英语必修三unit4reading.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Bao Xiaoming seagreatbao@ Unit 4 reading How Life Began on the Earth Pangu separates the sky from the earth The Goddess Nvwa mended the heaven and created human beings from the clay(粘土). God created the world in seven days match the main idea of each paragraph Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: The importance of water for life The development of plants and animals on the earth The formation of the earth A widely accepted theory about the formation of the universe d c a b e. The arrival of humans and their impact on the earth Paragraph 5: e Detailed reading This text can mainly divided into two stages Stage 1 : The development of the earth Stage 2 : The development of life (para 1—3) (para 4—5) Stage 1: The development of the earth (1) After the Big Bang, what was the earth like? a cloud of dust a solid globe exploded with fire and rock produced water vapour and gases (2) What happened next? (3) What did the water vapour and gases form? the earth’s atmosphere Water appeared (4) What appeared as the earth cooled down? water is important for the beginning of life on the earth. Why is water so important for the beginning of life? Because water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases into oceans and seas. 1. Big Bang 2. a cloud of dust 3. A solid globe 4. exploded with fire and rock 5. produce the water vapour, carbon dioxide---atmosphere How did the earth come into being? Repeat 6. cooled down 7. water appeared 8. Dissolved harmful gases and acid Stage2 The development of life small plants appears in water 1.What life developed after water appeared? Shellfish and all sorts of fish 2.What life developed in water next? green plants began to grow on land insects appeared 3.What about the life on land? amphibians on land and in the water forests 4. What life developed next