人教版英语九全Unit 8 Section B（2a-3b）配套课件.pptVIP

* * --- Hi, this way, please. --- OK.I sometimes have no sense of ______ when I arrive at the crossroad. 　　 A. position B. direction C. situation D. condition 解析：需根据句意来分析。have no sense of direction 意为“没有方向感”。 B * * 8. Stonehenge was built slowly over a long period of time. period n. 一段时间；时期 We lived in Beijing for a?period. ?? 我们在北京住过一段时间。 The work must be completed within a two-month?period. ?? 工作须于两个月内完成。 It was the most glorious?period?of the Roman Empire. ?? 这段时期是罗马帝国最辉煌的时期。 * * period, age, generation这三个词的共同意思是“时期”。其区别是： period是这组词中最一般的常用术语, 用于任何时限, 时间可长可短; age意为“时代, 寿命”, 常用来表示以一个中心人物或显著特征而闻名的时期; generation意为“代、世代”, 用于上辈出世与下辈出世之间的时段,对人类来说这段时间有时可算作20年或25年,也可用于下辈本身。 知识链接 * * The period in which people learnt to make tools of iron is called the Iron Age. 人类学会用铁制造工具的时代, 我们称为“铁器时代”。 My generation behaves differently from my fathers and grandfathers. 我这一代人和我父辈及祖辈表现不同。 * * * Interesting and Fun Stonehenge Facts for Kids ? Stonehenge seems to be the center of many Bronze Age and Neolithic monuments. You can find hundreds of burial mounds in the area that surrounds Stonehenge. ? Stonehenge itself is managed by English heritage and is owned by the crown. ? In 2008 evidence was uncovered that Stonehenge may have been a burial site well before Stonehenge itself was constructed. ? One of the stone types used to construct Stonehenge is called a Sarsen Stone. Theses stones weighed 25 tons and were about 18 feet tall. ? There is more than meets the eye with Stonehenge. The designers and builders had to be extremely sophisticated in geometry and mathematics. It is aligned with midwinter sunset and the midsummer sunset. ? Stonehenge is the most well-known of the over 900 different stone rings in the British Isles. ? It is estimated that it too around 30 million hours of labor over a span of 1500 years to construct Stonehenge. * * Buildings with Mysterious Origins Nan Madol (南马都尔) Nan Madol?is a ruine