2017-2018学年高中英语 Unit 4 Astronomythe science of the stars Section Ⅰ教案 新人教版必修3.pptVIP

* Unit 4 Astronomy:the science of the stars People have always watched the beautiful night sky.Many ancient people of the world closely studied the stars for signs from their gods.The Mayan1 and Aztecs of Central America and Mexico built special tall buildings to observe the stars.The ancient people of Egypt,Greece,Italy,and China also studied the stars.The people who lived on the islands of the Pacific used the stars to find their way across huge areas of ocean. People on the earth today still look to the stars for information—not about ancient gods,but about the universe.Modern technology has made it possible to see objects in space that are thousands of millions of kilometres away. If you live in the northern hemisphere of the earth,you can search the night sky to the north and find Polaris2. Ancient people watched Polaris for a long time and discovered that it moves very little.It can always be found in the same place in the northern sky.Ancient people used the Polaris to guide their ships across oceans. In the southern hemisphere of the earth,you can see Alpha and Beta Centauri3 in the night sky.They point the way to the beautiful group of stars called the Southern Cross4.Ancient people used the Southern Cross to guide their ships. 译文 人们常常会观看美丽的夜空。世界上的许多古人曾密切研究星星来判断神的痕迹。中美洲和墨西哥的玛雅人和阿兹台克人建造很高的建筑来观星。埃及、希腊、意大利和中国的古人也研究星象。居住在太平洋岛屿上的人利用星象来寻找穿越海洋的路。 地球上的人今天仍然还看关于星象的信息——不是关于古老的神,而是关于宇宙。现代技术使得观看在太空中成千上万的数百万千米远的物体成为可能。 如果你居住在地球的北半球,你可以在向北的夜空中搜寻并找到北极星。 古人观看北极星很长一段时间,发现它移动得很少。它总是可以在北部天空的同一个地方找到。古人利用北极星来引导他们的船只穿越海洋。 在地球的南半球,你可以在夜空中看到半人马座阿尔法和贝塔星。它们指向一群叫做“南十字星座”的美丽的星星。古人利用南十字星座来引导他们的船只。 词海拾贝 1.Mayan [?maI?n] adj.玛雅人的,玛雅语的　n.玛雅人,玛雅语 2.Polaris [p???la?rIs] n.北极星 3.Alpha and Beta Centauri半人马座阿尔法和贝塔星 4.Southern Cross 南十字星座 Section Ⅰ— Warming Up,Pre-reading,Reading Comprehending 一 二 一、词汇新知 1.通过查阅词典,写出下列单词的派生词 (1)religion n.宗教;宗教信仰→　　　　　　　 adj.宗教的 ? (2)globe n.球体;地球仪;地球 →　　　　　　 adj.全球的;总体的;球体的? (3)violent adj.猛烈的;激烈的;强暴的 →　　　　　　　　 adv.猛烈地;激烈地 ? (4)unlike prep.与……不同;不像→　　　　　 p