人教新课标 高一英语必修3 Unit4 Reading.pptVIP

Module III Unit 4 Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Detailed reading Why is water so important for the beginning of life? Because water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases into oceans and seas. 1.Who are the small clever animals with hands and feet? 2. Are they taking care of the earth well? Why? Can you fill in the blanks? Can you put the order of development of life into a time line? 1. Insects and amphibians appeared. 3. The earth became a solid ball. 5. Reptiles appeared. 7. The earth was a cloud of dust 9. Shellfish and other fish appeared. 11. Clever animals with hands and feet appeared 2. Dinosaurs appeared. 4.Small plants grew on the water. 6. Plants began to grow on dry land. 8. Water appeared on the earth 10. The universe began with a “Big Band”. 12. Mammals appeared. Phrases and Useful Expressions circle around 绕…转 according to… 根据 a widely accepted theory 熟知的理论 in all directions 向着四面八方 in time 及时；终于 cool down 冷却 be fundamental to… 对…关键 a chain action 连锁反应 …make it possible for…to do…使…可能 give birth to… 生育 11. prevent… from 阻止…做… 12. millions of years to come 未来的几百万年 small clever animals 7. What life developed after mammals? Because they are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which prevents heat from escaping from the earth into space. The earth may become too hot to live on . 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 small plants in water shellfish and all sorts of fish insects reptiles amphibians mammals dinosaurs humans plants animals Green plants on land forests 8 3 10 9 11 5 1 7 4 12 6 2 Ex.2 on P27 III. Fill in the blanks in the following form. Time What happened Big Bang ______ began to form and combine to create stars and other bodies. Atoms Between 4.5 and 3.8 billion years ago ●Dust settled into a solid and ______ globe. ●The earth exploded to produce its ___________. ●The continued __