Module1Unit1Encycolopaedias讲义牛津深圳版（广州沈阳通用）八年级英语上册.docxVIP

Unit1Encyclopaedias

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DaVinci,Leonardo

LenardodaVinci(1452-1519)wasanItalianpainter,inventor,musician,engineerandscientist.

DaVinciwasborninthecountryside.Fromanearlyage,heshowedgreatintelligenceandartisticability.Ashegrewolder,helearnttodomanydifferentthings.Hispaintingsareveryfamous,andone,theMonaLisa,isperhapsthemostfamouspaintingintheworld.Healsohadmanyinventions.Forexample,hisnotebooksincludesomeinterestingdrawingsofflyingmachines.()

Dinosaurs

DinosaurslivedonEarthmorethan60millionyearsbeforehumanbeings.TheylivedeverywhereonEarth.Somedinosaurswereassmallaschickens.Otherswereasbigastenelephants.Somecouldevenfly.

Manydinosaursateplants.However,somedinosaurslikedtoeatmeat.

DinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan25millionyears.Then,suddenly,theyalldiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.However,wecanlearnaboutthemfromtheirfossils.

Ⅰ.vocabularykeyphrases

1.inventv.

2.scientistn. musiciann.

3.intelligencen. abilityn.

4.dinosaurn.

5.humann.

6.famousadj.

7.fossiln.

8.listento??????

9.learnabout?????????

10.beborn???

11.inthecountryside?

12.win????

13.remember???

14.dieout?

15.attheendof??

16.morethan??????

17.usedto?????

18.knowabout?

19.findout?

20.bythewindow?

21.beinterestedin?

22.besure???????

23.dowith?????

24.anumberof?

25.sincethen??

26.bemadeupof?

27.connect....to?

28.include??v.

29.nobody??nobody=not......anybody.

30.onearth?在地球上，在世界上，在人间，相当于intheworld.

Ⅱ.keypoints

as+形容词或副词原级+as??…和…一样

notas+形容词或副词原级+as?表示双方在某个方面不同。

Wethinkscienceisasimportantasmaths.?我们认为自然科学和数学一样重要。

usedto?意为“过去常常，以前常常”，后面接动词原形，表示过去的习惯，只表示过去和现在的对比，暗指现在已经不存在的动作或状态。

Iusedtobeafraidofthedark.?我过去常常怕黑。

It’s+adj+forsbtodosth.

It’smeaningfulforustocatchallpoints.

somethingimportant?意为重要的事情，something