[同步教学]新课标人教版英语必修3︰课件Unit4Astronomy︰thescienceofthestarsReading.ppt

Reading What do you know about astronomy? 2. What interests you in astronomy? Do you know any questions that astronomers are interested in? Discuss in groups of four and then each group leader reports the ideas to the whole class. Pre-reading 1. Read the title and look at the pictures. Think about these questions, share with your partner and then with the class: 1) What do you know about the origin of life on earth? 2) Do you know how life began on earth is explained in different religions and cultures? 2. Read the text quickly to check if the idea in the text is different from those you have already known about. Read the text quickly and write down the main idea for each paragraph. Work in pairs. Put the order of developmentof life into a timeline first according to your common sense, and then according to the reading passage.  Read the text carefully and think about what you have read and discuss these questions in pairs. Retell the text, and then write a summary (about 100 words) of the text in your own words. * Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars Lead-in What are in the pictures? Is there life on the moon? Neil Armstrong (1930 – ), USA. He landed on the moon in July 1969. 1. In our solar system eight planets circle around the sun. What are they? Can you name them with your partners? Then match the names with the planets? Look at the picture and work in pairs. Then check your answer with other pairs. Warming up Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune While-reading Main Body Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: A widely accepted theory about the formation of the universe The formation of the earth The importance of water for life The development of plants and animals on the earth The arrival of humans and their impact on the earth While-reading 10 7 3 8 4 9 6 1 5 2 12 11 1. Insects and amphibians appeare