广东省高中英语Unit4Astronomythescienceofthes课件.ppt--（课件中不含音视频）

1、In the film of Avatar,there are otherforms of life on other planets.Do youthink this is possible or it is only ourimagination?The study of Astronomy may give us the answers.What is Astronomy?Astronomy is the scientific study of the universe and the heaven bodies,gas,and dust within it.such as the su

2、n,the moon,and stars People who do research on astronomyare called_.People who fly out of the earth and do research in space are called_.Astronauts fly to space by taking a tool called_.Things that are used to observe the universe are called_.astronomers astronautsspaceshipspace telescopesThe Solar

3、SystemWhat can you see?Here what can you see by using the telescope?In the solar system,how many planets are there and what are they?海王星海王星 NeptuneNeptune水星水星Mercury金星金星Venus Venus 地球地球Earth Earth 火星火星Mars Mars 木星木星Jupiter 土星土星SaturnSaturn天王星天王星Uranus Uranus My Very Educated Mother Just Shows Us Not

4、hing.How to correctly remember the order of the eight planets around the sun?EarthJupiterMarsMercuryNeptuneSaturnUranusVenus 2006年8月24日在捷克首都布拉格举行的国际天文学联合会26届大会投票表决,部分通过新的行星定义,冥王星(Pluto)被排除在行星之外,“降级”成为“矮行星”。确认太阳系只有金星、土星、木星、水星等八颗行星,Discussion:If you were an astronomer,whatwill you be interested in?How

5、 did life begin on Earth?How did life begin on Earth?.How was the universe formed?How was the universe formed?There are different ideas about the origin of the universe or life.What do you know about it?Chinese Legends(传说传说)盘古开天地盘古开天地Pangu separated the sky from the earth.His whole body then turned

6、into all kinds of things in the universe.The development of the lifebreathwinds and cloudsvoicethunderleft eyethe sunright eyethe moonbloodthe riversveinsthe roadsNuwa mended the heaven and created human beingsAccording to Bible(圣经圣经),God created the world and the first man,_ and the first woman,_ W

7、estern Beliefs AdamEve.Day 1:God separated light from darkness,creating Day and Night Day 6:God created the land,animals and the first man,Adam and use _to create the first woman,Eve.God created the world in _ days.7 one of his ribs(肋骨肋骨)A lot of scientists have make contributions to the development

8、 of the study of astronomy,can you name some of them?Scientific theory:1)The universe began from the Big Bang and life started in water.Their opinions on how the universe started were divided.2)Life was brought to the earth by ET from outer space.3)Life came from a comet(彗星彗星)which hit the earth.HomeworkHomework1.Look up the new words and expressions of the reading in the dictionary.2.Preview the reading:How Life Began on the Earth