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Unit 1 EncyclopaediasLook it up!查找它Here are two articles from an encyclopaedia.这里有来自百科全书的两篇文章。
Da Vinci, Leonardo列奥纳多•达•芬奇Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.列奥纳多•达•芬奇(1452 - 1519)是意大利画家,发明家,音乐家,工程师和科学家。
Da Vinci was born in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventions. For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines. (See Art)达芬奇出生在农村。
从很小的时候,他表现出极大的智慧和艺术才能。
当他长大时,他学会了做很多不同的事情。
他的画是非常出名的,其中一个,蒙娜丽莎,也许是世界上最著名的画。
他也有很多发明。
例如,他的笔记本包括一些有趣的飞行机器的图画。
(见艺术)Dinosaurs 恐龙Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years before human begins. They lived everywhere on Earth. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants. Some could even fly.恐龙生活在地球上人类6000万多年前。
Unit 1 Encyclopaedias一单词encyclopaedia 百科全书dinosaur 恐龙human 人的Italian 意大利人perhaps 可能，大概inventor发明家invention 发明musician音乐家notebook 笔记本scientist 科学家include 包括，包含born 出生even 甚至countryside乡村，农村however然而intelligence才智，智慧suddenly 突然，忽然artistic有艺术天赋的nobody没有人ability 才能，能力fossil 化石win获胜，赢dollar 美元in the countryside 在乡村，在农村human being 人die out 灭绝，消失find out 了解，弄清go for a walk 去散步Look it up!Here are two articles from an encyclopaedia.Da Vinci, LeonardoLeonardo da Vinci(1452-1519) was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.Da Vinci was born in the countryside. From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability. As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventions. For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines.DinosaursDinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years before human beings. They lived everywhere on Earth. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants. Some could even fly.Many dinosaurs ate plants. However, some dinosaurs liked to eatmeat.Dinosaurs lived on Earth for more than 150 million years. Then, suddenly, they all died out. Nobody knows why. However, we can learn about them from their fossils. (See Earth history)Australia's big attractionsModule 1 Unit 1More practiceAustralia’s big attractionsAustralia is a very big country. It also has many big attractions.The Big BananaThe Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. It was made in 1964 by John Landy. Landy wanted something to make people come to his fruit shop, so he built the Big Banana. The idea worked. Many people visited his fruit shop and took pictures of the Big Banana. Soon people all over Australia began making big things.The Big MerinoThe Big Merino is in the city of Goulburn. Merinos are a type of sheep. They can live in dry weather. Some places in Australia are very dry, so these sheep are very important to the farmers there. Inside the Big Merino, there is a small museum about the history of wool in Australia.Visitors can also climb up to the Big Merion’s head and look at the view through its eyes.必记短语listen to 听learn about 了解到talk about 谈论in the countryside 在乡村，在农村be born 出生human being 人for example 例如die out 灭绝，消失at the end of 在...的尽头，在...末尾more than多于used to 过去常常know about 知道关于...的情况one day 有一天be famous for 因.....而出名so much 如此多find out了解到，弄清by the window 在窗户旁边next to 挨着be interested in 对....感兴趣be sure 确信go for a walk 去散步in the mountains 在山上do with 处理in the newspaper 在报纸上all kinds of 各种各样的 a number of许多，大量since then 自从那时be made up of由....组成，构成connect....to 把....和.....连接起来词汇解析human 人的，the human body人体【知识拓展】human，人，也写作human being。
牛津深圳版八上Unit1 EncyclopaediasMore practice&Culture corner练习一.根据句意和所给出的首字母写出所缺单词。
1. An encyclopaedia often c______ of a number of books.2. An encyclopaedia gives us i______ on all kinds of subjects and people.3. I have a great n_____ of letters to write.4. There are a lot of a______ in Beijing.5. The ship will leave the h______ tomorrow morning.6.M______ are a kind of sheep in Australia.7.What is your blood t_____?A, AB, B or O?8.I have a great v______ through the window of my room.9.Visitors can look at the view t_____ merinos’ eyes.10.When was the Big Banana b _____?二、单选( )1.Let him _________. Don’t make him __________.A．go; to cry B．going; crying C．to go; cry D．go; cry ( )2.----The ring looks nice. Is it made _____ silver?----Yes. And it was made _______ Thailand.A．of;of B．of; in C．from;in D．from;of( )3.Everyone _____ here now .Let’s ______.A．are ; begin B．are ;to begin C．is ; to start D．is ;start ( )4.--- How many workers are there in your factory, Mr Brown?--- ________ workers in our factory________ more than ________.A．The number of; is; two hundreds B．The number of; is; two hundred C．A number of; are; two hundreds D．The number of; are; two hundred ( )5.At last , she made the boy ______and begin to laugh .A．stop to cry B．to stop crying C．stop crying D．to stop to cry()6.Mary’s Christmas present was made ___ gla ss. Her mother made it ____ hand.A．In; by B．of; by C．in ;from D．of ; from()7. There ______ an interesting piece of ______ in the newspaper.A．is, news B．are, news C．are, information D．is, informations ()8.The sun goes ______ the window and warms the room.A. intoB. acrossC. throughD. cross()9. You can get much about the World Expo on the Internet.A.mapB. pictureC. ticketD. information()10.In our school library there a number of the books on science, and in these year the number of them growing larger and larger.A.are; isB. is; areC. have; areD. has; is三、用所给词的适当形式填空。
Unit 1 Encyclopaedias【重点单词短语】1.inventor n.发明家Eg: He is a famous inventor.【拓展】(1) invent v. 发明、创造，指发明、创造出来的是以前没有的东西。
Gilbert discovered electricity，but Edison invented the light bulb.(2) invention n. 发明物The invention of the computer marked the beginning of a new era.【小试牛刀】谁发明了电灯？2.musician n.音乐家Eg: He was a brilliant musician.【拓展】music n. 音乐，乐曲musical adj. 音乐的a piece of music 一首音乐listen to music 听音乐【小试牛刀】我长大后想成为一名音乐家。
3.scientist n.科学家Eg: Every scientist has a childhood dream.【拓展】以ist结尾的名词ideal（理想）—idealist（理想主义者）art（艺术）— artist（艺术家）violin（小提琴）—violinist（小提琴家）piano（钢琴）—pianist（钢琴家）【小试牛刀】你想成为一名科学家吗？4.born v.出生adj天生的Eg: Some people are born brainy.Jack was a born teacher.He was born in 1994.【小试牛刀】他出生在美国。
她天生就是个钢琴家。
5. intelligence n.智慧，才智Eg: She's a woman of great intelligence.【拓展】intelligent adj.聪明的be of (much) intelligence = be (very)intelligent 【小试牛刀】她是个美丽又聪明的女人。
牛津深圳版英语八年级上册Unit 1 Encyclopaedias【重点单词】1.encyclopedia /ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə/ n. 百科全书2.human /ˈhjuːmən/ adj. 人的3.dinosaur /ˈdaɪnəsɔː(r)/ n. 恐龙4.inventor /ɪnˈventə(r)/ n. 发明家5.musician /mjuˈzɪʃn/ n. 音乐家6.scientist /ˈsaɪəntɪst/ n. 科学家7.born /bɔːn/ v. 出生8.countryside /ˈkʌntrisaɪd/ n. 乡村；农村9.intelligence /ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/ n. 才智；智慧10.ability /əˈbɪləti/ n. 才能；能力11.perhaps /pəˈhæps; præps/ adv. 可能；大概12.invention /ɪnˈvenʃn/ n. 发明13.notebook /ˈnəʊtbʊk/ n. 笔记本14.include /ɪnˈkluːd/ v. 包括；包含15.even /ˈiːvn/ adv. (强调出乎意料)甚至16.however /haʊˈevə(r)/ adv. 然而17.suddenly /ˈsʌdənli/ adv. 突然；忽然18.nobody /ˈnəʊbədi/ pron. 没有人19.win /wɪn/ v. (won, won) (在比赛中)获胜，赢20.dollar /ˈdɒlə(r)/ n. 元(美国，加拿大等国家货币单位)【重点短语】1.in the countryside 在乡村；在农村2.human being 人3.die out 灭绝；消失4.find out 了解(到)；弄清5.go for a walk 去散步6.be born 出生7.from an early age 从很小的时候8.at the end of 在……结束时9.be famous for 因……而出名10.the history of ……的历史11.consist of 由……组成；由……构成12.at the top of 在……的顶端13.be made up of 由……组成【重点句型】1.From an early age, he showed great intelligence and artistic ability.他从小就表现出很高的智力和艺术才能。
