Unit 4 Astronomy: The Science of The Stars
Teaching aims:
1. Enable students to improve their listening skills and reading ability.
2. Enable students to understand the development of gravity and how gravity
affects us in different times and places.
3. Arouse students ’ interest to search for the mystery of space.
Emphasis:
1. Words and expressions: gravity, float, cheer up, now that, break out, etc
2. Astronomic knowledge like gravity and black hole.
Difficulties:
1. Help the students to understand the development of gravity.
2. Help the students to know how gravity influences us.
Teaching methods:skimming, scanning, discussing.
Teaching aids: tape recorder, a projector and a computer.
Teaching procedures:
Period one Reading
Step 1. Presentation
T: Hello, everyone!odayT we ’ ll come to Unit 4 Astronomy. Before that I have a question:
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Unit 4
Astronomy：the science of the stars
(对应学生用书第75页)
[单词 拼写应用]
Ⅰ.考纲单词——会拼写、要识记
1．system
n．系统；体系；制度
2．theory
n. 学说；理论
3．atmosphere
n. 大气层；气氛
4．thus
adv. 因此，于是
5．climate n. 气候
6．crash vi.& vt. 碰撞；坠落
7．pull
n．& vt. 拉(力)；拖；牵引力
8．float vi.& vt. (使)浮动；(使)漂浮
n. 漂浮物
9．astronomy n. 天文学
10．globe n. 球体；地球仪；地球
11．fundamental adj. 基本的；基础的 2 12．chain n. 链子；连锁；锁链
13．multiply vt.& vi. 乘；增加
14．oxygen n. 氧
15．gravity n. 万有引力；重力
16．satellite n. 卫星；人造卫星
17．physicist n. 物理学家
18．spaceship n. 宇宙飞船
Ⅱ.派生单词——能辨别
1．violent adj.猛烈的；激烈的；强暴的→violence n．暴力→violently adv. 猛烈地
2．like prep.像→unlike prep.与……不同；不像→dislike vt.& n．不喜欢
3．harm n．害处vt.对……有害→harmful adj.有害的
4．exist vi.存在；生存→existence n．存在
5．puzzle vt.&vi.(使)迷惑；(使)为难n.谜；难题→puzzled adj.迷惑不解的→puzzling adj.令人迷惑的
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Ⅰ.单项填空
1．(2014·安徽，35)—I get at least half an hour of exercise almost every day.
—Oh great! ________.
A．Good luck B．Cheer up
C．Same to you D．Keep it up
答案：D 考查情景对话。句意：——我每天至少要锻炼半个小时。——哦，好极了！坚持下去。A项为：祝你好运；B项为：振作些；C项为：你也是；D项为：坚持下去。由句意可知选D项。
2．Since the house price in the city may be ________ we can't imagine, I suggest
that we rent an apartment to live in first.
A．as high as B．as expensive as
C．so high as D．so expensive as
答案：A 考查原级比较。句意：这个城市的房价既然高到我们很难想像的那样，我建议我们先租套公寓住着。表示价格高用high, expensive用于说明某物贵，so...as...用于否定句。
3．Please keep your word ________ you have promised to come.
A．since then B．now that
C．only if D．so long
答案：B 句意：既然你答应了要来，你就要守约。now that既然，引导原因状语从句。
4．After fighting with his illness many years, the patient ______ finally.
高考英语一轮复习话题14宇宙知识（Unit4Astronomythescienceofthestars）新人教版必修3
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晨读背诵
话题单词 1.alien [ˈeɪlɪən] adj. 外国的；n. 外星人 2. engineering [endʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ] n. 工程技术；工程
3. solar [ˈsəʊlə(r)] adj. 太阳的 4. significant [sɪɡˈnɪfəkənt] adj. 重大的；效果显著的
5.mankind [mænˈkaɪnd] n. 人类 6. economic [iːkəˈnɒmɪk] adj. 经济的
7. zone [zəʊn] n. 地区；区域；带 8. hi-tech [ˌhaɪˈtek] adj. 高技术的
9. private [ˈpraɪvɪt] adj. 私人的；秘密的10. overseas [əʊvəˈsiːz] adv.&adj.(在，向)海(国)外(的)
11. technological [teknəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l] adj.技术的；科技的 12. grasp [ɡrɑːsp]
v. 理解；领会
13. master [ˈmɑ:stə] v.精通 14. perfect [ˈpɜːfɪkt] adj. 完美的
15. arrange [əˈreɪndʒ] v. 安排；排列；管理 16. locate [ləʊˈkeɪt v. 设置
17. valley [ˈvælɪ] n. 山谷 18. achieve [əˈtʃiːv] v. 实现；达到
19. breakthrough [ˈbreɪkθruː] n. 突破 20. satellite [ˈsætəlaɪt] n. 人造卫星
话题短语 1. get started开始 2. grasp/seize the opportunity 抓住机会
