课件21张PPT。25Amazing thingsEncyclopaediasReading (I)
Using EnglishCartoon talkThink, say and learnWhat do you know about …?Before you readCartoon talk3-112Is my encyclopaedia useful, Lo?Yes, Hi. Very useful.3123-2Answer the following questions.What is an enclopaedia?An enclopaedia is a book that gives you information about a lot of different things./?n?sa?kl?'pi:d??/3123-2Answer the following questions.What does Hi think Lo is probably doing?
Does Lo find the book useful?
In fact, what is Lo doing?
What will Hi probably be like when he knows that Lo is standing on his encyclopaedia?He thinks that Lo is probably reading his encyclapaedia and finding out some information from it.3Yes, he does.In fact, he is standing on the encyclopaedia to change the light bulb.123-1Think, say and learnHave you got an encyclopaedia at home?
Have you ever read an encyclopaedia in the library?
Do you know any types of encyclopaedias?33-212There are different types of encyclopaedias:one book on its owna set of different volumesan encyclopaedia for childrenan encyclopaedia for adultsan encyclopaedia on CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs33-312What would you like to use an encyclopaedia for?3An encyclopaedia gives us information on all kinds of subjects and people, usually by means of short articles. The items in an encyclopaedia are arranged in alphabetical order and within topics.Encyclopaedias can help you with your studies. Some encyclopaedias give us facts or information about all kinds of subjects. The subjects are usually in alphabetical order with guide words at the top of each page. An encyclopaedia often consists of a number of books. These books are called volumes.129-1What do you know about …?3456789A In which volumes of the encyclopaedia on the right would you find the information listed below? Write the number of the volume for each topic.9-212345678Brain _________
Typhoons _________
Computers _________
Weather _________
Korea _________
Pandas _________VOL. 1VOL. 6VOL. 1VOL. 7VOL. 4VOL. 599-312345678Some encyclopaedias give information on different subjects. Do you know what topics these books give information on?Encyclopaedias on different topics9B In which of the following encyclopaedias would you look for information on these topics? Write the numbers for each topic.413221349-4123456789When we use an encyclopaedia, we should know what kind of information we need to look for first. Sometimes, we do not understand some important words (we call them key words) in the sentences. Then we can look in an encyclopaedia and try to find them. 9-512345678The 2010 Expo will be held in Shanghai. If you want to learn about the history of Expo, you need to look for the item ‘Expo’ in an encyclopaedia. 99-612345678C Here are some instructions for finding information. Which word or words in the instructions tell you where to look in an encyclopaedia? The first one has been done for you.Find information on how people make paper.
Find information on the invention of numbers.
Make some notes on how electricity is produced.9Find out about festivals in Japan.
Learn some facts about swimming.
Read about how the human heart works.
Write a paragraph on the history of computers.
Make a list of some of the ways that animals help us.9-712345678Sometimes, at the end of an article, an encyclopaedia will tell us where to look for more information on a similar subject. For example, the article on disnasaurs on page 75 tells us to ‘See Earth History’.Tips99-812345678Sometimes you cannot find a subject in an encyclopaedia. This may be because it is part of a larger subject. Here are two examples:TennisRosesmay be part of the larger subject, Sports.may be part of the larger subject, Flowers.99-912345678D Match the subjects in Column A below with the larger subjects in Column B.9Look it up!
May’s father bought her an encyclopaedia.
Here are three articles she found in it.124-1Before you readA Read the title and introduction on page 75. Then answer the questions. 344-2123What is May reading?
Who gave her the encyclopaedia?
How many articles did she find in it?
What does the title ‘look up’ probably mean?She is reading an encyclopaedia.Her father gave her the encyclopaedia.She found three articles in it.‘Look up’ means ‘find the meaning or information about something in a dictionary or encyclopaedia’.4B Now, look at the subtitles. In which volume of the encyclopaedias did May find them? 4-3123May found them in Volume 2. 4C How are the items arranged in an encyclopaedia? 4-4123DINOSAURS
……DIOGENES
……DISNEY, WALT
……In alphabetical order.4课件24张PPT。25Amazing thingsEncyclopaediasReading (II)Before you readWhile you readAfter you readBefore you read4-112A What are these?dinosaurs/'da?n?s?:(r)/34B What do dinosaurs make you think of? Choose and think of some adjectives and tell your classmates about your ideas.124-2largesmallfiercegentlepowerfulweakbraveshybeautifuluglyharmfulharmless/f??s//'hɑ:mfl//'hɑ:ml?s/angry and dangeroushurting or damaging somethingnot hurting or damaging something34C1 You are going to read the first article about dinosaurs. Try this quiz before you read it.124-3You can find dinosaurs in zoos. a true b false
Dinosaurs are all dead. a true b false
Ancient men ate dinosaurs. a true b false
Dinosaurs were all large and fierce animals. a true b false
Some dinosaurs can fly. a true b false34C2 How much do you know about dinosaurs? Say something about them. If you do not know much, you can ask your classmates for help.124-434128-1While you readA Do you know how people learn about dinosaurs’ lives in the past? 345678skeleton/'skel?tn/footprints/'f?tpr?nt/eggsB May is listening to the article about dinosaurs on CD-ROM. Listen carefully and help her complete the following notes for her school project.8-212345678About dinosaursDinosaurs lived on the Earth (1)__________ over (2)__________ years
Some were (3)__________ in size and others were (4)__________ in size
Some had (5)__________ and could (6)__________
Some ate (7)__________ and others ate (8)__________
Dinosaurs all died out (9)__________everywhere60,000,000smallbigwingsflyplantsmeatsuddenlyC1 May is reading the article now.8-312345678DINOSAURSDinosaurs lived on the Earth over sixty million years ago. This was a long time before people existed. Dinosaurs lived everywhere. Some were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants. Some dinosaurs even had wings and could fly.8-412345678Many dinosaurs were harmless. They were as gentle as sheep and ate plants.Others were harmful. They were fiercer than tigers and ate meat.8-512345678Dinosaurs all died out suddenly. Nobody knows
why.We know about the lives of dinosaurs from the skeletons, eggs and footprints they left behind. (See Earth History)Passage8-612345C2 May found these pictures on the Internet. Can you find sentence(s) in the article to match each picture?6788-712345678Dinosaurs lived on the Earth over sixty million years ago. Some were as small as chicken.Some dinosaurs even had wings and could fly.Others were harmful. They were fiercer than tigers and ate meat.Dinosaurs all died out suddenly.We know about the lives of dinosaurs from the skeletons, eggs and footprints they left behind.D May is doing an online quiz. Help her answer the questions.8-812345678They lived on the Earth over sixty million years ago.They lived everywhere on the Earth.Some were small and others were big.No. Some dinosaurs were harmless.From the skeletons, eggs and footprints they left behind.123-1After you readA Surf the Internet and find more information about dinosaurs. Tell your classmates about the lives of dinosaurs on the Earth.33-2123StrategyWhen we meet some new words, sometimes we can know about their meanings by looking at the suffixes. For example,
harmful is an adjective which means ‘causing harm’ and
harmless is also an adjective which means ‘not causing harm’.
Do you know the meanings of ‘careful’, ‘careless’, ‘useful’, ‘useless’, ‘helpful’ and ‘helpless’?B Complete the sentences with ‘harmful’, ‘harmless’, ‘careful’, ‘careless’, ‘useful’, ‘useless’, ‘helpful’ or ‘helpless’. 3-3123________ people may cause hill fires in forests.
A dictionary is really a ________ tool book.
The map is really ________ in the village. It helps a lot.
You should always be ________ when crossing a road.
The knife is blunt. It’s ________ now.
It’s ________ to your eyes to read in the bus.
He is as ________ as a baby.
The dog seems fierce, but it’s ________.CarelessusefulhelpfulcarefuluselessharmfulhelplessharmlessConsolidationWrite a summary about dinosaurs.
/?ɡ'z?st/exist v.live; be realThe old lady exists only on rice coffee and bread.
The Roman Empire existed for several centuries. Mini-dictionary/'i:vn/even adv.a word that you use to say that something is surprisingI have explained everything, but even now she doesn’t understand.
I can’t even remember the name of that old friend of mine. Mini-dictionarydie outstop existingMany old customs are dying out.
The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time, some even die out completely. Mini-dictionary/'n??b?d?/nobody pron.no person; not anybodyMini-dictionaryNobody in our class speaks Greek.
There was nobody at home.know aboutMini-dictionaryI know about Mr Calvin.
I don’t know much about sports.have knowledge or information about something in your mindleave … behindMini-dictionaryI left my gloves behind after class.
What have we left behind after going away?be in the place where something or somebody is or was课件14张PPT。25Amazing thingsEncyclopaediasReading (III)Before you readWhile you readAfter you readBefore you read4-112 May is reading the encyclopaedia article about a thinker — Diogenes. But she doesn’t know about him at all. So she surfed the Internet and found some more information about him.34124-234Diogenes lived in Greece.
Do you know where Greece is?
□ In Asia
□ In Africa
□ In Europe
/'?fr?k?//'j??r?p/Greece?/ɡri:s/124-334Diogenes was a great thinker from Greece. He took his lantern here and there to look for intelligent people …/'θ??k?(r)/A thinker is someone who thinks or reasons in a certain wayA lot of people laughed at him because he always lived in his …. But he didn’t mind at all.
□ house
□ jar
□ bag?124-434/?ɑ:(r)/123-1While you read3A May is listening to the article about Diogenes on CD-ROM. Listen carefully and help her complete the following notes for her school project.3-2123Diogenes …… was a (1)__________.
… lived in (2)__________.
… was born about (3)__________ years ago.
... taught people to be (4)__________ by owning as (5)__________ things as possible.
… owned a (6)__________, a (7)__________, a (8)__________ and a (9)__________.
… threw away his (10)__________ when he saw a boy drinking water from his (11)__________ and became even (12)__________.
thinkerGreece2,000fewhappyjarcoatbagcupcuphandshappierB May is reading the article now.3-3123DIOGENESDiogenes was a famous thinker. He
lived in Greece about two thousand
years ago. He taught that the way to be happy was to own as few things as possible. All he owned was a big jar that he lived in, a coat, a bag and a cup. He was very happy. One day, Diogenes saw a boy drinking water from his hands by a fountain, so he threw away his cup and became even happier. (See Greece)123-1After you readA1 Someone called Diogenes ‘a dog’. Surf the Internet and find more information about him and tell why people called him ‘a dog’.3A2 Once, Alexander the Great went to visit Diogenes. He offered to help Diogenes. What do you think Diogenes said? Give your reasons. Then surf the Internet to find the answers.3-2123B Have a debate. The FOR side thinks what Diogenes said was right and the AGAINST side thinks that the way to be happy is to own as many things as possible. 3-3123ConsolidationWrite a summary about Diogenes.
as … as possibleCome as early as possible.
Our PE teacher always told us to run as fast as possible.
I will write as many articles as possible.
Betty eats as little fried food as possible. Mini-dictionaryas … as someone can课件22张PPT。25Amazing thingsEncyclopaediasReading (IV)Before you readWhile you readAfter you readBefore you read4-112A May is very interested in cartoons. She has collected many pictures of cartoon characters. Do you know their names?34Mickey MouseDonald DuckSnow WhiteGoofyPlutocartoon characters/'k?r?kt?(r)/B Who created these cartoon characters?124-234/kr?'e?t/Walt DisneyWhat else did Walt Disney create?Disneylandis an amusement park./?'mju:zm?nt pɑ:k/C1 How many Disneyland parks are there in the world?124-334C2 There will be another Disneyland park in Shanghai soon. What do you think it will be like?124-4341210-1While you readA May has read the encyclopaedia article about Walt Disney. She would like to give us quizzes. 345678910B This is the first quiz. May wants us to complete the paragraph with the words you have learned in ‘Before you read’.10-212345678Disneyland is a famous (1)__________ (2)__________ in the USA. Disneyland was created by (3)__________ (4)__________ (1901 – 1966), who is famous for his cartoon (5)__________: Mickey (6)__________, Donald (7)__________, Goofy, (8)__________ White and many (9)__________.amusementparkWaltDisneycharactersMouseDuckSnowothers910C Now the second quiz. May has mixed the sentences together. Try to put them in the correct order.10-31234567891010-41234567891010-512345678Disney was born in the USA. After leaving school, he sold newspapers and delivered mail. At the same time, he studied art at night. Finally he got a job that he really liked—drawing cartoons for films.91010-612345D Now the third quiz. Choose the best answers.678Disney’s most famous cartoon character was …
□ Mickey Mouse
□ Donald Duck
□ Snow White?91010-712345678Mickey Mouse was a … mouse.
□ real
□ unreal?91010-812345678Mickey Mouse sometimes sat … Disney’s desk while he was working.
□ on
□ under
□ beside?91010-912345678Disney’s most famous cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, was a real mouse. It sometimes sat on Disney’s desk while he was working. Disney drew the mouse and put it in a cartoon. Soon Mickey became a star and Disney became rich and famous. (See Cartoons)91010-1012345678Passage910122-1After you readA Surf the Internet and find more information about Mickey Mouse. Tell your classmates how Mickey Mouse came into being.B What is your favourite cartoon character? Discuss in your groups and tell your classmates and give your reasons.2-212ConsolidationWrite a summary about Walt Disney.
/me?l/mail n.letters and parcels that you send or receive; postI want this letter to catch the afternoon mail.
Is there another mail in the afternoon?Mini-dictionary/'ri:?l/real adj.not just in the mind; exactly existing; trueThat is a real dog, not a toy.
The film is based on real life.Mini-dictionary/wa?l/while conj.at the same time asMini-dictionaryI listen to the radio while I’m eating my breakfast.
The telephone rang while I was having a shower.课件17张PPT。25Amazing thingsEncyclopaediasReading (V)VocabularyComprehensionVocabulary4-112A Match the words with the pictures.34skeletons _____
an amusement park _____
footprints _____
mail _____
a jar _____cedabB Find words in the articles on page 75 to complete the following dialogue. The words must be similar in meaning to the words in brackets.124-234existedharmfulharmless124-334thinkerwhilecharactercreated*C Work in groups four to six. Look at the following words and make new words using the letters from some of the words in the checklist.124-434Example: character act, are, art, cart, cat, race, rat, rate, reach, teach, tear, etc.create
deliver
exist
own
harmful
finally
amusement park125-1ComprehensionA May has made some notes below about the articles in the encyclopaedia, but some of the facts are wrong. Read the articles and correct May’s notes where necessary. 3455-212345Dinosaurs
They lived on the Earth over sixty thousand years ago.
Some were small. Others were huge.
Some were gentle. Others were dangerous.
Some died out suddenly.million??All5-312345Diogenes
He was a famous thinker.
He lived in America about two thousand years ago.
He believed the way to be happy was to own as many things as possible.Greecefew?5-412345Diogenes
He lived from 1910 to 1966.
He created Disneyland.
He drew cartoons for newspapers.
His most famous cartoon character is Snow White.
Mickey Mouse became rich and famous.1901filmsMickey MouseWalt Disney?All dinosaurs were bigger than elephants. ________
Some dinosaurs could fly. ________
All dinosaurs probably lived peacefully together. ________
Scientists found that dinosaurs all died of disease. ________
Diogenes found the secret of how to be happy. ________
All people followed the teaching of Diogenes. ________
Walt Disney’s parents were probably rich. ________
Walt Disney liked animals. ________B May is making statements about some of the things in the articles. If you agree with them, write A (agree). If you do not agree, write D (Disagree).5-512345DADDADDAConsolidationWorkbook 8A, pages 39, 40 and 41.
/k?:z/cause v.be the reason why something happensWho caused the accident?
The fire was caused by a cigarette. Mini-dictionary/hɑ:m/harm n.hurt or damageI mean no harm to her.
The drought did a lot of harm to the crops. Mini-dictionary/b?'li:v/believe v.feel sure that something is true or right; feel sure that what somebody says is trueMini-dictionaryLong ago, people believed that the Earth was flat.
She says she didn’t take the money. Do you believe her?die ofMini-dictionaryHe died of hunger before liberation.
Nowadays many people die of cancer.lose one’s life because ofMini-dictionaryMost diseases could be wiped out.
I caught the disease from you./d?'zi:z/disease n.illness课件11张PPT。2Amazing thingsSpeaking5EncyclopaediasTalk timeSpeak upHow do you read the following three words?Talk time6-1123456boots
trees
watches/bu:ts//tri:z//'w???z//s/, /z/ and /?z/ are the three common ways of pronouncing the endings of plural nouns.6-2123456When a word ends in /p/, /f/, /θ/, /t/ or /k/, the new ‘-(e)s’ ending is pronounced /s/.When a word ends in a vowel sound or a voiced consonant sound (except /z/, /?/and /?/), the new ‘-(e)s’ ending is pronounced /z/.When a word ends in /s/, /z/, /?/, /?/, /?/ or /?/, the new ‘-(e)s’ ending is pronounced /?z/.mapscooksbootssongsplaystreesorangesboxeshouses6-3A1 Practise saying the singulars and plurals of these nouns. Take special care with the endings.123456an ant — ants
an elephant — elephants
a park — parks
a pilot — pilots
a plant — plants
a ship — ships6-4123456a dog — dogs
a dream — dreams
an egg — eggs
a head — heads
a character — characters
a star — starsa box — boxes
a bridge — bridges
a rose — roses
a face — faces
a horse — horses
a beach — beaches6-5A2 Practise saying the following sentences.123456Ants on plants,
Flies on dogs,
Matches in boxes,
Eggs from frogs.Stars in the sky,
Roses on the floor,
Walks in the park,
Knocks on the door.A3 Say whether the endings of the words are pronounced /s/, /z/ or /Iz/.6-6123456courts _______
practises _______
does _______
horses _______
wears _______
goes _______loves _______
friends _______
gives _______
gets _______
finds _______
likes _______/s//?z//z//?z//z//z//z//z//z//s//z//s/Speak up2-112B1 What is your favourite cartoon character? Tell your classmates about it and give some reasons.B2 Work in pairs and tell your partner about your favourite cartoon character.2-212S1: Who is your favourite cartoon character?
S2: I like the Monkey King best.
S1: What do you know about him?
S2: He is one of the characters from the famous story Journey to the West. Some people made it into a cartoon book.
S1: Why do you like this character?
S2: He is clever and brave. He can also fly and turn himself into many other things.
S1: Yes, he has magic powers.
S2: How about you? Which cartoon character do you like best?
S1: I like .../'??:n?/journey n.going from one place to anotherMini-dictionaryDid you have a good journey?
The plane journey from London to Paris takes an hour.
