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Module 3 Unit 4 Warming up

Astronomy: the science of the stars

广州市第三中学 余丽萍、张蓉、吴小虹

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Preparation before class: • Ask Ss to look up the words of planets in the dict

ionary on p25• Ask each group to prpare some legends of the ori

gin of life on earth.• Ask each group to do some research on Big Bang.

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Unit 4 Astronomy:Unit 4 Astronomy:

the science of the starsthe science of the stars

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翟志刚 刘伯明 景海鹏

Do you know who they are?What did they do ?What are they ? Astronauts

Space travel

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• The most exciting moment was when my spaceship began to ______ the ground, when I knew I was really __________ and China would become the_____ country to ____ people into space.

• The ______ of space surprised him.

• Well, I _____ of it when I was _____, but I never thought my ____ would _________. It all happened very _____. If there was an _______ I’d _____ to go to the moon one day.

Let’s listen to the interview with Yang Liwei:

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Have you ever dreamt of traveling into space as Yangliwei ?

Which subject is the scientific study of the universe and objects in space, such as the moon, the sun, planets and stars?

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astronomyastronomy

astronomersastronomers

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the universe

a galaxy 星系

the milky way the Solar System

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Eight Known _______

• 1. Mercury, 水星 • 2. Venus, 金星• 3. Earth, 地球• 4. Mars, 火星 • 5. Jupiter, 木星 • 6. Saturn, 土星 • 7. Uranus, 天王星• 8. Neptune, 海王星

• 原太阳系中最小的恒星冥王星 (Pluto) 被地球上的科学家们开除 (dismiss) 了。

• Pluto, the smallest star in the solar system, was dismissed by scientists on the earth.

Planets

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1. Is there life on the planets?

2. The origin( 起源 ) of life on earth is a question that interests astronomers. Do you know how our life began on the earth?

3. Each religion and culture has its own ideas about how life began on earth. What do you know ?

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Pangu separates the sky from the earth

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Nvwa makes human beings

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In Bible, the world and the whole universe

was created by the God.

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Our universe began in a Big Bang about 15 billion years ago.

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Big Bang --- dust A solid ball

The earth Atmosphere

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full of water plants in the water

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amphibian /insects reptile

mammal

shellfish and fish

The Evolution of Life on Earth