1、Astronomy:the science of the starsUnit Unit 4 4Felicia 人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpWhat science subjects do you know?physics physics geology geology geographygeographybiochemistrybiochemistryastronomyastronomy人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpAstronomy is the scientific study o
2、f the universe and the heaven bodies(such as the sun,the moon,and stars),gas,and dust within it.What is Astronomy?What is Astronomy?人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpIn our solar system eight planetscircle around the sun.The Solar System人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpWhat are the
3、names of the eight planets that circle our sun?人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp海王星海王星 Neptune Neptune 水星水星MercuryMercury 金星金星Venus Venus 地球地球Earth Earth 火星火星Mars Mars 木星木星Jupiter Jupiter 土星土星SaturnSaturn天王星天王星Uranus Uranus 人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpMy Very Earnest Mother Ju
4、st Served UN a PizzaHow to remember the order of the eight planets around the sun?EarthJupiterMarsMercuryNeptuneSaturnUranusVenus人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpLets appreciate some beautiful pictures of the solar system.Total lunar eclipse(月全食）月全食）Total solar eclipse(日全食日全食)Meteor rain（流星
5、雨）（流星雨）Comet(彗星彗星)What interests you in astronomy?Do you know any questions that astronomers are interested in?How did life begin on Earth?How did life begin on Earth?How was the universe formed?How was the universe formed?人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpBrainstormingDo you know each relig
6、ion or culture has its own ideas about the origin of the universe or life?人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpChinese Legends(传说传说)Pangu separates the sky from the earth.His whole body then turns into all kinds of things in the universe.人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWar
7、mingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpThe development of the lifebreathwinds and cloudsvoicethunderleft eyethe sunright eyethe moonbloodthe riversveinsthe roads人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpNuwa makes human beings人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpAccording to Bible(圣经圣经),God created the wor
8、ld and the first man,Adam(亚当亚当)and the first woman,Eve(夏娃夏娃).God created the world in seven days.Religious Beliefs 人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpDay 1:God spoke and separated light from darkness,creating Day and Night.Day 2:God spoke and separated the water creating sky and ocean.Day 3:G
9、od spoke and created dry land.人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpDay 4:God spoke and created the sun,the moon and stars.Day 5:God spoke and created living things in the air and sea.Day 6:God spoke and created the land animals and the first man.Day 7:God rested and called this day Holy.人教版英语必修
10、三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUp人教版英语必修三UnitWarmingUpScientific Theories Famous scientists such as Newton,Einstein and Stephen Hawking had their own theory about the origin of the universe.The universe began from the Big Bang.Life first began in the sea on the earth.1.insects
11、 2.plants3.reptiles(爬行类爬行类)4.shellfish(贝类贝类)5.amphibians(两栖类两栖类)6.fish 7.mammals(哺乳类哺乳类)Study of the groups of life(种类种类/物种物种)Look at the pictures and tell the groups.plantsreptiles(爬行类爬行类)shellfish(贝类贝类)fishinsectsmammalsamphibians(两栖类两栖类)HomeworkHomework1.Look up the new words and expressions of the reading in the dictionary.2.Preview the reading:How Life Began on the Earth3.Finish the exercise on page 41-42
