1、Space and beyondB7U6 Developing ideasLanguage pointsPara.11.an endless source of fascination 是让人浮想联翩的源头2.For example,the mysterious large-eyed,bronze statues of the ancient Shu Kingdom,discovered at the Chinese archeological site at Sanxingdui,_(believe)to have been able to look across great distanc
2、es into the stars.3.naked eye 4.use their imaginations to create a world in the sky 用他们的想象力在天空中创造一个世界裸眼were believed a very strong attraction,that makes sth very interesting 魅力；极大的吸引力Water holds a fascination for most children.水对多数孩子都有极大的吸引力。Para.21.Our power to investigate and thus understand space
3、 changed dramatically when the first telescope was angled at the night sky,increasing as it did the power of the human eye and enabling us to understand that the universe is far larger than was previously imaginable.dramatic adj.(of a change,an event,etc.变化、事情等)sudden,very great and often surprising
4、 突然的；巨大的；令人吃惊的当第一台望远镜对准对准夜空时，我们探索进而理解太空的能力就发生了巨大巨大变化，它它不仅增强了人类肉眼观测的能力，而且也让我们明白宇宙要比之前想象的大得多。Para.22.The planets were seen to be worlds similar to our own,many of _ even having their own moons.3.Some 300 years later,we learnt that the Milky Way itself was just one galaxy among billions of others,sprea
5、d across the blackness of space like great islands of light and matter floating in a vast cosmic(宇宙的宇宙的)ocean.大约300年后，我们又得知，银河系只是数十亿个散落在黑色太空中的星系之一，就像漂浮在宇宙汪洋中的一座光与物质组成的大型岛屿。themPara.31.breathtakingly beautiful images 2.Nothing in history has allowed us to see so much over such great distances,from en
6、ormous clouds of gas where stars are being born,to huge black holes,and even to new planets where we might conceivably find life.a breathtaking view of the mountains 群山的壮丽景色conceivable/knsivb()l/adj.that you can imagine or believe 可想象的；可信的conceivably adv.可能地他让我们史无前例地看到了如此遥远的景观 从星体诞生的巨大气体云团，到巨型黑洞，甚至到
7、可能会发现生命迹象的新行星。conceiveconceivedconceived the idea conceived as 孕育孕育构思；构想构思；构想consider.asPara.33.Not only that it has also helped us to work out the age and nature of the universe,and discover the incredible fact that the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing speed.You use ever in adjectives su
8、ch as ever-increasing and ever-present,to show that something exists or continues all the time.一直(用于构成形容词，表示持续的状态).the ever-increasing traffic on our roads.道路上不断增长的交通量。不仅如此，它还帮助我们测算宇宙的年龄并分析宇宙的本质，且发现了惊人的事实 宇宙正在以不断增加的速度扩大。Para.41.be engaged in 现在参与到2.be composed of 由组成3.be invisible to ordinary telesc
9、opes 对不可见的 4.at the edge of the visible universe 在可见宇宙的边缘be comprised of/consist of/be made up of Para.51.Using ever-larger radio telescopes as our eyes,we will one day be able to look back to a time in the very early universe,before the existence of light.终将有一天，我们会使用更巨大的射电望远镜，当作人类之眼，回看在光产生以前的宇宙的最早时
10、期。2.But the human quest for knowledge reaches even beyond that.(formal)(literary)a long search for sth,especially for some quality such as happiness 探索，寻找，追求（幸福等）the quest for happiness/knowledge/truth 对幸福知识真理的追求Para.53.So much of the universe remains unexplored that we are still close to the start of this incredible journey of discovery.宇宙还有如此之多的地方没有被探索，我们才刚刚接近这段奇幻发现之旅的起点。Nov.25词汇书 P191 高频动词及词组用法第一组第一组；课时学案 U5 P5 AB阅读两篇Nov.26词汇书 P191 高频动词及词组用法第一第一组组 高考真题运用讲解；高考真题运用讲解；38套套题 第36套 定时训练。
