1、Unit 5 Revealing Nature Period 1 Starting out they quite like to cause a storm.(这家报纸正在走下坡路，它们豁出去了,一心只想制造轰动。) 4. But Darwins scientific studies were so convincing that more and more people started to believe his theory. Paraphrase: His scientific studies provided strong evidence so that a growing num
2、ber of people began to accept his theory. 此处convincing 意为“making you believe that something is true or right.” 例如：There is convincing evidence that smoking causes lung cancer.(有令人信服的证据 表明吸烟导致肺癌。) convince sb. of sth. 使某人确信. He convinced me of his truthfulness to me. 他使我相信他对我是忠心耿耿的. Important phrases
3、: 1.of all time 2. in question 3.be crowded with e to exist 5.adapt to 6.refuse to do 7.be regarded as 8.begin with 1.一直以来 2.讨论(戒议论)中的 3.挤满. 4.形成，存在 5.适应 6.拒绝做某事 7.被认为，被当作 8.以.开始 课文语法填空： As a young man Charles Darwin was regarded as 1._disgrace to himself and his family. He didnt complete his 2._ (m
4、edicine) degree at college. However, his adventures on the Beagle led him to one of the most important 3._ (discovery). The joumey on the ship, the Beagle, offered him a good opportunity 4. _ (sudy) the living things on the islands. He was so fascinated by rocks, plants and animals on the islands 5.
5、_ he got his room crowded with samples. It was believed at that time that all species 6._(appear) on Earth at the same time and hadnt changed since. Through his careful observation, he began to think 7._ ( different). He noticed that the beaks of the finches had some differences between them from on
6、e island to another according to what they ate on that particular island. So he thought they must have evolved from a common ancestor, and they had evolved to adapt 8._ the environment. Darwin based his new ideas on his observation and generated his theory of 9._ ( evolve). The book, On the Origin of Species, explained his theory, 10._ cause) a heated storm of debate. Today, it is still regarded as one of the most important works ever written. a medical differently to evolution causing that had appeared discoveries to study
