课标人教实验版高一Module2Unit4ReadingIIReadingIIDinosaurisananimalthatwecannotseeontheearthnow.Whatweseeinthemuseumarethefossilsofmanykindsofdinosaurs.Theywerefoundbythepeopleathomeandabroad.Somedinosaurshavelongnecksandtails,whileotherslooklikebirds.EnjoythevideoUsinglanguageReading1.Whendiddinosaurslive?Tensofmillionsofyearsago.2.Whendiddinosaursdieout?About65millionyearsago.3.Howdiddinosaursdieout?Alargerockhittheearthandputtoomuchdustintotheair.Theearthgottoohottoliveon.Trueorfalse1.TherearemanydifferentspeciesofdinosaurandallofthemhavebeenfoundinChina.2.Notlongago,ararenewspeciesofbird-likedinosaurwasdiscoveredinHenanProvince.severalLiaoningFF3.Somescientistsaresuredinosaursdiedoutbecausetheearthgottoohotforthedinosaurstoliveonanymore.4.Dinosaursdiedoutquicklyabout65millionyearsagoandmanyanimalshavediedoutinthesameway.FTthink1.Theylivedontheearthtensofmillionsofyearsago,longbeforehumanscameintobeingandtheirfutureseemedsecureatthattime.[点拨1]本句是一个由and连接的并列句，其中，longbefore引导时间状语从句，进一步解释说明tensofmillionsofyearsago，意为“在……之前很久”。注意：beforelong意为“不久以后”。[点拨2]ontheearth.在地球上。在earth,sun,moon等表达世界上独一无二的名词前,要加the。[点拨3]comeintobeing的意思是“开始存在;发生”。我们不知道这世界是什么时候存在的。Wedon’tknowwhentheworldcameintobeing.如：IknewTomlongbeforeIknewyou.我在认识你之前很久就认识汤姆了。Wehopetofinishourexperimentbeforelong.我们希望不久就把实验做完。It___longbeforewe___theresultoftheexperiment.A.willnotbe;willknowB.is;willknowC.willnotbe;knowD.is;know拓展：beforelong不久以后2.Whenscientistsinspectedthebones,theyweresurprisedtofindthatthesedinosaurscouldnotonlyrunliketheothersbutalsoclimbtrees.[点拨]本句中的tofindthat...是不定式作原因状语。不定式用来表原因时，常修饰表示情感、心理状态、性格等的形容词，如：happy，glad，lucky，fortunate，surprised，angry，anxious，cruel，clever，frightened，shocked，sorry，eager，proud，disappointed，foolish，impatient，unwise，naughty等。如：Weweresurprisedtoseehim.我们真想不到会见到他。WeareproudtobeyoungpeopleofnewChina.作为新中国的青年，我们感到很骄傲。Youwerefoolishtoactlikethat.你那样做很愚蠢。3.Somescientiststhinkitcameafteranunexpectedincidentwhenahugerockfromspacehittheearthandputtoomuchdustintotheair.[点拨]本句中when引导定语从句，其先行词为incident。关系副词when的先行词一般是表时间的名词，如:HecamelastnightwhenIwasout.但有时并不直接是表时间的名词，如：In1921EinsteinwontheNobelPrize,andwashonoredinGermanyuntiltheriseofNazismwhenhewasdrivenfromGermanybecausehewasaJew.1921年爱因斯坦获得了诺贝尔奖，他在德国很受尊敬。纳粹上台后由于他是犹太人而被赶出了德国。4.AccordingtoaUNreport,….accordingto根据,据…说AccordingtoJohn,thebankclosesat4p.m.Eachmanwillbepaidaccordingtohisability.dodo渡渡鸟ListeningDoDo鸟是一种不会飞的鸟，仅产于毛里求斯肥。拥有肥胖的身子和巨大的嘴。16世纪后期，欧洲殖民者来到了毛里求斯。不会飞又跑不快的DoDo鸟很快成为欧洲人来到岛上后主要的食物来源。人们开始大量的滥捕滥杀可怜的DoDo鸟，有时每天可以捕杀到几千只到上万只。由于过度的捕杀,很快岛上DoDo鸟便得越来越少。1681年，最后一只DoDo鸟被残忍的杀害后，从此，地球上再也见不到这种东西了，除非是在博物馆的图片中。Ex3Choosethesentencewhichgivesthemainideaofthestory.Saywhatiswrongwiththeotherthree.Number2iscorrect.Number1iswrong.Itisnotfairtoblamethedodoforhisdisappearance.Number3onlyexplainhalfthestory.Thedo...
