Unit6Dinosaurs’Death一、学习目标TopicDinosaurs’DeathFunctionsTalkingaboutlength,weight,andheightGrammarSelectivequestionsTargetlanguageCanIaskyousomequestionsabout…?Howbigisit?Itisaround…long.Howmuchdoesitweigh?Itweighsabout…tons.Whichanimalisheavier,anelephantorapanda?Ithinktheelephantis.VocabularyDesert,ancient,camel,elephant,tiger,whatdinosaur,million,foot,inch,perfect,bite,beat,shoulder,male,female,death,extinct,cause,extinction,prove,report,eastern,Mexico,relation,opinion,crash,conclude,create,deadly,hit,force,chemical,poison,view,reasonable,testdiscovery,reaction,influence二、部分单词讲解(1)wonderabout对某物表示惊讶,不敢相信;如:SometimesIwonderedabouthisbehavior.有时我对他的行为表示惊讶。(2)provetobe证明是;如:Yourteachingexperienceprovedtobeuseful.你的教学经验证明是有用的。(3)provethat证明;如:ItisimpossibletoprovethatGodexists.无法证明上帝存在。三、课文讲解1.Ioftenhelppeoplecarrygoods.我经常帮助人类运送货物。英语中有几个表示“带、拿”的动词。(1)bring意思是“带来,拿来,取来”,指从别处把某人或某物带到或拿到说话者所在的地点来。eg:Nexttimeyoucome,bringmethatbookplease.Mybooksareupstairs.Willyoubringthemdown?(2)take意思是“带去,拿走”,和bring相反,指从说话者所在地把某人或某物带去或拿走。eg:Whotookawaytoday’snewspaper?Hetookmydictionarywithoutasking.(3)get,fetch.表示到某处去把某人/物找到并带来。eg:Goandget(fetch)somewater.Canyoufetchmesomepaper?(4)carry意思是“携带”、“搬运”,即把某人带在身边或把某物带在身上,指随身携带,carry不说明带的方向。eg:Letmecarrythisbagforyou.Idon’tcarryanymoney.2.Itsheadwasaboutfivefeetlong.它的头有5尺长。fivefeetlong5尺长表示某物的长宽高:数词+量词+形容词fivemetreshigh5米高twometreslong2米长3.Fewfemalepandasreach220pounds.很少有雌性大熊猫达到220磅。(1)关于few,afew,little,alittle用法辨析有些(表示肯定)几乎没有(表示否定)修饰可数名词AfewFew修饰不可数名词AlittleLittle例如:①Ihaveafewapples,ButIhavelittlewaterinmybottle.②Maryhasalittlewater,butshehasfewpears.(2)reach,get和arrive的用法arrive到达①get和arrive都是不及物动词,其后只能跟表示地点的副词,若是跟名词则须再加介词,即getto+地点名词,arrivein/at+地点名词(in之后跟表示大地方的词,at之后跟表示小地方的词)。若是只说“到达”,而不指出到达哪里,则只能用arrive。例如:Howdidyouget/arrivethere?你怎么到那儿的?Igotto/arrivedinBeijingthedaybeforeyesterday.我前天到的北京。Whendoyouoftengetto/arriveatschool?你经常什么时候到校?Whenwillyouarrive?你什么时候到?②reach为及物动词,其后既可跟名词也可跟副词。例如:IreachedBeijingthedaybeforeyesterday.我前天到的北京。Wereachedhereonfoot.我们步行到这儿的。4.Scientistsarealwayswonderingaboutthecauseoftheirextinction.科学家一直想搞清楚它们绝迹的原因。(1)scientist科学家(指人)(2)science科学(指物)①Ilikescienceverymuch.我非常喜欢自然科学。②Thescientistdidn’tfindoutwhythedinosaurswereextinctbynow.到目前为止,科学家还没有发现恐龙为什么灭绝。5.Itisreportedthatthereisahugehole…据报道有一个大洞……(1)It’sreported.据说,据报道。①It’sreportedthatpeopleareincreasingveryfastincountryside,wemustcontrolthem.据说在乡村人口增长迅速,我们必须要控制他们。②It’sreportedmanypeoplearedeadeveryyearbecauseofillness.据说每年都有许多人因为疾病而死亡。(2)big,great,large和huge的用法big,great,large和huge都有“大的”意思,但用法不同。big最通俗、常用,强调比正常程度、范围及规模的标准大,常用于修饰人、物或数量。反义词是l...