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...
