Unit 5 Understanding ideas 课件-2021-2022学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

Period 1 Understadning ideas The Mysteries of THE MAYA Learning aims: Recite the words of unit 5; Enable to understand the passage on the whole by finishing the exercise; Review language points by sentences analysis and apply them into writing; 4. Accumulate some phrases and usages in the passage by reciting and applying. Step 1:Reading and comprehension of the passage 1.What had William Gadoury thought he discovered? A. Ancient star charts. B.An ancient jungle. C.An unknown Maya city. D. The location of ancient Maya cities. 2.What does th word”complicated” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Difficult to understand. B. Not known or identified. C.Unexpected, surprising or strange. D. Impossible or very difficult to believe. 3.What might have caused the downful of Maya civilisation? A.The jungle’s expansion. B.Europeans’ invasion(入侵). C.A series of droughts. D.A deadly disease. 4.What does the passage mainly talk about? A. An inc