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Period 1
Unit 7 The unknown world
Getting ready
Reading (I)
Module 4 Discovery
1
What’s this?
Do you know about other planets?
Do you know about it?
It’s the Earth.
Unit 7 The unknown world
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alien
Unidentified Flying Object
( UFO)
astronaut
3
Look at the cartoon and answer the questions.
• Where are Hi and Lo?
• What is Lo worried about?
• What does Hi think of the planet?
• What do you think of the planet?
They are on another planet.
He is worried about their safety.
He thinks it is quite safe there.
生物
Do you believe in aliens? Do you agree with the following sentences? Discuss them with your classmates.
What do you know about …?
We received some messages from aliens about ten years ago.
Aliens came to the Earth thousands of years ago, and made some buildings.
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Aliens sometimes take people from the Earth into their spaceships.
There are many planets in space. Aliens live on some of them.
Look and learn
loud
山丘,小山
响亮的,大声的
圆形的,球形的
灌木
碰撞,相撞
毁坏;破坏
quiet
keep quiet 保持安静
安静的
terrible 可怕的,非常讨厌的,令人极不快的
creature 生物,动物
frightened
惊吓的,害怕的
fear 害怕,惧怕
in fear 恐惧地;害怕地
/ 'fraɪtnd /
feather
羽毛
/'feðə(r)/
explore /ɪk’splɔː(r) / 探索
because of 因为
discover /dɪ'skʌvə(r)/发现;找到;发觉
wonder /’wʌndə(r)/ 想知道;想弄明白
line /laɪn/ 线;线条
refuse /rɪ' fjuːz/ 拒绝
spread /spred/ 张开
mark /mɑːk/ 符号;记号
Match the words and their meanings.
1. round
2. damage
3. because of
4. frightened
A. afraid; feeling fear
B. shaped like a circle or a ball
C. very unpleasant; very serious
D. a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches
E. break; cause harm
5. bush
6. discover
7. terrible
F. due to, as a result of
G. to find sb/sth that was hidden or that you did not expect to find
8. fear
9. creature
10. feather
11. wonder
H. a living thing, real or imaginary, that can move around, such as an animal
I. to open sth that has been folded so that it