Unit 5 Section 1 Starting out&Understanding ideas-【赢在微点】轻松课堂2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第四册（外研版）

Unit 5 Into the unknown 文化意识　1.探索未知,培养学生科学求真的精神。 2.加深对人类命运共同体的认识。 学习能力　1.能读懂,听懂与人类探索未知相关的话题内容。 2.能阐述自己的看法。 ■知识先知 civilisation; bury; ruin; abandon; dismiss; expansion; retreat; investigation; substance; drilling; furthermore fall into ruin; make a getaway; run for one􀆳s life; check out; steer clear of; set out; throw oneself into; think twice; look into ①as引导时间状语从句 ②“leave+宾语+宾语补足语”结构 ◆复习名词性从句 ◆写一篇关于无法解释的现象的文章 ■画里有话在世界上有很多到现在都无法用科学来解释的世界奇迹,也有着到现在都无法解开的谜团,但是它们的确存在着,虽然并不合理。 　　 The Lost City of Atlantis The lost city of Atlantis is a ①fictional (fiction) island mentioned in Plato􀆳s works Timaeus and Critias, ②where it represents the antagonist (反对者) naval power that besieges (围攻)“Ancient Athens”. In the story, Athens was able to repel the Atlantean attack, unlike any other nation of the known world, ③supposedly (supposed) giving testament to the superiority of Plato􀆳s concept of a state as described in his work the Republic. ④At the end of the story, Atlantis eventually falls out of favour with the gods and famously submerges into the Atlantic Ocean.Till now, none ⑤has proved (prove) to be a true historical Atlantis. Unit 5 Into the unknown Section 1　Starting out & Understanding ideas Step 1　Skim for Main Idea 1.Match the main idea of each paragraph. ①Para.1 a. Maya civilisation leaves us with multiple mysteries to think about. ②Para.2 b. The rise and fall of the once⁃great civilisation. ③Para.3 c. William Gadoury􀆳s discovery about Maya civilisation. ④Para.4 d. The human causes of the collapse of Maya civilisation. ⑤Para.5 e. The natural causes of the downfall of Maya civilisation. ⑥Para.6 f. The splendid achievements of Maya civilisation. 答案　①—c　②—f　③—b　④—d　⑤—e　⑥—a 　 2.What􀆳s mainly talked about in the passage? A. The new discoveries of Ancient Maya civilisation. B. The history of the once⁃great Maya civilisation. C. The possible reasons for Maya civilisation􀆳s collapse. D. The powerful i