___    ______  ______
Section D
                  Topic 3  
What do you know about Mars?
赤眉镇一初中    李小刚
用所给单词的适当形式填空
1.Jim’s   parents  are  going  to  watch
 a__________(wonder) football match tonight.
2.Everyone  felt________  when  they  heard that________ news. (excite)
3.--What have their__________(search) shown?
   --Science is great.
4.I  think  more  and  moer  things  will  be
___________(cover) in the future.
5.Mike is____________(interest) in aliens.

wonderful
excited
exciting
research
discovered
interested
universe
We begin to plumb（探索）the mysteries（奥秘）of the universe.  
['ju:niv?:s] ? n. 宇宙
水星（Mercury）
金星（Venus）
地球（Earth）
火星（Mars）
木星（Jupiter）
土星（Saturn）
天王星（Uranus）
海王星（Neptune）
Do you know their names?
The Solar System
beyond    [bi‘j?nd]
(1).表位置，“在……的那一边；在……之外；在更远处”。
Beyond the river stood a power station．
(2).表时间，“迟于；超过”。
?Don't stay out beyond ten o'clock.
(3).表范围、水平、限度、能力等，意思是“超出；多于；为……所不能及”。
?She was really touched beyond words．
 prep. 超出；越过
adv. 在更远处
?If we cross the mountains we may find people living in the valley beyond．
separate [‘sep?reit] ?
adj. 分开的,各自的,单独的；v. 分开,隔开,分居
adj.
1. This word has three separate meanings.  
2. Keep these separate from those.
v.
1. The war separated many families.
2. He tried to separate an apple into three.
3. We separated at the airport.
hand in hand
hand up
hand out
hand in
分发
手拉手
上交，提交
举手
1a              Read and understand
Read the passage and choose the best title.
1. Is There Life out There?
2. Our Planet
3. The Stars at Night
影片
1. Have the scientists found life on other planets?
Read 1a and answer the questions.
No.
2. How many planets go around the sun?
Eight.
3. What’s called the solar system?
The sun and its planets are called the solar system.
4. Some spaceships have gone beyond the     solar system, have they?
Yes.
5. Do you think there are lives on other planets in space?
Yes.I think so.
No,I don’t think so.
   
1b              Work alone
A
A
C
D
Match the letters in the picture with their names according to 1a.
(     )1. the solar system
                                                                                                                                                           (     )2. the earth
                                                                                      (     )3. the universe
                                                                                                                                                           (     )4. the sun
A
B
D
C
New points:
1. there be句型的现在完成时结构：
   there have has been
   eg:there have been many kinds of robots so far.
2.alone   adj.  adv.单独，独自一人
   lonely  adj.孤独寂寞
 eg:She lives alone,but she doesn’t feel lonely.
      The girl is alone in the room.
      The old man lives in a lonely village.
3.so many +可数名词复数      表示如此多的
   so much +不可数名词          表示如此多的
   There are so many trees around the lake.
   He has so much money that he wants to buy a new house and a new car.
3a                   Grammar focus
can/could?, may/might?, must?, have/had to, will/would , shall/should , ought to
Passive voice (Ⅲ)
… I don’t think aliens can be found in space.

More satellites must be sent into space.

Other planets may be visited in the future.

It should be repaired first.
（录音）
3b
Useful expressions
What fun!

I won’t believe there are aliens until I see them with my own eyes.

Its diameter is 53% as wide as that of the earth.
（录音）
1. What fun!       
    What a pity!
    What a shame!
2. I’m afraid not.
    I hope not.
    I don’t think so.
Make sentences orally.
口语比拼
3. name after
    base on
    decide to do sth.
4. in order to …
    not …until …
    with one’s own eyes
    on the radio
    on line
    What’s worse, …?
    It is reported that …
    at a distance of
    two-fifths as strong as …
    half as big as …
1.科学研究应该仔细地做。
Scientific _________ should be  done carefully . 
2. 我真羡慕那些宇航员。
I really ________  those astronauts.
3. 我觉得你应该首先掌握一些基本的电脑技术。
I think you should first master some ________ computer skills.
4. 那些天我们不得不限制用水。
We had to _______ the use of water during those days.
5. 火星探险的兴奋和冒险是值得的！
The excitement and _______ on Mars are worth it !
6. 科学家们仍然在搜索更多有关火星的信息。
Scientists are still ____________ for more information about Mars.
7.这部电影是根据科幻小说改编的。
This film is ________ on a science fiction.
8. 太阳系是宇宙一个很小的部分。
The solar system is a small part of the___________.
research
limit
risks
searching
based
universe
admire
basic
Complete the sentences according to the Chinese meaning.
Homework
Try to give a speech about Mars to your
friends.