Unit One 重难点 必记单词
encyclopaedia 百科全书 dinosaur 恐龙 human 人的 Italian 意大利人 perhaps 可能，大概 inventor发明家 invention 发明 musician音乐家 notebook笔记本 scientist 科学家 include 包括，包含 born 出生 even 甚至 countryside乡村，农村 however然而
intelligence才智，智慧 suddenly突然，忽然 artistic有艺术天赋的 nobody没有人 ability 才能，能力
fossil 化石 win获胜，赢 dollar 美元 必记短语
listen to 听 learn about 了解到 talk about 谈论
in the countryside 在乡村，在农村 be born 出生 human being 人 for example 例如 die out 灭绝，消失 at the end of 在...的尽头，在...末尾 more than多于 used to 过去常常 know about 知道关于...的情况 one day 有一天 be famous for 因.....而出名 so much 如此多 find out了解到，弄清 by the window 在窗户旁边
next to 挨着 be interested in 对....感兴趣 be sure 确信 go for a walk 去散步 in the mountains 在山上 do with 处理 in the newspaper 在报纸上 all kinds of 各种各样的
a number of许多，大量 since then 自从那时 be made up of由....组成，构成 connect....to 把....和.....连接起来 词汇解析
human 人的，the human body人体
【知识拓展】human，人，也写作human being。
Dogs can hear much better than humans.狗的听觉比人灵敏的多。
Unit 1 Encyclopaedias p.3 look it up!
Here are two articles from an encyclopaedia. Da Vinci, Leonardo
Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519) was an Italian painter, inventor, musician, engineer and scientist.
Da Vinci was born in the countryside. From an early age, he showed a great intelligence and artistic ability. As he grew older, he learnt to do many different things. His paintings are very famous, and the one, the Mona Lisa, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. He also had many inventions. For example, his notebooks include some interesting drawings of flying machines. Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs lived on Earth more than 60 million years before human beings. They lived everywhere on Earth. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants. Some could even fly.
Many dinosaurs ate plants. However, some dinosaurs liked to eat meat. Dinosaurs lived on Earth for more than 150 million years. Then, suddenly, they all died out. Nobody knows why. However, we can learn about them from their fossils. p.13
Module 1 Unit 1More practice
Australia’s big attractions
Australia is a very big country. It also has many big attractions. The Big Banana
The Big Banana is in Coffs Harbour. It was made in 1964 by John Landy. Landy wanted something to make people come to his fruit shop, so he built the Big Banana. The idea worked. Many people visited his fruit shop and took pictures of the Big Banana. Soon people all over Australia began making big things. The Big Merino
The Big Merino is in the city of Goulburn. Merinos are a type of sheep. They can live in dry weather. Some places in Australia are very dry, so these sheep are very important to the farmers there. Inside the Big Merino, there is a small museum about the history of wool in Australia.Visitors can also climb up to the Big Merion’s head and look at the view through its eyes.
练习：1.We are all h______beings.
2.Wolves will not usually attack（袭击) h__________.
3.These robots are just like h_________.
learn about 获悉，得知，了解到about是介词，后面接名词，代词做宾语，about 也可用of代替。
例：We're all sorry to learn about her illness. 听到她生病的消息，我们都很难过。
listen to 意为“听”。listen 意为“听”，指听的过程，强调动作，是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语，若表示听某人或某事时，后面要加介词to，to后接名词或代词。
例：Listen to a radio programme about the “Human Encyclopedia”. 听关于“百科全书”的广播节目。 练习 1.我很高兴帮你了解中国。
I am glad to help you ______ __________China. 2.我经常听收音机学习英语。
I often _____ ________ _______ _______and learn English. Inventor 发明家
He is a famous inventor.他是一位有名的发明家。
【知识拓展】（1）invent 发明，创造，指发明，创造出来的是以前没有的东西。 Gilbert discovered electricity，but Edison invented the light bulb. 吉尔伯特发现了电，但爱迪生发明了灯泡。 (2)invention 发明
The invention of the computer marked the beginning of a new era. 计算机的发明标志着一个新时代的开始。
musician 音乐家，可数名词。
a piece of music 一首音乐 listen to music 听音乐 【知识拓展】music 音乐，乐曲 musical 音乐的
Scientist 科学家
【知识拓展】-ist是表示人的职业类词汇的后缀： scient 科学--------scientist 科学家 art 艺术----------artist 艺术家 piano 钢琴----------pianist 钢琴家 violin小提琴-------violinist 小提琴家
born 出生 be born on +地点 ；be born in出生于 I was born in 1980.我生于1980年。
ability 才能，能力，复数是abilities ， have the ability to do sth有能力做某事
perhaps 可能，大概
【词语辨析】maybe ，perhaps，possible，probably
这四个词都意为“可能”，但表示可能性大小不一样，其顺序如下：
maybe，或许，大概，主要用于非正式场合，常用于口语中，语气比perhaps轻。 perhaps，也许，可能，副词，一般指小于一半可能性，较多的含有“不大可能”的意思。
possibly，也许，或者，可能，可能性较大，用于否定句中表示“无论如何\之意
Probably，很可能，大概，在这组中可能性最大，表示一种几乎完全肯定的意思。