Day 4: God spoke and created the sun, moon and stars
Day 5: God spoke and created living creatures in the air and sea
Day 6: God spoke and created the land animals and man
2. What has happened after that? Atoms began to form and combine to create stars and other bodies.
A Big Bang
atom
stars
Reading for information: Para 2
For several million years after the" Big Bang"...
Stage2 The development of life
Reading for information: Para 4-5 Make a timeline of the development of life:
ertremely small plants appears in water
Shellfish and all sorts of fish
Stage 1 : The development of the earth (para 1—3)
Stage 2 : The development of life (para 4—5)
Reading for information: Para 1
1. What is the widely accepted theory? "A Big Bang" that threw matter in all directions.
Day 7: God rested and blessed this day calling it Holy
How Life Began on the Earth
Reading for structure:
This text can mainly divided into two stages:
astronomer
solar system
• eight planets • many comets • other objects
What are the English names of the eight planets that circle our sun?
金星 Venus
火星 Mars
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atmosphere
other water nitrogen carbon
gases vapour
dioxide
Reading for information: Para 3
Water appeared on the _e_a_r_th___, besides that, water had also appeared on other planets like_M_a_r_s_, but it had _d_is_a_p_p_e_a_re_d_ later.
The earth became too hot to live on
1. Retell the passage according to the form.
2. Suppose you were the earth, what would you advise humans to do? Write a letter to the human being.
between 4.5 and 3.8years ago
a cloud of dust
a solid globe
it exploded with ven more important?
... mThaekeeatrhteh cooled down and water began to appear on its
Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the stars
Astronomy is the scientific study of the universe and the heaven bodies (such as the sun, the moon, and stars), gas, and dust within it.
green plants began to grow on land
dinosaur
reptiles appeared
forests
land animals: insects&amphibians
the rise of mammals
small clever animals with hands and feet
Pangu separates the sky from the earth
The Goddess Nuwa mended the heaven and created human beings from the clay(粘土).
God created the world in seven days:
水星 地球 Mercury Earth
木星
Jupiter
天王星 土星 Uranus Saturn
海王星 Neptune
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2. Each religion and culture has its own ideas about how life began on earth. What do you know? In China, we all know that Pangu separates the sky from the earth.
Day 1: God spoke and separated light from darkness creating Day and Night
Day 2: God spoke and separated the water creating sky and ocean Day 3: God spoke and created dry land Day 4: God spoke and created the sun, moon and stars Day 5: God spoke and created living creatures in the air and sea Day 6: God spoke and created the land animals and man Day 7: God rested and blessed this day calling it Holy
What a role the water played in the development of life? The presence of water allowed the earth to dissolve harmful gases and acids into the oceans and seas. This produce a chain reaction which made it possible for life to develop
Reading for information: Para 4-5
1.Who are the small clever animals with hands and feet? Human Beings
2. Are they taking care of the earth well? Why?
Because they are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which prevents heat from escaping from the earth into space.