1、Unit 5Revealing nature话题背景素材拓展Darwin,CharlesEnglish scientist(1809-1882)Darwin,Charles was born in Shrewsbury to a moderately wealthy family with a strong intellectual heritage.His grandfather,Erasmus Darwin,was a physician,poet and biologist who laid some of the groundwork for the grandsons revolut
2、ionary ideas.Charles attended Christs College at Cambridge with initial thoughts of entering the clergy,but soon took up studies in biology,zoology and geology.From 1831 to 1836,he served asnaturalist aboard the HMSBeagle on its scientific mission to South America and the Pacific.Back in England,he
3、published a series of scientific treatises which established his reputation as one of the prominent thinkers of his day.From 1842 onwards,he lived on a country estate in Kent and pursued his studies among its gardens and livestock.By 1844,he had written the initial draft of his groundbreaking treati
4、se on evolution and natural selection.However,he left this work unpublished for several years,preferring to refine and elaborate its core ideas.In 1858,he read a forthcoming paper by fellow scientist Alfred Russell Wallace whose thesis closely paralleled Darwins own unpublished ideas,an event which
5、pushed Darwin to go public with his own research.Both Wallaces and Darwins papers were presented to the Linnean Society in a famous July,1858 meeting.Darwin published The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859,sparking decades of contentious debate which ultimately ledto the univers
6、al scientific recognition of Darwins thesis.In later years,he developed his ideas further in monographs on different types of plant and animal life.达尔文,查尔斯出生在什鲁斯伯里一个中等富裕的家庭,有很强的智力遗产。他的祖父伊拉斯谟达尔文是一名物理学家、诗人和生物学家,为孙子的革命性思想奠定了基础。查尔斯就读于剑桥的基督学院,最初想当牧师,但很快就开始学习生物学、动物学和地质学。从1831年到1836年,他作为博物学家在小猎犬号上执行南美和太平洋的
7、科学任务。回到英国后,他出版了一系列的科学著作,使他成为当时著名的思想家之一。从1842年起,他就住在肯特郡的一处乡间庄园里,并在那里的花园和家畜中进行研究。到1844年,他已经完成了关于进化论和自然选择的开创性论文的初稿。然而,他有好几年都没有出版这本书,他更喜欢对它的核心思想进行精炼和阐述。1858年,他读了同为科学家的阿尔弗雷德拉塞尔华莱士即将发表的一篇论文,该论文的观点与达尔文自己未发表的观点非常相似,这一事件促使达尔文将自己的研究成果公之于众。华莱士和达尔文的论文都是在1858年7月的一次著名会议上提交给林奈学会的。1859年,达尔文通过自然选择的方式发表了物种起源,引发了数十年的争
8、论,最终导致了科学界对达尔文论文的普遍认可。在后来的几年中,他在有关不同种类的植物和动物生活的专著中进一步发展了他的思想。新知脉图素养导引听歌练音主题热身【导语】歌曲What a wonderful world 的演唱者是路易斯阿姆斯特朗。他对于爵士乐的重要意义,就好像古典音乐的巴赫,摇滚乐的猫王。注:听音填空What a wonderful worldI see trees of green,red roses tooI see them bloom for me and youAnd I _ what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and cl
9、ouds of whiteThe bright blessed day,the dark sacred nightAnd I think to myself what a wonderful worldthink to myselfThe colors of the rainbow so pretty _ Are also on the faces of people going byI see friends _saying How do you doTheyre really saying I love youI hear babies cry,I watch them growTheyl
10、l learn much _Ill ever know And I think to myself what a wonderful worldYes I think to myself what a wonderful worldin the skyshaking handsmore than【词海拾贝】1.bloom v.开花2.blessed adj.神圣的,愉快安宁的3.sacred adj.神圣的,受尊重的4.pretty adj.漂亮的,赏心悦目的【听力微语系列】听力热点话题英语听力技巧音的同化音的同化也是一种连读的现象,两个词之间非常平滑地过渡,导致一个音受邻音影响而变化。主要是
11、以下三种方式:1.辅音d与j相邻时,被同化为d:Would you.?2.辅音t与j相邻时,被同化为t:Cant you.?3.辅音与j相邻时,被同化为:Miss you.【即时训练】听下面材料,回答第14题。1.How does the man probably sound in the beginning?A.A bit angry.B.Very excited.C.A little surprised.2.How many people will go to Shanghai?A.Only one.B.Two.C.Three.3.What is the man worried about
12、?A.The environment on the train.B.The cost of the business trip.C.The public transportation in Shanghai.4.What does the man want to do in the end?A.Leave early.B.Reserve a hotel room.C.Talk to his assistant.答案:14.CBAA【听力原文】W:I have some good news for you.Weve decided wed like to send you to Shanghai
13、 on a business trip this weekend.M:Oh?W:I thought youd be a bit more excited about it.Everything will be paid for,and Ill send my assistant with you to take care of everything for you.All you have to do is get on the train tonight at 7:00 p.m.M:The train?Will I be flying back?W:Oh,no.Weve bought you
14、r return ticket for you.I think youll find it quite comfortable.M:Will the train be very crowded?W:Oh,no.The train hasnt been crowded at all recently.Besides,youre in first class,so youll be fine.M:When is the first meeting then?W:Theyve scheduled the meeting for 9:00 tomorrow morning.M:Where will I
15、 be staying?W:Weve booked you a room in the same hotel as your meetings,so you wont need to deal much with public transportation.M:Thats smart.Would it be all right if I left early today to prepare for the trip?W:No problem.Get some rest if you can.You dont know how tight the schedule is for this business trip.译文:多么美好的世界我看见了苍翠的树木和红艳欲滴的玫瑰我看见它们为你我绽放我心想,这是多美妙的世界我看见蔚蓝如海的天空,洁白如玉的云朵那明亮开朗的白天向庄严的黑夜道晚安我心想,这是多么美妙的世界那彩虹醉人的色泽,在空中是多么耀眼映照在行人的脸上也是妙不可言我看见友人间握手相互问候其实他们在说,我爱你我听见婴儿的啼哭看着他们在成长他们将学得比我所知的更多我心想,这是多么美妙的世界是的,我对自己说,这真是一个美妙的世界
