2014-2015高中英语外研版必修4课件：MODULE 6.ppt

1、成才之路 英语路漫漫其修远兮 吾将上下而求索外研版 必修4 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural WorldModule 6背 景 e 站 链 接在英格兰南部荒芜的索尔兹伯里平原上，屹立着一组巨石。有人称它们为巨石阵。这些高510米，平均重量为2530吨的巨石是如何从威尔士被运来的？巨石阵的意义何在呢？The StonehengeStonehenge,the most famous prehistoric monument in Britain,is situated on Salisbury Plain in the county of Wiltshire

2、.At various times regarded as a site built by the Druids,the Romans,the Danes and even the French,the first stagea circular ditch and bank with an entrance flankedby a pair of small standing stonesis believed to have been built around 3000 BC.The site was subsequently abandoned and rebuilt between 2

3、100 BC and 1800 BC.There are many mysteries surrounding this ancient site.Someof the stones used are thought to have come from the Presellmountains in Pembrokeshire,Walesyet exactly how they were transported to the site in such a primitive age is a puzzle.Expertsbelieve they may have been transporte

4、d for most of the way by water,before being dragged overland for the last stage of the journey.It has been suggested that Stonehenge once operated as a massive astronomical clock,and there are even suggestions that it was a landing site for UFOs(Unidentified Flying Objects)!A more likely explanation

5、 is that Stonehenge was an important center of worship connected with the sun.知识点击1ditch n沟渠；壕沟 2.flank n侧面3subsequently adv.其后，随后，接着4.primitive adj.原始的5astronomical adj.文学学的6.worship adj.崇拜，尊崇；爱慕自主探究1How many stages was the Stonehenge built?_2What did the Stonehenge look like around 3000 BC？(no mor

6、e than 20 words)_3Whats the more likely explanation why the Stonehenge existed？(no more than 20 words)_答案：1.Three.2.A circular ditch and bank with an entrance flanked by a pair of small standing stones.3 A more likely explanation is that Stonehenge was an important centre of worship connected with the sun.