Unit1Period1 (2).ppt

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1、Period1GettingreadyStudyskillsCulturecornerModule1AmazingthingsOxfordEnglishUnit1EncyclopaediasGettingready1WhatdoesHithinkLoisprobablydoing?Infact,whatisLodoing?WhatwillHiprobablyfeelwhenhelearnsthatLoisstandingonhisencyclopaedia?Lookatthecartoonandanswerthequestions.HethinksthatLoisprobablyreadin

2、ghisencyclopaedia/islookingforsomeinformationinhisencyclopaedia.Heisstandingontheencyclopaediatochangealightbulb.Hewillprobablyfeelangry/unhappy.Anencyclopaediaisacollection(usuallyabookorsetofbooks)ofinformationaboutthingshumansknow.anencyclopaedia/ɪn4saɪklə'pidiə/subjectallkindsofsubjectsEncyclo

3、paediaBritannica//TheEncyclopaediaBritannicaisaworld-famousencyclopaedia.ItistheoldestEnglish-languageencyclopaedia.Thefirsteditionwaspublishedin1768,andsincethentherehavebeen15editions.The15theditionismadeupof32volumes.Togethertheycontainabout40millionwordsonhalfamilliontopics.Todaytherei

4、saDVDeditionoftheBritannica.Youcanalsofinditonline.2CulturecornerReadthefirstparagraphofthearticleandexplainwhateachnumbermeans.1768—15—32—40,000,000—500,000—In1768,thefirsteditionwaspublished.Therehavebeen15editionsoftheEncyclopaediaBritannicasofar.The15theditionismadeupof32volumes.The15theditionc

5、ontainsabout40millionwords.The15theditioncontainshalfamilliontopics.TheFirstEditionvolume///B/topic/B/Readthearticleandanswerthequestions.WhatistheEncyclopaediaBritannica?Besides15printededitions,doestheEncyclopaediaBritannicahaveothereditions?Whatarethey?Itisaworld-famousencyclop

6、aedia.ItisalsotheoldestEnglish-languageencyclopaedia.Yes,itdoes.ThereisaDVDeditionandanonlineedition.ThesubjectsintheEncyclopaediaBritannicaarearrangedin____________order.Studyskills3alphabeticalAInwhichvolumescanyoufindinformationaboutthefollowingtopics?Writethecorrectvolumenumbersintheblanks.Brai

7、ns_________Seas_________Computers_________Weather_________France_________Pandas_________VOL.1VOL.6VOL.1VOL.7VOL.2VOL.5abcdScienceMusicHistoryNatureHowmanysubjectsarethere?Whatsubjectdoeseachencyclopaediacov