沪教牛津8A英语Unit 1.ppt

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

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

3、jectsEncyclopaediaBritannica//TheEncyclopaediaBritannicaisaworld-famousencyclopaedia.ItistheoldestEnglish-languageencyclopaedia.Thefirsteditionwaspublishedin1768,andsincethentherehavebeen15editions.The15theditionismadeupof32volumes.Togethertheycontainabout40millionwordsonhalfamillion

4、topics.TodaythereisaDVDeditionoftheBritannica.Youcanalsofinditonline.2CulturecornerReadthefirstparagraphofthearticleandexplainwhateachnumbermeans.1768—15—32—40,000,000—500,000—In1768,thefirsteditionwaspublished.Therehavebeen15editionsoftheEncyclopaediaBritannicasofar.The15theditionismadeupof3

5、2volumes.The15theditioncontainsabout40millionwords.The15theditioncontainshalfamilliontopics.TheFirstEditionvolume///B/topic/B/Readthearticleandanswerthequestions.WhatistheEncyclopaediaBritannica?Besides15printededitions,doestheEncyclopaediaBritannicahaveothereditions?Whatare

6、they?Itisaworld-famousencyclopaedia.ItisalsotheoldestEnglish-languageencyclopaedia.Yes,itdoes.ThereisaDVDeditionandanonlineedition.ThesubjectsintheEncyclopaediaBritannicaarearrangedin____________order.Studyskills3alphabeticalAInwhichvolumescanyoufindinformationaboutthefollowingtopics?Writethe

7、correctvolumenumbersintheblanks.Brains_________Seas_________Computers_________Weather_________France_________Pandas_________VOL.1VOL.6VOL.1VOL.7VOL.2VOL.5abcdScienceMusicHistoryNatureHowmanysubjectsarethere?Whatsubjectdoeseachencyclopaediacov