Astronomy:

the science of the

stars

1. Water had also appeared on other planets like Mars.

2. Unlike the earth, it had disappeared later.3. Next, green plants began to grow on land.4. Dinosaurs laid eggs and existed on the earth

for…5. However, 65 million years ago the age of the

dinosaurs ended.6. Finally about 2.6 million years ago some

small clever animals now with hands and feet, appeared and spread all over the earth.

1. Vi 不及物动词的用法

出现 消失

存在

结束

蔓延

1. 如果没有空气，人类就不能活下来。

2. 这种疾病很快蔓延到整个村庄。

3. 十年后，我种下的小树长成了参天大树。

4. 像火星一样，地球上的水迟早有一天会消失。

• A man can’t exist without water.

• The disease spread all over the countryside quickly.

• Ten years later, the little tree I planted grew into a big one.

• Like the Mars, the water on the earth will disappear in time.

Have a try !

2. Puzzle 等系列词的用法• The math problem is a ______ to every

student. So the teacher explained it carefully.• However, what the teacher explained

______every students. That’s to say, what the teacher explained remains _______ or every student was ____ at/by what the teacher explained.

• Thus, there are ______looks on every students’ face.

• In short, the _______problems puzzled everyone again.

puzzle

puzzled

puzzling puzzled

puzzled

puzzling

amaze

worry

terrify

impress

horrify

V n Adjinterest使…感兴趣

interest( 兴趣）

interesting interested

satisfy使…满意 (足 )

satisfaction（满足感）

satisfying satisfied

please使…开心

pleasure （开心）

pleasing pleased

excite使…开心 /兴奋

excitement（兴奋）

exciting excite

令人感兴趣的

令人满意的

令人愉悦的

令人兴奋的

1. What really _________ shylock was the interest( 利息） people owed him.

2. Tom is ________in the ________novel.3. John has great ________in astronomy.

4. Alice’s father was every ill, so there was ______ look on her face.

5. Alice was _______ about her father’s heath.

Have a try !

interested

interested interesting

interest

worried

worried

( interest, worry)

1. She was a young woman of good appearance.

她是一位年轻貌美的女子。2. The sudden appearance of a policeman

caused the thief to run away. 警察突然出现 , 小偷就逃跑了。

3. The attendance of this class never dropped off.

这个班的出席人数从未下降。

3. Suffix 后缀 （构词法的一种）

3. Suffix 后缀 （构词法的一种）

1. art ( 艺术）2. physics （物理学）3. chemistry （化学）4. biology （生物学）5. Geology （地理学）6. science （科学）7. economy （经济）8. History （历史）

1. artist2. physicist3. chemist4. biologist5. geologist6. scientist7. economist8. historian

1. artistic

2. physical

3. chemical

4. biological

5. geological

6. scientific

7. economic

8. historical

politics

1.The mayor is a skilled politician.

2.Henry was forced to leave his motherland for political reasons.

由于政治原因 , 亨利被迫离开了他的祖国。3. During the Cultural Revolution everybody has

to be politically correct. 在文化大革命时期，每个人都很注意说话不得罪人，

市长是一位老练的政治家。

政治学

1. 向四面八方 2. 及时，终于 3. 冷却；平静下来 4. 与…不同 5. 依赖…；决定于… 6. ( 除 ... 之外 ) 也，又 7. 成长为，渐成，变为 8. 下蛋 9. 产生，分娩 10. 轮到某人，接着 11. 阻止… 12. 逃离，漏出 13. 作为 ... 的结果，由

于

in all directionsin timecool downbe different fromdepend on as well asgrow intolay eggsgive birth toin one’s turnprevent … fromescape fromas a result of

A hen ____ in the corner quietly. After a

while the hen ____ an egg. But the man

____ to his wife that the egg was bought

in the shop ______ in the centre of the

town.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of lie or lay.

lay

laid

lied

lying

unlike; depend on; be harmful to; different from; give birth; violent; in time

1. What they say is often ______________

what

     they do.

2. _______ many other topics, fat is always a

     topic that Americans talk about.

3. He found a job last month and didn’t

     have to __________ his parents any

     longer.

different from

Unlike

depend on

Complete the sentences with a word or a phrase from the box.

4. In China women have the freedom to

     choose not to _________.

5. The _________ earthquake left 3,000 people

homeless.

6. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. But it

____________ let them remain uncorrected.

7. If you put your heart into your work, you

can succeed __________.

violent

in time

is harmful to

give birth