新教材2020-2021学年英语外研版选择性必修第四册教用文档：UNIT 5 INTO THE UNKNOWN 导读话题妙切入 WORD版含解析.doc

1、1There is a profound charm in mystery.Chatfield神秘事物具有深奥的魅力。2Nature is not governed except by obeying her.Bacon自然不可驾驭，除非顺从她。3To be beautiful and to be calm is the ideal of nature. Richard Jefferies美与宁静是自然的理想。4Mix a little mystery with everything，and the very mystery arouses veneration. Baltasar Graci

2、an任何事都掺一点神秘性，唯其神秘才引起崇拜。5He had lived long enough to know it is unwise to wish everything explained. Thomas Coningsby长时期的生活经历足以使他懂得要想把一切都解释清楚是不明智的。6Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. Bronwski人征服大自然不是凭力量，而是凭对它的认识。The “Monster of Lake Tianchi” in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin Provi

3、nce，northeast China，is back in the news after several recent sightings.The director of a local tourist office，Meng Fanying，said the monster，which seemed to be black in color，was ten meters from the edge of the lake during the most recent sighting.“It jumped out of the water like a sealabout 200 peop

4、le on Changbais western peak saw it，” he said.“Although no one really got a clear look at the mysterious creature，Xue Junlin，a local photographer，claimed that its head looked like a horse.”In another recent sighting，a group of soldiers claim they saw an animal moving on the surface of the water.“It

5、was greenishblack and had a round head with 10centimeter horns”，one of the soldiers said.Mike Taylor，a university student in the study of prehistoric life forms for his Ph.D.，discovered a brandnew species of dinosaur，while conducting research at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom.This

6、new species was identified as part of the sauropod family of dinosaurs.The sauropods were fourlegged，vegetarian dinosaurs，with very long necks and tails，and relatively small skulls and brains.One of their most unusual characteristics was their nostrils，which were higher up in their head，almost near

7、the eyes.So far，the sauropod bones have been found in every continent except Antarctica，and they are one of the longest living group of dinosaurs，spanning over 100 million years.This new species，named Xenoposeidon proneneukos，which means forward sloping，lived about 140 million years ago.Mike Taylor，

8、who has spent five years studying sauropod vertebrae，immediately knew that this was the backbone of a sauropod.However，he had never seen one like this before.Further research proved this was indeed a new kind of sauropod.The bone，which had been discovered in the 1890s，had never been examined.探究发现1Find out the main idea of the passage.Mike Taylor discovered a brandnew species of dinosaur.2Find out the new dinosaurs most obvious characteristic.Nostril.3Find out the time that the bone was discovered.In the 1890s.