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1、5 5Before you readBefore you readA0 Think,discuss and answerWhat are these?Is a printed encyclopedia a useful reference book(参考书参考书)?BritannicaBritannicaBefore you readBefore you readA1 Look at the pictures,think and answerWhats the difference?Is the encyclopedia May got for children or for adults?E
2、asy wordsEasy wordsvividvividillustrationsillustrationsIs there any moreIs there any more evidence?evidence?While you readWhile you readB1 Read“dinosaurs”and find more evidenceMany dinosaurs were harmless.They were as gentle as sheep and ate plants.Others were harmful.They were fiercer than tigers a
3、nd ate meat.Dinosaurs all died out suddenly.Nobody knows why.We know about the lives of dinosaurs from the skeletons,eggs and footprints they left behind.(See Earth History)Dinosaurs lived on the Earth over sixty million years ago.This was a long time before people existed.Dinosaurs lived everywhere
4、.Some were as small as chickens.Others were as big as ten elephants.Some dinosaurs even had wings and could parison&contrast help visualize the subjectshelp visualize the subjectsHow large?How large?draw attentiondraw attentionraise interestraise interestIn an encyclopedia for adults,what will we re
5、ad about sizes?The smallest dinosaurs like saltopuses were only two feet(60 centimetres)tall,while the largest ones like sauroposeidons could reach the length of 100 feet(30 metres)and the height of 40 feet(13 metres)While you readWhile you readB1 Read“dinosaurs”and find more evidenceMany dinosaurs
6、were harmless.They were as gentle as sheep and ate plants.Others were harmful.They were fiercer than tigers and ate meat.Dinosaurs all died out suddenly.Nobody knows why.We know about the lives of dinosaurs from the skeletons,eggs and footprints they left behind.(See Earth History)Dinosaurs lived on
7、 the Earth over sixty million years ago.This was a long time before people existed.Dinosaurs lived everywhere.Some were as small as chickens.Others were as big as ten elephants.Some dinosaurs even had wings and could fly.Are there any other sentences like this?comparison&contrast While you readWhile
8、 you readB2 Read“Diogenes”and find more evidenceDiogenes was a famous thinker.He lived in Greece about two thousand years ago.He taught that the way to be happy was to own as few things as possible.All he owned was a big jar that he lived in,a coat,a bag and a cup.He was very happy.One day,Diogenes
9、saw a boy drinking water from his hands by a fountain,so he threw away his cup and became even happier.(See Greece)What was Diogenes idea about happiness?What did the writer do to help us understand his idea?/nkdt/nkdt/While you readWhile you readB3 Read“Walt Disney”and find another anecdoteDisney w
10、as born in the USA.After leaving school,he sold newspapers and delivered mail.At the same time,he studied art at night.Finally he got a job that he really likeddrawing cartoons for films.Disneys most famous cartoon character,Mickey Mouse,was a real mouse.It sometimes sat on Disneys desk while he was
11、 working.Disney drew the mouse and put it in a cartoon.Soon Mickey became a star and Disney became rich and famous.(See Cartoons)Disneyland is a famous amusement park in the USA.Disneyland was created by Walt Disney(1901-1966),who is famous for his cartoon characters:Mickey Mouse,Donald Duck,Goofy,S
12、now White and many others.Why do we have anecdote in encyclopedia for children?While you readWhile you readB4 Read“Diogenes”and“Walt Disney”again and answer Diogenes was a famous thinker.He lived in Greece about two thousand years ago.He taught that the way to be happy was to own as few things as po
13、ssible.All he owned was a big jar that he lived in,a coat,a bag and a cup.He was very happy.One day,Diogenes saw a boy drinking water from his hands by a fountain,so he threw away his cup and became even happier.(See Greece)Why do we have anecdote in encyclopedia for children?Disneys most famous car
14、toon character,Mickey Mouse,was a real mouse.It sometimes sat on Disneys desk while he was working.Disney drew the mouse and put it in a cartoon.Soon Mickey became a star and Disney became rich and famous.(See Cartoons)anecdoteTo explain a difficult theoryTo explain a difficult theoryTo introduce an
15、 important To introduce an important experience of a personexperience of a personhelp understand an ideahelp understand an ideaprovide background information provide background information While you readWhile you readB5 Read“Walt Disney”and find more evidenceDisney was born in the USA.After leaving
16、school,he sold newspapers and delivered mail.At the same time,he studied art at night.Finally he got a job that he really likeddrawing cartoons for films.Disneys most famous cartoon character,Mickey Mouse,was a real mouse.It sometimes sat on Disneys desk while he was working.Disney drew the mouse and put it in a cartoon.Soon Mickey became a star and Disney became rich and famous.(See Cartoons)Disneyland is a famous amusement park in the USA.Disneyland was created by Walt Disney(1901-1966),who is
