Welcome to the biggest science museum!

1. Welcome to the biggest science museum! When was it invented? What was it made of? What was it used for? (a cup with three legs) (a teapot) (a cup)

2. Lesson38 A visit to the Museum of Natural History Welcome to the Dinosaur World!

3. many kinds of dinosaurs be discovered disappearance disappeared (v.) (n.)

4. an underground Dinosaur World the fossils of many kinds of dinosaurs on show =on display

5. The pictures of the feathered dinosaurs look like be covered with feathers

6. dinosaur eggs be laid by dinosaurs be found in the Gobi Desert

7. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks. Last Sunday afternoon The Museum of Natural History(自然博物馆） Weihua and her classmates

8. Go on listening and fill in the blanks. underground There was an _________ Dinosaur World. The students saw the ______ of many kinds of dinosaurs. So they decided to visit the dinosaurs ____.They saw many dinosaur ____. These eggs were ______ in the Gobi ______ by a group of scientists in the 1920s. They were _____ by dinosaurs about ___ years ago. fossils first eggs found Desert laid 95

9. Go on listening and fill in the blanks. underground There was an _________ Dinosaur World. The students saw the ______ of many kinds of dinosaurs. So they decided to visit the dinosaurs ____.They saw many dinosaur ____. These eggs were ______ in the Gobi ______ by a group of scientists in the 1920s. They were _____ by dinosaurs about ___ years ago. fossils first eggs found Desert laid 95

10. Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions. • How long did the dinosaurs live on the earth? • 2. When did the dinosaurs disappear? • 3. Is there a special dinosaur on display? Why is it special? • 4. What do some scientists think about the disappearance of dinosaurs? They lived on the earth for more than 150 million years. They disappeared about 65 million years ago. Yes. Because it looks like a big bird. Because it was covered with feathers. They thought the dinosaurs had not disappeared,they had become birds.

11. Welcome to the Museum of Natural History

12. an underground Dinosaur World the fossils of many kinds of dinosaurs on show =on display

13. dinosaur eggs be laid by dinosaurs be found in the Gobi Desert

14. The pictures of the feathered dinosaurs look like be covered with feathers

15. Complete the following passage. Last Saturday, a group of students visited the Beijing Museum of Natural History. They were very_________ ____ dinosaurs, so they visited the Dinosaur World first. There they saw many big dinosaur _____. These eggs were ______ in the Gobi Desert ______ a group of scientists in the 1920s. The eggs were ______ long long ago _____ dinosaurs. Miss Li, their _____, told them that dinosaurs lived _____ the earth _____more than 150 million years, and then ___________ 65 million years ago. There was also a special dinosaur ____ ______ in the museum. This dinosaur was _________ in Liaoning Province, and it was ________ with feathers. It looked ______ a big bird. Many scientists _______ that dinosaurs have not __________. They think dinosaurs _______ _______ birds. interested in eggs found by by laid guide on for disappeared on display discovered covered like disappeared believe have become

16. 用所给词的适当形式填空。 is covered 1. The mountain(cover) with snow all the year round. 2. These eggs (lay) by the hen yesterday. 3.Dinosaurs (appear) about 65 million years ago. 4.--When this museum (build)? --It (build)5 years ago. 5.We can see many things (invent) hundreds of years ago. 6.Scientists try to explain the (disappear) of the dinosaurs. 7.These dinosaur eggs (discover)by a group of scientists in the Gobi Desert. 8.This old man must (take) to the hospital at once. were laid disappeared built was was built invented disappearance were discovered be taken