Unit5+Reading 牛津上海版英语八年级上册

25AmazingthingsEncyclopaediasReading(I)UsingEnglishBeforeyoureadA0Lookatthepictures,thinkandanswerdinosaurs/'daɪnəsɔ:(r)/Whatarethese?WhatshouldyoudoifyouwanttolearnaboutdinasoursLookitup/ɪnˌsaɪklə'pi:dɪə/EncyclopaediaabookthatgivesyouusefulinformationaboutalotofdifferentthingsBeforeyoureadA0Lookatthepictures,thinkandanswerWhat’sthedifference?volumeˈvɒljuːm/generalencyclopediasubjectencyclopediaInwhatorderarethesetwotypesofencyclopediaswritten?alphabeticalorderlogicalorderWhileyoureadB0SkimthepageandanswerDiogeneswasafamousthinker.HelivedinGreeceabouttwothousandyearsago.Hetaughtthatthewaytobehappywastoownasfewthingsaspossible.Allheownedwasabigjarthathelivedin,acoat,abagandacup.Hewasveryhappy.Oneday,Diogenessawaboydrinkingwaterfromhishandsbyafountain,sohethrewawayhiscupandbecameevenhappier.(SeeGreece)DINOSAURSDIOGENESDinosaurslivedontheEarthoversixtymillionyearsago.Thiswasalongtimebeforepeopleexisted.Dinosaurslivedeverywhere.Somewereassmallaschickens.Otherswereasbigastenelephants.Somedinosaursevenhadwingsandcouldfly.Dinosaursalldiedout

suddenly.Nobodyknowswhy.Weknowabout

thelivesofdinosaursfromtheskeletons,eggsandfootprintstheyleftbehind.(SeeEarthHistory)Manydinosaurswereharmless.Theywereasgentleassheepandateplants.Otherswereharmful.Theywerefiercerthantigersandatemeat.DisneywasbornintheUSA.Afterleavingschool,hesoldnewspapersanddeliveredmail.Atthesametime,hestudiedartatnight.Finallyhegotajobthathereallyliked—drawingcartoonsforfilms.DISNEY,WALTDisneylandisafamousamusementparkintheUSA.DisneylandwascreatedbyWaltDisney(1901-1966),whoisfamousforhiscartooncharacters:MickeyMouse,DonaldDuck,Goofy,SnowWhiteandmanyothersDisney’smostfamouscartooncharacter,MickeyMouse,wasarealmouse.ItsometimessatonDisney’sdeskwhilehewasworking.Disneydrewthemouseandputitinacartoon.SoonMickeybecameastarandDisneybecamerichandfamous.(SeeCartoons)Isthisageneralencyclopediaorasubjectencyclopedia?Howmanyarticlesarethere?1.Dinosaurs2.Diogenes3.Disney,Waltentries/ˈentri/entryWhat’stheorder?WhileyoureadB1Labelthedifferentpartsofanentry,telltheirusageTitleIntroductionRelatedentryIllustrationintroduceatopictellthefactsaboutthetopichelpusfindmorerelevantinformationexplainthefactinavividwayWhileyoureadB2Skimthepassage,matchthedescriptionswiththesubjectsWhat/WhoDescriptioncreatedMickeyMouse,Goofy

andSnowWhite.livedinGreeceabouttwothousand

yearsago.wereindifferentsizesandtypes.soldnewspapers,deliveredmail

andstudiedartbeforedrawing

cartoons.existedmorethansixtymillion

yearsago.wasveryhappythoughheowned

veryfewthingsWhileyoureadB3Scan“dinosaurs”andcorrectthemistakesDinosaurslivedonFarthmorethansixty

thousandyearsago.Peopleexistedbefore

dinosaurs.Millionsofdinosaurslivedinhigh

mountains.Theywereallverybigandthey

couldn'tflybecausetheyhadnowings.Allthedinosaurswereharmfulbecausethey

werefiercerthantigersandatemeat.Nobody

knowswhydinosaursalldiedsuddenly,sowe

can'tknowanythingabouttheirlivesmillionDinosaursexistedbeforepeopleeverywhereSomeofthemweresomecould/ɪɡˈzɪst/somebutwecanknowabout

theirlivesoffromtheskeletons,eggsandfootprintsfierce/fɪəs//'skelɪtn//'fʊtprɪnt/WhileyoureadB4Scan“Diogenes”andfillinthetableDiogenesWhatWherein________Whenabout_________agoWhatheownedHowhefeltafamousthinkerGreece2000yearsabigjar,acoat,abagandacup.veryhappy/ɡriːs/B5AnswerquestionsaboutDiogenes1.WhathappenedtoDiogenes’scuponeday?2.Whydidhedoso?3.Howdidhefeelafterthrowingawayhiscup?Why?/ʤɑ:(r)/EuropeWhileyoureadB6Scan“WaltDisney”andfillintheblanks.WaltDisneywasbornintheUSAin____________________________________newspapers,_________mailand______artdrewcartoonsforfilmsinvented____________,hismostfamouscartooncharactercreatedDisneyland,afamous__________________1901leftschoolsolddeliveredstudiedMickeyMouseamusementpark/'kærəktə(r)//ə'mju:zməntpɑ:k/AfteryoureadC1ThinkandtellhowyouuseanencyclopediaandfindinformationSupposeyouareusinganencyclopaediawithdifferentvolumestolookforsomeinformationaboutdinosaurs.TellhowyoudothatandwhatyouprobablyfindSupposeyouareusinganencyclopaediaondifferentsubjectstolookforsomeinformationaboutDiogenes.Tellhowyoudothatandwhatyoup