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)

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)

Lesson38 A visit to the Museum of Natural History

Welcome to the Dinosaur World!

many kinds of dinosaurs

be discovered

disappeared(v.) (n.)

disappearance

the fossils of many kinds of dinosaurs

on show =on display

an underground Dinosaur World

be covered with feathers

The pictures of the feathered dinosaurs

look like

dinosaur eggs

be found in the Gobi Desert

be laid by dinosaurs

When

Where

Who

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

Go on listening and fill in the blanks.

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.

eggs

fossils

first

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laidDesert

found

underground

Go on listening and fill in the blanks.

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.

eggs

fossils

first

95

laidDesert

found

underground

Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions.

1. 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.

Yes. Because it looks like a big bird.

Because it was covered with feathers.

They disappeared about 65 million years ago.

They thought the dinosaurs had not

disappeared,they had become birds.

Welcome to the Museum of Natural History

the fossils of many kinds of dinosaurs

on show =on display

an underground Dinosaur World

dinosaur eggs

be found in the Gobi Desert

be laid by dinosaurs

be covered with feathers

The pictures of the feathered dinosaurs

look like

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.

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eggsfound by

laid by

guideon for

disappeareddisplayon

discoveredlikecovered

becomehave

disappearedbelieve

用所给词的适当形式填空。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.

is covered

disappeared

was built

was built

invented

disappearance

were discovered

be taken

were laid