Period Ⅲ Lesson 3 Part 1 Reading Comprehension———通文本 Step Ⅰ Read for the main idea Read the text quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph. Para.1 A.Why people didn’t approve of this type of thinking. Para.2 B.We should thank the great men of the past for their wisdom. Para.3 C.A type of analysis. Para.4 D.Our understanding of the world around us is constantly growing and changing. Para.5 E.Some great men in history using this type of thinking were not supported，but punished. 答案 Para.1 C Para.2 E Para.3 A Para.4 D Para.5 B Step Ⅱ Read between the lines Read the text carefully and choose the best answer. 1.What is the first step to acquire knowledge and understanding A.To find answers. B.To study the facts. C.To test answers. D.To put forward questions. 2.What’s the aim of the writer when Aristotle and Galilei are referred to in the text A.Aristotle was wrong. B.It’s unbelievable for great men to be wrong. C.Galilei was wrong. D.Everyone can be wrong at times. 3.What’s the main idea of the sentence “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”？ A.All truths are easy to discover. B.It’s most important to discover truths. C.It’s more important to understand truths than to discover them. D.If we want to discover truths，we should first understand them. 4.What do we know from the text A.Both Bacon and Galilei were punished for their scientific ideas. B.At that time，people believed more in religion than in facts. C.Before Galilei，Aristotle’s theory had influenced people for 1，000 years. D.The church was against the great philosopher Aristotle for his theory of the universe. 5.What is the correct order to acquire knowledge and understanding according to the text A.put forward questions，observe and study，consider and test，find the right answers B.acquire the knowledge，understand，find the right answers，consider and test C.observe，study，consider，find the right answers D.put forward questions，find the right answers，observe，test 答案 1.D 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.A Step Ⅲ Sentence－learning Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1.At that time，people believed more in the church than in facts，and people like Galileo Galilei(1564－1642)，who proved the idea that “the Earth is not the centre of the universe”，were often punished by the church with no one coming to their defence. [句式分析] 这是一个由and连接的较为复杂的并列复合句；第二个分句中，主语是people，谓语是were punished；介词短语like Galileo Galilei作people的后置定语，who proved the idea是非限制性定语从句，补充说明Galileo Galilei；that引导同位语从句，作idea的同位语，解释说明idea的内容；with no one coming to their defence是with复合结构在句中作状语。 尝试翻译:那时人们相信教会胜过相信事实，像伽利略·伽利莱(1564－1642)那样证明了“地球不是宇宙中心”的人物，往往会被教会惩罚，也没有人会为他们辩护。 2.It is not surprising that people wanted to believe these primitive ideas as they had been put forwar ... ...
