英语选择性必修 第四册Unit 5 Into the unknown导学案及答案

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Unit 5 Into the unknown1．There is a profound charm in mystery. —Chatfield神秘事物具有深奥的魅力。2．Nature is not governed except by obeying her. —Bacon自然不可驾驭，除非顺从她。3．To be beautiful and to be calm is the ideal of nature.  —Richard Jefferies美与宁静是自然的理想。4．Mix a little mystery with everything，and the very mystery arouses veneration.                     —Baltasar Gracian任何事都掺一点神秘性，唯其神秘才引起崇拜。5．He had lived long enough to know it is unwise to wish everything explained.               —Thomas Coningsby长时期的生活经历足以使他懂得要想把一切都解释清楚是不明智的。6．Man masters nature not by force but by understanding.      —Bronwski人征服大自然不是凭力量，而是凭对它的认识。The “Monster of Lake Tianchi” in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province，northeast China，is back in the news after several recent sightings.The director of a local tourist office，Meng Fanying，said the monster，which seemed to be black in color，was ten meters from the edge of the lake during the most recent sighting.“It jumped out of the water like a seal—about 200 people on Changbai's western peak saw it，” he said.“Although no one really got a clear look at the mysterious creature，Xue Junlin，a local photographer，claimed that its head looked like a horse.”In another recent sighting，a group of soldiers claim they saw an animal moving on the surface of the water.“It was greenish­black and had a round head with 10­centimeter horns”，one of the soldiers said.Mike Taylor，a university student in the study of prehistoric life forms for his Ph.D.，discovered a brand­new species of dinosaur，while conducting research at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom.This new species was identified as part of the sauropod family of dinosaurs.The sauropods were four­legged，vegetarian dinosaurs，with very long necks and tails，and relatively small skulls and brains.One of their most unusual characteristics was their nostrils，which were higher up in their head，almost near the eyes.So far，the sauropod bones have been found in every continent except Antarctica，and they are one of the longest living group of dinosaurs，spanning over 100 million years.This new species，named Xenoposeidon proneneukos，which means forward sloping，lived about 140 million years ago.Mike Taylor，who has spent five years studying sauropod vertebrae，immediately knew that this was the backbone of a sauropod.However，he had never seen one like this before.Further research proved this was indeed a new kind of sauropod.The bone，which had been discovered in the 1890s，had never been examined.[探究发现]1．Find out the main idea of the passage.Mike Taylor discovered a brand­new species of dinosaur.2．Find out the new dinosaur's most obvious characteristic.Nostril.3．Find out the time that the bone was discovered.In the 1890s.