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1、Period 1,Getting ready Study skills Culture corner,Module 1 Amazing things,Oxford English,Unit 1,Encyclopaedias,Getting ready,1,What does Hi think Lo is probably doing? In fact, what is Lo doing? What will Hi probably feel when he learns that Lo is standing on his encyclopaedia?,Look at the cartoon
2、and answer the questions.,He thinks that Lo is probably reading his encyclopaedia/is looking for some information in his encyclopaedia.,He is standing on the encyclopaedia to change a light bulb.,He will probably feel angry/unhappy.,An encyclopaedia is a collection (usually a book or set of books) o
3、f information about things humans know.,an encyclopaedia,/n4saklpidi/,subject,all kinds of subjects,Encyclopaedia Britannica,/,The Encyclopaedia Britannica is a world-famous encyclopaedia. It is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia. The first edition was published in 1768, and since then there
4、have been 15 editions. The 15th edition is made up of 32 volumes. Together they contain about 40 million words on half a million topics. Today there is a DVD edition of the Britannica. You can also find it online.,2,Culture corner,Read the first paragraph of the article and explain what each number
5、means.,1768 15 32 40,000,000 500,000 ,In 1768, the first edition was published.,There have been 15 editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica so far.,The 15th edition is made up of 32 volumes.,The 15th edition contains about 40 million words.,The 15th edition contains half a million topics.,The First
6、Edition,volume,/,/B/,topic,/B/,Read the article and answer the questions.,What is the Encyclopaedia Britannica? Besides 15 printed editions, does the Encyclopaedia Britannica have other editions? What are they?,It is a world-famous encyclopaedia. It is also the oldest English-language encyclopaedia.
7、,Yes, it does. There is a DVD edition and an online edition.,The subjects in the Encyclopaedia Britannica are arranged in _ order.,Study skills,3,alphabetical,A In which volumes can you find information about the following topics? Write the correct volume numbers in the blanks.,Brains _ Seas _ Compu
8、ters _ Weather _ France _ Pandas _,VOL. 1,VOL. 6,VOL. 1,VOL. 7,VOL. 2,VOL. 5,Science,Music,History,Nature,How many subjects are there? What subject does each encyclopaedia cover?,Four.,B In which of the encyclopaedias below can you find information on the following topics? Write the correct letters
9、in the blanks.,d,a/b,c,b,b,a,c,d,Look at the picture of an encyclopaedia on page 14 and choose the best answers.,1. Besides the subjects and picture, we can also find _ on page 358. A. volumes B. a guide word C. similar subjects The guide word on this page is _. A. Violin B. Violinist C. Violist We
10、can look for more information on Violoncello from the subject “_”. A. Violist B. Violin C. Cello If we want to find information on the different sizes of violins, the key word for us to look for is _. A. violin B. sizes C. music,C Below are some instructions. Which word in each instruction tells you which topic to look up in an encyclopaedia?,dogs,numbers,festivals/China,computers,H,Homework,搜集关于其他类型百科全书的信息。 观察教材第三页上百科全书中的一页，说出该页的条目和参看信息。 在百科全书中（纸质或网络版均可，建议找英文版）查阅自己感兴趣的人物并记好笔记，为下节课Speak up部分的活动作准备。,