1. Mary Anning: the fossil girl 初中进阶 (2322 期 20160304) 45 版

2. 1. Do you know these fun facts about fossils? Pre-reading  Most days Mary went fossil hunting with her dog, Tray.  Before the 1800s many people believed the Earth was about 6,000 years old. It's actually 4.5 billion years old! (A billion = 1,000 million)  When people first discovered fossil bones, they called them "dragon's teeth."

3. This is a fossil of a Dimorphodon ( 双型齿翼龙 ), a large flying reptile ( 爬行动 物 ). Pre-reading A plesiosaur ( 蛇颈 龙 ), a type of carnivorous ( 肉食 的 ) mostly marine ( 海里的 ) reptile. 2. What is this picture? Mary was selling fossils. The first tool used by Mary Anning to dig fossils.

4. 3. However, her findings seemed to ________ what was written in the Bible. 2. When she was young, she showed great ________ in studying the fossils. 1. Mary Anning is a famous ________ scientist, who made a __________ achievement for science. While-reading Fill in the blanks according to the article. fossil enthusiasm contradict remarkable

5. 4. Because she was a woman, her scientific findings were ________ without even mentioning her name. While-reading published 5. Her discovery provided evidence for ________________ and became a foundation of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. extinct species

6. Language point  astonishing adj. 惊人的 astonished adj. 使 …… 吃惊的  exhausting adj. 使人疲惫不堪的 exhausted adj. 精疲力竭的

7. Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks. Language point 1. His ​facility for ​languages is astonishing/astonished. 2. They were astonishing/astonished to find the driver was a six-year-old boy. 3. I've had an exhausting/exhausted day. 4. By the time they reached the stop of the mountain they were exhausting/exhausted.

8. After reading Marie Curie ( 玛 丽 · 居里 ) is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Write a short paragraph about her and introduce her to your class.