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Unit 5 Looking into nature
Starting out &Understanding ideas
2026新外研版八下
感知单元主题 nature exploration，掌握科学家、琥珀、自然秘密相关词汇；
能就自然奥秘进行简单问答与小组分享,能略读、寻读获取语篇信息，匹配段落与小标题，完成阅读练习。；
能复述语篇主要内容,能思考并说出了解自然秘密的多种途径，树立科学探索意识。
Look and say.
What can you see in the picture
A man is holding a flashlight in a desert at night. I can also see countless stars in the sky.
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1.What do you know about these people
Li Shizhen
Li Shizhen was a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty. He wrote Bencao Gangmu, a classic book about traditional Chinese medicine.
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1.What do you know about these people
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin was a famous British biologist. He came up with the theory of evolution and explained how life changes throughout history.
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1.What do you know about these people
Wang Zhenyi
Wang Zhenyi was a well-known female scientist in the Qing Dynasty. She studied maths and astronomy, and she made important contributions.
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
2. What do they have in common
They all studied nature. They taught other people about nature, too.
Li Shizhen
Charles Darwin
Wang Zhenyi
Watch the video and answer the questions.
Answer the questions.
ocean
space
human beings
...
1.What secrets of nature do you know
The secret of fireflies: They can glow at night to communicate with each other.
2.Which one do you want to explore more
I want to explore more about life among the stars, because I wonder if there are other living things in space.
Look and say.
It is about things in the past. It can tell us how things have changed over time.
1. What is this
2. Is amber about things in the past or things in the future
A piece of amber.
Enjoy the text video
Look and guess.
What is the passage about
Skim and check.
A. How amber helps scientists unlock the secrets of nature.
B. How to make amber and use it in daily life.
C. How amber came into being.
What is the passage about
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How many secrets are mentioned in the passage What are they
Three.
The secret about the dinosaur
The secret about the flower.
The secret about the ants.
Read Paragraphs 1–4 and fill in the form.
About the dinosaur About the flower About the ants
What’s in the amber
Where was it found
What did scientists find through it
What secrets does it tell
A dinosaur tail with feathers.
In Southeast Asia.
Dinosaurs had feathers.
What dinosaurs looked like.
A flower.
In Northern Europe.
The flower grew there 35 million years ago.
Life on earth has always changed.
13 ants.
In Africa.
The ants are a completely new species. Ants did not only come from the northern half of the earth; they also lived in Africa.
There are many unknown species for us to discover.
About the dinosaur
What’s in the amber
Where was it found
What did scientists find through it
What secrets does it tell
A dinosaur tail with feathers.
In Southeast Asia.
Dinosaurs had feathers.
What dinosaurs looked like.
Read Paragraphs 1–4 and fill in the form.
About the flower
What’s in the amber
Where was it found
What did scientists find through it
What secrets does it tell
A flower.
In Northern Europe.
The flower grew there 35 million years ago.
Life on earth has always changed.
Read Paragraphs 1–4 and fill in the form.
About the ants
What’s in the amber
Where was it found
What did scientists find through it
What secrets does it tell
13 ants.
In Africa.
The ants are a completely new species. Ants did not only come from the northern half of the earth; they also lived in Africa.
There are many unknown species for us to discover.
Read Paragraphs 1–4 and fill in the form.
Read Paragraph 5 and answer.
What does the writer compare amber to
A window on the past and a key to unlock more secrets of nature.
Amber shows us
what dinosaurs looked like.
life on earth has always changed.
a window on the past
a key to unlock more secrets of nature
there are many unknown species for us to discover.
Choose where you are most likely to read this passage.
a In a popular science magazine about findings in nature.
b In a newspaper report on exhibitions about dinosaurs.
c In a sci-fi book about travelling 160 million years into the past.
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Option a. In a popular science magazine, we can read about real scientific discoveries in nature. This passage talks about amber and what scientists have discovered, so it is a good match.
Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage.
1. secrets
2. Thanks to
3. (always) changed
4. 35 million / thirty-five million
5. unknown
6. ant
7. window
8. nature
Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage.
1. secrets
2. Thanks to
Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage.
1. secrets
2. Thanks to
3. (always) changed
4. 35 million / thirty-five million
1. secrets
2. Thanks to
3. (always) changed
4. 35 million / thirty-five million
5. unknown
6. ant
7. window
8. nature
C层
Complete the diagram with the words and expressions from the passage.
Retell the passage.
about the dinosaur
about the flower
about the ants
a window on the past
a key to unlock more secrets of nature
Retell the passage.
1. secrets
2. Thanks to
3. (always) changed
4. 35 million / thirty-five million
5. unknown
6. ant
7. window
8. nature
Think and share.
Paragraph 1 is exciting and interesting. The writer begins like this to draw readers’ interest and make them want to read more.
1 What do you think of Paragraph 1 Why does the writer begin like this
We can learn about nature’s secrets by , visiting museums, exploring the, doing research or doing .
Think and share.
2 What are some other ways for you to learn about nature's secrets
Basic (基础)
Write a short passage about how amber helps scientists unlock the secrets of nature.
Search for a discovery in nature exploration. Focus on: what the discovery is, who made it and what’s amazing about it.
Improving(提升)
Extend (拓展)
Tell your friends about how amber helps scientists unlock the secrets of nature.

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