高一英语必修三unit4

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1、Mostofusalmostenjoyedthefairytale—alovestoryhappeningbetweenNiulang,aherdboy,andZhinü,thedaughteroftheGoddessofHeaven,whenwewerekids.WeallthoughtthattheyhadatragicexperienceandtheGoddessofHeavenwastoocruel.Sheusedarivertomakethecoupleseparatefromeachotherwithoutmercy.Wecalledtheriver“theMilk

2、yWay”.Wehateditbecauseitstoppedthemfrommeetingeachother.Ofcourse,thereisaMilkyWayinuniverse.WhatistheMilkyWaylike?Howoldisit?【参考答案】TheMilkyWayisalargespiralgalaxy（螺旋星系）measuringabout100,000light-yearsacross.Itisabout14billionyearsold.古今中外的历史上有很多的科学家致力于探索宇宙的奥秘。意大利的科学家伽利略·伽利雷(1564-1642）就是其中非常著

3、名的一位。他是文艺复兴后期伟大的天文学家、力学家、哲学家、物理学家、数学家，也是近代实验物理学的开拓者，被誉为“近代科学之父”。让我们更细致地了解他吧。GalileoGalileiwasbornnearPisain1564—thesameyearinwhichShakespearewasbornandtheyearinwhichMichelangelo（米开朗基罗）andCalvin（加尔文）died.HeenteredPisaUniversityasamedicalstudentin1581，andbecameaprofessorofmathematicsatPadua（15

4、92～1610），whereheimprovedthetelescope1andwasthefirsttouseitforastronomy.AtthetimethatGalileoarrivedattheUniversityofPisa，someargument2hadstartedupononeofAristotle’s（亚里士多德的）“laws”ofnature，whichheavierobjectsfallfasterthanlighterones.ImagineAristotleatthetopofabuilding，dropping3twoballs，onetwic

5、easheavyastheother.Accordingtohiswords，theheavieroneshouldfallfasterthanthelighterone.AtthattimeAristotle’swordshadbeenacceptedasatruth，andtherehadbeenfewattempts4toactuallytestAristotle’sconclusionsbyactuallyconducting5anexperiment！However，Galileodecidedtohaveatry.Heneededtobeabletodroptheo

6、bjectsfromagreatheight.Theperfectbuildingwasrightathand—theTowerofPisa，54meterstall.Galileoclimbedtothetopofthebuildingcarryingavarietyofballsofdifferentsizesandweights，anddroppedthemfromthetop.Theyalllandedatthebaseofthebuildingatthesametime（itwassaidthattheexperimentwaswitnessed6byahugecro

7、wdofstudentsandprofessors）.ItprovedthatAristotlewaswrong.Nomatterwhatthedifferenceisinweight，objectswillfallatthesamespeed.阅读短文，判断下列句子对(T)错(F)。1.GalileoandShakespearewerebornatthesameyear.（T）2.ItwasinPisaUniversitythatGalileoimprovedthetelescope.（F