教學內容：Fact and fantasy

7. in writing the passage, the author intends to _________.
a. give an accurate description of the possible disaster in the future.
b. prove tat humans will sooner or later be destroyed
c. tell the historical development of the earth
d. warn of a possible disaster in the future.
8. it can bge concluded that the passage is most probably part of a(n) _________.
a. horror story b. news report
c. research paper d. article of popular science

ⅴ.綜合技能導讀
一、生詞和詞組
1. philosopher [fi′l s f (r)]n. person studying or teaching philosophy, or having a system of philosophy 哲學家；研究或教授哲學的人 eg:
karl marx was a great philosopher.卡爾•馬克思是一個偉大的哲學家。
2. dream of 夢想；夢見，其后跟名詞，代詞或v.-ing形式。 eg:
the soldier often dreamt of home. 這士兵常夢到家。
i wouldn’t dream of doing such a thing. 我絕不會想到做這件事。
3. throw light upon/on 使某事顯得非常清楚 eg:
the modern scientific development has thrown light on this question.
現代科學的發展正使這個問題明朗化。
the information throws light upon the mystery of dr bake.
這個信息可以解開貝克醫生之謎。
4. matter[′m t ] n.
①[c] affair, topic or situation being considered 事情；問題；情況 eg:
i don’t discuss private matters with my colleagues. 我不和同事談私事。
②[u]physical substance in general (contrasted with mind or spirit)物質（與精神相對） eg:
the universe is composed of matter.宇宙是由物質組成的。
③常用短語：as a matter of fact=in fact 事實上
5. pioneer [ pai ′ni (r)](1) n. person who is among the first to go into an area or country to settle or work there 拓荒者；開發者 eg:
the land was cleared by the pioneers.這塊土地被拓荒者開墾了。
(2)v. (a) act as a pioneer 當拓荒者；當開發者(b) open up (a way. etc.)開辟（道路等） eg:
they pioneered a new route to the coast.
他們開辟了一條通往海岸的新路線。
6. unfold [ n′f ld] v.反義詞：fold
(1) cause sth. to open or spread out from a folded state（使某物）展開，打開 eg:
the garden chair unfolds to make a camp-bed.
花園中這把椅子可以打開當行軍床用。
(2)unfold sth. (to sb.) —(cause sth. to) be revealed or made known（使某事先的）顯露，展現 eg:
the landscape unfolded before us.那景色展現在我們面前。
7. phenomena [f ′ min ](pl.)
(1)fact or occurrence, esp. in nature or society, that can be perceived by the senses 現象 eg:
there are a lot of natural phenomena in the world.
世界上有很多自然現象。
(2)remarkable person, thing or event 非凡的人、物或事 eg:
this is a phenomenon. 這是一個奇跡。
(3)phenomenon 是phenomena的單數形式
8. attention [ ′ten n] n.[u] action of applying one’s mind to sth./sb. or noticing sth./sb. 注意；專心；留心。 eg: