2. What is fact? Fact is a thing that has happened or to be true or to exist.A thing that is believed or claimed to be true.

3. 8844.43 m Mount Qomolangma or Mount Everest 2. How high is it? 1. What is the highest mountain in the world?

4. 3. What is the highest plateau on earth? Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

5. 4. What is the deepest point in the ocean? Where is it? In the Marianas Trench In the west of the Pacific

6. 5. Which is the longest river on earth and how long is it ? A. The Yangtze River B. The Nile River C. The Amazon River 6,300 kilometers. 6,695 kilometers. 6,400 kilometers.

7. 6. What is the longest distance around the world? A. 40,075.16 km B. 24,901.55 km C. 15,000 km The longest distance around the world is along the equator. 1 mile = 1.6 kilometers

8. 8. How high are the temperatures near the centre of the earth? The outer core: about 4000-5000 ℃. The inner core :about 5000-6000 ℃. The earth has three main levels. CRUST MANTLE CORE 7.How far is it to the centre of the earth? About 6,360 km.

9. 9. What is the distance from the earth to the moon? What is it to Mars? What is it to the nearest star? The distance from the earth to the Moon is. Mars is. Sun is. 55.7 million km 150 million km 385,000 km 55.7 million km, 385,000 km, 150 million km

10. 10. How fast does a balloon travel ? How about an aeroplane? How about a space shuttle? over 20 miles per hour about 17,600 miles per hour about 900 miles per hour balloon aeroplane space shuttle

12. 哈利. 波特指环王 Do you know what films the following scenes come from?

13. 蝙蝠侠大战幻影人 明日帝国

14. 星球大战 全面回忆 宇宙威龙 / 魔鬼总动员

15. JULES VERNE What kind are these movies? Science fiction The Father of Science Fiction

16. A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth ( 地心游记 )

17. Around The World In 80 Days ( 环游地球 80 天 )

18. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 海底两万里

19. 1863. Five Weeks in a Balloon 《气球上的五星期》 1864. Journey to the Center of the Earth 1866. From the Earth to the Moon 《从地球到月球》 1868. The Children of Captain Grant 《格兰特船长的儿女》 1870. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea 1873. Around the World in 80 Days 1875. The Mysterious Island 《神秘岛》 JULES VERNE

20. Science fiction or science fiction writers: imaginative surprising fantastic horrible creative Science fiction unbelievable A science fiction is a type of books that’s based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future, and often deals with space travel & life on other planets. Let’s try to be a science fiction writer.

21. 1. Life on earth in the future 2. Space travel 3. Creatures from outer space 4. Young forever Topics:

22. Useful Expressions I believe … I doubt… It could be…but… I suppose … I’m (not) certain… It’s likely… I’m sure that … I can’t imagine …

23. Space travel A: I don’t believe _____________. B: Why not? ________ago nobody thought it was possible to _____________. A: ________more than ________. B: ______we’ll be able to develop. Life in 3098 A:_____________ any life on earth in the future. B: Come on. What do you mean? A: _____________ some terrible disaster. Like _____________. B: __________________________. Young forever A: Do you think there’ll be a time when we can beat all diseases? B: __________________________. A: Doctors may find a way to keep us young forever. B: __________________________. Creatures from outer space A: Do you believe _____________? B: I don’t only believe in it, _____________. A: Do you really? _____________. B: There are so many stars. I’m sure __________________________.

24. Space travel A: I don ’ t believe people can travel in space. B: Why not? More than 100 years ago nobody thought it was possible for people to travel in the sky by plane from one place to another. A: In my opinion, space travel is more than a matter of time to us, and also a matter of technology. B: I agree with you. But we ’ ll be able to develop. I believe with the development of science and technology, space travel is not a dream, and the day is on the way. Life in 3089 A: I doubt whether there is any life on earth in the future. B: Come on. What do you mean? A: I mean that as the result of human beings ’ role in nature and facing some terrible disasters, like wars, the environmental pollutions, the excessively developed resources. B: Yes, These disasters will lead to human beings ’ disappearing in 3098. What should we do? A: I think we should take some measures to save ourselves from disasters, such as planting more trees, saving our resources … B: What you said is quite right.

25. Young forever A: Do you think there will be a time when we can cure all diseases? B: I suppose that is only a happy wish for us. Because when old diseases are gone, new diseases will occur. Everything in the world is changing all the time. A: Doctors may find a way to keep us young forever. Medicine is also developing. B: Yes. Let ’ s expect that day to come together. Creatures from outer space A: Do you believe there are some creatures from outer space? B:I don ’ t only believe in it, but also think we can see them some day. A: Do you really think so? Can you imagine what star they live in? What do they look like? Can they speak any language that wee can understand? B: There are so many stars.I ’ m sure there must be a star where they can live. I guess they may be taller and stronger than human beings. They may speak different languages, but they can communicate with us freely. A: Your imagination is very good. But I think it would take us a long time. B: Maybe.