Unit1Talesoftheunexplained.doc

Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained
Period 1 Welcome to the unit & Reading
设计思路：
本节课为阅读课的第一课时，主要是解决对课文内容的理解和学习有关阅读技巧。本文的体裁是新闻报道，采用新闻报告的常规要点为切入口，从title和五个“W”一个“H”这几个方面构画出新闻报道清晰的框架结构并教学生如何阅读此类文章，如何在此类文章中捕捉所需要的信息。教学方法还是通过预测、略读和寻读等常规技巧，帮助学生了解课文内容。教学步骤的设计以培养说、读、写能力为主。
Teaching aims:
To make the students know about some mysterious and unexplained phenomena in the world.
To develop their ability to make full use of resources to search for the information they need and share the information they get with others.
To encourage the students to describe what they have known about the posters and what they are eager to know about the unexplained.
To teach some useful words and expressions in this part.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
The world we live in is full of things that cannot be explained even by today’s science. The following pictures show some of the unexplained. Can any of you say something about each of the pictures?
Picture 1 UFOs
UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. According to some witnesses, they are bright and move at a slow, steady speed with little noise. UFOs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are only small spots of light that move in strange patterns across the night sky. Some can be seen in the daytime. They’re often said to be disk- or saucer-shaped.
Picture 2 Yetis
The Yeti has been called the “missing link”; half-man, half-beast. It is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world—Mount Qomolangma. So far, several sightings, mainly of footprints, have been reported by western explorers. Yet none of them have been supported with evidence in any way.
Picture 3 Crop circles
Crop circles often appear in spring or summer when wheat, barley(大麦), rye(燕麦) or maize(玉米) is growing in the fields. A crop circle is a large pattern created by flattening the crop. The first crop circle was discovered in England in 1647. They have been found in many places all over the world.
Picture 4 Stonehenge in England
Stonehenge stands on the open Salisbury Plain in the southwest of England. It is not a single structure but is made up of a series(系列) of earth, timber(木材), and stone structures which were built between 2800 and 1500 BC. And now it is a very famous tourist attraction with a long history in England.
Step 2 Sharing information
The three question on page 1. Students are encouraged to express their own opinions about each question. This part is designed to motivate their interest in the explained and develop their imagination as well.
Step 3 Reading
All these are the unexplained. We call them the unexplained just because they cannot be explained even with the help of today’s advanced science and technology. Several students mentioned aliens in the information they shared with us. Just like them, many other people also think it is aliens that have done all this. But do you really believe the existence of aliens? Why?
Today we’ll learn a news report about a missing boy. People think that the appearance of the boy has something to do with aliens. But before coming to the story, let’s check the answers to some exercises. Part A first…Now Part C1 on page 4.
Step 4 Checking
Check together with the students the exercises they have done (Part A).
Get the students to check the answers with their partners. Then students raise any questions they may have (Part C).
Step 5 Careful reading
1. The reading strategy.
Now let’s come to the text. The text we’ll learn is an English news report. An English news report has its own format and characteristics. But how should we read a news report? How can we get the information we need from the report as quickly as possible? Let’s first look at Reading Strategy on page 4. Go through this part and after that tell us how an English news report forms. You can use a figure to show the format of the report.
Explain the format of a news report.
2. The title.
What does the word “puzzled” suggest?
3. Get the students to read the first paragraph and find out the main idea. Then have them work in pairs to try to ask wh-questions.
4. Get the students to read the 2nd paragraph and find out the information needed to fill in the blanks.
Friends:
Witnesses:
5. Get the students to read the remaining paragraphs and do the following thins.
a. Kelly:
His mother:
b. True or false:
c. Questions and answers:
Why did Mavis Wood believe Justin was taken away by aliens?
What do the police think about the incident?

Step 6 Consolidation: Task-based reading
Time & Place
(1)_______ night in Dover, New Hampshire.
Main character
A 15-year-old student called Justin Foster.
Event
Justin went missing suddenly and the police
were (2)________ about it.
The
opinion of
(3)
__________
*His two friends said Justin went home after the (4)______ that night.
*Kelly heard Justin (5)______ home at about 11pm and put on his favorite CD.
*Kelly saw a large (6)__________ move around Justin’s bedroom and heard Justin (7)______.
*Kelly was sure that it was the (8)_______ who took Justin.
The opinion of the police
*The police have not dismissed the (9)__________ that Justin was taken by aliens and are working on the case.
*They won’t (10)_____ up until they find out the truth.
Step 7 Discussion
Work in pairs and discuss with your partner and list as many possibilities as possible:
Why did aliens take Justin away?
Step 8 Group work
An interview in groups of four:
Member A: a reporter from Dover TV Station
Member B: Kelly
Member C: Mrs Mavis Wood
Member D: Detective Sam Peterson
R: A fifteen-year-old boy named Justin Foster strangely disappeared Friday night. To get to know more details and help the family find their boy, we’ve invited …to our studio today. Hello, Kelly…
Homework:
1. Read the news report again and find where you don’t understand.
2. Finish the exercises left on pages 4 & 5 in your textbook.

Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained
Period 2 Reading—language focus
设计思路：
本节课为阅读课的第二课时，重点是学习课文中出现的一些重要词汇和句型等，培养学生的语言运用能力。
Teaching aims:
To learn some useful words and expressions like missing; puzzled; step up; search; a fifteen-year-old boy; white-skinned; go+adj./p.p; due to; show up; witness; hear/see +sb/sth+do/doing/done; get ready for; put on; frightened; research; dismiss the possibility; look into; make up; amazing; take charge of; case; disappointed.
To learn some sentence patterns like
1) Justin Foster, a high school student, went missing last Friday night.
2) Standing inside were lots of white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes. 3) I haven’t seen Justin since.
4) Mr Foster, who was working that night, was surprised that…
5) not…until…
Teaching procedures:
I. Language points
1. tales of the unexplained:
常用“the+adj/v-ing/v-ed”来表示一类人或物，如 the rich; the unknown; the living, the unemployed…
2. You might run into a Yeti.
偶然遇见=run across… =come across…=happen to meet… =meet…by chance
Guess who I ran into today.
撞 The bus went out of control and ran into a wall.
遭遇、遇到（困难等）  run into danger/trouble/difficulties
Be careful not to run into debt. 小心不要背上债务。
We saw the boy run into the house.
The river runs into a lake.
3. That’s why … 那就是为什么……, 那就是……的原因
That’s because… 那是因为……
 He is absent today. That’s because he is ill.
I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella. That’s why I got wet through.
4. reason
For what reason did he make such a unwise decision?
For this/that/some reason, he failed to keep his word.
The reason why people built the pyramids in Egypt is still unknown.
The reason for his not coming was that he had an unexpected visitor in the office.
5. believe in/ believe
We believe him this time, but this doesn’t mean we always believe in him.
6. puzzle, puzzled, puzzling, puzzlement
What puzzles me is why he left the country without telling anyone.
The puzzled expression on his face suggested that he didn’t understand.
The puzzling problem made me puzzled.
He frowned in puzzlement. 他困惑地蹙着眉头。
7. step up: speed up, increase
When John realized he was going to be late, he stepped up his pace.
We decided to step up production to try to meet the increased demands.
我们将加紧努力以防止更多污染。
We’ll be stepping up our efforts to prevent further pollution.
8. search vt. search sb./sth. (for sth.)
The police searched the house the thief stayed but found nothing they wanted.
The police searched the thief for the money he had stolen.
vi. search for sb/sth
The last few years of his life were spent in travelling from place to place searching for his son who was missing.
n.
The search for the missing man turned out to be fruitless.
He walked through the desert in search of the lost camel.
9. go missing go + adj.
go grey/sour/hungry/crazy/mad/bad/wrong…
我记得在看完头两页之后就把书收起来了，可现在书不见了。
I remember putting the book away after reading the first two pages, but now it has gone missing.
10. incident/accident
11. due to: because of, owing to, be reason of
由于天气恶劣，机场被关闭了。
The airport was closed due to the bad weather.
due adj. 预期的，到期的 be due to do…
Rose is due to start school in January.
The book is due to be punished in October. 该书定于十月份出版。
The next train to Xi’an is due in five minutes.
适当的
After due consideration, he decided to accept the job.
12. witness n. 目击者，证人 a ~ to sth.
We have a ~ to the accident.
v. 目击，见证 (see sth.)
she was shocked by the violent scenes she had –ed.
Police have appealed for anyone who –ed the killing to contact them.
13. put on 穿（戴）上 （反义）take off
涂，抹，擦 She is putting on her made-up. 她在化妆。
开动，发动，播放 Do you mind if I put on some music?
增加 He must have put on several kilos.
14. Standing inside were lots of strange creatures…eyes.
An inversed sentence. The subject is lots of strange creatures…eyes. The verb were is used here because the subject is plural.
Trees of different kinds are growing on campus.
A girl playing the guitar was seated on the ground.
Experts from more than 50 countries were present at the meeting.
Long passages and rooms for the bodies of the kings and queens were inside the pyramid.
15. assume 假定（设），认为
It is reasonable to assume that the economy will continue to improve.
认为经济将继续好转时有道理的。
Let us assume for a moment that the plan succeeds. 暂时假设计划成功。
It is generally assumed that stress is caused by too much work.
人们普遍认为压力是因工作过重所致。
虽然Mary什么也没说，但John认为这件事肯定跟她有关。(be linked to)
Although Mary said nothing, John assumed she was linked to the incident.
16. construction 建筑（业），施工
They all work in the construction industry.
How long has the hotel been under construction?
17. occur (occurred, occurred, occurring)
1) happen No one knows how the fire occurred.
警方调查了这起事故，认为事故大约发生在午夜时分。
The police looked into the accident and believed it occurred around midnight.
2) sth. occur to sb. 被想到，出现在头脑中
The idea occurred to him in a dream.
It didn’t occur to him that his wife was cheating him.
It never occurred to her to ask for help.
18. aboard adv. & prep. 在或上（轮船、飞机、火车等）
be/go aboard (the plane, the train, the train, etc.)
We finally went aboard.
He is already aboard the plane.
The plane crashed killing all the passengers aboard. 飞机坠毁，机上全部乘客遇难。
on board在或上（轮船、飞机、火车等）
be/go on board (the plane, the train, the train, etc.)
We finally went on board.
He is already on board the plane.
The plane crashed killing all the passengers on board. 飞机坠毁，机上全部乘客遇难。
19. When asked about the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens…
1) possibility 可能性
There is a/no/little possibility of doing sth.
There is a/no/little possibility that-clause.
There is no possibility that he will make a full recovery.
Is there any possibility of the film being tried out at the festival?
一个孩子能在互联网上创建一家玩具公司，这有可能吗？
Is there any possibility that a child can start a toy company on the Internet?
2) When (he was) asked about the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens…
when, while, if, unless, though, once, as if, than, as等引导的状语从句，如果其主语与主句的主语相同，可保留连词，将其余部分简化为分词短语。
While I was walking along the street, I saw her.
Unless I am invited, I won’t come to the party.
Though he was tired, he went on working.
When he was asked, he shook his head all the time.
Once it is poured, water cannot be taken back again.
3) before, after, since的用法呢？
20. make up
1) She made up her face to look prettier. 化妆
2) The boy made up a story; it was not true. 编造
3) Why don’t you make up with your father? 和解、言归于好
4) 30 boys and 21 girls make up our class. 组成
5) Hard work can make up for a lack of intelligence. 弥补
21. while
1) 在……期间、当……时候
He must have left while we were asleep.
2) 与……同时
You can go swimming while I’m having lunch.
3) 而，却（前后对比）
We thought there were 35 students in the dining hall, while, in fact, there were 40.
4) (用于句首) 虽然、尽管
While I am willing to offer you help, I do not have much time available.
_____ I admit his good points, I still feel it unwise to offer him this important position.
A. While B. Unless C. When D. As
_____ I don’t like his art, I find his work impressive.
A. As B. Since C. While D. If
22. dismiss 不予考虑；解雇、开除；解散、打发走
在我们还没认真考虑之前，请不要排除这一建议。
Let’s not dismiss the suggestion before we have thought about it carefully.
由于下雪，今天老师有可能会提早下课。
The teacher might dismiss the class today due to the snow.
因不负责任，老板解除了她的职务。
The boss dismissed her from her post for being irresponsible.
II. Read aloud the text to get a better understanding.
III. Do Part D and E(pages 4-5).
IV. Consolidation
A. Choose a best answer for each blank:
1. The police ______ the murderer everywhere when he suddenly appeared in a theatre.(D)
A. was searching B. were searching
C. was searching for D. were searching for
2. Meat ______ bad very soon in summer. (C)
A. turns B. becomes C. goes D. falls
3. Those ______ the companies are to blame for the decrease in sales. (A)
A. in charge of B. in the charge of C. in charge D. take charge of
4. The price of eggs ______ by 10% since last month. (C)
A. increased B. is increased C. has increased D. had increased
5. ______ of the truth of the report, he told his colleagues about it.
A. Convinced B. Convincing C. To convince D. Having convinced (A )
6. It was not ______ she took off her glasses ______ I realized she was a famous film star. ( B )
A. when, that B. until, that C. until, when D. when, when
7. ______ at the failure in the math exam, John would not like to talk about it to his parents. ( B )
A. Disappointing B. Disappointed
C. To be