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Unit 1 Tales of the Unexplained
Period one Welcome to the Unit
The Analysis of this part:
Ss are encouraged to conduct a free discussion about some mysterious and
unexplained phenomena in the world.
Teaching aims:
1. Help Ss practice spoken English.
2. Help Ss express their opinions boldly and imaginatively.
Teaching methods:
1. Looking and speaking
2. Discussion in pairs or groups.
Teaching procedures:
Step one: Lead- in
Today, our topics are not only interesting and attractive, but al ittle mysterious
as well. They are beyond our knowledge. Maybe we only hear of them. Even the advanced
science and technology of today can't offer satisfactory answers to them.
Step Two: Picture talking
1. UFOS, Yetis, Stonehenge, the Pyramids, the Loch Ness Monster
T: Do these tooics have sth. in common?
If so, what is it?
( Unexplained, no satisfactory answers, mysterious, no evidence.....)
How do you feel about them?
Are you a bit curious?
Now let's discuss the pictures on page one.
2. Ask students to discuss all the pictures in paris or groups and
then report the result of their discussion to the teacher.
Step Three: Description of the pictures
Picture one: UFOS
1) What do the letters UFO stand for?
It stands for unidentified Flying Object, that is , an object , apparently
moving in the sky, which we can not identify.
2) Do you believe in it ?
I never believe in spacecraft carrying vistors from outer space.
Picture two: Yetis
1) Where are the Himalayas ? It is in the south of Asia.
2) What's the weather like there ? cold.
3) What is the Yeti, and what is it like?
It's reported to be half-man and half-beast. It's supposed to
live in the highest moutain in the world---Mount Qomolangma.
Picture three: The Loch Ness Monster
1) Where is the Loch Ness ? a big lake in Scotland.
2) Do you believe in the Loch Ness Monster?
3) Do monsters really exist in the world?
4) If you really come across a monster, what will you do ?
Picture four: the Pyramids
1) Where were the pyramids built, on the east coast of the Nile or on
the west coast ? why ?
It stands on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo. In fact all the pyramids
along the Nile are on its west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun
to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life.
This is why their dead bodies were buried (埋葬) on the west bank of the Nile.

The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs (坟墓) to keep their bodies safe after death
and to hold their treasures (财宝) . The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago
for a king called Khufu. It stands on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo.
In fact all the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank.
The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life
and the setting of the sun to the end of life.
This is why their dead bodies were buried (埋葬) on the west bank of the Nile.①
The people of Mexico also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs.
They used to build a pyramid and then a temple on top of it.
The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt, but they are big.
Each of the pyramids has a wide stairway (阶梯) that goes from the bottom to the top.②
More pyramids were built in the Americas than in Egypt.
About 90 pyramids are known to have stood in Egypt,
while several hundred small pyramids are scattered (分散) across Central and South America.
The biggest pyramid in Mexico is almost 2,000 years old.
Scientists think it took 10,000 men more than ten years to build it.
On the top they built a temple of the sun.
The temple is no longer there but people still called it the Pyramid of the Sun.
Near it is another huge pyramid, the Pyramid of the Moon.

　　根据文章内容，选择正确答案：

　　1. In ancient Egypt pyramids were built____ .

　　A. for visitors to seeB. for kings to live in

　　C. as the kings tombs D. for king Khufu

　　2. All the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank, because in ancient Egypt people thought ____.

　　A. they died in the west
B. the sun sets in the west
　　C. the end of their lives was like the setting of the sun
　　D. they would go to the west after death

　　3. The pyramids in ancient Mexico were built____ .

　　A. for the kingsB. for the people

　　C. for wars D. for the gods

　　难句注释

　　① This is why their dead bodies were buried on the west bank of the Nile.

　　这就是他们的尸体葬在尼罗河西岸上的原因。

　　Total words:266

　　Reading time:____

　　Reading speed: ____

　　② Each of the pyramids has a wide stairway that goes from the bottom to the top.

　　每座金字塔都有一个从底部到顶端的宽阶梯。
Step Four: Discussion
1. Ask students to discuss the question On P1 in pairs or a group of four .
2. Then ask each group leader to report the result of their discussion
Step five : Language points
1. be full of mysteries
2. advanced science and technology
3. can’t tell ……说不准
tell 与be able to /can /could 连用“判断、区别、猜测”
=decide /determine/know
e.g. I really can’t the difference between the twin brothers
4. a sunken ship
Sink-sank-sunk/sunken-sinking
Vi.下沉、下降、下落
The ship stuck the rocks and sank.
His heart sank at the thought .想到这，他大案心情一下子沉重起来
Vt.使…沉没
A small leak will sink a great ship.
小漏洞能使大船沉没。
* sinking sunken (作前置定语)
E.g. They tried in every way possible to rescue the boat .
They tried to bring the … ship out of the sea.
* rise-rose risen-rising the ~sun
Fall-fell-fallen-falling ~leaves
5. run into
E.g. I run into an old school friend at the supermarket this morning
We run into a patch of thick fog just outside London
The project is running into financial difficulties.
Run sth. into sb./ sth.
The bus went out of control and ran into a shop front.
She ran her car into a tree while reversing.
6. the Himalayas
Mount Qomolangma
7. Egypt --Egyptian
8. be unknown to sb.
9. no one / none of
Step Six: consolidation & Homework
Translation
1. There’re many unexplained mysteries in the world.
2. He didn’t expect to run into some of his friends in the street.
3. The reason for his illness was drinking the polluted water.
4. He didn’t attend the meeting for some reason.
5. None of us agrees to your plan.
Ask students to preview reading part on page 2—3 and finish doing part A and B on page 90—91.