1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit 1,Unit 1,Tales of the unexplained,Telling about an unexplained mystery,Project,In some areas of the world there have been reports of Yetis.Do you believe that such a creature exists?,1.How much do you know about this creature?,2.,What else,would you l
2、ike to know about it?,Yeti,Bigfoot and the Wild Man,of Shennongjia,Read the article and fill in the tables.,What they are called,Yeti,Bigfoot,Wild Man in Shennongjia,Where they are seen,in the,Himalayas,in the forests,of the north,-west of the,USA,in western,Hubei,Province,China,What they look like,
3、Why they look the same,large,hairy,thick black fur,about,six feet tall with huge shoulders,very long arms and large hands;,walking like a man,moving with,amazing speed and strength;large,tracks more than 30 centimetres in,length,linked to a common ancestor,an,animal that lived in Asia about,300,000
4、years ago,Para 1,Reports about seeing Yetis in the,Himalayas for hundreds of years.,The outline:,Yetis,Bigfoot and the Wild,Man of Shennongjia,Para 3,Another eyewitness who saw Yeti tracks in 2007,which looked like the tracks of Bigfoot in the USA,Para 2,An eyewitness to a Yeti in 1998,Para 5,An Ame
5、rican scientists opinion,Para 6,The hope for the solution of the mystery,Para 4,Reports about the Wild Man in Shennongjia and the similarity of Yeti,Bigfoot and the Wild Man in shengnongjia,Careful Reading,1.Do scientists all believe such creatures,exist?,2.How are their opinions divided?,Further di
6、scussion,1.Do you believe in the existence of Yetis?,2.Compare the story Boy missing,police,puzzled and Yeti,Bigfoot and the,Wild Man of Shennongjia,what can,you know about writing a story about,an unexplained mystery?,Boy missing,police puzzled,It is a newspaper report.,The first paragraph tells re
7、aders what has happened and when and where it happened.In the following paragraphs,more details and information are given.,Yetis,Bigfoot and the Wild Man of Shennongjia,It is a magazine article.,The first paragraph is an overview with general information about wild creatures.Then the following parag
8、raphs tells readers some details people have seen in different places.,Do you enjoy reading this story?If you are supposed to write a story about Yetis,how will you write it?How did the writer write it?,Writing,To write a story about an unexplained mystery,we need to think about:,an interesting and
9、attractive title,an attractive beginning,some details of the story with some,pictures or photos,what scientists or people think about,the mystery,an open ending of the story,How to write a story?,Get enough information,Write the outline,Write the story using writing skills,Preparing,Producing,Planni
10、ng,Presenting,Processes:create a story about an,unexplained mystery,Language points,The wild man of Shengnongjia is said to have never attacked villagers.,Its said that the wild man of Shengnongjia have never attacked villagers.,People say that the wild man of Shengnongjia have never attacked villag
11、ers.,Sb/sth be said that,It is said that,People say that,据说某人,/,某物,It is believed that,人们相信,It is well-known that,众所周知,It is reported that,据报道,It is supposed that,据推测,It is thought that,有人认为,attack,The witness said he saw the woman be attacked with a broken bottle.,Vt.,袭击,attack sb with sth,Congress
12、 is under attack for failing to take appropriate measures.,N.,袭击,攻击,进攻,be under attack,遭到袭击,用动词,attack,如何表达?,Congress is being attacked for failing to take appropriate measures.,The terrorists made several attacks,but they didnt succeed.,N.,袭击,进攻,length,The UFO is said to be 2 meters in length.,N.,长
13、度,in length,At length,we all knew that she had won the first prize.,最后,最终,=at last/in the end,Police explained the way to look for the missing boy at length.,详细地,=in detail,Long,长的,length,长度,Wide,宽的,width,宽度,High,高的,height,高度,Deep,深的,depth,深度,Have sth done,他们请人粉刷了房子。,They had their house,painted,.,我
14、们现在让人解决了这个问题。,We now have the problem,solved,.,我们已让人把你的药准备好了。,We have your medicine,prepared,now.,dozen,We have two dozen eggs.,N.,一打,十二个,dozen+n,复数,Ive been there dozens of times.,Dozens of people fill out the questionnaire.,Dozens of+,可数,n(,复数,),许多,很多,strength,The man who has a sense of humor is o
15、f great strength.,N.,力气,Bill was doing a lot of physical exercise to build up his strength.,N.,体力,Everyone has his strengths and weaknesses.,N.,优势,adj.,strong,强壮的 强大的 强健的,strength/power/force,When did the Labor Party come into power?,Its beyond my power.,Police entered the room by force.,Old as he i
16、s,he is full of energy.,能源,精力,政权,势力,能力,武力,Strength,指“力气”,或者“优势”,Power,指一切内存的、外来的、具体的或抽象的“力”,可引申为势力,政权,Force,强调“武力、外力”,belong,The car belongs to the man standing there.,Its well-known that lions and tigers belong to the cat family.,Belong to,属于,(,某人,),归,(,某人,),所有,;,是,成员,无被动语态,也不用于进行时,convince,You wil
17、l need to convince the judge of your evidence.,Vt.Convince sb of sth.,使,相信,His expression convinced me that he disagreed with the plan.,Convince sb that,Ive been trying to convince him to save some money in reserve.,Convince sb.to do sth.,He was convinced that his mother was innocent.,I am convinced
18、 of your loyalty.,adj.,确信的,相信的,(convinced of),survive,I cant survive on 30 pounds a week.,Many strange customs have survived from earlier times.,Vi.Survive from/on,幸存,生存,挺过,The custom survives.,Vi.,残存,幸存,Many people survived the earthquake.,Vt.,从,逃生,She seems to have survived the divorce pretty well
19、Vt.,从,(,困境中,),挺过来,She survived her husband by 6 years.,Vt.,比,活得长,Work in groups.,Tell a story about an unexplained mystery.,What you need to do:,1.Discuss which mystery you will tell.,2.Doing research to find information on your topic.,3.Write your story,illustrate it and present it to us.,mysteri
20、es,what we know about it,websites,Yeti,Loch Ness Monster,www.nessie.co.uk,Pyramids,Stonehenge,www.stonehenge.co.uk,UFO,www.ufoevidence.org,What information should be included in your story?,What unknown information would you like to add to your story?,Work out an outline of your story.,What writing
21、skills are you going to use?,Researcher Story writer,Story illustrator Story teller,难句解析,1.He reported that they looked like the tracks of a similar creature,called Bigfoot,which some people believe lives in the forest of the north-west of the USA.,本句为主从复合句。句中的,reported,后接一个由,that,引导的宾语从句;,a,similar
22、 creature,后面的,called Bigfoot,是后置定语,其后的,which,引导一个,定语从句,修饰先行词,creature,。,2.Large tracks have also been discovered which some people say belong to the Wild Man.,人们也发现过一些巨大脚印,有人称它们属于野人。,本句是主从复合句。句中的,which,引导一个定语从句,修饰句子的主,语,tracks,;在这个定语从句中,,say,后面接一个省略了,that,的宾语从,句。如果将原句拆成两句,则应,为:,Large tracks have als
23、o been,discovered.Some people say(that),these large tracks belong to the,Wild Man.,3.He believed that these creatures are linked to a common ancestor,an animal that lived in Asia some 300,000 years ago.,他认为,这些生物与一个共同的祖先相关联,该动物生活于约,30,万年前的亚洲。,句中,believed,后接一个由,that,引导的宾语从句,,an animal that,是,a common ancestor,的同位语。,句中,some 300,000 years ago,的意思是“大约,30,万年以前”;,some,与数词连用时,常用作副词,相当于,approximately,。,






