Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained
总课题
Module 2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained
总课时
课题
Project: Telling a mysterious story
课型
新授
教
学
目
标
知识目标
The project is designed to help students learn and use English by doing a group project. The reading material about Yeti is a sample for Ss to see how a mysterious story can be written. Ss are encouraged to write a story on one of the five mysteries in the section welcome to the unit.
能力目标
1. Encourage Ss to use what they have learnt in this unit to complete the project.
2. Help Ss discuss what mystery they want to write a story about, and collect as much information as they can..
情感目标
教学
重点
1．run after 2．on average 3.on one's way 4．with one's own eyes 5．be similar to
教学
难点
1．______________heavily built and hairy．
据说雪人体魄粗壮，浑身长满毛发。
2．Some scientists even think that these footprints ________________by people playing a joke．
有些科学家甚至认为，这些脚印有可能是那些开玩笑的人有意搞的。
3．He became convinced that they exist_________________________________________．
在研究野人脚印的过程中，他确信野人的确存在。
学法
指导
1.Task-based language learning; 2. Pair or group work.
3. 人们对有关像人一样的生物有种种传说和猜测，请列举你所听到的几种：
教学
准备
1．Lecture materials ；2. A recorder
课
前
一. 朗读记忆
1. 一个类人的野生动物 a wild man-like creature
2. 据说…… It is said that……
3. 从山水上下来 come down from the mountains
4. 袭击村民 attack villagers
5. 一名美国登山者 an American mountain climber
6. 在中国边界上 on the Chinese side
7. 追赶 run after
8. 以惊人的速度和气力 at/ with amazing speed and strength
9. 平均 on average
10. 14到18英尺长/宽 14 to 18 inches long/wide
11. 开玩笑 play a joke (on sb.)
12. 往前……,艰难前进 make one’s way to
13. 继续活下去 live on
14. 亲眼看到 see……with one’s own eyes
15. 支持野人存在的实证 hard evidence supporting the existence of Yeti
16. 确信，相信 be/ become convinced
二. 语言点分析:
1. It is possible that…….
2. man-like creatures
3. report + n/ pron/ v-ing /report on /report sth. to sb
e.g. They went back and reported their findings to the director of the factory.
He is going to report on his travel to HongKong.
4. similar--- similarity
5. describe--description
6. be said to do/ have done It is said that………
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预
习
The book is said to have been translated into many languages.
It is said that the book has been translated into many languages.
7. heavy----- heavily
adj.---- 重的(相对而言拥有较大重量的) a heavy load.重负
大量的 heavy rainfall 大雨
浓密的；厚的：a heavy fog.重雾
狂暴的；粗暴的：heavy seas.波涛汹涌的海面
8. build—built-built be heavily built 身体健壮
9. hair---hairy adj.
C/n 毛发（单根）There is a hair in my soup./
U/n 头发 have one’s hair cut / have long and black hair
10. shoulder shoulder to shoulder In close proximity;
side by side.距离非常贴近地；肩并肩地
11. speed at the speed of…./ at a fast speed ….
12. run after 追赶；追逐 追求,
He finally became tired of running after her. 他追求她终于追烦了
run into / run across
13. strength---strong 力, 力量, 力气, 实力, 兵力, 浓度
辨析:
★strength 尤指身体的，精神的或道德上的坚强力量或活力：
“enough work to do, and strength enough to do the work” (Rudyard Kipling).
“有足够的工作做，有足够的力量做工作” （露德亚德·齐普林）。
“We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength” (Jimmy Carter). “当然，我们是一个有着许多不同的国家。这些不同没有削弱我们。它们是我们力量的源泉” （吉米·卡特）。
★energy 相比较而言尤指潜在的力量源泉：
“The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful to society, had that society been well organized” (Mary Wollstonecraft).
“要是社会秩序良好的话，同样的使一个人成为无所不为的恶棍的性格中的潜力说不定会使他成为一个对社会有用的人”
★force 指力量或力气的使用：
“the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence” (Charles Evans Hughes).
“用力量和暴力推翻我们的机构” （查尔斯·伊凡·休斯）
14. hard adv. 努力地, 辛苦地, 坚硬地, 牢固地, 接近地, 猛烈地
worked hard all day; stared hard at the accused criminal.
一整天都在努力地工作；恶狠狠地盯着那个被控告的罪犯
adj.硬的, 坚固的, (问题, 工作等)困难的, 艰苦的, 猛烈的, 确实的, 有力的,确凿的且不容置疑的：hard evidence.有力的证据
e.g. Hard facts proved that he was guilty.
15. make one’s way to …朝…..方向走去
16. some day/ one day 某天,一天
教 学 过 程
备 注
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Step 1预习交流
Task 1 Warming up
How much do you know about this creature?
What else would you like to know about it?
Task 2 Skimming
1. What do they look like?
2. What can they do?
3. When and where were they found?
Step 2 课堂交流
Task 3 True or False
1. There are no Yetis in the world according to the report.
2. An American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti once.
3. Yetis ran with an amazing speed.
4. Footprints of Yetis are similar to human.
5. Yetis possibly lived in Asia about 3,000,000 years ago.
6. Scientists have solved the mystery.
Task 4 Talk about the picture
Their appearance
man-like
heavily built
hairy-black fur
huge shoulders
6 feet tall
long arms
large hands
large feet
Their abilities
run with amazing speed and strength
walk like a man
attack people
Time and places
1998 the Chinese side of the Himalayas
The Shennongjia National Forest Park, Hubei Province
1970 Bossbrug, Washington, USA
Vocabulary
1. show the truth or correctness of
2. to live or to be real
3. something that cannot be explained or understood
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4. almost but not exactly the same
5. the degree of being strong or powerful
mystery strength support similar exsit
Task 5 Careful Reading
Do scientists all believe Yetis exist?
How are their opinions divided?
Dr Krantz believes __________________.
He explained Yetis are reported to be found in many parts of the world because___________________________.
Some scientists think ________________.
They explained the large footprints might be made by ___________________.
Task 6 Further discussion
How many of you believe in the existence of Yetis?
Task 7 Writing
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?
Collect information:
1. What do they look like?
2. What can they do?
3. When and where were they found?
4. What do scientists think about it?
The outline: Searching for the Yeti
Para 1
Sightings of Yetis are reported all over the world.
Para 2-4
Witnesses gave similar descriptions of Yetis.
Para5-6
Scientists’ opinion of their existence are divided.
Para 7
Scientists hope the mystery will be solved someday.
Writing skills
1. an interesting title
2. an attractive beginning
3. illustration (photos / pictures)
4. an open end for readers to think more
…
How to write a story?
Information
Outline
Writing skills
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Task 8 Creating a story about one of the mysteries .
Now here comes a chance for you to create a story of your own!
Task 9 Telling a mysterious story
Planning
Preparing
Producing
Presenting
Planning
1. What to write about
2. Information
3. Outline and writing skills
4. Different tasks
Plan 1 What to write about
mysteries
What we know about it
Websites
Yeti
www. phobe. com
Loch Ness Monster
www. nessie. co.uk
Pyramids
www. touregypt. net
Stonehenge
www. stonehenge.co.uk
UFO
www. ufoevidence.org
…
Plan 2 Information
What information should be included in your story?
What unknown information would you like to add to your story?
Plan 3 Outline and writing skills
Work out an outline of your story.
What writing skills are you going to use?
Plan 4 Different tasks
1. Researcher_________
2. Story writer_________
3. Story illustrator_______
4. Story teller___________
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What’s to be done next?
1. Day 3
The 2nd group discussion after more information is found.( Make some changes about your outline and writing skills if necessary.)
2. Day 5
The 3rd group discussion after the story is completed. (Read the story, correct mistakes and add new ideas.)
3. Day 7
The 4th group discussion after the illustration is done.(approve the story and illustration.)
4. Day 8
Presentation
Enjoy your project!
Enjoy your teamwork!
Task 10 Consolidation
Ask students to translate the phrases:
1.无法解释的神秘事物 2. 先进的科学技术
3. 遇见 4. 寻找
5. 失踪 6. 出现
7. 对…感兴趣 8. 令人困惑的亮光
9. 由于 10. 害怕
11.根据…. 12. 目击者
13.怪模怪样的动物 14.研究…
15.调查 16.发生在某人身上
17.做恶梦 18.编造
19.令人信服的证据 20.取得很大进步
21.梦见… 22.实施
23.实现/成真 24. 和……分离
25.对某人失望 26. 寻找财宝
Step 3 达标提升
Task11 单词拼写
1. Who can tell me the a________ age of the students of Senior One?
2. Hey! Don’t throw rubbish in the public park. Please pay attention to your b_______.
3. He is good at w__________, so he lifts the heaviest box.
4. Nowadays, many people have realized the importance of taking practical exercise r_______.
5. As a rule, people are f _________to smoke in cinemas.
6. Sahra is so dying to improve her reading a_______ that she plans to read 5 passages each day.
7. I still can’t understand it. Would you please give me another e_________ of it?
8. I felt e___________(难为情的) about my carelessness in the exams.
9. Looking at the photos of the starving poor children，the old man felt u_________(不安的).
10. The launch of Shenzhou 6 is a great a_________ (成就) .
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Task 12 高考链接点
1. On average, these footprints are 14 to 18 inches long, 5 to 9 inches wide and much larger than those of a human. （P18）
这些脚印平均十四到十八英寸长，五到九英寸宽，比人类的脚印大很多。
【分析讲解1】这是一个由and引导的并列句，其中much larger than those of a human是一个比较句型，those指代footprints，其单数为that，指代的内容为一类但不是同一个。例如：
Equipped with modern facilities, today’s libraries differ greatly from those of the past.
拥有现代化的设备，今天的图书馆与过去的大不相同。
【分析讲解2】句中出现了表示物体长、宽、高等的句型，结构为：数词+度量名词+形容词。例如：
The mountain is about 3,000 meters high.
这座山大约三千米高。
She is 1.72 meters tall. 她身高一米七二。
The water is about 120 meters deep.
水约有一百二十米深。
The road is 25 meters wide. 这条路宽二十五米。
【分析讲解3】 副词much, many, far, any, rather, even, still, a lot等常用来修饰形容词或副词的比较级。如：
There are many more sheep than people in this mountainous area.
这个山区羊的数量远比人的数量多。
The lecture is far more interesting than the one we attended yesterday.
这个讲座比我们昨天听的讲座有趣得多。
2. Some scientists even think that these footprints could have been made by people playing a joke.（P18）
有些科学家甚至认为这些脚印可能是有人开玩笑而做出来的。
【分析讲解】 这是一个主从复合句，that引导的从句作think的宾语。其中could have done sth. 表示对过去事情的推测。
例如：
I could have written down your phone number.
我可能记下你的电话号码了。
【联想】 must have done sth. 肯定做过某事，表示对过去事情的肯定推测，比could的可能性大。
can’t / couldn’t have done sth. 表示对过去事情的否定推测。例如：
He must have finished his homework last night because he went to bed early.
昨晚他一定完成了家庭作业，因为他睡得很早。
My sister met Jim at the airport yesterday afternoon，so he couldn’t have attended your lecture.
我姐姐昨天下午在机场遇到了吉姆，因此他是不可能去听你的讲座的。
3. He became convinced that they exist while studying the footprints. (P18)
在研究这些足迹的过程中，他开始相信这些野人是存在的。
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【分析讲解1】 形容词后可接that引导的从句，有些语法学家把这种从句看作宾语从句，有些则视其为形容词补足语。这种句型的特点是：主语大都是人，而形容词或分词大都是表示人的感情或思想状况的，
如：afraid, anxious, angry, happy, hopeful, proud, sad, thankful等。例如：
I am very pleased that my son has been admitted to Harvard.
我很高兴我儿子被哈佛大学录取了。
I am very sorry that I was late for the meeting.
很抱歉，我开会迟到了。
【分析讲解2】 while studying the footprints是状语从句的省略形式。可补充完整为：while he was studying the footprints。
在时间、条件、让步、原因等状语从句中，如果从句的主语和主句的主语相同或者从句中的主语是it，从句中谓语动词又含有be动词时，可以省略从句中的主语和be动词。
例如：
Be careful when (you are) crossing the street.
过马路的时候要小心。
If (I am) invited, I will go to the party.
如果我被邀请，就去参加聚会。
Task 13 填写并背诵:
People have reported seeing a wild_____1_____ creature in the Himalayas. They call it a Yeti. There are many _____2_____all over the world. It is said that Yetis are heavily built and__3_____. In 1998, an American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti on the Chinese side of the Himalayas, which walked like a human with thick black__4____, huge shoulders, very long arms and large hands. In 1970, many footprints were ____5_______in the snow near Bossburg, Washington in the US. Footprints are one of the few pieces of hard ___6_______supporting the _______7____of Yeti. However scientists have different opini** about Yetis. Some scientists even think that these footprints could have been made by people _____8______. Scientists hope that the______9_____ will be solved someday. If Yetis really exist, we might have the _____10_____to see one with our own eyes.
Task 14 Homework
1. Ask students to go over what they have learnt in this unit
2. Ask students to finish the workbook exercises.
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