Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World Introduction Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World Introduction Reading and Vocabulary

Introduction-3 Vocabulary (5m) Learn the new words monster

tail hairy

footprint claw

dinosaur

Activity 2 on page 51---match the words with the definitions. 6. dinosaur 7. spirit 8. claws 9. attack Keys : creature monster hairy footprint tail

Introduction-1 Matching (5m) 　Read the description and match the pictures. The bigfoot (2)

喜马拉雅山雪人，雪人被称作“夜帝” (Yeti)，意思是居住在岩石上的动物。关于雪人的传说可以追溯到公元前326年，它们高1. 5米到4 The Yeti (1)

The Loch Ness Monster (4)

The Grey Man (3)

Introduction-5. Note-taking (5m) creature description The Yeti the Himalayas, 2m tall, powerful arms and legs, angry, attack The Bigfoot The Grey Man The Loch Ness Monster northwest American, large footprints, tall, hairy, big arms and legs Scotland, tall, grey face, long claws Lake Ness, north of Scotland, small head, long tail

Introduction-2 Discussion (3m) pyramid Do you know any other mysteries in this world? UFO Unidentified Flying Subject

Reading & Vocabulary - 1. Warming-up (3m) Discuss the following questions. As we know, there are some unexplained mysteries in the natural world such as the Yeti, the Bigfoot, the Grey Man and the Loch Ness Monster. Have you ever heard of or read about any other monster? Tell us something you know.

Reading & Vocabulary -2. Skimming (5m) Find the topic sentence of the text //the main idea of each paragraph. The “monster of Lake Tianchi” is back in the news after several recent sighting.

Get the main idea of each paragraph. Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 the latest sighting of the Tianchi monster another recent sighting of Tianchi monster a third sighting of the Tianchi monster more information about the Tianchi monster information about Lake Tianchi

Reading & Vocabulary -3. Detailed -reading (10m) Read the 1st Paragraph: According to the text, what did the monster look like? How many people saw it? Black in color; jumped like a seal; its head looked like a horse. About 200

A group of soldiers. 1. Who else saw the animal? Read the 2nd Paragraph: 1. Who else saw the animal? 2. What were they doing? 3. What did it look like? A group of soldiers. They were walking along the side of the lake. It was greenish-black and had a round head with 10cm horns.

The weather was fine and the lake was calm. Read the 3rd Paragraph: What did Li Xiaohe see? Why could they see the animal clearly? A round black creature moving quickly through the water. After 300 or 400 meters it dived into the water. The weather was fine and the lake was calm.

1. How long was the history of reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi? Read the 4th Paragraph: 1. How long was the history of reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi? 2. What do many people think? 3. What do the scientists think? Since the beginning of the last century. The monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland and there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world. The low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.

Information about Lake Tianchi: Height: Area: Depth: Read the 5th Paragraph: Information about Lake Tianchi: Height: Area: Depth: 2189 m 10 km2 370 m deep in some places

appear calm claim dive horn repeat skeptical seal sighting temperature Reading & Vocabulary –4. Words-learning (5m) Guess the meaning in the box and do activity 4 on page 53. appear calm claim dive horn repeat skeptical seal sighting temperature The keys: 1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. C 10.B

Reading & Vocabulary -5.Note-taking (8m) SIGHTING WITNESS DESCRIPTION Sighting One Sighting Two Sighting There Its head looked like a horse Xue Junlin greenish-black，round head with 10cm horns a group of soldiers A round black creature Li Xiaohe

Language Date Bank 1. …, which seemed to be black in colour, seem + (to be) + adj./n 看起来似乎 The young man seemed to be excited today. 2. He claims to have seen a round black creature… You seem to have got the good news. She pretended to have seen the film. He claimed that he had finished the work but I didn’t believe him.

Language Date Bank 3. There have been reports of monster in… there be 的现在完成形式：从…到现在都有” There have been an old church in that town since long ago. 4. be angry with sb. at/about/ for sth. 因某事生某人的气 (1) I am very angry _____ them ____ letting me down. (2)Don’t be angry __________________ the things. with for at/about/for

Exercise stick out Useful expressions: 1.伸出；突出 __________________________ 2.在…表面 ___________________________ 3.声称做某事 ___________________________ 4.不可能做 ___________________________ 5.占有…面积 ___________________________ 6.讲实话/说谎 ___________________________ 7.潜入 _______________________________ on the surface of claim to do sth./ claim that be unlikely to do/ it is unlikely that cover an area of tell the truth / tell a lie dive into

Exercise die out 8.灭绝; (火)熄灭 ___________________________ 8.灭绝; (火)熄灭 ___________________________ 9.适应 ____________________________ 10.帮助弄清楚;阐明某事 _____________________ 11.谈正题;开门见山 _________________________ 12.赞成;支持 _______________________________ 13.和…密切相关 ____________________________ adapt (himself)to / be adapted to throw light on come straight to the point go for, be for be closely connected with/ to

Exercise due to / because of / as a result of 14.由于; 因..而造成 ____________________ 15.接近 ________________________ 16.清楚地看到 __________________________ 17.对...怀疑 _____________________________ 18.再次成为新闻 _________________________ 19.可能有某人 ___________________________ get /go close to get a clear look at be sceptical about be back in the news there is likely to be someone

Exercise 20.突然 __________________________ almost overnight 20.突然 __________________________ 21.对…进攻 _______________________ 22.在第一次目击时 _______________________ 23. 不同寻常 _____________________________ make an attack on in /during the first sighting quite something

欧肯纳根水怪(Ogopogo，在印第安语中意指水中的恶魔)是传说中居住在欧肯纳根湖的生物。欧肯纳根湖位于加拿大的哥伦比亚省的欧肯纳根的核心地带，湖约150公里长，1.6公里深，附近水域是欧肯纳根水怪常出没的地区。