Project Telling about an unexplained mystery

俄罗斯大脚野人之谜.rm

Teaching aims Teaching aims & demands 1.Learn the mystery of Yetis 2. Analyze the usage of some important words and phrases.

Mysteries! What do they have in common? UFO Yeti Crop circles Stonehenge

Their appearance: man-like hairy-black fur huge shoulders 6 feet tall long arms large hands large feet

Yeti, Bigfoot the Wild Man and of Shennongjia

Revision 1. area that animals are protected 2. to be; to live reserve 1. area that animals are protected 2. to be; to live 3. something that cannot be explained or understood 4. almost but not exactly the same 5. the quality of being physically strong. 6. to hurt or defeat sb with violence 7. make sb feel certain 8. a line of marks left on the ground exist mystery similar strength attack convince track similar convince track reserve strength attack mystery exist

Fast reading

3. What does an American scientist think of Yetis? 1. Where have people reported seeing a wild creature called Yeti? In the Himalayas. 2. What does a Yeti look like? It is said to be very large and hairy. It walks on two feet like a human, but it has thick black fur and is about six feet tall with huge shoulders, very long arms and large hands. 3. What does an American scientist think of Yetis?

Dr Grover Krantz became convinced that Yetis exist while studying the tracks.

Divide the passage into several parts and give the main idea of each part.

Sightings of Yetis are reported. Part Main idea 1 ( ) 2 ( ) 3 4 Sightings of Yetis are reported. para1 Descriptions of wild creatures in three different places. para 2-4 A Scientist’s opinion about Yetis. para 5 Scientists hope to find the truth. para 6

Careful-reading

Read the article again, and find the main idea of each paragraph.

Reports about seeing Yetis in the Himalayas for hundreds of years Para 1 : Para 2 : Para 3 : Para 4 : Para 5 : Para 6 : An eyewitness to a yeti in 1998 Another eyewitness who saw Yeti tracks in 2007, which looked like the tracks of Bigfoot in the USA Reports about the Wild Man in Shennongjia and the similarity of Yeti, Bigfoot and the Wild Man in Shennongjia An American scientist’s opinion The hope for the solution to the mystery

True or False F 1. There are no Yetis in the world according to the article. 2. An American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti once. 3. These creatures have only been seen in the Himalayas. 4. Wild Man ran with an amazing speed. 5. Tracks of Yetis are similar to human. 6. Yetis possibly lived in Asia about 300,000 years ago. 7. Scientists have solved the mystery. T F Yetis have T F Bigfoot T F haven’t

Why do they look the same? Wild creatures What they are called Where they are seen Appearance Ability Yeti large,____, thick black ___ with huge ________, Very long _____ and large _____, large ____ more than ____ in length walking like a _____ _____, moving with an ______ speed and _______ Bigfoot Wild Man in Shennongjia in the Himalayas hairy fur in the forests of north-west of the USA human being shoulders arms amazing hands In western Hubei Province, China tracks strength 33cm They are linked to a common ancestor, an animal that lived in Asia about 300,000 years ago. Why do they look the same?

Discussion 1.Do you believe in the existence of yetis? 2.If you saw a bigfoot some day, what would you do?

background information the Shennongjia Nature Reserve 让某人了解… 背景信息 报道做过某事 用两只脚行走 33厘米长 复制某物 与…相似 神农架自然保护区 give sb. an idea of… background information report doing walk on two feet 33 centimeters in length make copies of be similar to the Shennongjia Nature Reserve

belong to 9.属于 10.…的可靠证据 11.与… 相关联 12.向… 前进 strong evidence of be linked to make one’s way to…

Homework write a story about one of the mysteries you are interested in.

You all did a good job! Thank you