1.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. Lead-in The Bigfoot The Yeti The Loch Ness Monster The Grey Man

Before-reading The Monster Of Lake Tianchi

2. How much do you know about Lake Tianchi? Where is it? How big/ deep is it?

Fast-reading The Monster Of Lake Tianchi

1. Read the beginning of the passage and decide where it comes from. a tourist guide a newspaper a dictionary a scientific journal √

Skimming Find the topic sentence of the text The “monster of Lake Tianchi” is back in the news after several recent sighting.

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

Careful-reading The Monster Of Lake Tianchi

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions: 1How many sightings of the monster does the article report? 2Who saw the monster clearly, and why? 3. Which description of the monster is most detailed? 4. When was the monster first sighted? 5. What do many people think about the monster? 6.What do scientists think about the monster? 7.What is special about Lake Tianchi? Three. Mr. Li Xiao he and his family, because the weather was fine and the lake was calm. The soldiers’. The beginning of last century. They think it might be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness Monster. They don’t believe a large animal could live in Lake Tianchi because it’s too cold. It’s the highest volcanic lake in the world.

Choose the best way to complete the definitions of the words in the box. 1. A sighting is when someone __________. a ) sees something b) finds something c ) puts something somewhere 2. A seal is __________. a ) a kind of animal b) a swimmer c ) a kind of boat 3. If you claim something you ________ a ) say it true b) say it is not true c ) are not telling the truth appear calm claim dive horn repeat sceptical seal sighting temperature

Choose the best way to complete the definitions of the words in the box. 4. A horn is a type of bone which comes out of an animal’ s __________. a ) tail b) head c ) back 5. If you dive into water you go ________. a ) feet first b) bottom first c ) hands and head first 6. If you repeat something you _________. a ) do it again b) stop doing it c ) do it many times 7. Something which appears can be__________. a ) seen b) heard c ) touched appear calm claim dive horn repeat sceptical seal sighting temperature

Choose the best way to complete the definitions of the words in the box. 8. Calm water is not __________. a ) dangerous b) deep c ) moving 9. If you are sceptical about something you __________. a ) know nothing about it b) believe it to be true c ) don’t really believe it 10. The temperature of something is ________ a ) how heavy it b) how hot or cold it is c ) how deep it is appear calm claim dive horn repeat sceptical seal sighting temperature

Detailed-reading Read the text more carefully and finish the following exercise.

Note-taking SIGHTINGWITNESSDESCRIPTION Sighting One Sighting Two Sighting There Xue Junlin a group of soldiers Li Xiaohe Its head looked like a horse greenish-black ， round head with 10cm horns A round black creature

Read the 1st Paragraph: 1.According to the text, what did the monster look like? 2.How many people saw it? Black in color; jumped like a seal; its head looked like a horse. About 200

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.

Read the 3rd Paragraph: 1.What did Li Xiaohe see? 2.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.

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.

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

Speaking – Role-play Work in pairs and do the role-play. Student A: You were one of the people who saw the monster from the top of the mountain. Think about what you saw. Answer B ’ s questions. Student B: You are a journalist of an English Newspaper. You are writing an article about the Lake Tichchi monster. Ask A what he/ she saw.

Language points

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.

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. withfor at/about/for

Exercise 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 _______________________________ stick out 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 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 ____________________________ die out adapt (himself)to / be adapted to throw light on come straight to the point go for, be for be closely connected with/ to

Exercise 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 ___________________________ due to / because of / as a result of 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 __________________________ 21. 对 … 进攻 _______________________ 22. 在第一次目击时 _______________________ 23. 不同寻常 _____________________________ almost overnight make an attack on in /during the first sighting quite something

Exercise Translation 1. 他很快适应了这里的气候了。 2. 任何同意这个计划的人举起手。 3. 自从上世纪初这种怪物已经灭绝了。 Soon he adapted ( himself) to the climate here. Whoever agrees to the plan puts up his hand. Anyone who agrees to the plan puts up his hand. This species of monster has died out since the beginning of last century

Exercise 4. 由于这场大雨他不可能来这里了。 5. 他声称见过这种已经绝迹了的怪物. 6. 在远处我看见大火熄灭了. He is unlikely to come here due to the heavy rain. He claimed that he had seen the species of monster that had died out. I saw the fire die out in the distance.

Homework 1. Find more information about the monsters or other mysteries of the nature world. 2.Finish exercises in workbook on pages Preview Grammar in this module.