2018-2019学年高中英语(...

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2018-2019学年高中英语(...

Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained

Period one Welcome to the Unit

The Analysis of this part:

Ss are encouraged to do a free discussion about some

mysterious and unexplained phenomena in the world.

Teaching aims:

1. Help Ss practice spoken English.

2. Help Ss express their opinions boldly and imaginatively.

Teaching methods:

1. Looking and speaking

2. Discussion in pairs or groups.

Teaching procedures:

Step one: Lead- in

Today, our topics are not only interesting and attractive, but

a little mysterious as well. They are beyond our knowledge.

Maybe we only hear of them. Even the advanced science and

technology of today can't offer satisfactory answers to them.

Step two: Picture talking

1.UFOS, Yetis, Crop circles and Stonehenge

T: Do these topics have sth. in common? If so, what is it?

(Unexplained, no satisfactory answers, mysterious, no

evidence.....)

How do you feel about them?

Are you a bit curious?

Now let's discuss the pictures on page one.

2. Ask students to discuss all the pictures in pairs or groups

and then report the result of

their discussion to the teacher. Step three: Description of the pictures

Picture one: UFOS

1) What do the letters UFO stand for?

It stands for unidentified Flying Object, that is , an object ,

apparently moving in the sky, which we can not identify.

2) Do you believe in it?

I never believe in spacecraft carrying visitors from outer

space.

Picture two: Yetis

1) Where are the Himalayas? It is in the south of Asia.

2) What's the weather like there? cold.

3) What is the Yeti, and what is it like?

It's reported to be half-man and half-beast. It's supposed to

live in the highest mountain in the world---Mount Qomolangma.

Picture three: Crop circles

It’s said that the earlie st crop circles appeared in England

in 1647. Crop circles are reported to appear mostly in spring and

summer. People are curious about the phenomenon. What about

you? Do you really believe it’s a natural phenomenon?

1. Do you believe in the existence of aliens?

2. Do you think the crop circles are made by aliens?

Picture four: Stonehenge

Who built Stonehenge in England and for what reason? No

one knows the answer!

1. Have you ever heard or read about the Stonehenge?

2. Are you interested in Stonehenge?

3. Would you be interested in discovering more about them?

Step four: Discussion

1.Ask students to discuss the question On P1 in pairs or a

group of four. 2.Then ask each group leader to report the result of their

discussion

Step five: Language points

1.tell a story about a mystery

2.can’t tell……说不准

tell 与be able to /can /could 连用“判断、区别、猜测”

=decide /determine/know

e.g. I really can’t the difference between the twin brothers

3. run into

e.g. I run into an old school friend at the supermarket this

morning

We run into a patch of thick fog just outside London

The project is running into financial difficulties.

Run sth. into sb./ sth.

The bus went out of control and ran into a shop front.

She ran her car into a tree while reversing.

4. the Himalayas

Mount Qomolangma

5. no one / none of

Step six: Consolidation & Homework

Translation

1.There’re many unexplained mysteries in the world.

2.He didn’t expect to run into some of his friends in the

street.

3.The reason for his illness was drinking the polluted water.

4.He didn’t atte nd the meeting for some reason.

5.None of us agrees to your plan.

Ask students to preview reading part on pages 2—3.