湖南省安乡县第一中学高中英语译林牛津必修二课件：Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained Reading

4.s_t_a_y__in__g__o_u_t_late without telling anyone.
Justin’s sister said she heard him heard him
return and he went 5._s_t_r_a_i_g_h_t_to his room and 6._p_u__t_ on a CD. Then she saw a bright
Post Reading
Task 1: Fill in the blanks with proper words
Justin Foster, a 15-year-old boy, went
1._m__is_s_i_n_g__in Dever, New Hampshire. Police in America have 2._s_te_p__p_e_d__up their search
2. In the second paragraph, “show up” means_______.
A. arrive or appear B. reach C.
disappear
D. reach for
3. From the third paragraph, we know that________.
4. According to Paragraph 5, we know that __________.
A. the light that Kelly saw was the light of the full moon
B. the spaceship was white all over
C. Kelly saw the aliens take Justin away

❖ Are you interested in Stonehenge?
Group discussion
1. Do you believe in unexplained things mentioned above? Why or why not?
2. If you saw a UFO or a monster some day, what would you do?
❖ The reason for building the pyramids in Egypt is still unknown even today.
The Pyramids
❖ Which country are the pyramids in? ❖ Do you think the Great Pyramid is a
Have you heard of it? ❖ Do you think some climbers’ disappearances
are connected with Yetis?
Pyramids , Egypt
The Sphinx
Half human, half lion, the Sphinx is 240 feet long and 66 feet high
wonder in human history?
❖
Stonehenge
❖ Who built Stonehenge in England and for what reason? No one knows the answer!
Stonehenge
❖ Have you ever heard or read about the Stonehenge?
Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained

Unit 1 Tales of the unexplainedPeriod 2 ReadingBoy missing, police puzzledThe analysis of this part:The reading text is a news story about a boy, whose disappearance was thought to be connected with a UFO. Though a lot of effort ahs been made to investigate the case, it still remains a mystery.The reading strategy of this unit enables students to become familiar with typical writing features in news articles and acquaint themselves with effective ways of reading those articles.Teaching aims:1.Checking and enhancing Ss’s reading abilities.2.Help Ss gain an overall understanding of the article.3.Help Ss learn to read in different ways according to the types of thearticle they’re reading.Teaching methods:1.Listening and reading2.Pair workTeaching procedures:Step one: Lead-inTeacher stars the lesson by raising the following questions:1)What can you guess from the title? Can you complete the title?2)Are you curious about why the writer uses an incomplete sentence asthe tile?3)Do you know it is a feature of a news title? What are some of otherfeatures of a news title?Step two: Fast reading1.Ask Ss to read the story quickly and finish doing Part A.2.Ask Ss to describe the pictures before reading3.Suggested answers:The article is about a missing boy.Last Friday.Detective Sam Peterson.Step three: Reading strategyBefore Ss do the careful reading, they are asked to go through the reading strategy on page 3.Pay attention to some phrases about leadtake the lead in doing sth.be/have/ gain the lead in the race 在赛跑中领先take/ lose the lead 带头/落后lead storylead-led-led-leading lead a happy lifelead to This misprint led to great confusion.Step four: Careful reading1. Ask Ss to read or listen to the tape and finish doing Part C2. Tell Ss that the first paragraph gives the main idea and the mostimportant facts. Ask students read it and answer the following questions:i.Which city does Justin Foster live in?ii.What did Justin do with friends last Friday?iii.What time did Justin get back home that night?iv.What does Kelly think happened to her brother?v.What colour are the aliens according to Kelly?vi.What happened to Mrs. Mavis Wood?vii.What do the police think about the incident?b)Ask Ss to finish Part C1 and C2.c)Suggested answers:Step five : Consolidation and Homework1.Ask Ss to finish Part E2.Ask Ss to preview reading part.。

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Reading strategy
The structure of a news story
title
the paragraph
to give a general idea about the news
1st
Reading strategy
The structure of a news story
title
1st 2nd
to give a general idea about the news
to tell readers “who” “when” the paragraph “where” “what” “why” “how” the to give more important facts paragraph
Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained Reading 课件1
Lead-in
1. Does the title arouse your interest when you read it? 2. Can you complete the title? A boy is missing, and the police are puzzled.
Find the best answers
3. We can infer that the boy might go missing _____. A. in his own room B. on the playground C. in Kelly’s room D. in his brother’s room
Find the best answers
3. We can infer that the boy might go missing _____. A. in his own room B. on the playground C. in Kelly’s room D. in his brother’s room