2020—2021学年译林牛津版高中英语必修2课件：Unit1Talesoftheunexplain

【美文阅读】

Tales of the unexplained

人类科技发展到今天，早已能够上天下海。那么人类是否已无所不能了呢？还是让我们先去看一看百慕大三角再下结论吧！

We like to consider ourselves the superior race，and we are.It's

true that we are getting to know more and more，and we actually

live in “the information age”．Our human vanity (虚荣心) makes

us believe that we really have to know everything！

Surprisingly，we do not have this ability.The question “What

is happening in the Bermuda Triangle？”is the very proof (证据)．

Where is the Bermuda Triangle located？The mysterious

triangle is believed to be situated between Florida，Bermuda and Puerto Rico，where

too many unusual events have happened.

On December the 5th 1945，five U．S. military planes took off from Florida on a

clear day only to disappear over Bermuda.Furthermore，some other disappearances

took place：in 1947，an American C54 plane simply disappeared at 100 miles from

Unit 1 Tales of the Unexplained

Reading同步练习

Ⅰ. 单项填空

1. With his key ________，he couldn't enter his home，so he had to wait for his wife to

come home.

A. missed B. missing

C. losing D. left

2. She didn't expect to ________her friend here.

A. run after B. run into

C. run to D. run for

3. The police have ________the thief for several days，and now they are ________the

station.

A. searched；searching B. searched for；searching for

C. searched for；searching D. searched of；searching of

4. ________the day went on，the weather got worse.

A. With B. Since

C. While D. As

5. His illness was ________smoking and drinking.

A. because B. because of

C. due to D. thanks to

6. We all like him because he often ________and tells jokes.

A. invents B. makes up

C. puts on D. puts up

牛津译林版高中英语必修二

Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained Reading 教学设计1

单元：Unit1 Tales of the unexplained

板块：Reading1

设计思路：

本节课为阅读课的第一课时，主要是解决对课文内容的理解和学习有关阅读技巧。本文的体裁是新闻报道，采用新闻报告的常规要点为切入口，从title和五个“W”一个“H”这几个方面构画出新闻报道清晰的框架结构并教学生如何阅读此类文章，如何在此类文章中捕捉所需要的信息。教学方法还是通过预测、略读和寻读等常规技巧，帮助学生了解课文内容。教学步骤的设计以培养说、读、写能力为主。(PPT3)

Teaching aims:

After learning the passage, students will be able to know typical writing features in news

articles and learn how to read a newspaper article and how to get the important information in it,

thus reinforcing their reading abilities in reading this kind of material. Besides, students should be

encouraged to express themselves in both written and oral English so that their language learning

abilities can be enhanced.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in

● Warm-up questions:

1. Do you often read newspapers? (often, seldom…)

Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained

●Task Conducting a survey

This section consists of a series of activities which provide you opportunities to learn and practise

your language skills of listening, reading speaking and writing. Your ability to analyze problems is

supposed to be improved. The Task section is divided into three steps, each of which is preceded

by a skills building activity. By going through the three steps, you will learn how to design a

questionnaire, how to conduct an interview, how to analyze statistics and how to write a report

which includes conclusions and recommendations based on the survey.

Skills building 1: Completing a questionnaire

This part tells us how to design a questionnaire. Six rules are given to let you know the style of the

language used in a questionnaire, so the questions and statements do not cause any confusion. You