外研版高中英语必修4 Module 6《Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World》(Period Ⅱ)课件

NSE1 Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the National World学案I. 考点词汇1. attack vt.①进攻，攻击_________ 攻击敌人②（疾病）侵袭_______________ 患病③ n 病情发作_________ 心脏病④她开始用一块木头猛打抢劫犯。

________________________________________.⑤常言道，攻击是最好的防御。

__________________________________________________.2. frightening adj.① Frighten sb. into (out of) doing sth.②一个受惊的女孩正在哭。

_________________________________________.③不要吓唬人们去购买昂贵的安全设备。

_________________________________________________________________.3. exist vi.①人没有空气就不能生存。

______________________________________②靠------生活；生存__________________________③我靠我的工资简直难以糊口。

_________________________________________④开始存在_________________________4.claim v.①要求；索取_________________ ②声称________________③索回_______________________④他们声称已经发现了治疗此病的一种药物，但此事尚未得到证实。

___________________________________________________________.⑤He claimed _________unfairly when shopping in the shop yesterday.A. to treatB. to be treatedC. to have been treatedD. being treated5. cover n. vt.①覆盖；蒙上②行走（一段路程）③占（面积）④看完（多少页书）⑤采访；报道⑥足以支付⑦包括；包含；涉及；处理①最优秀的记者被派去作战地报道。

5 ． Some experts believe it is________ ________the animals the
myths________ ________ ________. 一些专家认为这些神话故事是由于动物而产生的。 答案： due to；grew out of
attack vt.攻击；进攻；侵袭；n.攻击；进攻；(疾病等)发作；着手 (教材原句P51)It often gets angry and will attack anyone who goes close to it.它常常会生气并攻击靠近它的人。
答案： to have seen
3 ． They say that the lowtemperature lake________ ________
________be able to support such large living creatures.
他们说，水温这样低的湖泊不可能生存有体形如此巨大的动物。
若so，such和与其所修饰的词置于句首，用部分倒装，又sudden是形容 词，作表语，所以选C项。 答案： C
The attack was so sudden that the enemy had no time to escape.
2．When he became old，he was________with lung disease and
1.(2009· 山东卷)So sudden________that the enemy had no 源自ime toescape.
A．did the attack C．was the attack 解析： B．the attack did D．the attack was

cover an area of 占地面积
The temple covers an area of 2000 square meters. China covers an area of 9.6 million square kilometers.
Homework
1. Find more information about the monsters or other mysteries of the nature world.
para5
E.another recent sighting of Tianchi monster
1. How many sightings of the monster does the article report? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
2. Where does the beginning of the text come from? A. A tourist guide B. A newspaper. C. A dictionary D. A scientific journal
2. Why could they see the animal clearly? The weather was fine and the lake was calm.
Read the 4th Paragraph: 1. When was the monster first sighted?
Since the beginning of the last century.
麦田怪圈
cartoon monster
cartoon monster
the Loch Ness monster(Scotland)
the monster of Lake Tianchi

Module 6Unexplained Mysteries of theNatural World在南太平洋上一个117 平方米的小岛充满了神秘色彩，众多巨石头像成了这里的未解之谜，科学家们一直在不断探索它们的出处。

The Mystery of Easter IslandOne of the greatest mysteries on the Earth is the statues standing on Easter Island.Easter Island is one of the most remote islands on the Earth.It is in the southern Pacific Ocean,2,300 miles west of the coast of Chile and 2,500 miles southeast of Tahiti.Who built these statues and why and how did they get there? Nobody knows the answer for sure，but many are trying to find it out.It has even been suggested that space aliens may have played a role regarding these giant statues.There are also other theories about it.One theory suggests that Easter Island was inhabited by Polynesian sailors，who traveled thousands of miles in their canoes，guided by the stars，the color of sky and the sun，the shapes of clouds，the birds making flights out to sea seeking food.The Polynesians first arrived on the island in400 A．D.However，the ocean currents which carried them there would not take them back.They were trapped and could not leave.The Easter Islanders had their own system of writing，different from any other in the world.No other Pacific Islanders knew how to write，and the American Indians did not know how to write either.Who taught the Easter Islanders how to write，or did theydevelop their own system? Remember that writing was first invented in Asia.Easter Island and the statues that exist there suggested the influence of alien from other planets.Easter Island continues to be one of the world's greatest unexplained mysteries.1．statue n．雕像；塑像2．regarding prep. 关于；至于3．inhabit v. 居住于；占据；栖息4．canoe n. 独木舟5．current n. 趋势；(水、气、电)流Why couldn't Polynesian sailors leave the island according to the passage?________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 【答案】Because the ocean currents which carried them there would not take them back.。