ProgramsPrograms

1)science and technology 2)broadcast the latest news at home and abroad 3)report and analyze the current situation 4)comment on the global economy and finances 5)related to sports and music 6)introduce different local customs

would you like to watch TV in your spare time?would you like to watch TV in your spare time?

What programs would you like to watch?What programs would you like to watch?What are these programmes about?What are these programmes about?

programsprograms

entertainment orrecreation fun and amusement

excitement or thrillingInformation and knowledge

discoverydiscovery

knowledgeknowledge

Strange thingsStrange things

phenominaphenomina

mysteriesmysteries

informationinformation

2.Are you curious about mysteries? Why?2.Are you curious about mysteries? Why?3.Have you ever thought of exploring some 3.Have you ever thought of exploring some of the mysteries?of the mysteries?

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Module 2

Unit 1 Welcome to the Unit

Tales of the unexplained

Making discoveries

UFOsThe chances for seeing a UFO are greater for those people who live in small towns or in the country and are outside late at night.

UFOs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are only small spots of light that move in strange patterns across the night sky.

Some can be seen in the daytime are often disk- or saucer-shaped.

Colourless, move at a slow,steady speed with little noise

: unidentified flying objects

Himalayasthe highest mountain range in the world

Yeti

Half-man and half-beastSupposed to live in the highest Himalayas. Called “the missing link. Sightings of footprints have been reported. Yet none of them have been supported with evidence

Loch Ness the largest of a series of interlinked lochs, or lakes, located in northern one of Scotland’s top tourist attractions.

Lock Ness Monster

1)Nessie, was sighted as far as the 6th century.four fingered beast 2)feet of eight inches across 3)powerful soft-footed animal about 20 feet in length 4)breathe like a crocodile with one nostril out of the water

The SphinxHalf human, half lion, the Sphinx is 240 feet long and 66 feet high The Great Pyramid of Khufu,served as burial places for the Pharaohs.

Pyramids , Egypt

                                                                              

Stonehenge  Who? Why? place:place: time:time: shape:shape:

in southern Englandin southern England built between 2800 and 1500 BCbuilt between 2800 and 1500 BC two concentric(two concentric( 同心） 同心） circles of circles of standing stonesstanding stones

Is there anything common in these pictures?

Tales of the Unexplained unexplained no satisfactory answers mysterious no evidence

How do you feel about them?

3. If you saw a UFO or a monster some day, what would you do?

Group discussion

1. Do you believe in UFOS/Yetis? Why or why not?

2.What other unexplained things in Chinado you know about?

Savages in Shennongjia

the Terracotta Warriorsthe Great Wall

the Hung Coffins

Phrases:1. 无法解释的 /神秘的故事2.充满神秘3. 今天先进的科技

4.一艘沉船5. 一个气象气球6.遇见雪人7. 建造金字塔的原因

8.看到几个脚印

9.相信无法解释的事情

10. 有一天，某天

1.tales of the unexplained 2.full of mysteries

3.today’s advanced science and technology

4.a sunken ship 5.a weather balloon

6.run into a Yeti7.the reason for building the pyramids8.see a few footprints9.believe in unexplained things

10.some day

advanced (adj.)1. 高级的 2. 年老的 3. 先进的1.The USA has the most advanced weapon systems in the word.2.He is spending a year in advanced studies.

3.He’s advanced in years.

advance (v.)1. 往前走 2. 上涨 3. 提出

1.They were going to advance thirty-five miles per day into Germany.

2.Sugar has advanced two cents a pound.

3.The plan he advanced was not good.

先进的

高级的年老的

往前走上涨

提出

run into 1. 碰到 （某人 ) 2. 和—相撞 3. 遭到（危险 / 困难 )4. 达到（某个数量）1.Lester did not expect to ____________

__________ （遇到很多他的朋友）2. Joe lost control of his bike and ___________

（撞上了树）

run into many of his friends.

run into a tree

3.They _________________________ in the course of construction. （碰到了许多困难）

ran into many difficulties

4.The wealth they took with them ran into hundreds of millions.

sink sank sunk/ sunken 1. 正在下沉的船 已沉的船2. 正在升起的太阳 已升起的太阳3. 纷纷落下的树叶 落叶

the sinking shipthe sunken ship

the rising sunthe risen sunthe falling leaves

the fallen leavesthe reason for 名词 / 代词 / 动词 -ing/sb.doing sth. 或 why 从句

1.___________________________was drinking the polluted water. （他生病的原因）2.Give me your reason for ________(do) it.3.____________________is that there was a breakdown on the railway. （他迟到的原因）4.The reason for many animals dying out is man’s hunting and killing.

The reason for his illness

doingThe reason why he is late

a hotel balcony , Portugal , Sept, 2003

Photo observation 1

On seeing this photo , how are you feeling?

Why?

no lights on or around, no other rooms above the woman; no light could have reflected on the woman here.