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Unit 1 Tales of the UnexplainedPeriod one Welcome to the UnitThe Analysis of this part: Ss are encouraged to conduct a free discussion about some mysterious andunexplained 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 speaking2. Discussion in pairs or groups.Teaching procedures:Step one: Lead- inToday, our topics are not only interesting and attractive, but a little mysteriousas well. They are beyond our knowledge. Maybe we only hear of them. Even the advanced science and technology of today cant offer satisfactory answers to them.Step Two: Picture talking 1. UFOS, Yetis, Stonehenge, the Pyramids, the Loch Ness Monster T: Do these pictures 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 lets 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) Whats the weather like there ? cold. 3) What is the Yeti, and what is it like? Its reported to be half-man and half-beast. Its supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Qomolangma. Picture three: The Loch Ness Monster 1) Where is the Loch Ness ? a big lake in Scotland. 2) Do you believe in the Loch Ness Monster? 3) Do monsters really exist in the world? 4) If you really come across a monster, what will you do ?Picture four: the Pyramids 1) Where were the pyramids built, on the east coast of the Nile or on the west coast ? why ? It stands on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo. In fact all the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. This is why their dead bodies were buried on the west bank of the Nile.The kings of ancient Egypt planned strong tombs to keep their bodies safe after death and to hold their treasures . The Great Pyramid was built thousands of years ago for a king called Khufu. It stands on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo. In fact all the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank. The ancient Egyptians compared the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life. This is why their dead bodies were buried on the west bank of the Nile. The people of Mexico also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs. They used to build a pyramid and then a temple on top of it. The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt, but they are big. Each of the pyramids has a wide stairway (阶梯) that goes from the bottom to the top.More pyramids were built in the Americas than in Egypt. About 90 pyramids are known to have stood in Egypt, while several hundred small pyramids are scattered (分散) across Central and South America. The biggest pyramid in Mexico is almost 2,000 years old. Scientists think it took 10,000 men more than ten years to build it. On the top they built a temple of the sun. The temple is no longer there but people still called it the Pyramid of the Sun. Near it is another huge pyramid, the Pyramid of the Moon.根据文章内容，选择正确答案：1. In ancient Egypt pyramids were built_ . A. for visitors to see B. for kings to live inC. as the kings tombs D. for king Khufu2. All the pyramids along the Nile are on its west bank, because in ancient Egypt people thought _. A. they died in the west B. the sun sets in the westC. the end of their lives was like the setting of the sun D. they would go to the west after death3. The pyramids in ancient Mexico were built_ . A. for the kings B. for the peopleC. for wars D. for the godsStep Four: Discussion1. Ask students to discuss the question On P1 in