牛津高中英语Book2_U1_Welcometotheunit

1、( (模块二模块二 高一上学期高一上学期) )Welcome to the unit板块：教学设计板块：教学设计课件课件 本课时主要是起热身作用，将鼓励学生充分发挥他们的想象力，同时还将充分利用网络、报纸、电视新闻等多种渠道的信息让学生对后面即将要学的内容有个粗略的了解，希望籍此来激发学生对将学内容的兴趣，培养学生探索发现问题的能力和英语口语表达的能力，并将学习本节课教材中出现的一些重点词汇及句型。课件描述：课件描述：Quiz: what is the most beautiful thing one can experience? The most beautiful thing one c

2、an experience is mysteries. They are truly the basis of all arts and sciences. Albert EinsteinWhat can you see in the video?Is it a UFO?Brainstorming:What other unexplained things do you know aboutLeonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa on a piece of pine wood (松树松树) in the year 1506. pyramids one o

3、f the seven wonders of the world tombs (坟墓) for ancient Egyptian kingsThe Bermuda TrianglePair work Do the four pictures have something in common? If so, what is it? Can scientists explain these phenomena? 3.How do you feel about them? Example: They are mysterious because no satisfactory answers hav

4、e been offered to explain them so far. Though these mysteries have puzzled people for a long time, they still show great interest in them. People feel puzzled by the mysteries Example: UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Objects, that is, objects, apparently moving in the sky, which we cannot identif

5、y. There are lots of reports about UFOs. Some say they are aliens visiting us in their spacecraft, and some say they are military test aircraft, while others say they do not actually exist. Since we have never seen one with our own eyes and there is no definite scientific explanation for it, we are

6、not certain whether UFOs really exist, but we believe everything will be clear in the future.What do the letters UFO stand for？Unidentified flying objects.Are they really from another planet?Do you believe in UFOs? What might be the most acceptable explanation for UFOs?Aliens from space.Military tes

7、t aircraft.Some UFOs are alien, some are test aircraft.UFOs are evidence of human space travel.UFOs are neither alien nor test aircraft.UFOs dont exist.The chances of 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 sh

8、apes 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. They are often said to be disk- or saucer-shaped. Yeti Abominable snowmanWhat do Yetis look like?Half-man and half-beastStrong, hairy The Yeti or Abominable Snowman

9、, also called the “missing link” (推想中从类人猿发展到人类之间的过渡生物), is said to be a humanlike monster that is supposed to live in Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. Several sightings, mainly of footprints, have been reported by western explorers throughout the years. Yet none of them have been

10、supported with evidence in any way.Crop circlesCrop circles are unexpected patterns that are found in fields, even in ice and snow. They are mostly found in wheat or corn fields, but have also been found in oat (燕燕麦麦), grass, and barley (大麦大麦).StonehengePrehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, south

11、ern England, consisting of two concentric circles (同心圆同心圆) of large standing stones, the heaviest of them weighing probably about 45 tons, one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, added to the UNESCOs list of World Heritage Sites in 1986, built between 2800 and 1500 BC , thought to hav

12、e been an astronomical calendar (天文历天文历) or a temple to the sun. Group discussion A. If you saw a UFO or a monster some day, what would you do? Why?B. Is it necessary to explore the unexplained tales? tales of the unexplained: 常用常用“the+adj./v.-ing/v.-ed”来表示一类来表示一类人或物，如人或物，如 the rich; the unknown; th

13、e living, the unemployed Language pointsLanguage points2. talk about aliens and carry out an interview Carry out= to do and complete a task (完成完成) Extensive tests have been carried out on the patient.以对患者进行了全面的检查。以对患者进行了全面的检查。3. You might run into a Yeti.偶然遇见偶然遇见=run across =come across=happen to me

14、et =meet by chance撞撞跑进跑进流入流入Guess whom I ran into today!He ran into the back of another car the other day.We saw the boy run into the house.The river runs into a lake.遇见撞跑进流入4. reason The reason for (doing) sth. /for reason/the reason why/that The reason for building the pyramids in Egypt is still u

15、nknown. =The reason why people built the pyramids in Egypt is still unknown. The reason why he was ill was drinking the polluted water. =The reason for his illness was drinking the polluted water. For what reason was he late again? =Why was he late again? reasonable adj.合理的 unreasonable adj.不合理的5. b

16、elieve in unexplained things believe in 信任；信仰信任；信仰 believe相信某人相信某人的话的话 We usually believe him , but this doesnt mean we always believe in him.6. cant tell?tell from 区分区分 tell apart 区分，分清区分，分清tell sb (not) to do /tell sb that 告诉告诉Nobody can tell the future.断定；知道断定；知道 HomeworkHomework Surf the Internet and learn more about world mysteries. Prepare a short spee