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1、Unit 1,Tales of the unexplained,Welcome to the unit,作者： 肖文芳,Free talk,In your opinion, what is the most beautiful things one can experience? Why?,Travelling around the world. Because it can broaden my views and I can meet a variety of people ,The most beautiful thing one can experience is mysteries.

2、 They are truly the basis of all arts and sciences. Albert Einstein,mystery : the unexplained thing （奥妙，神秘）,Thinking,1. Have you heard of any mysteries or unexplained things? What are they?,UFO,Pyramids,crop circles,Stonehenge,Yeti,Bermuda,Unexplained things,UFO Pyramids crop circles Stonehenge Yeti

3、 / Snowman Bermuda ,Can scientists explain these things?,What can you see in the video?,Is it a UFO?,A spaceship from another planet? A satellite? A weather balloon? Cant tell? Thats why it is called a UFO!,What does it look like?,What do the letters UFO stand for？,Unidentified flying objects.,Accor

4、ding to some witnesses, it is colorless and moves at a slow, steady speed with little noise.,Can you tell something about UFO？,Yeti (Snowman ),Half-man and half-beast,Yeti,You might run into a Yeti in the Himalayas, or just see a few footprints, but youd still be lucky!,Yetis,The Yeti has been calle

5、d the missing link; half-man, half-beast. It is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Qomolangma.,What kind of picture is it?,Crop circles(谷物怪圈),Crop circles,Crop circles are unexpected patterns that are found in fields, even in ice and snow.,They are mostly found in wheat or c

6、orn fields, but have also been found in oat (燕麦), grass, and barley (大麦).,Who built Stonehenge in England and for what reason? No one knows the answer!,Stonehenge (巨石阵),Stonehenge,consists of two concentric circles (同心圆) of large standing stones, the heaviest of them weighing probably about 45 tons.

7、,Stonehenge Being one of Britains greatest national icons, it stands for mystery and power. Some people guess that is a temple for worship（做礼拜）. The reason Stonehenge was built remains unknown even today.,Which country are the pyramids in? How was the Great Pyramid built?,The Pyramids,The reason for

8、 building the pyramids in Egypt is still unknown even today.,Pyramids , Egypt,The Sphinx,Half human, half lion, the Sphinx is 240 feet long and 66 feet high,The Great Pyramid of Khufu is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and the only one people can visit. It is the greatest of the Egypti

9、an pyramids, which served as burial places for the Pharaohs.,The Bermuda Triangle,The ship or plane can disappear suddenly when they pass the Bermuda triangle,2. If you saw a Yeti some day, what would you do?,Extension :,1. Do you believe in unexplained things mentioned above? Why or why not?,Do you

10、 believe in the existence of aliens?,What does aliens look like in your minds eye?,Have you ever seen the film “E.T.” ?,Talk with the alien,What will you ask him? And what is his answer ?,Today we have learnt so many unexplained things, which even cant be solved by todays scientists. So, I hope all of you can study hard and maybe some day you can work them out.,Conclusion,Useful words and phrases,be full of mysteries advanced science and technology a sunken ship run into sth believe in unexplained things know ab