Tales_of_the_unexplained课文.ppt

1、,(模块二 高一上学期),Advance with English,Unit one,-Welcome to the unit,Unit,1,Tales of the unexplained,The Loch Ness Monster,Loch Ness is a lake, called Ness, and loch is a Scottish苏格兰的 word for lake. The legend of the Loch Ness Monster goes back to more than 1000 years ago, but the story attracted world-w

2、ide attention in the 1930s after a Scottish newspaper reported the beast had been seen crossing the road.,The Loch Ness Monster is one of the most mysterious and attractive mysteries in the world. It still needs hard evidence to prove whether it exists or not.,Albert Einstein,Famous saying,The most

3、beautiful thing one can experience is mysteries. They are truly the basis of all arts and sciences. - Albert Einstein,What do you know about the pictures?,Pair work,Do the four pictures have something in common? If so, what is it? 2.How do you feel about them?,similarities,Pair work,Do the four pict

4、ures have something in common? If so, what is it? (unexplained; no satisfactory answers; mysterious; no evidence) 2.How do you feel about them?,What can you see in the video?,Is it a UFO ?,What do the letters UFO stand for？,Unidentified flying objects.,Are they really from another planet?,Do you bel

5、ieve in UFOs? What might be the most acceptable explanation for UFOs?,I believe in I dont believe in I agree with I think,Aliens from space. Military test aircraft. Some are aliens ,and some are military test aircraft UFOs are neither aliens nor military test aircraft.,the Himalayas the highest moun

6、tain range in the world,Yeti Abominable Snowman,Half-man and half-beast Strong , hairy,Where is it?,The Yeti or Abominable Snowman(雪人）, 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 wor

7、ld. Several sightings, mainly of footprints, have been reported by western explorers throughout the years. Yet none of them have been supported with evidence in any way.,Crop circles,Crop circles are unexpected patterns that are found in fields, even in ice and snow. They are mostly found in wheat o

8、r corn fields, but have also been found in oat (燕麦), grass, and barley (大麦).,Crop circles,Its said that the earliest crop circles appeared in England in 1647.Crop circles are reported to appear mostly in spring and summer,Stonehenge （巨石阵）,Do you know something about it?,Its a monument of huge rock s

9、labs in the south-west of England built in the Stone Age. It is believed that Stonehenge served some sort of religious purposes. Up to now nobody knows for sure how it came into being.,Being one of Britains greatest national interests, it stands for mystery and power. Some people guess that it was a

10、 temple for worship. But the reason that Stonehenge was built remains unknown even today.,Brainstorming,Do you know any other mysteries or the unexplained things?,The Sphinx,Half human, half lion, the Sphinx is 240 feet long and 66 feet high,Pyramids , Egypt,Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa on a piece of pine wood (松树) in the year 1506.,The Hanging Gardens of Babylon,Monster in Lake Dianchi,If you saw a UFO or a monster some day, what would you do?