Tales of the unexplained Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained

Telling about an unexplained mystery Project Telling about an unexplained mystery

Is it a man or an animal? What do we call it? Yeti Can you use some words to describe it?

It is hairy and has short legs, long arms, large hands and huge shoulders. It looks strong and tall and walks like a man.

How many kinds of savages do you know? Are you interested in wild men?

Savage in Shennongjia

Savage in Australia

Savage in Japan

Their appearance: man-like heavily built hairy-black fur huge shoulders long arms large hands large feet

Discussion How much do you know about this creature? What else would you like to know about it?

Can we learn what the article is about from the title, Yeti, Bigfoot and the Wild Man of Shennongjia? What do you think the word “Bigfoot” means?

Read the passage quickly and answer the questions. Where have people reported seeing a wild man-like creature? When and where did an American mountain climber see a Yeti? People have reported seeing it in the Himalayas. In 1998 and on the Chinese side of the Himalayas.

3. What does a Yeti look like? 4. What do scientists think of Yetis? It walked like a human, but it had thick black fur and was about six feet tall with huge shoulders, very long arms and large hands. Scientists became convinced they exist.

True or False F 1. There are no Yetis in the world according to the report. 2. An American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti once. T

T F T F 3. Yetis ran with an amazing speed. 4. Footprints of Yetis are similar to human. 5. Yetis possibly lived in Asia about 3,000,000 years ago. 6. Scientists have solved the mystery. F T F

Read the article again and talk about the main point of each paragraph. Para. 1 Reports about seeing Yetis in the Himalayas for hundreds of years Para. 2 An eyewitness to a Yeti in 1998 Para. 3 Another eyewitness who saw Yeti tracks in 2007, which looked like the tracks of Bigfoot in the USA

Para. 4 Reports about the Wild Man in Shennongjia and the similarity of Yeti, Bigfoot and the Wild Man in Shennongjia Para. 5 An American scientist’s opinion Para. 6 The hope for the solution of the mystery

Discussion Do you believe that such creatures exist? Why or why not?

Writing Do you enjoy reading this story? If you are supposed to write a story about one of the mysteries on Page 1, how will you write it?

How to write a mystery: 1) an interesting and attractive title 2) an attractive beginning 3) details of the story with pictures 4) scientists’ or people’s opinions 5) an open ending of the story

Language points 读下面的例句，注意attack在句中的意义和用法 The enemy attacked us at night. There is a newspaper article attacking the Prime Minister. It is reported that this disease attacks the central nervous system. 知识归纳： attack n. 攻击, 抨击, 发动攻击, (疾病)侵袭

知识拓展 读下面的例句，注意attack在句中的意义和用法 The planes began their attack on the city. The book was not intended to be an attack on Christianity. He’s recovering from an attack of flu. 知识归纳： attack 还可作名词，意思是“攻击， 抨击， (疾病的)发作”

______________________________ 即学即练 天黑前我们应当顶住敌人的进攻. ______________________________ We must keep the enemy's attack off until dark.

They made copies of these tracks and had them examined by a scientist in the USA. had them examined 是have sth. done的结构，意思是 “让 / 叫 / 使 / 请别人做某事”

We had the machine mended just now. 我们刚才请人把机器修好了。 He has had his hair cut. 他(请人给他)理发了。 The patient is going to have his temperature taken. 这个病人准备请 / 叫 / 让人量体温。

知识拓展 have + sb.+ do sth. 意为“让 / 叫 / 使某人做某事”。此结构中的 have 是使役动词，sb. 作宾语，其后的 do sth. 是省去 to 的动词不定式作宾语补足语。例如：

I’ll have someone repair the bike for you. 我会让人为你修理自行车的。 Don’t forget to have Mr. Brown come to our party. ( = Don’t forget to ask / invite Mr. Brown to come to our party. ) 别忘了让布朗先生来参加我们的晚会。

知识拓展 “have +sb. / sth. +现在分词”

Don’t have the baby crying！ 不要让婴儿啼哭！ Don’t have the dog barking much, Lilin. 李林，别让狗狂吠不停。 You’d better have your car running slowly. 你最好把车子开慢点。

即学即练 Could you show me the computer you want _________________ (要修理的)．(have) to have repaired 解析：考查定语从句和have sth. done结构。本题中have的宾语由先行词computer充当，关系代词that / which在结构中被省略了。

即学即练 请用动词适当形式填空。 1、He had his house ______ (burn) down in the fire. (他的房子在大火中烧光了。) 2、He had Joe ______(clean) his shoes. 他要乔给他擦鞋。(他希望这次修好后，漏处不再漏了。) 3、The teacher had him _________(stand). (老师一直让他站着。) burnt clean standing

be similar to 和……相似 His problem is similar to yours. be similar in 在……方面相似 My twin brother and I are similar in characters.

读下面的例句，注意dozens of在句中的意义和用法 I’ve been there dozens of times. We have dozens of things to do now. 知识归纳： dozens of 几十个, 许多的

即学即练 We already have _____ pencils, but we need two _____ pens. A. dozen of, dozen B. dozens of, dozens C. dozens of, dozen D. dozens of, dozen of C

【解析】此题最佳答案为C。dozen的用法是： (1) 与具体数字连用时，不加复数词尾-s，也不后接介词of。 (2) 不与具体数字连用，而是表示不确定的泛指数时，则不仅要加复数词尾-s，而且要后接介词 of。 注：score, hundred, thousand, million等也具有以上类似用法。

读下面的例句，注意belong to在句中的意义和用法 The bicycle belongs to Amy. 知识归纳：(1) 属于 What political party does he belong to? 知识归纳：(2) 是...的成员 belong to没有被动语态

--- Whose computer _____it _____? --- Sorry, I don't know. A is, belong             B is, belong to                        C does, belong         D does, belong to D

读下面的例句，注意convince在句中的意义和用法 I try to convince him of the reality of the danger. Your argument is too weak to convince me. We hope to convince him that we are sincere. = We hope to convince him of our sincerity. 知识归纳： convince vt. 使确信, 使相信

知识拓展 读下面的例句，注意convinced在句中的意义和用法 I am convinced of his honesty. I am not at all convinced about that. I was convinced that he knew the truth. 知识归纳：convinced adj. 信服的, 确信的 No one has come up with a convincing explanation of why dinosaur die out. 知识归纳：convincing adj. 使人信服的, 令人心悦诚服的

即学即练  Whatever he explained, he couldn’t ____ the plliceman that he was innocent.     A. confirm     B. present     C. convince     D. admit C

读下面的例句，注意experience在句中的意义和用法 The new canal will link the two rivers. Is there a link between smoking and lung disease? 知识归纳： link vt. / n. 连接,结合; 联系 Police think this person is linked to the murder. be linked to 同…有联系

即学即练 The police are searching everywhere for Mr. James, who they think is ___ to the crime. A. linked B. concerned C. united D. mixed A

读下面的例句，注意make one’s way to在句中的意义和用法 Although it was snowing heavily, the soldiers made their way to the village. They are going to make their way to Europe. 知识归纳： make one’s way to 前往，到……去

读下面的例句，注意survive在句中的意义和用法 You need to be tough to survive in the jungle. Only two passengers survived the air-crash. I don’t know how I ever survived high school. 知识归纳： survive vi. 活着，继续存在 vt. 幸免于难, 存活, 艰难度过 survivor n. 幸存者

即学即练 Some animals can ____ in the desert on very little water. B A. be survived B. survive C. keep D. be existed B