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Project
Telling a mysterious story
Step one Vocabulary Brainstorming
1. 无法解释的神秘事物 2. 先进的科学技术 3. 遇见 4. 寻找
5. 失踪 6. 出现7. 对…感兴趣 8. 令人困惑的亮
光 9. 由于 10. 害怕 11. 根据… . 12. 目击者
unexplained mysteries
advanced science and technology
run into search for
go missing show up
show interest in
due to get frightened
according to witness
puzzling lights
13. 怪模怪样的动物 14. 研究… 15. 调查16. 发生在某人身上 17. 做恶梦 18. 编造19. 令人信服的证据
strange-looking creatures
do research on
look into
happen to sb.
have nightmaresmake up
convincing evidence
20. 取得很大进步
21. 梦见…22. 实施
23. 实现 / 成真 24. 和……分离25. 对某人失望
26. 寻找财宝
make much progress
dream of
carry out
come true
separate from
be disappointed with sb.
look for treasure
Step two Lead in
Yeti:
man-like /ape-like, hairy, fur,
short legs, long arms, large
hands, huge shoulders,
strong and tall
Step three Reading
Searching for the Yeti
Fast reading tasks:
Read the article, divide it into
parts and find out the main
idea of each part.
We can divide the passage into
____ parts.four
Part one:
(Para1)
Part two:
(Paras2-4)
Yetis are reported to
have been seen all over
the world.
Descriptions of Yetis in
different places.
Part three:
(Paras5-6)
Part four:
(Para7)
Scientists’ different
opinions about Yetis.
Scientists hope to find
the truth.
Careful reading tasks:
Learn the useful expressions an
d sentence patterns in the articl
e.
Analyze( 分析 ) the writing feat
ures( 特点 ) of the article.
Useful expressions
1.a wild man-like creature
2. run after
3. on average
4. run with amazing speed and
strength
5. hard evidence supporting
the existence of Yeti
6. play a joke
7. make its way to…
Sentence patterns
Yetis are said to be heavily built
and hairy.
The footprints could have been
made by..
He became convinced that they
exist…
Analyze the writing features of
the article.Find out the function of each part
in the article.
Part one: to arouse the readers’
interest
Part two: to support Para1 with
some details
Part three: to make readers think
more about Yetis
Part four: to give readers
imagination with an
open ending
Conclude the writing features
1. an interesting and attractive
title2. an attractive beginning
3. details of the story with pictures
4. scientists’ or people’s different
opinions5. an open end of the story
Step four Group work
Work in groups of six choose a
mysterious story you would like
to tell.
Make an outline
(1) Give an attractive title.
(2) How can you develop your
story?
a. What will you tell in the first
paragraph?
b. Then, what information can you
use to support your story?
c. What end would you like to
give to your story?
Discuss and revise your draft.
Tell your story to the class.
Please look at some more pictur
es to gain intuitive
( 直观的 )impression about some
mysteries.
http://www.nuforc.org/
http://octopus.gma.org/
http://www.ufoevidence.org/
Homework
Perfect your story and write it
in your exercise-book.
Finish off the exercises in
Workbook.
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