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.