UFOs: Unidentified Flying Objects

• Have you ever heard about UFOs?

• Do you think they really exist?

• Have you ever seen any films on UFOs? What were they about?

. Do you want to know more about UFOs?

A

1. meteor

2. evidence

3. UFO

4. alien

5. spacecraft

6. capture

7. disappear

BB

a.người ngoài hành tinh

b.bắt

c.sao băng

d.tàu vũ trụ

e.biến mất

f. bằng chứng

g.vật thể bay không xác định

GUIDING QUESTION:

What is the text about?

A. Some description of UFOsB. Some evidence for the

existence of UFOs

Some evidence for the existence of UFOs.

1. proof, support

2. falling star, or shooting star

3. unknown / strange people or things

4. bringing together or gathering

5. caught as a prisoner

6. became impossible to see

Read the text carefully, find the words in the text having the following meanings.

= evidence

= meteor= aliens

= collecting

= captured

= disappeared

(in the instruction paragraph)

(in the instruction paragraph)

(in the 3rd paragraph)

(in the 4th paragraph)

(in the 5th paragraph)

(in the 6th paragraph)

Multiple Choice

1. A women and her children saw a UFO above their house 1. A women and her children saw a UFO above their house in …………….. .in …………….. .

A. 1954A. 1954 B. 1955B. 1955 C. 1952C. 1952 D. 1964D. 1964

2. There were more than ……………UFO sightings 2. There were more than ……………UFO sightings around the world in 1952 .around the world in 1952 .

A. 1500A. 1500 B. 1600B. 1600 C. 1700C. 1700 D. 2500D. 2500

3. Two men claimed they were ………. by aliens and take 3. Two men claimed they were ………. by aliens and take aboard a spacecraft in 1971.aboard a spacecraft in 1971.

A. claimedA. claimed B. seenB. seen C. reported D. capturedC. reported D. captured

4. A young pilot and his plane ………………. after 4. A young pilot and his plane ………………. after sighting a UFO in 1978 .sighting a UFO in 1978 .

A. appeared B. collected C.disappeared D. A. appeared B. collected C.disappeared D. caught caught

AAAA 1954

1. A women and her children saw a UFO 1. A women and her children saw a UFO above their house in ………………… . above their house in ………………… .

BBBB 1955

DDDD 1964

CCCC 1952

x

x

x

AAAA 1.5001.500

2. There were more than ……… UFO 2. There were more than ……… UFO sightings around the world in 1952. sightings around the world in 1952.

BBBB 1.6001.600

DDDD 2.5002.500

CCCC 1.7001.700

x

x

x

AAAA claimedclaimed

3. Two men claimed they were ………. by 3. Two men claimed they were ………. by aliens and take aboard a spacecraft in 1971. aliens and take aboard a spacecraft in 1971.

BBBB seenseen

DDDD capturedcaptured

CCCC reportedreported

x

x

x

AAAA appearedappeared

4. A young pilot and his plane ………………. 4. A young pilot and his plane ………………. after sighting a UFO in 1978 .after sighting a UFO in 1978 .

BBBB claimedclaimed

DDDD caughtcaught

CCCC disappeareddisappeared

x

x

x

UFO SIGHTINGS

a).………………………………….or ………….. can be mistaken for an alien spacecraft.

b) In 1947, a pilot saw ……………………………………….........................

c) There were over ………………………… worldwide in 1952.d) In 1954, a woman and her children saw ………………………….house.

e) A farmer saw ……………………………………………………………….. …………………………… in 1964.

f) In 1971, two men ....................................................................................

g) A pilot ………………………………………………………in 1978.

h) In 1981, a Frenchman reported …………………………………………... ……………………………………from his garden.

An aircraft, a weather balloon a meteor

nine large round objects traveling at about 2,800 meters

an hour.

1,500 UFO sightingsa UFO above their

an egg-shaped object in one of his fields and also aliens collecting soil samples

claimed they were captured by aliens and taken aboard a spacecraft.

and his plane disappeared after sighting a UFO

that he saw a plate-like deviceat a treetop 30 meters away

1,500 UFO sightings.

9 round objects .

There were more than1,500 UFO sightings

around the world.

A pilot s

aw 9 round objects

travelin

g about 2,800

meters an hour.

A womanand her

children saw a UFO abovetheir house.

A farmer saw an egg- shaped object inhis fields.

Two men claimed theywere captured by aliens.

A young pilot and his plane disappearedafter sighting a UFO.

Renato Nicolai sawa plate-likedevice at atreetop 30

meters awayfrom his garden.

If you saw a UFO or an alien, what would you do?

Ex: If I saw a UFO or an alien, I would …………………….

Homework

Learn the new words by heart.Write a passage in about 50 words to answer the question: “What would you do if you saw a UFO? Prepare “Speak”.