An English Teaching and Learning PlanContent: Unit 1 Tales of the unexplainedReading 2Aims:In this period, the students will learn some useful words and expressions: missing; puzzled; step up; search; a fifteen-year-old boy; white-skinned; strange-looking; go+adj./p.p; show great interest in; due to; sighting; show up; witness; hear/see +sb/sth+do/doing/done; get ready for; put on; according to; frightened; research; rule out the possibility; look into; make up; amazing; take charge of; case; convincing; progress; disappointed.They will also learn some sentence patterns:1) Justin Foster, a high school student, went missing last Friday night. 2) Standing inside were lots of white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes. 3) I haven’t seen Justin since. 4) Mr Foster, who was working that night, was surprised that… 5) not…until… Students will be encouraged to use what they have learned.Procedures:Step 1 RevisionCheck homework on P4-5．［设计说明］帮助学生复习前一课时所学的部分内容。Step 2 Language points1. Boy missing, police puzzled.男孩失踪, 警察迷惑。 —P2 Topic = A boy goes/is missing, and the police are puzzled.● go missing=go lost : go 作连系动词, 意为“变成某种状态（通常指不好的状态）”（PPT4） 如:go mad (发疯) go wrong (出故障) go bad (变质)1) His hair went grey after his son’s death. 他的头发在他儿子死后都变得花白了。2) 夏天牛奶很容易变质。 In summer, milk can go bad easily.● puzzle vt. 使……困惑 n. 疑惑，谜，智力游戏puzzled adj. 困惑的（常用于指人，有时可以指人的表情）puzzling adj. 令人困惑的（常用于指物） —PPT51) Her illness puzzled all the doctors. 使……困惑2) Their reason for doing this is still a puzzle to me. 对于他们为什么要做此事我仍然莫名其妙。3) The puzzling problem made me puzzled. 这个令人困惑的问题...
