Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural WorldPeriod 7 TASK--Writing about mysteries■Goals ● To learn to write a mystery for visitors to China■ProceduresStep 1: Looking for related information about Chinese mysteriesChinese Mystery PyramidBEIJING (Reuters) - A team of Chinese scientists is to head out to the far west of the country to investigate a mystery pyramid that local legend says is a launch tower left by aliens from space, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.Nine scientists will probe origins of the 50-60 metre (165-198 ft) tall structure -- dubbed “the ET relics” -- in the western province of Qinghai this month, the agency said.It sits on Mount Baigong, has three caves with triangular openings on its facade and is filled with red-hued pipes leading into the mountain and a nearby salt water lake, Xinhua said.Rusty iron scraps, pipes amd unusually shaped stones were scattered around the inhospitable and largely uninhabited area, it said.A research fellow at a nearby observatory of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said the theory the pyramid was created by extra terrestrials was “understandable and worth looking into.”Xinhua did not report any details on the age of the structure, or any other possible explanations for it.Step 2: Writing a mystery for visitors to ChinaNien Monsterby Wayne ChangA long time ago in one village, a monster would come every 365 days. The monster’s name was Nien. Every time it came out of the sea, it would eat people. All the villagers would go to the mountain to hide. One time, all the people went to hide on the mountain, but one old woman stayed in the village. Nien had eaten her son the year before. She wanted to die like her son....
