Unit1TalesoftheUnexplainedWelcometotheunit1.Somethingunexplained:UFOs(unidentifiedflyingobjects),Yetis(snowmen),LochNessMonsters.Stonehenge(acircleoflargestandingstoneslocatednearSalisbury,inWiltshire,England,builtinabout3,100)2.Learnthefollowingbyheart:befullof,advancedscienceandtechnology,asunkenship,runinto,someday3.Thegeneralideaofthisperiod:Thefivepicturescanarousethestudents’interestinknowingsomethingmysterious.Theycanknowsomethingunexplainedbetterbytalkingaboutthepictures,andtheywilllovenatureandbewillingtostudyhardtoknowmoreabouttheworld.4.Askandencouragethestudentstoexpressthemselvesontellingamysteriousstoryfreely.5.Grammar:thePresentperfecttense.TeachingAims:1.Learnabouttraveling.2.Developthestudents’speakingabilitybytalkingaboutplacesintheworldandtraveling.ImportantPoints:1.Developthestudents’speakingability.2.Trainthestudents’listeningability.DifficultPoint:Howtogetthestudentstospeakmoreandimprovetheirspeakingability.TeachingMethods:1.Freetalktoarousethestudents’interestintraveling.2.Listening-and-answeringactivitytohelpthestudentstogothroughthelisteningmateral.ReadingBriefStatements:One15-year-oldboygotlost.Allpeopletakegreatinterestintheboy’sdisappearance.Thearticlearousesthestudents’imaginationanddirectthemtolearnhowtodescribethingsthatareunexplained.ThethreequestionsinAareaimedatdevelopingthestudents’abilityinskippingreadingandthecomprehensionofthewholetext.PartsC,Daredesignedtodevelopthestudents’abilityinfurtherunderstandingofthetextandmakeanintensivereadingofthetext.Theycontainthejudgmentofnewwordsandthemainideaofparagraphsandthetextaswellastheauthor’sfeeling.PartEisadiaryfromKellyintellinghowthingsaregettingalong,whichdevelopsthestudents’abilitiestouselexis(vocabularies).AndPartFadiscussionisdesignedtostrengthenthestudents’communicatingability.用心爱心专心116号编辑
