Unit 1 Tales of the unexplainedPeriod 1 Welcome to the unit & Reading设计思路：本节课为阅读课的第一课时，主要是解决对课文内容的理解和学习有关阅读技巧。本文的体裁是新闻报道，采用新闻报告的常规要点为切入口，从 title 和五个“W”一个“H”这几个方面构画出新闻报道清晰的框架结构并教学生如何阅读此类文章，如何在此类文章中捕捉所需要的信息。教学方法还是通过预测、略读和寻读等常规技巧，帮助学生了解课文内容。教学步骤的设计以培养说、读、写能力为主。Teaching aims:To make the students know about some mysterious and unexplained phenomena in the world. To develop their ability to make full use of resources to search for the information they need and share the information they get with others. To encourage the students to describe what they have known about the posters and what they are eager to know about the unexplained.To teach some useful words and expressions in this part.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead-in The world we live in is full of things that cannot be explained even by today’s science. The following pictures show some of the unexplained. Can any of you say something about each of the pictures?Picture 1 UFOs UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. According to some witnesses, they are bright and move at a slow, steady speed with little noise. UFOs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are only small spots of light that move in strange patterns across the night sky. Some can be seen in the daytime. They’re often said to be disk- or saucer-shaped.Picture 2 Yetis The Yeti has been called the “missing link”; half-man, half-beast. It is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world—Mount Qomolangma. So far, several sightings, mainly of footprints, have been reported by western explorers. Yet none of them have been supported with evid...
