Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World教案

book 4 unit 6 unexplained mysteries of the
natural world (intensive reading)
learning aims:
1. to learn about several unexplained mysteries of
the natural world.
2. to master the usage of  may/might; (not) likely
learning process:
ⅰ. introduction
as we know, there are some unexplained mysteries in the natural world. have you ever heard of or read about any monsters? tell the rest of the class, if any.
ⅱ. fast reading
read the passage and do the exercises on page 52 exercise 1 and p53 exercise 4.
ⅲ. careful reading
read the passage and finish different tasks, meanwhile underline the difficult words, phrases and sentences.
1. read paragraph 1-3 and do the following exercises.
⑴ answer the following questions.
① how many sightings of the monster does the article report?
② who saw the monster clearly, and why?
③. which description of the monster is most detailed?
⑵ complete the following sentences.
①在最近幾次露面后，中國東北吉林省長白山的“天池怪物”又成了新聞。the “monster of lake tianchi” in jilin province, northeast china, __________________ after several sightings. 例如：她老上報紙。______________________________________________.
② 怪物就在離湖邊十米的地方，其顏色似乎是黑色的。
the monster, which ______________________, was ten meters from the edge of the lake. “主語+seem+(to be)+形容詞/名詞 ”是一常見結(jié)構(gòu)，表示“某人/物看起來似乎……”。這個年輕人今天似乎很激動。_____________________________________________.
③ although no one really got a clear look at the mysterious creature, a local photographer claimed that its head looked like a horse.___________________________
_______________________________________________.
④.他說他看見圓形黑色的東西在湖面快速游過。
______________________________________________
______________________________________________.
“to have seen” 是動詞不定式的完成式，表示該動作發(fā)生在謂語動詞claims所表示的動作之前。translation  你似乎已知道這個好消息了。
_______________________________________________.
2. read the rest part of the passage.
⑴ answer the following questions.
① when was the monster first sighted?
②what do many people think about the monster?
③what do scientists think about the monster?
④what is special about lake tianchi?
⑵complete the following sentences.
①自上世紀(jì)初以來，一直就有關(guān)于天池怪物的報導(dǎo)，盡管還不曾有人近距離目睹過。______________________
_______________________________________________. 
 “there have been” 是there be 結(jié)構(gòu)的現(xiàn)在完成形式，表示“從過去某時候到現(xiàn)在一直有”。其謂語動詞是用單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)取決于它后面緊跟的名詞。