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Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World

Written by: Yuan Fengqiong Proofread by: He Zhihai

Period 1 vocabulary and reading

Learning goals:

1)Guess where the passage comes from;

2)Master the main information of this passage and try to improve reading ability;

3)Correctly understand the new words according to the context.

Learning methods:

1)Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.

2)Intensive reading to understand the passage better.

Emotion and Values:Know about some monsters existing in the natural world and broaden their cultural background knowledge.

I. Pre-learning:

1.Some important words:

1)袭击;攻击[Vt]_________________(反义词)保护;保卫[Vt]___________________

2)吓人的[adj]_________________惊吓;使害怕[V] _______________惊吓[n]________________

3)存在[Vi]____________存在的;现存的[adj]_____________存在[n]____________________

4)锋利的[adj]______________削尖;磨尖[V]____________削具;磨具[n]__________________

5)神秘的[adj]_____________ 神秘的事物[n]______________

6)占地(多大面积)[Vt]_______________ 覆盖[Vt]______________封面[n]_________________

揭开…盖子;揭露[Vt]________________发现[Vt]______________恢复[Vi]________________

7)平静的____________安静的_____________不动的____________沉默不语的_____________

8)声称__________________目击;发现_______________表面_________________

怀疑的__________________学报;期刊__________________

2.Expressions: find the phrases in the textbook and translate them into Chinese.

in the Himalayas ______________ be likely to__________________

get angry_____________________ get its name__________________

have no physical name___________ get close to __________________

stick out______________________ continue to exist_______________

a scientific journal______________ a tourist guide ________________

be back in the news______________ get a clear look at ______________

a distant cousin __________________ in places _______________________

3.Do Activity 1 and 2 on P51.

II. Learning procedures:

Step 1 Pre-reading

1) A simple introduction

Lake Tianchi is located in the north-eastern Jilin province near the border of North Korea, in China. The lake is 1,243 feet deep and has had some volcanic activity in the last 300 years. Tianchi is honoured as the deepest mountain lake and the largest crater lake in China.

There have been more than 30 reported sightings by tourists from home and abroad over the past 20 years. They said that they saw the great monster in the lake. There are quite a few pictures and videos of this creature, but none is clear enough to give a good appearance of it. Some persons made the picture with computer images of it based on interviews. Someone drew a picture to show its shape, but it remains unconfirmed.

2) Finish Activity 1 and 2 on P51

Step 2 While reading

1. Skimming:Read the beginning of the passage and finish Activity 1 on page 5

2.

2.Scanning: Get the detailed information about the passage.

1)Read the first paragraph quickly and answer the two questions.

① According to the text, what did the monster look like?

② How many people saw it?

2)Read the second paragraph and answer the questions:

①Who else saw the animal?

②What were they doing?

③ What did it look like?

3) Read the third and fourth paragraph and answer the questions.

① What did Li Xiaohe see?

② Why could they see the animal clearly?

③How long was the history of reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi?

④ What do many people think?

⑤ What do the scientists think?

4)Read the last paragraph and give the following information about Lake Tianchi:

Height: ①Area: ②Depth: ③

3. The outline:

A diagram of the reading material:

Step 3. Post reading

Choose the best answer according to the text.

①What is the topic of this text?

A. Introduction to “Monster of Lake Tianchi”

B. Several recent sightings of lake monsters

C. Scientists skeptical about lake monsters

D. “Monster of Lake Tianchi” and reports of monsters in the lake

②Xue Junlin, a local photographer, claimed that its head looked like a _____.

A. cat

B. elephant

C. horse

D. tiger

③Which of the following statements is not scientifically based?

A. The “Monster of Lake Tianchi” is in the Changbai Mountains.

B. Jilin province is in northeast China.

C. The lake monster seemed to be black in colour.

D. Lake Tianchi is the highest volcanic lake in the world.

④. What does “distant” mean in “Many people think the monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch

Ness monster in Scotland.”?

A. remote in time

B. remote in relationship

C. aloofly reserved

D. hard to distinguish clearly III. Consolidation: Retelling the text by filling in the blanks.

The “Monster of Lake Tianchi”, the (1)__________ volcanic lake in the world, in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin province, northeast China, is (2)_____________in the focus after several recent (3)

___________. The director of a local tourist office, Meng Fanying, said he saw a (4)________________in the lake. It seemed to be (5)_______________ in colour, ten metres from the(6) _________________of the lake during the most recent sighting.

In another recent sighting, a group of soldiers(7) ________________they saw an animal moving on the (8)________________ of the water. A third report(9)___________________from Li Xiaohe. He claims to have seen a round black creature moving quickly through the water. There(10)_______________ been reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi since the beginning of the last century, although no(11) _________________ has seen one(12) __________________ up. Many people think the monster may be a (13) ___________________ cousin of the Loch Ness(14)___________________ in Scotland. They also think that there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the(15)__________________. Scientists, however, are (16)________________. They say that the low-temperature lake is ______________________ (17) to be able to support such large living creatures.

supplement reading materials : Crop Circles

Crop Circles-formations, usually found in grain crops, where the crop has been mysteriously found laid flat, In patterns, that did not exist in daylight the previous day.

Although thought by many to be a phenomena of the 20th Century, crop circles and formations have been around for a very long time, and records even date back well before the invention of the camera.

The recorded incidence of crop circles in more modern times seems to have started in the early 20th century, with a gradual increase in numbers through to a marked increase in the 1960s,leading to a quite dramatic upturn in the 1990s.At least 190 formations were discovered and documented in 1999,perhaps an omen for what is to come in the new millennium.

There are many who are under the impression that crop circles are only indigenous to the U.K. Sure, they are more prevalent here than elsewhere in the world, but there are countless examples of them

appearing all over the world—in the USA from 1920,in Europe from the mid 20th century and in Africa, Canada, Australia, Central & Southern America, Russia in 1970,and Japan in the late 70s.

Many visitors to the U.K. are amazed to discover that crop circles actually appear in their own country.

What odds, that formations in the 21st century will be found on the surface of the Moon and Mars, and beyond?

Yetis

Reported sightings of the mysterious creatures called Yetis (“Wildman”) are common at the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, located between the Daba Mountains and the Wudang Mountains in western Hubei province. The existence and nature of such creatures are questions still being investigated by scientists from China, the former Soviet Union, and the United States.

Many stories circulate about Yetis in Shennongjia. On February 6,1980,a young Yeti was reportedly spotted at Shennongjia. In March that same year a red-haired Yeti was seen sunning himself on a rock. Later that month, a red-haired creature was seen walking erect in the forest. Now many tourists hope to be lucky and see a Yeti for themselves.

About UFO

UFOs are unidentified flying objects, but no one really knows what they are. Many researchers(called “ufologists”) have theories about what UFOs might be, but because no one can examine a UFO in a scientific laboratory, all of these ideas are really only educated guesses. We can offer a definition of UFOs, however, that you may find useful when you study the subject:

A UFO is the reported sighting of an object or light seen in the sky or on land, whose appearance, actions, motions, lights, and colors do not have a logical, conventional, or natural explanation, and which cannot be explained, not only by the original witness, but by scientists or technical experts who try to make a common sense identification after examining the evidence.

Period 2 Reading

Learning goals:

1) Master the usages of some useful words and phrases;

2)Learn to analyze difficult sentences.

3)Learn to talk something about a monster.

Learning methods:

Individual work, pair work or group work to make every student participate in class. Emotion and Values: Have a better understanding of our world around us and develop their interests to explore the mysteries of nature.

I. Pre-learning:

1.Do Activity 4 on page 53.

2.Expressions: find the phrases in the textbook and translate them into Chinese.

cover an area of __________________ close up ________________________

living creatures ___________________ volcanic lake ____________________

II. Learning procedures:

Step 1 Revision Word-spelling Exercise

1)There is something m____________ about her early childhood. We all want to know about it.

2)American and British planes a____________ Iraq, bombing many cities and villages.

3)The edge of the knife is very s_____________, so you must be careful.

4)They watched the train until it d________________ at last.

5)At the___________(脚印) in the sands, Crouse was very frightened.

6)It is said that the accident was caused by a sea _____________(怪物).

7)He must be a man of wide knowledge, for his talk _____________(涉及) various subjects.

8)That old lady _________________(声称) she had a lot of money.

9)I am _________________(怀疑的) about his chances of winning.

10) He kept a ______________ of his wanderings across Asia.

Step 2 Language points

Important Words:

1.It often gets angry and will attack anyone who goes close to it. (Page 51)

它经常生气，会袭击靠近它的任何人.

attack: [vt] & [vi] & [n]袭击进攻

1)We ______________________________(突然袭击) the enemy during the night.

2)She started __________________ the burglar _____________a piece of wood.

她开始用一块木头猛打进屋行窃的小偷

3)They got _____________ and robbed by a gang of youths.

4)The article attacked the government for its policy on education.

Chinese:____________________________________________________.

5)The company came _______________________ for the hiring of 50 employees.

公司因解雇了50名员工而受到猛烈抨击

6)She got a ________________________________(心脏病)yesterday.

7)常言道，攻击是最好的防御。______________________________________________

2. He claims to have seen a round black creature moving quickly through the water.（Page 52）

他说他看见一个圆形黑色的东西在湖面快速游过。

claim : [Vt] &[n]宣称，声称（后可跟that从句或动词不定式）

1) I don’t claim to be an expert.Chinese:________________________________

2)Scientists are______________ a major _________________ in the fight against cancer.

科学家们宣称治疗癌症已有重大的突破

3)He claimed he should be given a fairer opportunity.

=He claimed ____________________________________.

4)Nobody has claimed ____________________for the suicide bombing in Gaza Strip.

还没有人声称对这起发生在加沙地带的自杀性爆炸事件负责

5)The singer has denied the claim that she is leaving the band.

Chinese:__________________________________________________

6)The government’s ________________________________ was clearly mistaken.

政府声称战争是必需的，这种说法显然是错误的。

3. exist: [Vi]

1)Such a thing doesn’t exist. Chinese:____________________________________

2)There exist some shortcomings in his composition. Chinese:_______________________

3)I wasn’t aware of his ___________________.

4)Scientists have many theories about how the universe _______________________(产生,形成).

Important Phrases:

4. It is 2,189 metres high and covers an area of about ten square kilometers. （Page 52）

天池海拔2189米，面积有10平方公里

Cover(an area of）:“占有……空间”

1)The town covers (an area of) 5 square miles.

2)The mountain is ___________________________________________(整个一年被雪覆盖).

3)The lecture ________________________________________(包括很多方面) of business.

4)The reporters are __________________________(报道) the fire for a newspaper.

5)I can ___________________________ (走过一段路)the distance on foot in two hours.

6) Will $20 ___________________(足够…费用)the cost of a new shirt?

7)The book has a blue front ________________and a yellow back _________________(封面).

8)She uncovered(_____________) the bottle and a pleasant kind of smell came out.

He held a book of poems as if it were a diamond necklace, turning pages as if uncovering treasures.

Chinese:_____________________________________________________________

9)Gradually she has recovered from her illness. ____________________

The police recovered the stolen jewellery. _____________________

10)They made an important discovery in the field of science. _______________________

5. They say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.

（Page 52）他们说，温度低的湖中不可能存活如此大的生物。

be (un)likely to do… （不）可能做……

①You____________________________(有可能) catch a cold if you go out now.

②It is ________________________(不可能)to rain at this time of the year.

③____________________________ he will be late. = He is likely to be late.

④辨析：possible, probable, likely

Possible强调“客观上有可能性”,但常带有“实际希望很小”的暗示.作表语时,通常不能用人或物作主语,习惯用it作形式主语，常用句型It is possible (for sb) to do sth或It is possible that.

可以乘公共汽车去那里____________________________________________

会议可能要开到很晚_______________________________________________ Likely的可能性比possible要强，但比probable要弱,表示某种行为的发生或状态的出现是预料之中.既可以用人也可以用物作主语,还可用于句型it is likely that…

他很可能考试不及格_________________________________________________

她很可能在这呆几天_________________________________________________ Probable 在表示某人做某事,或事物的可能性时, 具有“迹象”或推理的内涵,表示的可能性比possible大.作表语时只用于it is probable that…句型.

很可能他把那件事给忘了__________________________________________________

probably, possibly, likely, perhaps, maybe

probably语气最强,可能性达80%.常与will连用

I will probably go to Beijing this summer.(几乎肯定)

possibly, likely含义相近,可能性达40%.(likely还可以作形容词) 常与can连用

He will possibly come but not surely.

Likely he is more than 50 years old.

perhaps, maybe表示的可能性仅达10%,maybe一般用于非正式文体,正式文体多用perhaps.

Perhaps/Maybe I will study in Beijing.

Practice:

1)Rain is _______________, but not _________________before evening.

2)He will ___________________reach Beijing tonight.

3)You can’t __________________ walk 20 miles in an hour.

4)The weather report says another hurricane is ______________to come in two days.

5)She is the most _______________girl to win the prize.

A. possible

B. probable

C. likely

D. maybe

6)We’re considering___________.

A. if it is possible to do the job ourselves

B. the possibility of doing the job ourselves

⑤likely是以-ly结尾的形容词,其他常见的以-ly结尾的形容词：

weekly（_________________）;monthly（_________________）;yearly（________________）;

deadly（_________________）;lonely（___________________）; brotherly（______________）;

sisterly（_________________）;elderly（________________）;costly(__________________);

orderly(__________________); timely(_________________)

6. 辨析calm和peaceful, quiet, silent, still 的用法：

1)Attention please, everybody! Please keep ______ for a moment while I take your photograph.

2)Nathan Hale remained ______ in face of the cruel enemy.

3)You’d better be ______ about what’s happened.

4)He lived in a ______ town near the forest.

5)The old man lived a __________________life.

Important Sentence:

7. There have been reports of monster in Lake Tianchi since the beginning of the last century, although no one has seen one close up.

There be句型中的be有时态变化,可以用live, stand, lie, come, sit等代替,也可以和其他一些助动词，情态动词或谓语动词连用。

there might be 可能有

there must be 一定有

there is likely to be 可能有

there used to be 从前有;曾经有

there seems to be 似乎有；好像有

there happens to be 碰巧有

there appears to be 似乎有

there is sure to be 一定有

1)There __________________(曾经有)to be a lot of trees around our village.

2)There __________________(曾居住)an old monk in an old temple once upon a time.

3)There __________________(有)a beautiful building by the river.

4)There __________________(有)a large wheat field in front of the house.

5)There __________________(传过来)shouts for help from the river.

6)There is ______________________(一定有)be some explanation for such strange behaviour.

7)There _____________________(似乎有)to be some mistake. I’ve never met you before in my life.

III. Consolidation:

1. Fill in the following blanks with the proper form of the words given.

1)Judging from his__________________(frighten) look, we can know that he is very ____________(terrify)

at the accident scene.

2)He_______________(complete)his work; otherwise, he wouldn’t be enjoying himself by the seaside.

3)The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket ______________(cover) the desert.

4)The matter_____________(relate to) your study surely requires____________(deal with) carefully.

5)The mayor immediately set about_____________(attack) the organised crime the moment he got there.

6) I’m afraid I can’t find anything of _______________(valuable) in the book.

7) The environmentalis ts said wild goats’ ______________(appear) on the vast grasslands was a good

indication of the better environment.

8)Have you read the ______________news of today’s China Daily? As far as I know, the former two __________of the first page simply introduce the news that _____________ of IBM company has arrived in Beijing.( head /line )

2.Choose the best answer:

1)The suspect claimed ________TV with his family when the house caught fire.

A. watching

B. to be watching

C. having watched

D. to have watched

2)The article attacked the government ______its policy ________ education.

A. on; for

B. for; on

C. with; of

D. of; with

3)They promise that they will finish the project in a month, but I remain _______about their claim.

A. optimistic

B. concerned

C. mysterious

D. skeptical

4) Can you tell me how long dinosaurs________ on the earth before they?

A. had existed; disappeared

B. had existed; were disappeared

C. have existed; disappeared

D. have existed; were disappeared

5)The police are trying to find out the __________of the woman killed in the traffic accident.

A. evidence

B. recognition

C. identity

D. status

6)The public are ______about his claim that he has found a South China tiger，because they can't grow in

such an area at all.

A. optimistic

B. favourable

C. skeptical

D. impressive

7)Changes will be made to the ________laws.

A. exists

B. exist

C. existed

D. existing

8)The businessman claimed ________from Harvard，while in fact，he never went to college.

A. to have graduated

B. to graduate

C. having graduated

D. graduating

9)The poor man，________，ran out of the dark cave.

A. trembled and frightened

B. trembling and frightened

C. trembled and frightening

D. trembling and frightening

10)They are ________different sizes，shapes and metals，but they are exactly the same________.

A. 不填; in weights

B. of; in weight

C. in; of weight

D. of; weights

3)Reading comprehension

A

Brownie and Spotty were neighbour dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any neighborhood, these two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses.

One evening, Brownie’s family noticed that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no success. Brownie didn’t show up the next day, and, although they made their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing. Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie’s house alone, barking and jumping. Busy with their own lives, they paid no attention to the nervous little neighbour dog.

Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer. Ted, Brownie’s owner, was

continuously disturbed (打扰) by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking all the time, then darting toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “Follow me! It’s urgent!”

Eventually, Ted followed Spotty across the empty lot as Spotty stopped racing back and bark encouragingly. The little dog led the man to a deserted spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his legs crushed in a steel trap(圈套,陷阱). Frightened, Ted now wished he’d taken Spotty’s earlier appeals(呼吁) seriously.

Then Ted n oticed something. Spotty had done something else besides leading Brownie’s human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found some food remains of every meal Brownie had been fed that week！Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive. Spotty had actually stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.

Brownie’s leg was carefully treated and he soon got well again. For many years there after the tw o families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.

1. At the very beginning, Ted paid little attention to Spotty because________.

A. he was not free at the moment

B. he was sure Brownie would be OK

C. he didn’t like Spotty at all

D. his missing dog made him sad

2. The underlined word “darting” in the third paragraph can be replaced by_________.

A. walking

B. shouting

C. rushing

D. looking

3. After Ted was brought where Brownie was trapped, he__________.

A. managed to free his dog at once

B. was very thankful to Spotty

C. regretted not following Spotty earlier

D. was angry with the trapmaker

4. The BEST title for this passage might be .

A. Dogs in Love

B. A Friend in Need

C. Humans & Dogs

D. Dogs Are Loyal

5. We can infer from the passage that .

A. humans and animals depend on each other for comfort

B. it’s not right to hunt for animals in any neighborhood

C. Ted has to take better care of his beloved dog later on

D. Brownie would have died without Spotty’s timely help

B

(Mr. Jones，the owner of a farm，was one day driven out of the farm by all the animals he raised. The animals were excited to be free and independent. More important，they were masters of their own and，of

course，their farm. The animals made seven rules of their own and Snowball painted them on the wall.) THE SEVEN COMMANDMENT

1．Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.

2．Whatever goes upon four legs，or has wings，is a friend.

3．No animal shall wear clothes.

4．No animal shall sleep in a bed.

5．No animal shall drink alcohol.

6．No animal shall kill any other animal.

7．All animals are equal.

It was very neatly written，and except that “friend” was written “fr ie nd” and one “S” was the wrong way round，the spelling was correct all the way through. Snowball read it aloud for the benefit of the others. All the animals nodded in complete agreement，and the cleverer ones at once began to learn the commandments by heart.

“Now，comrades，”cried Snowball，throwing down the paintbrush，“to the hayfield！Let us make it a point of honor to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do.”

But at this moment the three cows，who had seemed uneasy for some time past，let out a loud lowing. They had not been milked for twenty four hours，and their udders were almost bursting. After a little thought，the pigs sent for buckets and milked the cows fairly successfully，their trotters(蹄子)being well adapted to this task. Soon there were five buckets of frothing creamy milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest.

“What is going to happen to all that milk？”said someone.

“Jones used sometimes to mix some of it in our food，”said one of the hens.

“Never mind the milk，comrades！”cried Napoleon，placing himself in front of the buckets. “That will be attended to. The harvest is more important. Comrade Snowball will lead the way. I shall follow in a few minutes. Forward，comrades！The hay is waiting.”

So the animals trooped down to the hayfield to begin the harvest，and when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared.

6. Who is the leader of the animals?

A. Snowball.

B. Jones.

C. Napoleon.

D. Cows.

7. When does the story take place?

A. In spring.

B. In summer.

C. In fall.

D. In winter.

8. What can we infer from the story?

A. The animals are having a revolution.

B. The animals are doing a play.

C. The animals don't think they are equal.

D. The animals will live a harmonious life.

9.Who is indicated as the animals' enemy?

A. The chicken.

B. The human being.

C. The cow.

D. The pig.

4)Error-correction

Last winter vacation, some of my classmates decide to 1.____________

travel with their friends, while I chose to take part-time job 2. ____________

to gain experience and earn some money. I learned from my 3.____________

teacher that a nearby company was looking after students 4._____________

with good handwriting to write address on envelope. The 5._____________

pay were 10 cent per envelope. I headed for the company, 6.____________

feeling sure I would easy finish 300 envelopes in five hours and 7.____________

to earn the money. Actually, I only finished 200. Now, I 8.____________

fully understand how hard is to earn money. Getting out 9.____________

of the classroom is indeed necessary for we all. 10._____________

Period 3 Function and Grammar

Learning goals:

1)Know about the way to express possibility and improbability.

2)Mas ter the usage of “may”, “might”, and “likely”

3)Learn how to talk about possibility and improbability.

Learning methods:

By self-study and cooperation.

Emotion and Values:Know how to talk about possibility and improbability and learn cooperation with each other.

I. Pre-learning:

1.Words:

dinosaur___________________ submarine_________________

disappear--- ________________(反)__________________ survive _______________

2.Expressions:

be related to________________ the tourist office________________

adapt to ___________________ in the future ____________________

cut off ____________________ volcanic eruption _________________

share …with _______________ in the future _____________________

II. Learning procedures:

Step 1 Function

1)Pair work:Do exercises 1 and 2 on P51

2)Group work: Identify the creatures in the pictures in Activity 4 on page 55, by using “may” or “might”.

3)Individual work: Do Activity 2 on page 54 individually. Then check their answers.

Step 2 Grammar

1)Discuss the two sentences in Activity 1 of Grammar on page 57, and then choose the best answer.

Conclusion: We can use may /might to say that something is a possibility

May/might + verb ----- Events ______________________

May/might + have + past participle ----- Events ______________________

Question: What is difference between might and may?

Usually may and might have the same meaning but _______ is used when the situation is not real.

2)Practice

A: Ask Ss to do Activity 2 on page 57. Then call back the answers and correct them.

B: Translate the following sentences.

(1) 他们也许错过了那班飞机。

(2) 快点！他们正在机场等我们。

(3) Tom是个诚实的孩子。他今晚可能会把真相告诉他父亲。

(4) 他五年前来看过我，他也许不费劲就能找到我的住处。

Supplement:

情态动词may have/might have+done

1.may/might表示许可,否定式may not。但表示“不可以、禁止、阻止”等时,或对于may提问的问句作否定回答时,常用must not或mustn't;表示“请求、允许”时,might比may的语气更委婉,而不表示may的过去式,回答时,要用may,而不用might。如：

—Might I use your pen？

我能用你的钢笔吗？

—Yes,you may.（No,you mustn't.）

是的,可以。(不，不可以。)

2.may/might也可表示可能性或是对事物作出“不太肯定的推测”。如：

He may be very busy now.

他现在可能很忙。

3.may/might+动词原形：表示现在的可能性,或对现在情况作出的不太肯定的推测。

may/might+have done表示对过去发生的情况的不太肯定的推测。如：

He may not have finished his homework.

他或许还没有完成作业。

情态动词must/must have+done

1.表示比较肯定的推测用must。“must+动词原形”表示对现在情况的推测。“must+have done”表示对过去情况的推测。如：

This must be your pen.

这肯定是你的钢笔。

He must have been to Shanghai because he knows Shanghai very well.

他肯定去过上海因为他对上海非常熟悉。

2.否定推测不能用mustn't,因为mustn't是用来表示“禁止”的,而应用can't/couldn't。疑问推测也可用can/could。

“can/could not+动词原形”表示对现在情况的否定推测;“can/could+ not+ have done”表示对过去情况的否定推测。如：

This cannot be done by him.

这件事不可能是他做的。

He cannot have been to that town.

他不可能去过那个小镇。

情态动词should/ought to+have done

should/ought to+ have done 表示“本应该做某事而没有做”。shouldn't/ought not to+ have done表示“本不应该做某事而做了”。如：

You should have started earlier.

你本来应该早点动身。

She ought not to have stopped her work halfway.

她本不该工作半途而废。

Step 3 Language points

1)be related to:同义短语________________________ ____________________

①You should make clear the facts that are related to this question.

你应当弄清楚与这个问题有关的事实。

②All things are ________________to all other things. 所有事物都是和其他事物相联系的.

③The report seeks to _______________the rise in crime ________________in unemployment.

报告想把犯罪增多与失业增加联系起来

2)adapt [Vt]

①适应adapt oneself to

你应该适应新环境。______________________________________________

②改编，改写（剧本，小说）这本书是为初学者改写的。

_________________________________________________________

③这部电影改编自巴金的小说。

_____________________________________________________________

④When you go to a foreign country, you must ____ yourself ___ the new manners and customs.

A. fit; for

B. adapt; to

C. adapt; for

D. suit; for

Your house is always so neat---how do you _____ it with three children?

A. manage

B. serve

C. adapt

D. construct

⑤adopt(收养;采纳)

我们采纳了一种新的教学方式

___________________________________________________

That is his _______________________(养子)son.

⑥adapt[Vt]---[n]___________________---[adj]___________________

adopt[Vt]---[n]___________________

III. Consolidation:

1. Choose the best answer;

1)The interest ______be divided into five parts, according to the agreement made by both sides.” declared

the judge. (重庆2004)

A. may

B. should

C. must

D. shall

2)---The room is so dirty. ______ we clean it?

--- Of course. (北京春2003)

A. Will

B. Shall

C. Would

D. Do

3)He’ strange --- he ____ sit for hours without saying anything.

A. shall

B. will

C. can

D. must

4)John, look at the time. _______ you play the piano at such a late hour？(全国Ⅲ2005)

A. Must

B. Can

C. May

D. Need

5)Tom, you _____leave all your clothes on the floor like this！(全国II 2005)

A. wouldn’t

B. mustn’t

C. needn’t

D. may not

6)You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman _____ be so rude to a lady. (上海2001)

A. might

B. need

C. should

D. would

7)_____it rain tomorrow, the meeting would be put off.

A. Should

B. Would

C. Could

D. Must

8)A left-luggage office is a place where bags ____ be left for a short time, especially at a railway station.

(全国2003) A. should B. can C. must D. will

9)The World Wide Web is sometimes jokingly called the World Wide Wait because it ______be very slow.

(浙江2005) A. should B. must C. will D. can

10)We ____ have proved great adventures, but we have done the greatest march ever made in the past ten

years. (2006天津)

A. needn’t

B. may not

C. shouldn’t

D. mustn’t

11)Yesterday, Jane walked away from the discussion. Otherwise, she something she would regret

later. (1996上海)

A. had said

B. said

C. might say

D. might have said

12)---Has Tim started? He said he would join in the party.

---He_____________. He is a man of keeping his word.

A. could have left

B. must have left

C. can’t come

D. won’t be coming

13) Only by constant study and changing our ideas can we ______to a changeable environment.

A. attend

B. adapt

C. agree

D. admit

14)---What's happened to Tom？I can't get into contact with him.

---I don't know. He ________lost.

A. must have got

B. could get

C. might get

D. may have got

2. Reading comprehension:

For many people in the US，sports are not just for fun. They're almost a “religion”．Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and athletes play in person. Other fans watch the games at home，sticking to their TV sets，never missing a game. Many a wife becomes a “sports widow” during her husband's favorite season. Americans' devotion to sports has created a new class of wealthy people: professional athletes. Sports stars often receive million-dollar salaries. Some even make big money by appearing in advertisements for soft drinks，shoes and almost everything.

Sports are an important part of American culture. Throughout their school life，Americans learn to play many sports. Many students try out for the school teams. Athletic events at universities attract scores of fans and benefit the whole community. Many people also enjoy non-competitive activities，like hiking，cycling，horseback riding，camping or hunting.

Many sports were imported from other countries. Europeans brought tennis，golf，bowling and boxing to America. Football and baseball came from other Old World games. Only basketball has a truly American origin. Americans export sports fever as well. Satellites broadcast games to sports fans around the globe. NBA is a good example. The names of American superstars like basketball great Michael Jordan have become household words all over the world.

1. Many a wife becomes a “sports widow” in the US probably because________.

A. they are serious in religion

B. they are devoted to sports

C. their husbands stick to sports

D. their husbands are missing

2. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The US sports stars can earn a large sum of money via the media.

B. American students go in for various sports and athletic events.

C. Lots of American people take part in non-competitive activities.

D. American people like to exchange different sports from each other.

3. We can infer from the passage that________.

A. all the Americans are sports fans

B. sports culture influences the world

C. most Americans like competition

D. America has invented many sports

4. The writer mainly intends to tell us________.

A. how important sports are in America

B. where sports can help to make money

C. why sports are so popular in America

D. what affect Americans' everyday life

Period 4 Listening, Pronunciation and Everyday English

Learning goals:

1)Improve pronunciation accuracy and practice listening skill.

2)Study some daily expressions.

3)Learn the intonation in exclamations.

Learning methods:

By self-study and cooperation.

Emotion and Values: Improve students’ oral English level and deepen their comprehension of idioms and customs as well as culture of English speaking countries.

I. Pre-learning:

1. words:

evolve_______________[n] ___________________ species _________________

extinct______________[adj] __________________ dinosaur _________________

consonant_________________ overnight __________________

2.Expressions:

come straight to the point_________________ throw light on_________________

die out ___________________over a long period of time_________________

nearest relative ___________________ cause sb to do sth __________________

go for ____________________

II. Learning procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1)The matter _____( relate to) your study surely requires ___( deal with ) carefully.

2)He _______( not / attend) the meeting this morning .He has been staying at my home for the whole day .

3) I can hardly ______ （生存）on the wage I’m gett ing, there is no money for entertainment.

4) 昨天晚上可能下雨了，地面有点湿。_________________________________________

5) She______________________________________________, if you had given her more chances.

如果你多给她点机会，她可能已经取得更大的成绩。

6)士兵们被训练得能够适应各种艰苦的环境.

7)你怀疑他对你的感情，这是不公平的

Step 2

1.Group work: Match the words with their definitions.

(1) dinosaur (a) A bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano or geyser

(2) carnivore (b) a large extinct reptile living on earth ever.

(3) meteorite (c) a stony or metallic mass that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space

(4) mammal (d) the act or process of radiating

(5) radiation (e) A flesh-eating animal

(6) galaxy (f) a warm-blooded milk-producing animal like human being

(7) crater (g) A sudden, often violent outburst

(8) eruption (h) numerous stars, gas, and dust containing large amount of solar masses

2.Brainstorming:

1)How much do you know about dinosaurs?

2)Have you ever seen any films or read any books about dinosaurs? What interests you most?

3)In your opinion, why dinosaurs disappeared from the earth? Give your reason.

3.Individual work: Do Activity 1 on page 55 and 2 on page 56,then check the answers.

Step 3 Listening

1)Listen to the tape and check the answers to Activity 2 on page 56

2)Listen again and fill the missing words in the listening passage

Good afternoon, and welcome to this week’s①___________ of Mysteries of Nature. Today’s topic is a ②_____________one--- it’s③______________, those strange creatures which ④_____________ the earth for no less than two hundred million years, some of them were ⑤______________eaters, others were like the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex, carnivores who lived off meat and who ⑥__________ the more peaceful plant⑦dinosaurs. Not all dinosaurs were big --- some were the ⑧of chickens, and in fact the⑨things to dinosaurs living today are actually birds. But the ⑩we are going to talk about today is why the dinosaurs suddenly (11) _________________exactly 66 million year ago, and to(12)__________________light on the subject we’ve invited one of the world’s foremost (13)_________________on the subject, from the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, Dr Roger Binfield.

3) Listen to the second part again and do Activity 4, 5 and 6 on page 56.

4)Work in pairs and discuss which theory is most likely and why.

Step 4 Pronunciation

Do Activity 1and 2 on page 58.

Step 5 Everyday English

Do Activity on page 58.

Step 6 Language Points

1. die out逐渐消灭，灭绝

①这个部落的传统生活方式正在逐渐消失。

The tribe’s __________________way of life ______________________________

②那种鸟的栖息地正受到破坏，几乎绝种。

The bird’s habitat is _________________________and it has ___________________

2. throw light on阐明某事；帮助弄清楚

①他答应对他的新计划解说的更清楚些。

He promised ________________________________________his new plan

②这些发现可能会使人进一步了解宇宙的起源。

These discoveries may __________________________ the _________ of the universe

3. come straight to the point

①他从不绕弯子；他喜欢开门见山。

He never ________________________; he likes ____________________________

②到了关键时刻，我愿为此辞职。

When ___________________________,I am ___________________resign over this

③She is young, but that’s_______________.

A. at this point

B. beside the point

C. to the point

D. up to a point

III. Consolidation:

1.近义词辨析:

A. die away/die of/die from/die out/die down

1)As a UN report warns, animals ______ at a speed 100 times faster now than any time in the past.

2)It took a long time before the excitement ______.

3)The old man ______ sadness afte r his son’s death.

4)The soldier ______ a wound in the breast.

5)The sound of the engine ______ as the car drove into the distance.

B. adopt adapt adjust

1)It is a play _________________________a novel.

2)Our school has ___________________a new teaching method.

3)He ___________________________ the new surrounding soon.

4)We’d better make some ________________________ (调整)to the arrangement.

C. thanks to, due to, because of

1)This case is _____________________ go to court(开庭)next month.

2)___________________the Asian crisis, the company’s ____________(利润) fell _________15%.

3)___________________the treatment, her condition has improved.

D. would be used to do be/get used to doing used to do

1)他已习惯于做艰苦的工作了。

He ____________________________________on difficult assignments.

2)我过去喜欢园艺，但现在了没时间去弄。

I ______________enjoy _____________,but I don’t have time for it now.

3)用来做椅子的这种木材很昂贵。

This kind of wood ________________________make chairs is very expensive.

4)我们过去在冬天的晚上常常围坐在火炉旁。

__________winter evenings, we _____________ around the fire.

2. Rewrite the sentences

1)It seems that he has been to America.

2)It appears that he has been to America.

3)It is said that the book has been translated into English

4)He claimed that he hadn’t done it, but I didn’t believe him.

5) He claimed to have met the emperor, but I didn’t believe him

3. Error-correction: (10 mistakes)

I often quarrel about my mother over whether I can watch TV after school. She holds view that Senior Three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard at their lessons. It seems to me that once I am allowed to do that, I'll unable to control myself and forget all about my study. She also thinks it is bad for my eye. But I really can't accept her ideas. In my opinion, watch TV can set my mind at rest after a day's hard works. Besides, it is important for us to know what had happened at home and at abroad. Thus, we shouldn't be forbidden to watch TV.

4. Cloze Test

“What's happened to the bottle of sleeping pills (安眠药)？” He couldn't find it in its __1__ place on a shelf in the bathroom. “What have you done with it？” He asked his wife. She said that she hadn't __2__ it，and told it was probably under his nose，if he __3__ only open his eyes and __4__，“you men can find nothing！” But after she had come into the bathroom to look，she had to say it wasn't there.

He went into their son's bedroom to__5__ him his bedtime story. On the floor there lay a bottle，the__6__ he'd been looking for，but it was empty. A sudden wave of __7__ flowed up from his stomach.

“David，what have you__8__ with those pills which were in that bottle？” David looked __9__.He knew he had done something wrong. He was going to be punished. “Did you eat them？” David nodded.“How __10__ did you eat？” No wrong. He called his wife. She came，realized what had happened and went __11__.There must have been 25 or 30 pills__12__ in the bottle. He can't take them__13__，but there were no sleeping pills on the floor or in David's bed or along the way from his bedroom to the __14__.

“__15__ an ambulance，quick！” Within five minutes，the ambulance arrived，and David，__16__ in blanket，his mother and father were __17__ to the nearest hospital. “Put the boy on the stomach pump at once，” said the doctor，as soon as he heard the __18__.They could hear David crying as they sat in the waiting room. Then the crying stopped and the doctor came back. “Luckily you __19__ him quickly. The pills didn't have__20__ to dissolve (溶解) in his stomach，so we got them all out. He is going to be all right.” They took David home in a car and locked the bathroom the next day.

1. A. first B. last C. hiding D. usual

2. A. found B. done C. felt D. touched

3. A. had B. needed C. would D. should

4. A. watch B. look C. see D. find

5. A. read B. give C. hear D. see

6. A. pills B. boy C. one D. story

7. A. surprise B. worry C. anger D. joy

8. A. played B. read C. done D. eaten

9. A. happy B. frightened C. excited D. funny

10. A. long B. much C. soon D. many

11. A. white B. red C. black D. yellow

12. A. left B. eaten C. taken D. forgotten

13. A. at all B. all C. himself D. both

14. A. kitchen B. bathroom C. sitting room D. stairs

15. A. Send B. Ask C. Call D. Take

16. A. packed B. put C. dressed D. wrapped

17. A. led B. rushed C. moved D. brought

18. A. news B. lesson C. fact D. cry

19. A. sent B. took C. brought D. found

20. A. place B. time C. condition D. water

Period 5 Cultural Corner and Summary

Learning goals:

1)Learn about the dragon in the east and in the west.

2)Learn some important words and expressions.

3)review what we have learnt in this module.

Learning methods:

1)Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.

2)Intensive reading to understand the passage better.

3)By self-study and cooperation.

Emotion and Values: Develop the patriotic feeling and broaden the cultural background knowledge and raise awareness of foreign culture.

I. Pre-learning:

1.Some important words:

indicate[Vt]________________[n]__________________ fierce_______________

destruction[n]_________________[Vt]_______________[adj]__________________

generous[adj]__________________[n]____________________ emperor______________

unpredictable__________________[adj]_________________[反]__________________[Vt]

identity[n]_________________[Vt]___________________ border________________

fortune_____________________ [adj]__________________算命人_____________________

2.Expressions: find the phrases in the textbook and translate them into Chinese.

due to _________________ go for __________________

be generous with___________________ grow out of ___________________

a sense of national identity________________________ cause death _______________

of a different color ____________________ in the year of the dragon ________________

have a good reputation__________________ identity card_____________________

II. Learning procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1)We are warned that if we continue to destroy the environment, many more animals and plants will

become e______.

2) Many beautiful fishes are fast d _____________because of the severe pollution.

3)A sociologist made a speech at the meeting _____the fact ______stay-at-home children have aroused

the public concern widely.

A. threw light on; that

B. throwing light on; that

C. to throw light on; which

D. throwing light on; which

4)Polar bears ________fast as a result of global warming so proper measures must be taken now.

A. died out

B. are dying out

C. would die out

D. die out

5)The oranges are delicious . I’d like to have __t hird one because __ second one is rather too small.

A. a; a

B. the ; the

C. a ; the

D.the ; a

6)这些发现可能有助于进一步了解宇宙的起源。(throw light on)

7)他开会时总是开门见山，简洁明了，这一点很受我们的欢迎。（come straight to the point）

Step 2 While reading