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Unit 8
It must belong to Carla.
Review
Whose book is it
It must be Stella's.
Because there is a name written on it.
It must belong to Stella.
It can't be Tony's.
It can't belong to Tony.
Can you guess what it is in the picture
It could be ______________.
It also might be _______.
two faces
a vase
Can you guess what it is in the picture
It could be ______________.
It also might be _______________.
a beautiful face
three birds
flying
Something is making noises. Listen and guess what the noises are.
It could/might be someone's laughter.
/ It could/might be someone laughing.
It could/might be someone ringing the bell.
It could/might/must be a dog barking.
Lead in
Predict
Where is the woman
What is the woman doing
What time is it now
Can you guess what is happening outside the window
While-reading
Read the article and decide which might be the best title.
some strange things that are happening in My Town.
Please circle
key words and key sentences
Scanning
Read the passage again and write down the people who heard the noise.
Who heard the noise
One woman
in the area
The Writer
Helen
Victor's wife
Victor's parents
Victor and his friends
Read the article carefully and fill in the chart.
People who gave opinions The opinions Their feeling(s)
Victor's wife
Victor and his friends
The policemen
Helen (Victor's
next-door neighbor)
One woman
in the area
The writer himself
She thinks that it could be an animal.
They think it must be teenagers having fun.
They think it might be the wind.
She thought it was too big to be a dog.
She thought that maybe it was a bear or a wolf.
At first, she thought that it might be a dog.
And then she guesses it can't be a dog.
He thinks the noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neiborhood.
uneasy
Post-reading
What do you think the noise-maker might be
What could the strange noises be
Role-play
One acts as a reporter to interview people in the small town.
The other students act as people in the town to be interviewed to express what is happening, your opinions, what you heard and what you saw.
If necessary, you can add some other roles like policemen, detectives and so on.
Work in groups.
Repoter: Hello, I'm XXX from CGTN. I'm now in a small and quiet town.
But recently strange happenings in the town have broken the silence.
Nobody knows what is exactly happening and everyone feels uneasy.
Let's hear some of their opinions.
Reporter: Excuse me. Can you share something with us What happened
Person 1: These days, something unusual is happening in our town. Every night we hear strange noises outside our window. I think it might be an unknown animal visiting our town. So I worry about our safety.
Person X: ......... , so I think / guess it could/might/must/can't be ...
/ I think it could/might/must/can't be... (doing sth.) , because ...
/ I'm not sure, maybe it was...
/ I heard... / I saw... / I found ...
/ I think it was too...to... / it was so... that ....
Reporter: Thank you for sharing your ideas.
We hope that the noise-maker can be found as soon as possible.
And people can live a normal life again.
If you are the reporter, after you interviewed the people in the town, Please write an article about the strange happenings in the town.
Last week, we interviewed the people in a town. The town used to be quiet. But recently, strange happenings in the town have broken the silence. Nobody knows what is exactly happening and everyone feels uneasy. Here are some people's opinions about it.
Some people think....
(1. You should use: It might/could/must/can't be ...
2. use conjunctions, such as: because, but, although, so ....
3. make your sentences correct and colorful. )
We hope that the noise-maker can be found as soon as possible. And people can live a normal life again. And before that, we will keep paying attention to it.
Thank you !
