课件17张PPT。
Module 6
Unexplained mysteries of
the Natural World
UFO The YetiThe Loch Ness MonsterThe Bermuda Triangle Bermuda Triangle 百慕大三角an area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost
百慕大神秘三角(百慕大、波多黎各和美国佛罗里达州所形成的三角地带,许多船只,飞机曾在此神秘失踪,乃得此名)Lake TianchiHow much do you know about Lake Tianchi? Where is it? How big/ deep is it?It’s on the Changbai Moutains in Jilin Province. It is 2,189 meters high and covers an area of about ten square kilometers. In places it is more than 370 meters deep.Read the beginning of the passage
and decide where it comes from.
A tourist guide
B. A newspaper
C. A dictionary
D. A scientific journal
Examples
of greetingsPara 1Para 2Para 3Para 4Para 5greetings in Asian countriesways of communicationfascinating body languagegreetings in western
countriesAmerican youth’s greeting
todaySkimming Read the passage and match column A with column B Read the passage fast and get the general idea of each paragraph.
Para.1:
Para.2:
Para.3:
Para.4:
Para.5: The latest sighting of the monster. The second sighting of the monster. Another sighting of the monster. Different opinions on monster . Geographical features of Tianchi.Part1{Part2Part3Fast reading
Careful reading1. According to the text, what did the
monster look like?Black in color; jumped like a seal; its head looked like a horse.
2. How many people saw it?About 200.3. What did the soldiers see when they were walking along the side of lake?They saw an animal moving on the surface of the water and swimming for about two minutes.4. What did it look like?It was greenish-black and had a round
head with 10cm horns.5. What did Li Xiaohe see?
A round black creature moving quickly through the water. After 300 or 400 meters it dived into the water.
6. Why could he see the animal clearly?Because the weather was fine and the lake was calm.Decide whether the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1.Someone has seen the monsters in Lake Tianchi close up.
2.Many people think the monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland.
3.Low-temperature lake is likely to be able to support such large living creatures.
4. Lake Tianchi is the second highest volcanic lake in the world.FFTFDescribe the three sightings.A round black creaturethe lakeLi XiaoheSighting threeGreenish-black, a round head with 10-centimeter hornsthe side of lakea group of soldiersSighting twoBlack in color, jumped like a seal, its head looked like a horseChangbai’s western peakMeng Fanyin,
Xue JunlinSighting one DescriptionPlaceWitnessSightingPair workWhat do you know about the pyramids in Egypt? How do the people build them?