牛津深圳版八年级英语下册 Module 4 Unit 7 The unknown world. Reading 课件（共21张PPT）

Unit
7
Oxford English
Module 4 Discovery
Reading
The unknown world
Getting ready
Look at the cartoon and answer the questions.
? Where are Hi and Lo?
They are on another planet.
? What is Lo worried about?
He is worried about their safety.
? What does Hi think of the planet?
He thinks it is quite safe there.
? What do you think of the planet?
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creature
1
Think and say
Do you want to travel to another planet? Why?
Brainstorm
2
Do you think there could be other forms of life in space?
Do you think aliens have visited the Earth?
What might these creatures look like?
Do you think they might be friendly or unfriendly?
Look at the pictures on page 98 and answer the following questions.
Do you believe in aliens? Do you agree with the following sentences? Discuss them with your classmates.
What do you know about …?
We received some messages from aliens about ten years ago.
Aliens came to the Earth thousands of years ago, and made some buildings.
Do you believe in aliens? Do you agree with the following sentences? Discuss them with your classmates.
What do you know about …?
Aliens sometimes take people from the Earth into their spaceships.
There are many planets in space. Aliens live on some of them.
3
Before you read
What’s the passage mainly about?
Look and learn
1
Read the text
Look at the pictures, the title and the first paragraph of the story on page 99. Then answer the questions below. You may need to guess some of the answers.
Before you read
1 When did Tina wake up?
2 What was the yellow light in the sky?
3 What happened to the light?
4 What did Tina probably do the next day?
She woke up at midnight.
Perhaps it was a spaceship.
It suddenly dived towards the ground.
She probably went and looked for a spaceship.
3
Read Paragraphs 2 to 5 of the story. Then, answer the following questions.
Read and answer
Why was Tina sure something had landed in the forest near the hills?

What did Tina and her brother do the next day?
When did they reach the forest?
What did they hear? Did they understand it?
What did the alien look like?
How did Tina and Tom feel when they saw the alien?
Who discovered Tina and Tom?
What did the children do after that?
Because she saw a yellow light in the sky and it suddenly dived towards the ground.
They explored the forest after school.
At 6 p.m.
They heard some voices speaking a strange language. They didn’t understand it.
It was tall, with a round head and a silver body.
They felt frightened.
Another alien.
They ran away in fear.
Read Paragraphs 6 to 8 of the story. Then, tell whether the following statements are T (True) or F (False).
The children thought the aliens were very beautiful.
The aliens had no hair or feathers.
Tom found something written on the spaceship.
The children knew the meaning of the words on the spaceship.
F
F
T
F
Read Paragraphs 9 to 10 of the story. Then, answer the following questions.
How did the children go to school?
What kind of creatures were the children?
Where did the spaceship come from?
They flew to school.
Birds.
The Earth.
4
Summarize
Read the story again and summarize the main idea of each part.
Part
Paragraph(s)
Main idea
1
Paragraph 1
2
Paragraphs 2—5
3
Paragraphs 6—9
4
Paragraph 10
Tina saw something unusual at midnight.
Tina and Tom explored the forest and found two aliens.
Tina and Tom told their father what they saw and he refused to believe them.
Tina and Tom’s father looked at the piece of paper with the word “EARTH” on it.
4
D1 Tina and Tom are telling a police officer what they have seen. Complete their answers to the police officer’s questions.
Comprehension
a loud noise
a yellow light in the sky
suddenly dived towards the
ground
at 6 p.m.
a round head and a silver body
a long spaceship
a crash
Another alien
1 What are Tina and her family?
_______________________________________________________
2 Who are the aliens?
_______________________________________________________
3 Where did the spaceship come from?
_______________________________________________________
D2 Read the story again and answer the questions below in complete sentences.
They are people of Bird World./They are birds.
They are astronauts from the Earth.
It came from the Earth.
Find sentences in the story to support your answers in D2.
Read and find
For question 1: “They were very ugly. They had some hair, but they didn’t have any feathers,” said Tina.
The children spread their wings and flew to school together.
For questions 2 and 3: It was tall, with a round head and a silver body.
“It looks strange,” he said, as he looked at the word “EARTH”.
5
Retell the story using the key words and the pictures to help you.
Retell
At midnight, a yellow light
The next morning, explore
At 6 p.m. , reach
The next morning, tell their father

*D3 In pairs, discuss whether you believe aliens are real. Why or why not?
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Comprehension
H
Homework
根据时间线索，复述主阅读篇章的故事。
把小组讨论Comprehension部分练习D3的结果整理成发言稿。
完成《综合练习册》第118至119页Reading B，C的练习。