(共19张PPT)
Lake Tianchi
Heaven lake
The Monster of lake Tianchi
Pre-reading:
Watch the video and try to find which monster is spotted.
Read the beginning of each paragraph and match the main idea with para1—para4.
The latest sighting of the monster
Another recent sighting of the monster
A third sighting of the monster
What other people think about the monster of Lake Tianchi
Descriptions
of the monster
A third sighting of the monster
Who described the monster to us?
Description
Meng Fanying
_______________, the director of a local_______ officer
Xue Junlin
____________, a local
_____________
The monster seemed to be ______ in color and its head looked like a ______.
It jumped out of the water like a _____.
Para 1: during the latest sighting
Shape:
Action:
tourist
photographer
black
horse
seal
&
said
round
Who described the monster to us?
Description
It was __________________and had a
______ head with 10 centimetre______.
It moved on the __________of the water.
Para 2: in another recent sighting
Shape:
Action:
a group of ________
soldiers
greenish-black
horns
surface
It was a _____________ creature moving
quickly through the water.
Who described the monster to us?
Description
It _______ into the water. Ten minutes later it __________ again and _________
the action.
Para 3: in a third sighting
Shape:
Action:
_______and his family
round black
dived
Li xiaohe
appeared
repeated
Sighting 1
Sighting 2
Sighting 3
How do they support their reports in each sighting
see the monster closely
too many witnesses(目击者)
prove
clearly
About 200 people on Changbai’s western
peak saw it.
2. A local photographer claimed that....
The soldiers were walking along the side of the lake
They can see the monster clearly because the weather was fine and the lake was calm.
Para.4 More evidence for Tianchi Monster.
They also think that there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world.
The monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland.
远亲
What do many people think about the monster
尼斯湖水怪
Para.5 Is it possible for the monsters to live in
Lake Tianchi
Lake Tianchi is the highest volcanic lake in the world.
And covers an area of about ten square kilometres.
In places it is more than 370 metres deep.
Special environment
wide enough
Unexplored/unknown
Likely/possible
What does each sentence suggest
火山湖
As Readers:What do YOU think of it
Do you believe there are monsters
in Lake Tianchi
If you don’t believe in the monster. (para.4)
Scientists, however, are sceptical.
They say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely
to be able to support such large living creatures.
What does “sceptical” mean
doubtful
Reason 1
If you don’t believe in the monster. (para.4)
Reason 2
The photos taken for the monster
They are not clear
It was too far away
More reasons
If you don’t believe in the monster.(group work)
Meng Fanying, the director of a local tourist office…
It is possible he created the sighting on purpose to…
help develop the tourism
_______________________________
attract people’s attention
We can’t SIMPLY say Yes or NO
Conclusion: what is your opinion of the monsters
There is still a long way to go before we find
the real truth to the monster.
This is a ___________question.
More facts are to be_______
More mysteries are to be_______
More possibilities are to be_______
found
explored
explained
(find)
(explore)
(explain)
lasting
?
No one at the lakeside now
Moon up in the sky
Night birds in the dragon spruce(云杉)
Moaning(呜咽) long and high
Backstroking(仰泳) on the surface
Moonlight on its face
Floats the Tianchi monster
Staring(盯着) into space
Out around the temple now
Narcissus in bloom
Sensors packed with sandalwood
Send smoke into the room
Children in the sand outside
On their hands and knees
Sketching pictures all day long
Of stranger things than these
Tianchi Lake
Homework
Read more information about Lake Tianchi and share with your partner if you find more to chanllenge.
Find out the improtant sentences in the text and finish ex.4 on P53