课件17张PPT。Project: Telling a mysterious story
Read the article quickly to find the answers to these questions:
1.What does a Yeti look like?
A Yeti is a wild man-like creature. It is heavily built and hairy. It has thick black fur and it is very tall with huge shoulders, long arms and large hands . It runs with amazing speed and strength.
2. Where have people seen a Yeti?
People have seen a Yeti in the Himalayas and in the Shennongjia National Forest Park in western Hubei Province. They have also discovered many footprints in the snow near Bossburg, Washington in the United States.
What do scientists say about the footprints?
1. They could have been made by bears or other animals.
2.They could have been made by people playing a joke.
3.They could have been made by Yetis.Read the passage again and divide the passage into 4 parts and give the main idea of each part.
Para1 Yetis are reported to have been seen all over the world.
Paras2-4 Descriptions of Yetis in different places (supported details for paragraph1)
Paras5-6 Scientists’ different opinions about Yetis.
Para7 Scientists hope to find the truth. Do you believe that such a creature exists? Why or why not? DiscussionNotes:Yetis are said to be heavily built and hairy.
=People say/ It is said that Yetis are heavy and full of hair.
He is a well-built man.=
He is a man whose body has good proportions. 体格匀称
hair-hairy dust-dusty
dirt-dirty
据说他在国外就读过.
据说他要出国读书.
据说他正在国外就读.
这本书据说是去年出版的.
He is said to ______ ________ abroad.
He is said to ______ _______soon.
He is said to ____ _______ __________.
The book is said to ______ _______ ____________ last year. have studied study abroad be studying abroad have been published1.讲述神秘的故事
2.在遥远的地区
3.让某人了解…
4. 背景信息
5.报道做过某事
6.据说某人…
7. 体格健壮
8.袭击村民
9.国家森林公园
10.追赶 tell a mysterious story
in remote areas
give sb. an idea of…
background information
report doing
Sb is said to be…
be heavily built
attack villagers
national forest park
run after11. 以惊人的速度
12.一条可靠的的证据
13.证明…的 存在
14.平均
15.开玩笑的人
16.向…前进
17.大约3百万年前
18.继续活到今天
19.揭开谜底
20.有机会做…
21.亲眼看到… with amazing speed
a piece of hard evidence
support the existence of…
on average
people playing a joke
make one’s way to…
some 3,000,000 years ago
live on until today
solve the mystery
have the chance to do…
see… with one’s own eyes1. convince sb of sth
~sb that… ~ sb to do sth 说服…做…
You’ll need to ~ them of your ability.
I have been trying to ~ him to see a doctor.
be/become convinced of…深信,坚信
I am ~d that he is honest.
I’m ~d of his honesty.2. play a joke on/upon sb.
joke with sb about sth
You must be joking.
3.attack sb
make/launch an ~on/upon sb
under attack
The man ~ed him with a knife.
The enemy came under ~from all sides.4.speed(~ed, ~ed; sped, sped)
with (great/good/amazing)~
at (a) high/low ~
at a ~ of 60km an hour
speed up 加速
The train soon speeded up.
He was fined for speeding(超速行驶).5.describe
~ sth to sb ~doing sth
~ sb as…
give sb an description of sth.
The murderer was ~d as tall & dark.
Several people ~d seeing strange lights in the sky.
Correct the mistake in the following
1.The animal ran after by the engineers is a Yeti.
2.The footprints made by Yetis are larger than that of a human being.
3.What caused you give up smoking?
4.The detective in the charge of the case is called Peterson.
5.Lucy showed great interested in English.ran runthat those∧to﹨interested interestWriting We have read a mysterious story. Now , turn to Page19. We are going to write a story about one of the mysterious on the first page of this unit. Please work in groups. Before writing, please read the steps.
Try to distinguish the writing features of a mysterious story so that you may know how to write such a story.The writing features of a mysterious story an interesting and attractive title
an attractive beginning
Some details of the story with
some pictures or photos
what scientists or people think
about the story
an open end of the story