课件28张PPT。The Monster of Lake Tianchi 天池湖里的怪物Find the topic sentence of the textRead the first three paragraphs and fill in the table.Black in color; jumped like a seal; its head looked like a horse.It was greenish-black and had a round head with 10cm horns.A round black creature moving quickly through the water. It dived into the water, appeared again and repeated the action.What do many people think?
What do the scientists think?Read paragraph 4-5:The monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland and there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world.They are sceptical because the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.Information about Lake Tianchi:
Height:
Area:
Depth:2189 m10 km2More than370 m deep in placesTell the main idea of each paragraph.The latest sighting of the Tianchi monsterAnother recent sighting of Tianchi monsterA third sighting of the Tianchi monsterParagraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4More information about the Tianchi monsterParagraph5Information about Lake Tianchi薛俊林1980-8-21
光明日报You should cover the following information:
The three sightings of the monster
What people and scientists think
About Lake TianchiRetell the Text1. sighting n. 珍奇动物等的发现,目击sightseeing n. 观光,游览
sight n. 视力, 视野,景象
at first sight 乍看起来,看第一眼
at the sight of 一看见…就
catch sight of 看到,发现,瞥见
in sight 在视野之内
out of sight 在视野之外The boy ran towards his mother at the sight of a dog.
I caught sight of her getting on the bus when I came out of the bookstore.
Tom met Mary at a party, and they fell in love at first sight.
A ship came in sight from the horizon.
The plane was soon out of sight.2. seem + (to be) + adj./n 看起来似乎
It seems that …
It seems to sb that
seems like/ as if/ as though
seem to doThe young man seemed to be excited today.
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
It seems to me you don't have much choice.3. claim v.声称, 要求, 夺去, 认领, 索要
He claimed to have seen the Mona Lisa.
=He claimed that he had seen ...
claim that/to do/ to have done
claim sth. 要求得到某物
make a claim for… 提出….的要求The earthquake claimed thousands of lives.
I claimed that coat the teacher found.
Don’t claim to know what you don’t know.
Has anyone claimed this watch?4. calm / quiet / still / silent
We’ll have to be ______ so as not to wake the baby.
Stand ____, and I’ll take a photo of you.
Pupils must be _____ during the study hour.
Keep __________!The meeting starts.
The weather was fine and the lake was _______.
She remained _____ at the frightening news. quiet stillsilent silent/quiet calmcalmcalm平静的,沉着的,指无风浪或人的心情不激动
quiet宁静的,安静的,指没有声音,不吵闹或心里没有烦恼,焦虑
still静止的,不动的,指没有运动或动作的状态
silent宁静的,沉默的,不发言的,指没有声音或不讲话5. there be 的时态: There is/are
There was/were
There will be
There have/has been
There may/could/might/must beThere has been an old church in that town since long ago.There used to be an old temple here.There seemed to have been a quarrel.There might be similar creatures in other
lakes around the world.Once there lived a king, who loved new
clothes than anything else.There existed a fact that he couldn’t live
without his parents.6. close up 关闭,靠近
The teacher told the children to close up to each other near the camp fire and then began his story.
The old road has now been closed up since the highway was open to public use.close adj. 近的, 接近的,稠密的,亲密的
adv. 紧密地,附近,接近
closely adv. 接近地, 紧密地, 严密地, 密切地
The two building are close together.
a close friend
They live quite close.
这两件事有密切的联系。The two events are closely connected.7. be sceptical of/aboutI'm extremely sceptical about what I read in the press.
Environmental groups are sceptical of the government's claims. 8. be likely/unlikely to do
She's very likely to ring me tonight.
The train is likely to be late.
It is unlikely to rain.
They are unlikely to come since the weather is so bad. The dusty air makes it _____ to get a clear picture of space.
A. hardly B. likely
C. impossible D. difficultyC—Which team is ______ to win the game?
—I don’t know, but I’ve found ____for ours to win.
A. probable, it unlikely
B. likely, it possible
C. possible, it possible
D. likely , it possiblyB9.cover v. 覆盖;占地面积;走完…路;看 了几页书;报道,对….进行采访;涉及,包括 n.盖子,封面The bird covered the distance in three minutes.Our school covers an area of 20 square kilometers.How many pages have you covered the book?The book covers the facts that you can’t find in any other book.(覆盖)be covered with (表状态)
be covered by (表动作)
Covered with a table cloth, the table looks very nice.
The Red Army covered 25,000 li
during the Long March
His lecture covered this subject.
During the Olympic Games , journalists from all over the world came to cover the event.(走过)(涉及)(采访)Translation:It seems impossible for him to understand Modern music.I seem to have seen him before.2.我好像曾经见过他。1.要他了解现代音乐似乎是不可能的。3.我们趁着黑夜开始攻击。We began to attack under cover of
darkness.4.没有水鱼不能生存。Fish can’t exist out of water.5.他很快使他自己适应了新环境。He is quick to adapt himself to new
circumstances.6.他花了5美元算了算命。He spent five dollars having his fortune
told.7.还能看得见那列火车. The train is still in sight. They ran away at the sight of the police.8. 他看见远处有一辆汽车He caught sight of a car in the distance. I recognized her at first sight.