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学年英语外研版必修四教案Module+6+Unexplained+Mysteries+of+the+Natural+W+orld
Module6UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNaturalWorldPartOneTeachingDesign
Period1Reading—TheMonsterofLakeTianchi
■Goals
●TolearntoreadpassageswithImperativesabouttrafficjams
●Tolearntoreadwithstrategies
Step1:
WarmingupbytalkingaboutLakeTianchiMonster
TheLakeTianchiMonsterisanalleged“lakemonster”whichdwellsinLakeTianchi,withintheChangbaiMountainsofJilinProvince,China,notfarfromtheNorthKoreanborder.Somereportsarguethatthereisnotamonster,butanestimated20monsters.
Thefirstreportedsightingwasin1903.Itwasclaimedthatalargebuffalo-likecreatureattackedthreepeople,butwasshotsixtimes.Themonsterthenretreatedunderthewater.
Morerecentreportsdescribethemonsterashavingahuman-likeheadattachedtoa1.5mneck.Itissaidtohaveawhiteringaroundthebottomofitsneck,andtherestofitsskinisgreyandsmooth.
Step2:
Beforeyouread
Pleasegooverthewordlistforthismodule,payingattentiontothepronunciationoftheword,therelationshipbetweenitspronunciationanditsspelling.
Step3:
Whileyouread
1.TypeofwritingandsummariesofMonsterofLakeTianchi
Typeofwriting
Anarration
Ideaof1stpara.
Thedirectorofalocaltouristoffice,MengFanyinghappenedtoseeamonsterinthe“MonsterofLakeTianchi”intheChangbaiMountainsinJilinprovince,northeastChina.
Ideaof2ndpara.
Inanotherrecentsighting,agroupofsoldiersclaimtheysawananimalmovingonthesurfaceofthewater.
Ideaof3rdpara.
AthirdreportcamefromLiXiaohe,whoclaimstohaveseenaroundblackcreaturemovingquicklythroughthewater.
Ideaof4thpara.
Beingskepticalscientistssaythatthelow-temperaturelakeisunlikelytobeabletosupportsuchlargelivingcreatures.
Ideaof5thpara.
LakeTianchiisthehighestvolcaniclakeintheworld.
2.AdiagramofATripAlongtheThreeGorges
3.Completethearticlewithonewordineachblank.
The“MonsterofLakeTianchi”,the_1_volcaniclakeintheworld,intheChangbaiMountainsinJilinprovince,northeastChina,is_2_inthefocusafterseveralrecentsightings.
Thedirectorofalocaltouristoffice,MengFanying,saidhesawa_3_inthelake.Itseemedtobeblackincolour,tenmetresfromthe_4_ofthelakeduringthemostrecentsighting.
Inanotherrecentsighting,agroupofsoldiers_5_theysawananimalmovingonthesurfaceofthewater.Athirdreport_6_fromLiXiaohe.Heclaimstohaveseenaroundblackcreaturemovingquicklythroughthewater.There_7_beenreportsofmonstersinLakeTianchisincethebeginningofthelastcentury,althoughno_8_hasseenonecloseup.ManypeoplethinkthemonstermaybeadistantcousinoftheLochNess_9_inScotland.Theyalsothinkthattheremightbesimilarcreaturesinotherlakesaroundthe_10_.Scientists,however,areskeptical.Theysaythatthelow-temperaturelakeisunlikelytobe_11_tosupportsuchlargelivingcreatures.
Keys:
1highest2back3monster4edge5claim6came
7have8one9monster10world11able
4.Answerthereadingcomprehensionquestionsaccordingtothetext.
1.Whatisthetopicofthistext?
A.Introductionto“MonsterofLakeTianchi”
B.Severalrecentsightingsoflakemonsters
C.Scientistsskepticalaboutlakemonsters
D.“MonsterofLakeTianchi”andreportsofmonstersinthelake
2.XueJunlin,alocalphotographer,claimedthatitsheadlookedlikea_____.
A.catB.elephantC.horseD.tiger
3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnotscientificallybased?
A.The“MonsterofLakeTianchi”isintheChangbaiMountains.
B.JilinprovinceisinnortheastChina.
C.Thelakemonsterseemedtobeblackincolour.
D.LakeTianchiisthehighestvolcaniclakeintheworld.
4.Whatdoes“distant”meanin“ManypeoplethinkthemonstermaybeadistantcousinoftheLochNessmonsterinScotland.”?
A.remoteintimeB.remoteinrelationship
C.alooflyreservedD.hardtodistinguishclearly
keys:
1-4DCCB
Step4:
Afteryouread
1.CopyalltheusefulexpressionsintoyourExpressionBook.
UsefulexpressionsfromTheMonsterofLakeTianchi
backinthenews,onChangbai’swesternpeak,getaclearlookatthemysteriouscreature,alocalphotographer,inanotherrecentsighting,agroupofsoldiers,havearoundheadwith10-centimetrehorns,diveintothewater,repeattheaction,toofaraway,thelow-temperaturelake,2,189metershigh,coveranareaofabouttensquarekilometers
SentencesmadewithexpressionsfromTheMonsterofLakeTianchi
1.Theoldactorisbackinthenewsforhislatestmovie.
2.Itisoneofthemostdifficultpeakstoclimb.
3.Doyouknowwhyyoucannotgetaclearlookatthepicture?
4.She’sanactresswhoseinnerlifehasremainedmysterious,despitethemanyinterviewsshehasgiven.
5.Bluewhalesarethelargestcreaturesevertohavelived.
6.Manylocalshopswillbeforcedtocloseifthenewsupermarketisbuilt.
7.Thisisthefirstsightingofthisparticularlyrarebirdinthiscountry.
8.Thecarwasparkednearasmallgroupoftrees.
9.Withabitofluck,weshouldbebackintimefordinner.
10.Theyrantothepool,divedin,andswamtotheotherside.
11.Pleasedon’trepeatwhatI'vejusttoldyoutoanyoneelse.
12.Isthestationfaraway?
13.Weareparticularlyinterestedininformationthatwouldbeusefultothelowtemperaturecommunity.
14.It’stwoandahalfmetreshighandonemetrewide.
15.Thecampuscoversanareaof23.33hectares,withafloorspaceof120000squaremeters.
2.Readtofillinthetablewithinformationfromthetext.
Para.1Arecentsighting:
ThemonsterofLakeTianchijumpedoutfthewaterlikeaseal—200peopleonChangbai’swesternpeaksawit.
Para.2Anotherrecentsighting:
Itwasgreenish-blackandhadaroundheadwith10-centimetrehorns.
Para.3Athirdreport:
Aroundblackcreaturewasmovingquicklythroughthewater.Itdivedintothewaterandappearedagain.
Para.4TherehavebeenreportsofmonstersinLakeTianchisince
thebeginningofthelastcentury.
Para.5LakeTianchiis
thehighestvolcaniclakeintheworld.
Period2Speaking—Doingtherole-play
■Goals
●Tolearntorole-playadialogueaboutthemonsterofLakeTianchi
Step1:
Makingpreparationforspeaking
Tospeakaboutsomethingwellinaforeignlanguage,youneedtwothingsprepared:
thelanguageandtheidea.
NowgobacktothereadingpassagetoreaditagainforthenecessaryvocabularyandideastobeusedintalkingaboutthemonsterofLakeTianchi.
YoumaygototheinternetorthelibraryforanyotherrelatedinformationfortalkingaboutlakemonstersreportedinChinaorothercountriesoftheworld.
Step2:
Role-playingthetextTheMonsterofLakeTianchi
A:
Hi,wherehaveyoubeen?
B:
IhavebeentoChina’slegendaryLakeTianchi.
C:
IlearnedthatLakeTianchiMonsterhassurfacedagain.
B:
Yes,ithas.Localofficialshavereportedsightingsofasmanyas20ofthemysteriousandunidentifiedcreaturesinalakenearNorthKorea.
D:
Ilearnedthatsightingsofthestrangebeast—China’sversionofthe‘LochNessMonster’—datebackmorethanacentury,butlikeScotland’sfamed“Nessie”reportsvaryandremainunconfirmed.
B:
Youarerightinsayingthat.OnthemorningofJuly11,severallocalgovernmentcadrescaughtsightofaschoolofmysteriouscreatures.
D:
IthinktheywereswimmingthroughthelakeintheChangbaimountains,innortheasternJilinprovince.
B:
Yes,theywere.Withinabout50minutes,themonstersappearedfivetimes.
D:
Attimestherewasone,attimestherewereseveral.
B:
Thelasttime,therewereasmanyasabout20.
D:
Itwasreportedthatthecreatures,twotothreekilometresinthedistance,appearedonlyaswhiteorblackspots.
B:
Butfromtheripplesinthewater,peopletheredeterminedthespotswere“livingbeings”.
A:
Ireadinthepaperthatin1903,accordingtolocalrecords,acreatureresemblingahugebuffalowithadeafeningroarsprangoutofthewaterandattemptedtoattackthreepeoplebeforeonethemshotitinthebellysixtimes.
B:
Thebeastthenroaredanddisappearedbackintothewater.
A:
Thatwasfrightening.
Step3:
Role-playingadialogueaboutlakemonsters
A:
Whatisalakemonster?
B:
LakeMonsteristhenamegiventolargeunknownanimalswhichhavepurportedlybeensightedin,and/orarebelievedtodwellinlakes,althoughtheirexistencehasneverbeenconfirmedscientifically.
C:
Dotheyexist?
B:
TheyaregenerallybelievednottoexistbyconventionalZoologyandalliedsciences.
D:
Aretheythesubjectsofscientificinvestigation?
B:
Yes,theyare.TheyareprincipallythesubjectofinvestigationsbyfollowersofCryptozoology.
A:
Whatabouttheirsightings?
Arethesightingsunusual?
B:
Theirsightingsareoftensimilartosomeseamonsters.
C:
Couldyougiveussomeexamplesoflakemonsters?
B:
Okay.ThemostfamouslakemonsteriscertainlytheLochNessMonster.
D:
IlearnedthatformanydecadesithasbeenreportedtoinhabitLochNessinScotland.
B:
Andinmorerecentyears,similaranimalshavebeenwidelyreported,suchasOgopogoinOkanaganLakeintheheartofBritishColumbia;ManipogoinLakeManitoba,andChampinLakeChamplain.
C:
Arethereanyotherlocations?
B:
OtherlocationswhichhavebeenclaimedashomesforlakemonstersareBearLake(Idaho/Utah),alarge,verydeeplakewithsightingsasearlyas1850.FlatheadLakeinMontana,LakeTianchiinChina,BalaLakeinWales,theWhiteRiverinAlabama.Fulk’sLakenearChurubusco,IndianaissaidtobehometotheBeastofBusco.Theworld’sdeepestlake,Lak