学年英语外研版必修四教案Module+6+Unexplained+Mysteries+of+the+Natural+W+orld.docx

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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