新编大学英语第一册第六单元课件1.pptVIP

New College English(Second Edition) Book One Unit 6 A World of Mystery Lecture 1 Part I Warm-up Activities Lead-in Questions What is a mystery? - Unsolved, unexplained strangeness What unsolved mysteries have you heard or read about? - UFO, the Abominable Snowman or Yeti, Big foot, Sea Serpents, Easter Island, Loch Ness Monster or other lake monsters, Black Holes, the Mary Celeste, the Bermuda Triangle, the mysterious slopes and the mysterious crop circles… Lead-in Questions Here are a few pictures of some unsolved mysteries in the world. Study the pictures and also the picture on P. 177 (Read the directions, too.) What Are These? What Are These? What Are These? Comparisons of footprints of known animals and Bigfoot footprints More Pictures What Is This? What Are These? What Are These? And These? Huge, complex and beautiful patterns are being found swirled (使漩涡状) into crop fields around the world every year. They are neatly laid, often with intricate (复杂的) qualities and little apparent damage to the stems. Their origin and purpose remains a complete mystery. One other unsolved mystery Background Information of the “Bermuda Triangle” Study the maps of the Bermuda Triangle with your partner. Describe the location of the Bermuda Triangle. Some facts about the “Bermuda Triangle” * Pictures of footprints of a mysterious creature “Bigfoot.” pictures of sightings of the “Bigfoot.” The footprints left by the “Bigfoot” are, on average, considerably? larger than that of a human.? On the most part, the creatures have been shy and reclusive (隐遁的, 隐居的).? They normally try to avoid contact with humans.? But every now and then there are reports of sightings in populated areas.? Perhaps the creatures are just as curious about us as we are about them. Answer: These are mysterious crop circles. Group Discussion (based on the following questions) Are these crop circles works of human artists, or they are works of some unknown beings from the outer space?