【英语周报】2015年高中英语 Unit1 Tales of the unexplained Welcome to the unit教案 牛津译林版必修2.docVIP

Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained Period one Welcome to the Unit The Analysis of this part: Ss are encouraged to do a free discussion about some mysterious and unexplained phenomena in the world. Teaching aims: 1. Help Ss practice spoken English. 2. Help Ss express their opinions boldly and imaginatively. Teaching methods: 1. Looking and speaking 2. Discussion in pairs or groups. Teaching procedures: Step one: Lead- in Today, our topics are not only interesting and attractive, but a little mysterious as well. They are beyond our knowledge. Maybe we only hear of them. Even the advanced science and technology of today cant offer satisfactory answers to them. Step two: Picture talking UFOS, Yetis, Crop circles and Stonehenge T: Do these topics have sth. in common? If so, what is it Unexplained, no satisfactory answers, mysterious, no evidence How do you feel about them Are you a bit curious? Now lets discuss the pictures on page one. 2. Ask students to discuss all the pictures in pairs or groups and then report the result of their discussion to the teacher. Step three: Description of the pictures Picture one: UFOS 1 What do the letters UFO stand for It stands for unidentified Flying Object, that is , an object , apparently moving in the sky, which we can not identify. 2 Do you believe in it I never believe in spacecraft carrying visitors from outer space. Picture two: Yetis 1 Where are the Himalayas? It is in the south of Asia. 2 Whats the weather like there? cold. 3 What is the Yeti, and what is it like Its reported to be half-man and half-beast. Its supposed to live in the highest mountain in the worldMount Qomolangma. Picture three: Crop circles It’s said that the earliest crop circles appeared in England in 1647. Crop circles are reported to appear mostly in spring and summer. People are curious about the phenomenon. What about you? Do you really believe it’s a natural phenomenon? 1. Do you believe in the existence of aliens? 2. Do you think the crop cir