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Unit1 Tales of the unexplained (Module 2) Welcome to the unit Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead-in ＆Warm-up ● Do you want to know his opinion of the most beautiful thing one can experience? “The most beautiful thing one can experience is mysteries. They are truly the basis of all arts and sciences.?—Albert Einstein (So you see, mysteries are of vital importance to the world. That’s why we shall begin to learn something about them. Bb: The topic of the unit. Then what kind of attitude should we adopt towards mysteries?—Bb: show interest in …; be curious about …; trace the causes of …; analyze …; cooperate with …; seek help from …; work intelligently and independently; find solutions to … Before we take up the unit, I have two more questions for you.) Let’s watch a short video, what’s flying in the sky? Is it a UFO? What other unexplained things do you know about? Step 2 Posters 1. Pair work: ● Please open your books and let’s look at page one. Read the instructions and focus on the four pictures and illustrations first. Then work in pairs to find the answer to the following questions. (1) Do the four pictures have something in common? If so, what is it? (unexplained; no satisfactory answers; mysterious; no evidence to prove … ) (2) Can scientists explain these phenomena? (They are mysterious because no satisfactory answers have been offered to explain them so far. Though these mysteries have puzzled people for a long time, they still show great interest in them. People feel puzzled by the mysteries 2. Group discussion: Topic 1: about UFOs (1) What do the letters UFO stand for?—Unidentified Flying Objects (2) Do you believe in UFOs? Why or why not? What do you think might be the most acceptable explanation for UFOs? —aliens from space; military test aircraft; some UFOs are alien and some are test aircraft; UFOs are evidence of human space travel; UFOs are neither alien nor test aircraft; UFOs don’t exist … Topic 2: about Yetis (1) Where is the Himalay