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Learning aims To learn some of the tales of unexplained Develop a correct attitude towards the tales of the unexplained. What can you see in the video? Crop circles * Book 10_课件_U1_Reading2-8 * * 牛津高中英语 模块二 ·高一上学期 Welcome to the unit 板块：教学设计—课件 Unit 1 Is it a UFO? What do the letters UFO stand for？ Unidentified flying objects. Are they really from another planet? Do you believe in UFOs? What might be the most acceptable explanation for UFOs? Aliens from space. Military test aircraft. 军事测验飞机 Some UFOs are alien, some are test aircraft. UFOs are evidence of human space travel. UFOs are neither alien nor test aircraft. UFOs don’t exist. The chances of seeing a UFO are greater for those people who live in small towns or in the country and are outside late at night. UFOs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are only small spots of light that move in strange patterns across the night sky. Some can be seen in the daytime. They are often said to be disk- or saucer-shaped. Besides UFOs, can you list anything more unexplained you’ve ever heard or seen in your daily life Yetis Crop circles Stonehenge Yeti Abominable snowman What do Yetis look like? Half-man and half-beast Strong, hairy … The Yeti or Abominable Snowman, also called the “missing link” 推想中从类人猿发展到人类之间的过渡生物 , is said to be a humanlike monster that is supposed to live in Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. Several sightings, mainly of footprints, have been reported by western explorers throughout the years. Yet none of them have been supported with evidence in any way. Crop circles are unexpected patterns that are found in fields, even in ice and snow. They are mostly found in wheat or corn fields, but have also been found in oat 燕麦 , grass, and barley 大麦 . Stonehenge Prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, southern England, consisting of two concentric circles 同心圆 of large standing stones, the heaviest of them weighing probably about 45 tons, one of the most famous prehistor