unit 1 tales of unexplained课件19(牛津高中必修2）.ppt

The Loch Ness Monster Famous saying The most beautiful thing one can experience is mysteries. They are truly the basis of all arts and sciences. ------- Albert Einstein What can you see in the video? Crop circles Brainstorming Do you know any other mysteries or the unexplained things? Monster in Lake Dianchi * (模块二 ·高一上学期) ----Welcome to the unit Unit 1 Loch Ness is a lake, called Ness, and loch is a Scottish苏格兰的 word for lake. The legend of the Loch Ness Monster goes back to more than 1000 years ago, but the story attracted world-wide attention in the 1930s after a Scottish newspaper reported the beast had been seen crossing the road. The Loch Ness Monster is one of the most mysterious and attractive mysteries in the world. It still needs hard evidence to prove whether it exists or not. Albert Einstein What do you know about the pictures? Pair work Do the four pictures have something in common? If so, what is it? 2.How do you feel about them? similarities Pair work Do the four pictures have something in common? If so, what is it? (unexplained; no satisfactory answers; mysterious; no evidence…) 2.How do you feel about them? 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? I believe in… I don’t believe in… I agree with… I think… Aliens from space. Military test aircraft. Some are aliens ,and some are military test aircraft UFOs are neither aliens nor military test aircraft.. the Himalayas the highest mountain range in the world Yeti Abominable Snowman Half-man and half-beast Strong , hairy… Where is it? The Yeti or Abominable Snowman(雪人）, 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. Se