M2Unit1学案.doc

Module 2 Unit 1 Tales of the Unexplained Lesson One （welcome） 1. Fill in the blanks：UFO stands for Unidentified Flying O________. According to some witnesses, it is colorless and moves at a slow, steady speed with little noise. If you ask me whether or not I believe in spacecraft carrying a_______ from outer space, I would say “Yes”. I am always interested in the m________ stories of U_________. I hope I will have the chance to r______ into one some day. If it really h________ to me, I will ask questions such as “Who or what are you?” and “How long does it take to travel from your place to our p_________?” I will try my best to c____________ with them, discovering something about their life and the r________ why they have come to the earth. II. Language points (1) tales of the unexplained: 常用“the+adj/v-ing/v-ed”来表示一类人或物，如 the rich; the unknown; the living… (2) …full of …● be full of; be filled with(3) You might run into a Yeti. ● 偶然遇见=run across =come across=happen to meet =meet by chance Guess whom I ran into today!____________He ran into the back of another car the other day.________ We saw the boy run into the house.____________ The river runs into a lake.__________ (4) That’s why … 那就是为什么……, 那就是……的原因● That’s because… 那是因为…… 他今天不在那是因为他病了_______________________________________________ I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella. ______________I got wet through. The reason ______ I was late was _______ I missed the bus. (5) believe in unexplained things believe in 信任，信仰 believe相信某人的话 We usually him, but this doesn’t mean we always ______________him. = We usually _______ what he says, but … Ⅲ.阅读理解 Do dogs understand us? Be careful what you say around your dog. It might understand more than you think. A border collie (牧羊狗) named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects, say researchers in Germany. The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child. Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot