Module6UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNaturalWorlPeriodⅠ课件（外研版必修4）.ppt

This wasnt a small lake or pond，either it was about five miles long! The last time geologists(地质学家)saw it was in March 2007 and nothing appeared strange or different about it at all.What could have happened within just two short months? How could a huge lake disappear out of nowhere? Besides the lake simply disappearing，a river that flowed from the lake was reduced to a very small stream.;When this story first broke，many people thought it was just a hoax，and indeed it does seem too strange to be true.It is true，however，no matter how confusing it is.Clearly the icebergs were still left behind，though the water was gone.Geologists also reported huge cracks at the bottom of the pit.Did the water somehow drain(排出)through the cracks? Was there some sort of earthquake? Why then were the icebergs fine?;One glacier specialist explained that the lake itself did not even exist thirty years ago.So，is it possible that the landscape in that part of the world is reforming itself? Geologists and glacier specialists are doing tests to see what they can find out about the strange landscape in that area. While some are holding out to see if there could be any scientific explanation about what happened，some reports are trying to claim that the water was actually drained by UFOs! Whether there is a scientific explanation for what happened，only time will tell.;教师用书独具演示;●教学地位 该部分Activity 1的四则小短文，分别简要描述了喜马拉雅山雪人、尼斯湖水怪等四种神秘的怪物，要求学生根据描述文字找到对应的图片。Activity 2通过结合短文呈现词汇，既有助学生理解新词汇的含义，又为本模块中心话题的学习奠定了基础。 ;●新课导入建议 教师可以通过课本中的四幅插图导入新课，也可以利用音像资料导入新课。;演示结束 ;Ⅰ.篇章结构 阅读文章，完成下面表格(每空不超过3个词);【答案】　1.edge　2.seemed　3.soldiers　4.surface 5．swimming　6.horns　7.Through　8.creature 9．dived into　10.appeared;Ⅱ.语篇理解 阅读P52的Reading and Vocabulary部分，从每题所给的3个选项中选出最佳答案 1．How many reports of sighting are written about in detail in this passage? A．Two in recent time. B．Three in recent time. C．Two since the beginning of the last century.;2．What can we know about the monster according to the soldiers who claimed to have seen it? A