2017高考英语一轮复习 Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World素材 外研版必修4.docVIP

Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World 话题词汇 1.mystery n.谜 2.puzzling/strange/weird奇怪的 3.witness v.见证 4.give an explanation解释 5.result in/lead to导致 6.by accident碰巧 经典语篇 某论坛开设了一个主题为“Tales of the unexplained”的专区。请你根据以下信息，写一篇100词左右短文，发表在论坛。 名称：报时怪石 位置：澳大利亚中部的沙漠 高度：348米 现象：能够有规律地改变颜色，早上为棕色；中午为灰蓝色(dusty blue)；下午为红色。 注意：可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。 佳作欣赏 Have you ever heard of a rock which can tell time? There is one with the height of 348 meters.① The rock just lies in a desert in the middle of Australia.② Its color can alter regularly in a day，and it makes people puzzled about it.③ It’s brown after sunrise in the morning.Interestingly，it turns dusty blue at noon.④ However，in the afternoon，it’s weird that red will appear on its surface. Scientists have been studying this amazing phenomenon for long but nobody has been able to explain how this happens.⑤ In the future，perhaps scientists can find out the exact reason. 思维发散 1.将第①、②两句用分词结构连成一句 There is one with the height of 348 meters，lying in a desert in the middle of Australia. 2.用主语从句改写第③句 What makes people puzzled is that its color can alter regularly in a day. 3.用强调句型改写第④句，强调at noon Interestingly，it is at noon that it turns dusty blue. 4.仿照第⑤句用现在完成进行时翻译句子 一直下了三天雨。 It has been raining for three days on end. Ⅰ.重点单词 A.写作单词 1.attack (vt. n.)袭击；攻击 2.claim (vt.)声称 3.surface (n.)表面；水面 4.calm (adj.)平静的；(v.)(使)平静；(使)镇静 5.unlikely (adj.)不可能的 6.cover (vt.)占地 (多大面积) 7.adapt (vi.)适应；适合；改编 8.disappear (vi.)不见；消失 9.generous (adj.)有雅量的；大方的；心地高尚的 10.reputation (n.)名誉；名声 11.positive (adj.)正面的 12.fortune (n.)运气；命运；财富 13.frightening (adj.)吓人的 frightened (adj.)受惊吓的 frighten (v.)使惊恐；惊恐 14.exist (vi.)存在 existence (n.)存在 15.sharp (adj.)锋利的；尖的 sharpen (v.)(使)变得锋利；加强；使尖锐 B.阅读单词 16.footprint (n.)脚印；足迹 17.creature (n.)动物；生物 18.grey (adj.)灰色的 19.journal (n.)杂志；学报；期刊 20.sighting (n.)目击；发现 21.mysterious (adj.)神秘的 22.sceptical (adj.)怀疑的；不相信的 23.extinct (adj.)绝种的；消亡了的 24.fierce (adj.)凶猛的；残暴的 25.destruction (n.)毁坏 26.unpredictable (adj.)变化莫测的 27.border (n.