湖南新田县第一中学高中英语 Unit1 Tales of the unexplained Welcome to the unit课件 牛津译林版必修2.pptVIP

Warming up Look at the following pictures and tell us how you feel about them. Look at the following pictures and think about the questions. Brainstorming 1. What do you know about UFOs or Yetis? Have you ever heard anything about that? 2. How do you feel about them? Are you a bit curious? A spaceship from another planet? A satellite? A weather balloon? Can’t tell? That’s why it is called a UFO! 1. Have you ever read some reports about UFOs in China? 2. Are you interested in UFOs? 3. Are they really from another planet? 4. What do the letters UFO stand for? 5. Why do you think UFOs visit our planet? 1. Where are the Himalayas? 2. What’s the weather like there? 3. Why do some people make great efforts to climb them? 4. Do you think some climbers’ disappearances are connected with Yetis? Who built Stonehenge in England and for what reason? No one knows the answer! * The most beautiful thing one can experience is mysteries. They are truly the basis of all arts and sciences. ------by Albert Einstein What’s that? UFOs UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. According to some witnesses, it is colorless and moves at a slow, steady speed with little noise. Yetis You might run into a Yeti in the Himalayas, or just see a few tracks, if you are lucky! A Yeti is reported to be half-man and half-beast. Have you heard of it? Yetis The Yeti has been called the ‘missing link’; half-man, half-beast. It is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world---Mount Qomolangma. Crop circles Who made them and why? It’s said that the earliest crop circles appeared in England in 1647. Crop circles are reported to appear mostly in spring and summer. People are curious about the phenomenon（现象）. What about you? Do you really believe it’s a natural phenomenon? 1. Do you believe in the existence of aliens? 2. Do you think the crop circles are made by aliens? Stonehenge