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Unit five cruelty Learning objectives: Students will be able to: Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; Give reasons when they do the ranking activities and make predictions; Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Pre-reading tasks: Upon first seeing the title, what kind of story it is in your guess? Can we judge a person by his/her appearance? Why? or why not? First period I. Listening practice (15m) For a long time, scientists have suspected that life exists on other plants besides earth, but until recently, they had very little evidence to support this theory. Not long ago, some pieces of rock from outer space were discovered in Australia. This discovery has stirred up a lot of excitement among experts throughout the world because these rocks contain chemicals similar to those found on earth and in our own bodies. This indicates to some specialists that life, in some form, is not only possible but also probable on other planets. Other scientists agree that there is a possibility of life on other planets but perhaps had flourished and died off many millions of years ago. Questions: According to this passage, does life exist on other planets? －Possibly. What did the rocks from other space contain? －Chemicals similar to those found on earth. What about the experts’ reactions to this discovery? －this discovery has stirred up a lot of excitement. II. Review work (15m) Upon first seeing the title, what kind of story it is in your guess? Possible answer: Upon first seeing the title, we may think, oh, it’s just another story about how people helped their friend in need! However, when we finish reading it, we will find it is an entirely different story. Those who appear to be friendly may turn out to be so evil-minded as to be ready to strike a cruel blow at a friend in need, just like Edward Burton in this passage. 2. Can