点击职业英语 基础英语模块 学生频道4 第二版 第一部分 2.ppt

Reading Focus strategy: Reading for specific information Before you read A. Answer these questions with the whole class. 1. Do you like to look at the moon? 2. What color does the moon appear to be in your 　city or town? 　Does the color change from region to region 　or season to season? 3. Are there any superstitions in China about the 　full moon? 4. In Chinese, are there any idioms about the 　moon? Reading While you read B. Read these statements. Then read the text and decide if the statements are T (True), F (False), or NM (Not Mentioned). ____1. The text mentions only the negative aspects of the effects of the full moon. ____2. There are examples of some of the negative effects of the full moon in the text. ____3. The text is based entirely on the superstitions of ordinary people about the moon. ____4. In the Middle East, people tell fascinating stories about the moon. ____5. Many scientists are interested in the moon and our moods. F F T T NM Reading Our Moods and the Moon 　　Does the moon affect our moods? For centuries, people in places all over the world have believed that the moon can affect us physically and emotionally. Now, many scientists are also beginning to believe that this may, in fact, be true. 　　In particular, doctors suggest that the moon may have a negative effect on people who are already under stress. In some cases, these people can completely lose control. For example, New York’s infamous murderer Son of Sam, whose real name was David Berkowitz, killed eight times, and on five of these occasions there was a full moon. 　　Staff members at psychiatric hospitals have long maintained that, when there is a full moon, patients become tense and uptight, especially at night. The influence of the full moon may also lead to depression. In a five-year study at Edinburgh’s Regional Poisoning Treatment Centre in Scotland, scientists have discovered that many more suicides occur when there is a full moon. In addition, in his book The Lunar Effect, Amer