【知识学习】Unit1 Tales of the unexplained-Welcome to th

Unit1 Tales of the unexplained-Welcome to the Unit教
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Unit1Talesoftheunexplained-welcometotheUnit教案DescriptionInthissection,studentswillbeaskedtotalka boutthefollowingphenomena,includingtracesofUFo,real existencesofyetiandtheLochNessmonster,reasonsforbui ldingStonehengeandtheGreatPyramidanddisappearanceso fshipsandplanesintheBermuda.Allthesehaveacommonchar acteristic,thatis,noevidencesorproofshavebeenprovid edtoexplainthemysteriousphenomena.Studentsareexpect edtomakefulluseofresourcesandsharetheirimaginativei deaswitheachotherbyparticipatinginalltheactivities. Suggestedteachingproceduresl
Brainstorming1Theteacherassignsstudentsatask,thatis ,allofthemarerequiredtosurfthenetorrefertosomerefer encebooks,inEnglishorinchinesetogetsomeinformationa boutUFo,yeti,theLochmonster,Bermuda,Stonehengeandth eGreatPyramid.Theactivitycanbeconductedlikethis:The topicswearegoingtodealwithinournextperiodarenotonly
veryinterestingandattractive,butabitmysteriousaswel l.Theyarebeyondourknowledge.Eventheadvancedsciencea ndtechnologyoftodaycannotoffersatisfactoryanswers,s oIrecommendifwe’dliketodiscussthesetopics,itisbestforallofustomakep reparationsfirst,eitherbysearchingforinformationont heInternetorlookingupbackgroundinformationinsomeboo ks.Besidescollectinginformation,youhavetonotedownyo uranswers.It’llbemoreconvenientforyoutoreportbackyouranswersifyo udoso.2
aAskstudentstoreadtheinstructionsandfocusonthesixpi cturesandillustrationsindividuallyfirst.Theteacherc anarousetheirinterestbyaskingthemthefollowingquesti ons:
Dothesixpictureshavesomethingincommon?whatisit?
canscientistsexplainthesephenomena?
Howdoyoufeelaboutthem?Areyouabitcurious?bAskstudent stothinkofasmanyexpressionsaspossibletoanswertheabo vequestions,
encouragethemtomakeupsentencesandreportbacktheirans wers.Theteachercansharethefollowingsentenceswithstu dents.
Theyaremysteriousbecausenosatisfactoryanswershavebe enofferedtoexplaintheirreasons.
Thoughthesemysterieshavepuzzledpeopleforalongtime,p eopleshowgreatinterestinthem.Peoplefeelpuzzleddueto theirmysteries.cAskstudentstoreportbacktheinformati ontheyhavecollected.Asstudentshavebeenrequiredtopre pareforthetopics,theiranswersmightbevarious.Theteac hercanvarytheactivitiesaccordingtostudents’responses.Ifpossible,someanswersstudentsprovidecanb eusedasapromptforaclassdiscussion.Forexample: Teacher:whatinformationhaveyougotaboutUFo?
StudentA:...……
Teacher:DoyouthinkstudentA’sintroductioninteresting?whatabouttheinformationyou ’vegot?Istheresomethingdifferent?
StudentB:………
Thisactivitycanbeconductedflexibly.d
Askstudentstohaveadiscussionaboutthetopicsbyexplori ngsomeotheractivities.Inordertoconductthemmoreconve niently,theteachercanarrangenumbersfromlefttoright, fromtoptobottomfirst.Forexample:
HaveyoueverreadsomereportsaboutUFoinchinese?Areyoui nterestedinit?
Isitreallyfromanotherplanet?whatdoesUFostandfor?
ForwhatreasonsdoyouthinkUFovisitsourplanet?whereisH imalayas?what’stheweatherlikethere?
whydosomepeoplemakegreateffortstoclimbit?
yetiisreportedtobehalf-manandhalf-beast,haveyouhear dofit?Doyouthinksomeclimbers’disappearancehavesomeconnectionswithyeti?
StonehengeandtheGreatPyramidofEgyptarebothculturalr elics.
whereistheGreatPyramidbuilt,ontheeastcoastoftheNile oronthewestofit?whatareitsreasons?
DoyouthinktheGreatPyramidawonderinthehumanhistory?H owwastheGreatPyramidbuilt?
Ihaven’theardofStonehengeortheNessmonster.Theyareabitnewto me.whataboutyou?willyoubeinterestedinmakingdiscover iesaboutthemwhenyougrowup?
whiletalkingaboutpicture4,theteachercanshowamaptoth estudentsandpointtothemclearlywhereFloridaandtheBer mudaFloridaareonthemap.
Arethereanymonstersintheseareas?
whydoshipsorplanesdisappearinthisarea?Doyouthinkiti stoomysterious?
Supposethereisashipequippedwiththelatestscientifice quipmentanditcanmakecontactwithscientistsonlandatan ytime,doyouthinkitwillbepossibletosolvethemysteries ?l
Sharinginformation1Pairstudentsupfirst.Letdifferent pairsfocusondifferentquestions.Ifpossible,thefirstq uestioncanbeadaptedeasilylikethis:DoyoubelieveinUFo s?whatmaybetheexplanationsofUFos?——Aliensfromspacewithoutadoubt
——militarytestcraftwithoutadoubt
——SomeUFosarealien,somearetestcraft
——UFosareevidenceofhumanspacetravel
——UFosareneitheraliennortestcraft
——UFosdon'texistEncouragestudentstoexpresstheiragreem entsordisagreementsaboutit.2Askdifferentpairstosumm arizetheiranswersandthenreportthemback.Sampleanswer s1Likeanyotherintelligentandrationaleperson,Ihaveaf irmbeliefinUFos.Infact,Ihaveseenafewmyself.UFostand sforUnidentifiedFlyingobject,thatis,anobject,appare ntlymovinginthesky,thatwecannotidentify.However,ify ouaskmewhetherIbelievespacecraftcarryingvisitorsfro mouterspace,Iwouldsay
‘no’.Idonotbelieveit.2ThecontinentofAntarcticawas discoveredin1818.Amapknownasthe'PiriReis'map,agenui
nedocumentmadeinconstantinoplein1513,clearlyshowsth econtinentofAntarctica.Howcouldthishavebeenpossible ifAntarcticawasnotdiscovereduntil300yearslater?Anta rcticawassupposedtohavebeencoveredbyiceforthelastmi llionorsoyears,butsamplestakenfromsedimentdeepbenea thAntarcticain1949revealedthatgreatrivershadonceflo wedinAntarcticauntilabout6000yearsago.3I’malwaysinterestedinthestoriesofUFosandaliens.AndIho peIwillhavethechancetomeetonesomeday.Ifitreallyhapp enstome,Iwillaskquestionssuchas‘whoorwhatareyou?’‘whereareyoufrom?’‘Howlongdoesittaketotravelfromyourplacetoourplanet ?’Iwilltrymybesttocommunicatewiththem,discoveringwhat theirlifeislikeandwhytheycometotheearth.ResourcesTh efollowingisadescriptionfromawitness:Thelightwastra vellingwesttonortheast.Theyweresayingitthenchangedd irectionfromwesttosoutheast.Therewasnocolour,justbr ightlightlikealargespotlight.Atfirstmyhusbandthough titwasahelicopterwithaspotlight,buttherewasnonoise. Itseemedtomoveinaslow,steadyspeed.Frommyperspective itchangeddirectionatthelastmoment.’
Formoreinformation,youcansurfthefollowingweb-site:h ttp:///~geibdan/framemst.html
TheyetihaslivedintheHimalayasasamysteryformanyyears .knownas"therocklivinganimal"inSherpa,andas"theabom inablesnowman"inthewest,thesightingsofyetihavebeenr eportedsincethelate1800s.Thefollowingwebsitegivesyo umoreinformation/
LochNessisavastandbeautifulbodyofwater.AlthoughNess iewassightedasfarbackasthe6thcenturyAD,itisthemoder ndaysightingsthathaveattractedthepublic
imagination.Formoreinformationyoucansurfthefollowin gwebsite:/livecam/Thehuget hree-sidedsectionoftheAtlanticocean,surroundedbyBer muda,PuertoRicoandFlorida,didnotreceiveitsfamousnic knameuntil1964,butreportsofstrangehappenings
there,ornearby,havebeenrecordedforcenturies.Thefoll owingwebsitetellsyoumore:/Tid ings/myths/bermuda.htmlStonehengeissurelyBritain'sg
reatestnationalicon,standingformystery,powerandendu rance.Itsoriginalpurposeisuncleartous,butsomehavegu essedthatitwasatemplemadefortheworshipofancienteart hgodorgoddess.Formoreinformation,youcansurfthefollo wingwebsite:/earthmysteries/ EmStonehenge.htmlTheGreatPyramidofkhufuisatypicalex ampleoftheknowledgeandexperienceofallpreviouspyrami ds,anditistheonlysurvivingmemberoftheancientSevenwo ndersoftheworld.Thefollowingwebsitetellsyoumore:htt p:///buildings/Great_Pyramid. html。