人教版九年级英语上册 Unit 8 Section A 3a-3c

Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? We have no idea. Most people hope that this animal or person will simply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.
noises
unusual
Writers describe events in is
The police
nothing _________
strange
ahapcpeerntinagi.n order. This order
will help you understand Helen
noises _________ outside
Read and fill in the blanks.
People
What they hear/see
What they think
Something
Victor’s wife
Victor and his friends
strange ______ _______ outside their window
To learn the new words: drop, final, worried, owner
Words Review
happening
noise policeman wolf uneasy
n. 事件；发生的事情 (常指不寻常的)
n. 声音；噪音 n. (pl. policemen)男警察 n. 狼 adj. 担心的；不安的
the wind
It might be _a_d_o_g___.
a bear or a Maybe it is _______________.
wolf
The writer
creating
fear
The noise-maker is having too much fun _______________ in the neighborhood.
Victor’ s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too. “At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’ t see a dog, or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be a dog. But then, what could it be?” One woman in the area saw something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was too big to be a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.”
How do you feel when you hear something strange at night?
nervous uneasy
worried
scared curious
Look at the picture on page 59 and guess the answer.
What’s the article about? It may talk about something happened at night.
the story bOentetwero.man
in the area
running away something _______________
It could be ____ ________.
an
animal
It must be teenagers
_h_a_v_i_n_g__f_u_n_.
It might be __________.
➢ Look and make inference
What does he do? He must be a/an ______. He could/might be a/an __________ teacher.
What does he do?
He must be a ______. He can’t be a _________. I’m not sure. He might/could be _______.
something unusual _is__h_a_p_p_e_n_i_n_g in our town. Victor’s wife thinks that it c_o_u_l_d__b_e__ an animal, but Victor and his friends think it _m_u__st__b_e_ teenagers having fun. The policemen think it _m__ig_h_t_b__e_ the wind. Helen thought it __m__i_g_h_t_b_e__ a dog at first, but she changes her mind later. One woman in the area thinks it’s __to_o___ big _t_o_ be a dog. She thinks that _m__a_y_b_e_ it was a bear or a wolf. The writer thinks the _n_o_is_e_-_m_a_k__er_ is having too much fun _c_r_e_a_t_in_g__ fear in the neighborhood.
3a Read the article and decide which might be the best title.
A. A Small and Quiet Town B. Strange Happenings in My Town C. Animals in Our Neighborhood
The policemen
She thinks that it could be an animal.
They think it must be teenagers having fun.
They think it might be the wind.
We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It _u_s_e_d_t_o__b_e very quiet. However, these days,
He’s running.
Did you hear something unusual? What might be happing at this midnight?
I think something must have broken.
It could be…
It might be a car crash.
What’s the man doing? What could he be running for?
He could be running for exercise. He could be running after a thief because he looks so angry. He could be running to catch the bus.
Skimming: Look through the passage quickly to find the main idea without having to read every word.
We lived in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet and nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days, something unusual is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange noises outside our window. My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents Called the policemen, but they couldn’t find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don’t think so!”
Unit 8
It must belong to Carla.
Section A 3a-3c
➢Objectives
Read to learn people’s opinions about the strange noises.
To learn to use must, might, could and can’t to talk about what people think about thestrange noises.