This wasnt a small lake or pond，either it was about five miles long! The last time geologists(地质学家)saw it was in March 2007 and nothing appeared strange or different about it at all.What could have happened within just two short months? How could a huge lake disappear out of nowhere? Besides the lake simply disappearing，a river that flowed from the lake was reduced to a very small stream.,When this story first broke，many people thought it was just a hoax，and indeed it does seem too strange to be true.It is true，however，no matter how confusing it is.Clearly the icebergs were still left behind，though the water was gone.Geologists also reported huge cracks at the bottom of the pit.Did the water somehow drain(排出)through the cracks? Was there some sort of earthquake? Why then were the icebergs fine?,One glacier specialist explained that the lake itself did not even exist thirty years ago.So，is it possible that the landscape in that part of the world is reforming itself? Geologists and glacier specialists are doing tests to see what they can find out about the strange landscape in that area. While some are holding out to see if there could be any scientific explanation about what happened，some reports are trying to claim that the water was actually drained by UFOs! Whether there is a scientific explanation for what happened，only time will tell.,教师用书独具演示,教学目标 本课时主要是通过学生对学案所给出的内容的学习，了解本课文中所出现的词汇，初步了解课文以及相关的背景知识，对下一堂课对课文的全面理解起到一个铺垫作用。,教学地位 该部分Activity 1的四则小短文，分别简要描述了喜马拉雅山雪人、尼斯湖水怪等四种神秘的怪物，要求学生根据描述文字找到对应的图片。Activity 2通过结合短文呈现词汇，既有助学生理解新词汇的含义，又为本模块中心话题的学习奠定了基础。,新课导入建议 教师可以通过课本中的四幅插图导入新课，也可以利用音像资料导入新课。,演示结束,.篇章结构 阅读文章，完成下面表格(每空不超过3个词),【答案】 1.edge 2.seemed 3.soldiers 4.surface 5swimming 6.horns 7.Through 8.creature 9dived into 10.appeared,.语篇理解 阅读P52的Reading and Vocabulary部分，从每题所给的3个选项中选出最佳答案 1How many reports of sighting are written about in detail in this passage? ATwo in recent time. BThree in recent time. CTwo since the beginning of the last century.,2What can we know about the monster according to the soldiers who claimed to have seen it? AIt was blue in color and with a head like a seal. BIt was black and had a long head like a seal. CIt was greenishblack and had a round head with 10centimetre horns.,3What were the soldiers doing when they saw the animal? AThey were swimming in the lake. BThey were walking along the lake. CThey were visiting the lake with Li Xiaohe. 4Why could Li Xiaohe see the monster according to himself? AHe was told by his family. BHe had a pair of eyes with good sight. CThe weather was fine and the lake was calm.,5From the passage，we can conclude that the writer . Abelieves the monster really exists in lake Tianchi Bbelieves the monster doesnt actually exist in Lake Tianchi Cintroduces to us some reports of the sightings of the monster of Lake Tianchi 【答案】 15 BCBCC,.课文缩写 用所给单词或短语的正确形式完成课文缩写 unlikely；distant；along；through；claim；fine；calm；cover an area of；see；creature,【答案】 1.covers an area of 2.claimed 3.along 4have seen 5.through 6.fine 7.calm 8.distant 9unlikely 10.creatures,.短语填空 be unlikely to do；be skeptical about；be back in the news；close to；be frightened at 1He because of the scandal. 2She the sight. 3These tactics be helpful to you. 4Mary the solution. 5Davids house is quite the Global Theater. 【答案】 1.is back in the news 2.was frightened at 3are unlikely to 4.is skeptical about 5.close to,.句型背诵 1He claims to have seen a round black creature moving quickly through the water. 他声称看见一个圆圆的、黑黑的动物在水中快速游动，游过三四百米后潜入水中。 2There have been reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi since the beginning of the last century，although no one has seen one close up. 自上世纪初以来，一直就有关于天池怪物的报道，尽管还不曾有人近距离目睹过。,3They say that the lowtemperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures. 他们说，温度低的湖中不可能存活体形如此大的生物。,