,英语教学课件,高一（上）,Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained,Reading,Boy missing, police puzzled,A boy is missing; the police are puzzled,Note: In a newspaper article, we often omit the article, auxiliary verb and so on. In this case, we can express the ideas with the most simple language.,What information can you get from the title?,Questions,A boy is missing; The police are puzzled.,Can you guess what details may be covered in the following news story?,How/when/where did the boy miss? Why are the police puzzled?,There are three pictures in the news story. What will appear in your mind when you see these pictures?,The boy may be taken away by the UFOs.,Boy missing, police puzzled,Listening,What is the article about? Who is missing? Do the police know what happened to Justin?,The article is about a missing boy/UFOs and aliens.,Justin Foster is missing.,No.,Fast reading,When and where was the boy missing? How old was the boy?,The boy was missing last Friday in Dover, New Hampshire.,He was fifteen.,Why did people show interest in his disappearance?,Due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.,Where does Justin Foster live? What did Justin do with friends last Friday?,He lives in Dover, New Hampshire.,Justin went to play baseball with friends last Friday.,What does Kelly think happened to her brother? What time did the witnesses see Justin walking towards his home?,They saw Justin walking towards his home at 10.45 p.m.,Kelly thought her brother was taken by the aliens.,Does Justin have any brothers and sisters? What color were the aliens?,Yes, he has a sister. Her name is Kelly.,They have white skin and large black eyes.,Reading strategy: reading a newspaper article,title,( to show a main idea),the lead,( to give us “5W1H” ),the rest of the story,(to provide detailed but less important information ),predict,Read first paragraph/the lead,for details,Read the rest paragraphs,Conclusion Reading strategy for news articles,Read title + Look at pictures/charts,Paragraph 1: Find the following,When? Where? Who? What?,two days ago,Dover, New Hampshire,a 15-year-old boy Justin Foster,went missing,Main Idea,Justin Foster went missing.,Mrs. Foster thought he was spending the night with a friend. Justin Foster _ _.,Exercise C2,didnt show up at the,family lunch the next day,Justin Foster returned home.,Justins friends said_ _. Witnesses said _ _. Kelly heard_ _.,Justin did go home,that night,that they saw Justin,walking towards his home at 10.45 p.m.,him put on his favorite CD,after he went to his room,Justin Foster was taken away by aliens.,Kelly saw_. Kelly heard _. Mavis Wood said _ _.,a large spaceship flying outside,Justin shout,that the aliens took her,away,1. set up (line 1) 2. disappear (line 8) 3. witness (line 18) 4. assume (line 49) 5. show up (line 54) 6. aboard (line 60) 7. possibility (line 67) 8. take charge of (line 69),a. On or onto a ship, plane, bus or train b. get control of c. arrive or appear d. become lost or impossible to find e. think that something is true without having the facts f. the fact that something might be true g. increase the amount or speed of something h. someone who has seen something happen,g,d,e,h,c,a,f,b,Exercise D,Exercise E,construction making up dismiss spaceship create evidence amazing incident,Alien News,Life on Earth? Professor Zyke of Mars University reported yesterday that he has found new (1)_ of life on Earth. Its really quite (2)_, Professor Zyke said. If you look at the Earth hard enough, you can see that the (3)_ on Earth have been busy in the (4) _ of large cities, wide roads and even great walls.,evidence,amazing,creatures,construction,This news was immediately (5)_ with laughter by other scientists at Mars University. They remember an (6)_ a few years ago, where it was believed that a (7)_ from the Earth was taking photos of the surface of Mars. As we now know, the machine that was found looked more like something made by a local schoolboy than anything that could ever travel in space.,dismissed,incident,spaceship,Professor Zyke, however, continued to defend his research. If astronomers would just look into what I have found, they will see that Im not (8)_ things. There really is life on Earth.,making up,Discussion,1. How do you usually decide whether a news article is worth reading or not? 2. From your own experience, how do you usually select the news youd like to read, by taking a look at its title or by being attracted by its colorful pictures? Give your reasons.,Language points,1. step up (1)走上楼梯，走上前； Please step up to receive the prize. 请上台领奖。 (2) 加快、促进、增加，改善； For fear of being late, she began to