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1、2021/8/11 星期三1Welcome to the unitUnit12021/8/11 星期三2In your opinion, what is the most beautiful thing one can experience? Why?Group discussion 2021/8/11 星期三3What have you known about Albert Einstein? Why was he so great? Einstein contributed more than any other scientist to the modern vision of phys

2、ical reality. His special and general theories of relativity are still regarded as the most satisfactory model of the large-scale universe that we have. He solved lots of problems mysterious to us before 2021/8/11 星期三4Do you want to know his opinion of the most beautiful thing one can experience? Th

3、e most beautiful thing one can experience is mysteries . They are truly the basis of all arts and sciences . -what kind of attitude should we adopt towards mysteries? 2021/8/11 星期三5Have you ever heard of something not only interesting and attractive but also unexplained at all even with the help of

4、modern science and technology in the world? 2021/8/11 星期三6Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa on a piece of pine wood(松樹) in the year 1506.2021/8/11 星期三72021/8/11 星期三8The Bermuda Triangle2021/8/11 星期三92021/8/11 星期三10Pair workDo the five pictures have something in common? If so, what is it?Can sc

5、ientists explain these phenomena? 3.How do you feel about them? 2021/8/11 星期三11Example: They are mysterious because no satisfactory answers have been offered to explain them so far. Though these mysteries have puzzled people for a long time, they still show great interest in them. People feel puzzle

6、d by the mysteries2021/8/11 星期三12Example: UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Objects, that is, objects, apparently moving in the sky, which we cannot identify. There are lots of reports about UFOs. Some say they are aliens visiting us in their spacecraft, and some say they are military test aircraft

7、, while others say they do not actually exist. Since we have never seen one with our own eyes and there is no definite scientific explanation for it, we are not certain whether UFOs really exist, but we believe everything will be clear in the future.2021/8/11 星期三13What do the letters UFO stand for？u

8、nidentified flying objectsAre they really from another planet?2021/8/11 星期三14Do you believe in UFOs? What might be the most acceptable explanation for UFOs?Aliens from space.Military test aircraft.Some UFOs are alien, some are test aircraft.UFOs are evidence of human space travel.UFOs are neither al

9、ien nor test aircraft.UFOs dont exist.2021/8/11 星期三15The chances of seeing a UFO are greater for those people who live in small towns or in the country and are outside late at night.UFOs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are only small spots of light that move in strange patterns across the night s

10、ky. Some can be seen in the daytime. They are often said to be disk- or saucer-shaped.2021/8/11 星期三16Where is it? Himalayasthe highest mountain range in the worldweatherHigh windsSnowstormsColdWetWhy so many people make great efforts to climb them?HobbyDreamChallenge themselvesOvercome difficultyMak

11、e discoveries2021/8/11 星期三17 Yeti Abominable snowmanWhat do Yetis look like?Half-man and half-beastStrong, hairy2021/8/11 星期三18The Yeti or Abominable Snowman, also called the “missing link” （推想中從類人猿發(fā)展到人類之間的過渡生物）, is said to be a humanlike monster that is supposed to live in Himalayas, the highest mo

12、untain range in the world. Several sightings, mainly of footprints, have been reported by western explorers throughout the years. Yet none of them have been supported with evidence in any way.2021/8/11 星期三19Loch NessA big lake in Scotland, one of Scotlands top tourist attractions, famous because of

13、Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. Loch Ness MonsterOn the 21st December 1933, The hunter, M A Wetherall, It is a four fingered beast and it has feet or pads of eight inches across. I judge it to be a powerful soft footed animal about 20 feet in length. I am sure that it can breathe like a crocodile wit

14、h just one nostril out of the water.2021/8/11 星期三20StonehengePrehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, southern England, consisting of two concentric circles(同心圓) of large standing stones, the heaviest of them weighing probably about 45 tons, one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, add

15、ed to the UNESCOs list of World Heritage Sites in 1986, built between 2800 and 1500 BC , thought to have been an astronomical calendar(天文歷) or a temple to the sun.2021/8/11 星期三21Pyramids, EgyptThe SphinxHalf human, half lion, the Sphinx is 240 feet long and 66 feet highAll Egyptian pyramids were bui

16、lt on the west bank of the Nile, as the site of the setting sun was associated with the world of the dead in Egyptian mythology.2021/8/11 星期三22The Great PyramidThe Great Pyramid of Khufu is one of the seven wonders of the ancient(古代的) world. No one knows how people can put such big stones on without

17、 any machine.It is the greatest of the Egyptian pyramids.They are burial places(墓地) for the Pharaohs(法老). It is the symbol of Egypt.Some people say the pyramids are built by the aliens.2021/8/11 星期三23 Group discussion: What other unexplained things do you know about?If you saw a UFO or a monster som

18、e day, what would you do? 2021/8/11 星期三24tales of the unexplained: 常用“the+adj/v-ing/v-ed”來表示一類人或物，如 the rich; the unknown; the living, the unemployed Language points2021/8/11 星期三252. talk about aliens and conduct an interview conduct=lead or guide 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、指導(dǎo)、引導(dǎo) 高小姐領(lǐng)著游客們參觀了博物館。Miss Gao conducted the visit

19、ors round the museum. conduct管理、主持、經(jīng)營(yíng)、指揮 onduct business 經(jīng)營(yíng)生意 conduct a meeting 主持會(huì)議 conduct a survey 進(jìn)行一項(xiàng)調(diào)查他處理公事很粗心。 He conducts his business affairs in a careless way. 2021/8/11 星期三263. full of mysteries unsolved 充滿難以解釋的神秘be full of; be filled with無法解釋的unexplained 未知的 unknown 未完成的unfinishedHe died

20、 suddenly with his work unfinished.He went out to play, leaving his homework unfinished.2021/8/11 星期三274. . advanced science and technology advanced adj. 先進(jìn)的；進(jìn)步的；高級(jí)的advanced teaching methods advanced ideas he advanced education advanced mathematics 先進(jìn)的教學(xué)方法 先進(jìn)的思想高等教育 高等數(shù)學(xué) in advance adv. 預(yù)先，事先， 提前 預(yù)知

21、未來的發(fā)生是不可能的。 It is impossible to know in advance what will happen.2021/8/11 星期三285. a sunken ship sink-sank-sunken sunken adj. 已經(jīng)沉沒了的 sinking adj. 正在下沉的比較：They tried in every way possible to rescue the sinking boat. They tried to bring the sunken ship out of the sea.又如：the rising sun the risen sun th

22、e falling leaves the fallen leavesLast night, his house was destroyed by a fallen (fall)tree.2021/8/11 星期三296. You might run into a Yeti.偶然遇見=run across =come across=happen to meet =meet by chance撞跑進(jìn)流入Guess whom I ran into today!He ran into the back of another car the other day.We saw the boy run in

23、to the house.The river runs into a lake.遇見撞跑進(jìn)流入2021/8/11 星期三307. .Thats why 那就是為什么.,那就是.的原因 Thats because 那是因?yàn)?他今天不在,那是因?yàn)樗×?。He is absent today. Thats because he is ill.I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella. Thats why I got wet through.2021/8/11 星期三318. reason The reason for (doing) sth. /forreas

24、on/the reason why/thatThe reason for building the pyramids in Egypt is still unknown.=The reason why people built the pyramids in Egypt is still unknown.The reason why he was ill was drinking the polluted water.=The reason for his illness was drinking the polluted water.For what reason was he late again?= Why was he late again? reasonable adj.合理的 unreasonable adj.不合理的2021/8/11 星期三329. believe in unexplained things believe in 信任；信仰 believe相信某人的話 We u