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1、 Level 8 unit 6 Strange behavior Clifford Where am I? Van the man Clifford, what are you doing? Clifford Everybody knows that if you dont get out of/离开、下/ bed on the same side you got in on/参加、加入/, its bad luck. Left side, left side. This place is not clean. Van the man Nothing bad is going to happe
2、n to /发生在身上/ you. I promise. Clifford I have to get out of here. I got to get out of here. Reading: Listening for specific information 1. Read the email. Put the events of the story in order. 1) Doctor told woman to cut down on salt. 2) She was going to the gym. 3) Went to Micks on the way. 4) Order
3、ed a burger, trimmings, shake. 5) Waited in line. 6) Got her order. 7) Went to the car. 8) Started to eat the burger. 9) Found a horseshoe nail/马掌钉/. 10) Started legal proceedings/法定程序、法律诉讼/. Is she on the level? 她为人诚实吗? Is this information on the level? 这消息可靠吗? “Is this on the level?” I ask. “这是真的吗
4、？”我问道。 Joyce always acts on the level . 乔伊斯做事总是表现得很诚实。 2. Read the email again. Look at the pairs of statements and select the correct one. 1) 1 Teddy doesnt know the storyteller personally. Teddy is related to the storyteller. 2) 2 The woman in the story got a take-away/使吃一惊/. The woman in the stor
5、y ate her food in the restaurant. 3) 3 The woman in the story had a problem with her food. The woman in the story enjoyed her meal. 4) 4 People say that Micks use good products in their food. People say that Micks use bad products in their food. 5) 5 People have talked about this problem before. Nob
6、ody has mentioned this problem before. 6) 6 Teddy completely believes the story. Teddy believes parts of the story. Her story had a ring of truth about it! 她的故事有真实性。 Her story had a ring of truth. 她的话听起来不假。 His account conflicted with that of the other witnesses and yet his story had, for me the rin
7、g of truth. 他的叙述与其他目击者讲的有矛盾。然而在我看来，他所说的有可能是真的。 3. Read the email again. Match the phrases below with words and phrases in the story. Drag the word strips to in the correct positions. A rumor: a story whose truth is not 100% proven. A ring of truth to it: a story that is quite believable. A yarn/奇闻漫谈
8、、旅行轶事/: a story, usually good and /or long Claim: make assertions/主张、维护、断言/ about something Report: relate a story in a newspaper 4. What do you think? Was the story fact of fiction? Write your thoughts. I think the story had a ring of truth to it because the woman started legal proceedings. Vocabul
9、ary: Idioms 1. Read the idioms. Drag and drop them under the correct heading. Fiction/ fantasy: what a whopper/hwp特大之物、 弥天大谎、 谎言;谎话/, its just a figment/虚构的事物/ of his imagination/想像出来的东西、 幻想物/, thats a load of/大量、许多/ hooey/hu:i胡言乱语,傻事; 美俚胡说! 废话! 骗人!/, its a hoax/hks 欺骗, 恶作剧, 骗局; 玩笑/, thats a very fi
10、shy/可疑的;值得怀疑的/ story, that old chestnut/老掉牙的笑话或故事；老生常谈/! Fact: the fact of the matter/问题、毛病/ is ., straight up/真的/, theres an element / a ring of truth to it, I got it straight from the horses mouth, I saw it / heard it with my own two eyes / ears/我两眼亲自看到，我两耳亲自听到/, cross my heart and hope to die/我发誓
11、我没撒谎、骗你不得好死/ I have got it straight from the horses mouth that he is resigning. 我得到可靠的消息说，他即将辞职。 2. Read the following sentences. Identify the errors. Well, I got it straight from the fishs mouth, so it must be true. I was there. I saw it with my own ears. Straight on! I never heard anything so ridi
12、culous in my life. Its a load of chest. 3. Rewrite the following sentences correcting the errors. 1) Honest! It really, really happened. Cross my eyes and hope to die. Honest! It really, really happened. Cross my heart and hope to die. 2) You got an email saying youve been left $1 million? No way; i
13、ts a hoax-mongering. You got an email saying youve been left $1 million? No way; its a hoax. 3) Well, I got it straight from the fishs mouth, so it must be true. Well, I got it straight from the horses mouth, so it must be true. 4) I believe some of the story. Theres a ring of fact to it. I believe
14、some of the story. Theres a ring of truth to it. 5) I was there. I saw it with my own ears. Straight on! I was there. I saw it with my own eyes. Straight up! 6) I never heard anything so ridiculous in my life. Its a load of chestnuts. I never heard anything so ridiculous in my life. Its a load of ho
15、oey. 4. Listen and respond. Record the correct answer. 1) 1 That old chestnut! Theres a ring of truth to it. Cross my heart and hope to die. 2) 2 I saw it with my own two eyes. I heard it with my own two ears. Thats a load of hooey. 3) 3 I got it straight from the horses mouth. Straight up! Cross my
16、 heart and hope to die. 4) 4 Its just a figment of her imagination. Its rumor-mongering/造谣/. That old chestnut! Grammar: Passive reporting verbs 1. Read the article. Write a sentence summarizing the difference between urban legends and fairy stories. Type into the input box and click Done when you are finished. This is a non-graded activity: you will not receive a score. Urban legends are stories which have come into existence in the rec
