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1、2022年高中英语必修4Module6UnexplainedMysteriesoftheNaturalWorld-SpeakingGoals To learn to role-play a dialogue about the monster of Lake TianchiProceduresStep 1: Making preparation for speakingTo speak about something well in a foreign language, you need two things prepared: the language and the idea.Now g
2、o back to the reading passage to read it again for the necessary vocabulary and ideas to be used in talking about the monster of Lake Tianchi. You may go to the internet or the library for any other related information for talking about lake monsters reported in China or other countries of the world
3、.Step 2: Role-playing the text The Monster of Lake TianchiA: Hi, where have you been?B: I have been to Chinas legendary Lake Tianchi. C: I learned that Lake Tianchi Monster has surfaced again.B: Yes, it has. Local officials have reported sightings of as many as 20 of the mysterious and unidentified
4、creatures in a lake near North Korea. D: I learned that sightings of the strange beast Chinas version of the Loch Ness Monster date back more than a century, but like Scotlands famed “Nessie” reports vary and remain unconfirmed. B: You are right in saying that. On the morning of July 11, several loc
5、al government cadres caught sight of a school of mysterious creatures.D: I think they were swimming through the lake in the Changbai mountains, in northeastern Jilin province. B: Yes, they were. Within about 50 minutes, the monsters appeared five times. D: At times there was one, at times there were
6、 several. B: The last time, there were as many as about 20.D: It was reported that the creatures, two to three kilometres in the distance, appeared only as white or black spots. B: But from the ripples in the water, people there determined the spots were “living beings”. A: I read in the paper that
7、in 1903, according to local records, a creature resembling a huge buffalo with a deafening roar sprang out of the water and attempted to attack three people before one them shot it in the belly six times. B: The beast then roared and disappeared back into the water. A: That was frightening. Step 3:
8、Role-playing a dialogue about lake monstersA: What is a lake monster?B: Lake Monster is the name given to large unknown animals which have purportedly been sighted in, and/or are believed to dwell in lakes, although their existence has never been confirmed scientifically. C: Do they exist?B: They ar
9、e generally believed not to exist by conventional Zoology and allied sciences.D: Are they the subjects of scientific investigation?B: Yes, they are. They are principally the subject of investigations by followers of Cryptozoology. A: What about their sightings? Are the sightings unusual?B: Their sig
10、htings are often similar to some sea monsters. C: Could you give us some examples of lake monsters?B: Okay. The most famous lake monster is certainly the Loch Ness Monster.D: I learned that for many decades it has been reported to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland. B: And in more recent years, similar a
11、nimals have been widely reported, such as Ogopogo in Okanagan Lake in the heart of British Columbia; Manipogo in Lake Manitoba, and Champ in Lake Champlain. C: Are there any other locations?B: Other locations which have been claimed as homes for lake monsters are Bear Lake (Idaho/Utah), a large, ver
12、y deep lake with sightings as early as 1850. Flathead Lake in Montana, Lake Tianchi in China, Bala Lake in Wales, the White River in Alabama. Fulks Lake near Churubusco, Indiana is said to be home to the Beast of Busco. The worlds deepest lake, Lake Baikal in Siberia has also been cited as a monster
13、s home, although Lake Brosno is a more popular Russian location. D: And Storsjn in Jemtia, Sweden has also been said to house Storsjodjuret. A: Are there anything in mon between all these lakes?B: Yes, yes are. All these lakes are extraordinarily deep. Interestingly all these lakes are situated in a
14、reas of cold climate. C: What about the evidence? Are there any firmly approved evidences?B: Evidence for such animals is almost exclusively in the form of frequently-numerous eyewitness reports. Relatively few still photographs, almost no motion picture or videotapes, and no living animals or anima
15、l remains have been produced. D: What do scientists think of all these evidences?B: There are many speculations as to what the reported lake monsters could be. Many consider them to be purely exaggerations or misinterpretations of known and natural phenomena, or else fabrications and hoaxes. A: I think these lake monsters have bee important tourist draws. B: You may be right in saying that. I learned the first sighter of the Loch Ness Monster died recently, and he admitted that the monster was a cardboard cutout and photographed to look as if the monster was real.
