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1、Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World Section Introduction & Reading-Pre-readingMonsters in ScotlandIt is said that Nessie is a lake monster inhabiting Loch Ness in Scotland. This monster is one of the bestknown cryptids (未知生物) studied by cryptology (密码学). Popular belief and intere
2、st in the animal has fluctuated over the years since it came to the worlds attention in 1933.Evidence of its existence is largely anecdotal (轶闻趣事的), with minimal, and much disputed, photographic material and sonar reading, there has not been any physical evidence (skeletal remains, capture of a live
3、 animal, definitive tissue samples or spoor) uncovered as of 2008.A similar loch monster named Morag is reported to live in Loch Mora, Scotland.After Nessie herself, Morag is among the best known of Scodands legendary monsters.Secrets in StoneStonehenge is a group ofhuge stones in England.It was pro
4、bably built about 5,000 years ago.So how did its makers manage to transport, shape, raise and connect the giant stones？Even more mysterious, how did they know how to position the stones in exactly the right spots to measure the movements of the sun and the moon? The answer is: no one knows.There are
5、 megaliths, or big stones, all over the world.On Easter Island there are about 900 giant stone heads. The statues are from 3 to 12 metres high.Some weigh over 45 tons.Thats more than the weight of seven elephants! How did the statues get on Easter Island? A legend says they walked there.The mystery
6、is still waiting to be solved.Section_Introduction & Reading PrereadingThe Monsterof Lake TianchiThe “Monster of Lake Tianchi” in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin province, northeast China, is back in the news after several recentsightings. The director of a local tourist office, Meng Fanying, said t
7、he monster, which seemed to be black in colour， was ten metres from the edge of the lake during the most recent sighting. “It jumped out of the water like aseal about 200 people on Changbais western peak saw it，” he said. Although no one really got a clear look at the mysterious creature, Xue Junlin
8、, a local photographer, claimed that its head looked like a horse.In another recent sighting, a group of soldiers claim they saw an animal moving on the surface of the water. The soldiers, who were walking along the side of the lake， watched the creature swimming for about two minutes. “It was green
9、ishblack and had a round head with 10centimetre horns，” one of the soldiers said.A third report came from Li Xiaohe, who was visiting the lake with his family. He claims to have seen a round black creature moving quickly through the water. After three or four hundred metres it dived into the water.
10、Ten minutes later the monster appeared again and repeated the action. Mr Li Xiaohe said that he and his family were able to see the monster clearly because the weather was fine and the lake was calm.monster/mnst/n.怪物be back in the news 再次成为新闻sighting/saItI/n.(珍奇动物等的)目击；发现seem to be 似乎是There seems to
11、 be . 似乎有which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词the monster, 且在从句中作主语。seal/sil/n.海豹peak n山峰get a clear look at 清晰地看mysterious/mIstIris/adj.神秘的claim/kleIm/vt.声称claim to do/that .moving 在此处作宾补，表示“正在移动”。surface/sfIs/n.表面；水面who引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词the soldiers，且在从句中作主语。watch . doing sth. 看见正在做某事with prep.带有 horn/hn/n.(动物头上的)角
12、“a thirdn.”意为“又一”。come from 来自who引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词Li Xiaohe, 且在从句中作主语。to have seen为动词不定式的完成式。dive/daIv/vi.潜水ten minutes later 10分钟之后later(在之后)放在名词之后appear vi.出现(没有被动语态)was/were able to do sth. (当时)成功做了某事。because引导原因状语从句。calm/km/adj.平静的天池里的怪物第13段译文最近，几次有人在中国东北吉林省长白山的天池看见怪物，这使得怪物再次成为新闻话题。据当地的旅游办公室主任孟凡迎
13、介绍，最近有人看见怪物就在离湖边10米的地方，它的颜色似乎是黑色的。他说：“大约有200人从长白山的西峰看见过怪物，它像海豹一样跃出水面。”尽管没有人真正看清楚过这个神秘怪物，但当地的一位摄影师薛俊林声称它的头看起来像马头。最近还有一次目击，一群士兵声称，他们看见水面上有动物在游动。正在湖边行走的士兵们看到这一生物游了大约两分钟。其中一名士兵说：“它的颜色是浅绿带黑，圆形的头上有10厘米长的角。”还有一则报道来自李晓和，当时他和他的家人正在湖边游玩。他声称看见一个黑黑的、圆圆的动物在水中快速游动。三四百米后潜入水中。10分钟后，怪物再次出现，并重复了相同的动作。李晓和先生说他和家人都清楚地看见
14、了怪物，因为当时天气好，湖水平静。There have been reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi since the beginning of the last century, although no one has seen one close up. Some photos have been taken but they are not clear because it was too far away. Many people think the monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness
15、monster in Scotland. They also think that there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world. Scientists, however， are sceptical. They say that the lowtemperature lake isunlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.Lake Tianchi is the highest volcanic lake in the world. It is 2,189 metres high and covers an area of about ten square kilometres. In places it is more than 370 metres deep.since prep.自从以来since还可作连词，连接从句，主句用完成时。although引导让步状语从句；固定短语close up意为“向前靠近”，为副词短语作状语。may “或许，也许”，表推测。distant adj.远的a distant relative 远亲similar
