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1、Welcome to the unitUnit 1In your opinion, what is the most beautiful thing one can experience? Why?Group discussionWhat have you known about Albert Einstein? Why was he so great? Einsteincontributedmorethananyotherscientisttothemodernvisionofphysicalreality.Hisspecialandgeneraltheoriesofrelativityar
2、estillregardedasthemostsatisfactorymodelofthelargescaleuniversethatwehave.HesolvedlotsofproblemsmysterioustousbeforeDo you want to know his opinion of the most beautiful thing one can experience?Themostbeautifulthingonecanexperienceismysteries .Theyaretrulythe basis of all arts and sciences.-what ki
3、nd of attitude should we adopt towards mysteries? Have you ever heard of something not only interesting and attractive but also unexplained at all even with the help of modern science and technology in the world?Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa on a piece of pine wood(松树松树) in the year 1506.T
4、he Bermuda TrianglePair work1.Do the five pictures have something in common? If so, what is it?2.Can scientists explain these phenomena? 3.How do you feel about them? Example:Theyaremysteriousbecausenosatisfactoryanswershavebeenofferedtoexplainthemsofar.Thoughthesemysterieshavepuzzledpeopleforalongt
5、ime,theystillshowgreatinterestinthem.PeoplefeelpuzzledbythemysteriesExample:UFOstandsforUnidentifiedFlyingObjects,thatis,objects,apparentlymovinginthesky,whichwecannotidentify.TherearelotsofreportsaboutUFOs.Somesaytheyarealiensvisitingusintheirspacecraft,andsomesaytheyaremilitarytestaircraft,whileot
6、herssaytheydonotactuallyexist.Sincewehaveneverseenonewithourowneyesandthereisnodefinitescientificexplanationforit,wearenotcertainwhetherUFOsreallyexist,butwebelieveeverythingwillbeclearinthefuture.What do the letters UFO stand for？unidentified flying objectsAre they really from another planet?Do you
7、 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 alien nor test aircraft.UFOs dont exist.The chances of seeing a UFO are greater for t
8、hose 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 sky. Some can be seen in the daytime. They are often said to be disk- or saucer-shaped.Where is it?
9、Himalayasthe highest mountain range in the worldweatherHigh windsSnowstormsColdWetWhy so many people make great efforts to climb them?HobbyDreamChallenge themselvesOvercome difficultyMake discoveriesYeti Abominable snowmanWhat do Yetis look like?Half-man and half-beastStrong, hairyTheYetiorAbominabl
10、eSnowman,alsocalledthe“missinglink”（推想中从类人猿发展到人类之间的过渡生物）,issaidtobeahumanlikemonsterthatissupposedtoliveinHimalayas,thehighestmountainrangeintheworld.Severalsightings,mainlyoffootprints,havebeenreportedbywesternexplorersthroughouttheyears.Yetnoneofthemhavebeensupportedwithevidenceinanyway.Loch NessA
11、 big lake in Scotland, one of Scotlands top tourist attractions, famous because of 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
12、animal about 20 feet in length. I am sure that it can breathe like a crocodile with just one nostril out of the water.StonehengePrehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, southern England, consisting of two concentric circles(同心圆同心圆) of large standing stones, the heaviest of them weighing probably abo
13、ut 45 tons, one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, added to the UNESCOs list of World Heritage Sites in 1986, built between 2800 and 1500 BC , thought to have been an astronomical calendar(天文天文历历) or a temple to the sun.Pyramids, EgyptThe SphinxHalf human, half lion, the Sphinx is 24
14、0 feet long and 66 feet highAll Egyptian pyramids were built 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.The Great PyramidThe Great Pyramid of Khufu is one of the seven wonders of the ancient(古代古代的的) world. No one knows
15、 how people can put such big stones on without any machine.It is the greatest of the Egyptian pyramids.They are burial places(墓地墓地) for the Pharaohs(法老法老). It is the symbol of Egypt.Some people say the pyramids are built by the aliens. Group discussion:Whatotherunexplainedthingsdoyouknowabout?Ifyous
16、awaUFOoramonstersomeday,whatwouldyoudo?1.tales of the unexplained: 常用常用“the+adj/v-ing/v-ed”来表示一类来表示一类人或物，如人或物，如 the rich; the unknown; the living, the unemployedLanguage pointsLanguage points2.talkaboutaliensandconductaninterviewconduct=lead or guide 领导、指导、引导 高小姐领着游客们参观了博物馆。MissGaoconductedthevisito
17、rsroundthemuseum. conduct管理、主持、经营、指挥 onductbusiness经营生意conductameeting主持会议conductasurvey进行一项调查他处理公事很粗心。Heconductshisbusinessaffairsinacarelessway.3.fullofmysteriesunsolved充满难以解释的神秘befullof;befilledwith无法解释的unexplained未知的unknown未完成的unfinishedHediedsuddenlywithhisworkunfinished.Hewentouttoplay,leaving
18、hishomeworkunfinished.4.advancedscienceandtechnologyadvancedadj.先进的；进步的；高级的advancedteachingmethodsadvancedideasheadvancededucationadvancedmathematics先进的教学方法先进的思想高等教育高等数学inadvanceadv.预先，事先，提前预知未来的发生是不可能的。Itisimpossibletoknowinadvancewhatwillhappen.5.asunkenshipsinksanksunkensunkenadj.已经沉没了的sinkingadj
19、.正在下沉的比较：Theytriedineverywaypossibletorescuethesinkingboat.Theytriedtobringthesunkenshipoutofthesea.又如：therisingsuntherisensunthefallingleavesthefallenleavesLastnight,hishousewasdestroyedbyafallen(fall)tree.6.Youmightruninto aYeti.偶然遇见=runacross=comeacross=happentomeet=meetbychance撞跑进流入GuesswhomIran
20、intotoday!Heranintothebackofanothercartheotherday.Wesawtheboyrunintothehouse.Theriverrunsintoalake.遇见撞跑进流入7.Thatswhy那就是为什么.,那就是.的原因Thatsbecause那是因为.他今天不在,那是因为他病了。Heisabsenttoday.Thatsbecauseheisill.Ihadneitheraraincoatnoranumbrella.ThatswhyIgotwetthrough.8.reasonThereasonfor(doing)sth./forreason/the
21、reasonwhy/thatThereasonforbuildingthepyramidsinEgyptisstillunknown.=ThereasonwhypeoplebuiltthepyramidsinEgyptisstillunknown.Thereasonwhyhewasillwasdrinkingthepollutedwater.=Thereasonforhisillnesswasdrinkingthepollutedwater.Forwhatreasonwashelateagain?=Whywashelateagain?reasonableadj.合理的unreasonablea
22、dj.不合理的9.believeinunexplainedthingsbelievein信任；信仰believe相信某人的话Weusuallybelievehim,butthisdoesntmeanwealwaysbelieveinhim.10.someday;将来某一天oneday过去或将来某一天11.canttell?tellfrom区分tellapart区分，分清tellsb(not)todo/tellsbthat告诉Nobodycantellthefuture.断定；知道Translation of some phrases:1.无法解释的传说，未解之谜无法解释的传说，未解之谜2.充满
23、神秘充满神秘3.先进的科技，高科技先进的科技，高科技4.偶遇偶遇5.某天（将来的）某天（将来的）6.一艘沉船一艘沉船7.提前提前tales of the unexplainedbe full of mysteriesadvanced science and technologyrun into/ come across/ meet by chancesome day a sunken ship in advance/ ahead of time/ ahead of schedulehomeworkhomeworkSurf the net and learn more about world mysteries. Prepare a short speech to introduce something that interests you.Translate the following sentences into English:我不知道出于什么原因他没来参加我们的聚会。他们看起来完全一样，你怎么认得出谁是谁啊？你怎么知道要按这些中的哪一个？那个粗心大意的司机把汽车撞在一棵大树上。.他上周偶然碰见了他大学时的老师。同学们来学校和回家的路上要注意安全同学们来学校和回家的路上要注意安全
