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1、Warming upLook at the following pictures and tell us how you feel about them.The most beautiful thing one can experience is mysteries. They are truly the basis of all arts and sciences. -by Albert EinsteinLook at the following pictures and think about the questions.Brainstorming1. What do you know a
2、bout UFOs or Yetis? Have you ever heard anything about that?2. How do you feel about them? Are you a bit curious?A spaceship from another planet?A satellite? A weather balloon? Cant tell?Thats why it is called a UFO!Whats that?1. Have you ever read some reports about UFOs in China? 2. Are you intere
3、sted in UFOs?3. Are they really from another planet?4. What do the letters UFO stand for?5. Why do you think UFOs visit our planet?UFOsUFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object. According to some witnesses, it is colorless and moves at a slow, steady speed with little noise.Yetis You might run into
4、a Yeti in the Himalayas, or just see a few tracks, if you are lucky!A Yeti is reported to be half-man and half-beast. Have you heard of it?1. Where are the Himalayas? 2. Whats the weather like there?3. Why do some people make great efforts to climb them?4. Do you think some climbers disappearances a
5、re connected with Yetis?YetisThe Yeti has been called the missing link; half-man, half-beast. It is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world-Mount Qomolangma.Crop circlesWho made them and why?Its said that the earliest crop circles appeared in England in 1647. Crop circles are reported
6、to appear mostly in spring and summer. People are curious about the phenomenon（现象）（现象）. What about you? Do you really believe its a natural phenomenon?1. Do you believe in the existence of aliens?2. Do you think the crop circles are made by aliens? Who built Stonehenge in England and for what reason
7、? No one knows the answer!Stonehenge 1. Have you ever heard or read about the Stonehenge? 2. Are you interested in Stonehenge?3. Would you be interested in discovering more about them?Its a monument of huge rock slabs（厚石（厚石板）板） in the south-west of England built in the Stone Age. It is believed that
8、 Stonehenge served some sort of religious purposes（宗教的目的）（宗教的目的）. Up to now nobody knows for sure how it came into being（形成）（形成）. Do you think you will be interested in discovering more about it?Being one of Britains greatest national icons（图标）（图标）, it stands for mystery and power. Some people guess that is was a temple for worship（崇拜）（崇拜）. The reason Stonehenge was built remains unknown even today.1. Do you believe in unexplained things mentioned above? Why or why not?2. If you saw a UFO or a Yeti, what would you do?
