Module2MakingdiscoveriesTalesoftheunexplainedUnit1Themostbeautifulthingonecanexperienceismysteries.Theyaretrulythebasisofallartsandsciences

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AlbertEinstein

Herearesomepicturesonthescreen.Canyoutellmewhattheyare?UFOs:unidentifiedflyingobjectsThechancesforseeingaUFOaregreaterforthosepeoplewholiveinsmalltownsorinthecountryandareoutsidelateatnight.UFOscomeinallshapesandsizes.Someareonlysmallspotsoflightthatmoveinstrangepatternsacrossthenightsky.Somecanbeseeninthedaytimeareoftendisk-orsaucer-shaped.2005年1月5日清晨7點(diǎn)30分北京2005年11月5日在永康大寒山

Doyouthinksuchkindofthingsmysterious?

Areyoucuriousaboutthem?

BesidesUFOs,canyoulistanythingmoreunexplainedyou’veeverheardorseeninyourdailylife?Haveyouheardstoriesaboutthesethings?Himalayasthehighestmountainrangeintheworld

Yeti

AbominableSnowman

Half-manandhalf-beastLochNessthelargestofaseriesofinterlinkedlochs,orlakes,locatedinnorthernoneofScotland’stoptouristattractions.LockNessMonster

Stonehenge

prehistoricmonumentonSalisburyPlain,southernEngland,consistingoftwoconcentriccirclesoflargestandingstones.

Itwasbuiltbetween2800and1500BCandisthoughttohavebeenanastronomicalcalendaroratempletothesun.TheSphinxHalfhuman,halflion,theSphinxis240feetlongand66feethighPyramids,EgyptHowWideThebaseoftheGreatPyramidisasquarewitheachsidemeasuring230m(756ft)andcoveringanareaof5.3hectares(13acres).

Howmuchisthat?Imagineafootballfield.Nearly10footballfieldscouldfitwithinthebase.TheareaofthebaseisalsoequaltoaboutsevencityblocksinNewYorkCity.

Ifyouweretowalkaroundthebase,abouthowfarwouldyouwalk?

500m(1,640ft)

1850m(6,069ft)

920m(3,018ft)

HowTallAt146.5m(481ft)high,theGreatPyramidstoodasthetalleststructureintheworldformorethan4,000years.Todayitstandsat137m(449.5ft)high,havinglost9.5m(31ft)fromthetop.

HowHeavy?

Morethan2,300,000limestoneandgraniteblockswerepushed,pulled,anddraggedintoplaceontheGreatPyramid.Theaverageweightofablockisabout2.3metrictons(2.5tons).

Howmuchisthat?Well,youcanthinkofitintermsofrefrigerators.Anaveragerefrigeratorweighsabout91kg.If1metricton=1,000kg,howmanyrefrigeratorsequala2.3-metrictonblock?

A.25refrigerators

5refrigerators

90refrigerators

Forapyramidtolooklikeapyramid,eachofthefourtriangular-shapedsidesmustslopeupandtowardseachotheratthesameanglesothattheymeetatapointatthetop.Thebuildersconstructedthepyramidlayerbylayer,startingatthebottom.Theyhadtochecktheirworkoften,forevenatinyerroratthebottomcouldgrowintoaverylargeerrorbythetimetheworkersreachedthetop!HowSteep?EachsideoftheGreatPyramidrisesatanangleof51.5degreestothetop.Notonlythat,eachofthesidesarealignedalmostexactlywithtruenorth,south,east,andwest.

2.IfyousawaUFOoramonstersomeday,whatwouldyoudo?Groupdiscussion1.Doyoubelieveinunexplainedthingsmentionedabove?Whyorwhynot?Languagepointsmystery神秘,神秘的事物,謎他是怎樣進(jìn)去的是一個(gè)謎。Howhegotinisamystery.誰(shuí)把書(shū)拿走了？這是個(gè)謎。Whohastakenthebook?Itisamystery.世界上有太多解不開(kāi)的謎。Therearetoomanyunexplainedmysteriesintheworld.

advanced(adj.)高級(jí)的,年老的,先進(jìn)的advancedteachingmethods先進(jìn)的教學(xué)方法apersonofadvancedage年邁的人theadvancededucation高等教育advancedmathematics高等數(shù)學(xué)advancedstudies高深的研究advancedideas先進(jìn)的思想1.Asweallknow,Americaisan____country;whileChinaisan_____one.A.advanced,advancedB.advanced,advancingC.advancing,advancingD.advancing,advanced2.Yousee,wehavemadetheplan,butIthinkitneedsimproving.Ifanythingischanged,pleaseinformme_____.A.inadvanceB.insurpriseC.infearD.incaseBAruninto跑進(jìn),撞上,偶遇,陷入,達(dá)到昨天我在街上碰見(jiàn)十年未見(jiàn)的老朋友了。Iranintoanoldfriendyesterdayinthestreet,whomIhadn’tseenfor10years.那天他撞到另外一輛車的車尾了。Heranintothebackofanothercartheotherday.

run相關(guān)短語(yǔ)：

runacross偶然碰到

runafter追逐，追捕

runaway逃跑

runfor競(jìng)選

runinto偶然碰到（困難）遇見(jiàn)（人），相撞

runoutof用完

runout用完

1)Ifyoudrivesofast,you'll_________someonesomeday.2)I__________afriendofmineintheexhibitionyesterday.3)Ourwaterhas__________.Canyoufillupsomemorebottles?4)Whydoyoualways__________adventure?5)Hedidn'twantto___________presidentthatyear.6)Inthatwayyouwillonly__________difficulties.

(runinto,ranacross/into,runout,runafter,runfor,runinto)Translatethefollowingphrases:充滿神秘2.先進(jìn)的科學(xué)與技術(shù)3.一艘沉船4.相信未解之