TellingamysteriousstoryUnit1ProjectReadthearticleandanswer:Wherehavepeoplereportedseeingawildman-likecreature?WhenandwheredidanAmericanmountainclimberseeaYeti?Allovertheworld.In1998andontheChinesesideoftheHimalayas.3WhatdoesaYetilooklike?4WhatdoscientiststhinkofYetis?Itlookslikeahumanbutithasthickblackfurandisaboutsixfeettallwithhugeshoulders,verylongarmsandlargehands.TheyconvincethatYetisexistwhilestudyingthefootprints.

Findmainideaofeachparagraph:Para1:Yetisarereportedtohavebeenseenallovertheworld.Para2-4:DescriptionsofYetisindifferentplaces.Para5-6:Scientists’differentopinionsabortYetis.Para7:Scientistshopetofindthetruth.TrueorFalse

1.TherearenoYetisintheworldaccordingtothereport.2.AnAmericanmountainclimbersaidthathesawaYetionce.3.Yetisranwithanamazingspeed.4.FootprintsofYetisaresimilartohuman.5.YetispossiblylivedinAsiaabout3,000,000yearsago.6.Scientistshavesolvedthemystery.FTTFTF__1__you______theYetiorhaveseenonewithyourowneyes?Itis___2___thatpeopleoncesawawildman-likecreatureintheHimalayas,calledaYeti.Suchheavily-builtand___3___.Yetisaresaidtohavebeenfoundinsomeplaces.In1998,anAmericanmountainclimbersaidhesawaYetiwalkinglikeahumanontheChinesesideoftheHimalayas.AnothertimetenChineseengineers___4___aYeti,assoonastheysawit.Footprintsdiscoveredin1970inthesnownearBossburgalsosupporttheexistenceofYeti.SomescientistshavebeenstudyingreportsofYetisformanyyears.TheybelievethatthiscreaturepossiblylivedinAsialongagoandmighthave___5__tootherpartsoftheworldand__6__untiltoday.Othersthinkpeoplemighthave__7__bysayingtheysawYetis.However,thereisa__8___thatthemysterywillbesolvedinthefuture.

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1.Theconcertisbeginningbutthestarshaven’tshown______sofar,causingagreatmess.2.Theexpertsallcamelatetothemeeting,due______thebadstorm.3.Seeingwhatisso-calledamonster,thevillagersbegantorun_________itsecretly.4.Daddy,mayorofthecity,receives50lettersaboutdifferentmattersaday_____average.5.Step______yourpractice.Asitis,youcan’twinthefirstinthecominground.6._______hisparents’disappointment,Hellenstoleandwasputinprisondaysago.7.Noneofhisworkmatesbelievehimbecausehealwaysmakes_____stories.8.Whenmeetingtheguardsattheschoolgateeverymorning,Ioftengreetthem______a“hi”.9.Thedriverletmetakealiftand____returnIgavehimtenyuan.10.Hismothertoldhischildrenthatshewasstaying_____lateandwouldn’tcomebackuntilaftermidnight.11.Thedispute(糾紛)betweentheworkersandmanagementhasbeensettledandserviceswillreturn_______normal(正常)tomorrow.12.Pull_____thecurtainsandlookoutofthewindowandyouwillseesomethingflyingaroundinthedarksky.up2.to3.after4.on5.up6.To7.up8.with9.in10.out11.to12.backDiscussionDoyoubelievethatsuchacreatureexists?Whyorwhynot?Languagepoints1.SearchingfortheYeti(P18)尋找野人searchvt.搜查，在……搜尋；搜（身）Thepolicesearchedeveryroominthehouse.警察搜查了房子里的每一個(gè)房間。Thetouristsearchedthewholetownbutcouldnotfindafruit-shopopen.那個(gè)游客找遍了全鎮(zhèn)但是沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)有一家水果店開(kāi)門(mén)。I’vesearchedallthedrawers,butmynotebookisstillmissing.我已找遍了所有的抽屜，但我的筆記本還是沒(méi)找到。searchfor尋找；在……里面（身上）搜尋（尋找）Allnighttheysearchedforthelostcar.他們整夜都在尋找丟失的汽車(chē)。Manysoldiers,togetherwiththevillagers,searchedthewoodsforthemissingboy.許多士兵和村民們一道在樹(shù)林里尋找失蹤的男孩。Thepolicesearchedthecityforthemurderer.警察在城里尋找兇手。searchout尋找到searchthrough把……仔細(xì)搜查一遍insearchof尋找Eachreportedsightingproducessimilardescriptionsofthecreature.(P18)每個(gè)目擊報(bào)道都提供了對(duì)野人這種動(dòng)物的類(lèi)似描述。produce生產(chǎn)；產(chǎn)生，造成，帶來(lái)；拿出，出示；澳大利亞以生產(chǎn)羊毛而著名。Australiaisfamousforproducingwool.他們每年都不能生產(chǎn)足夠的糧食。Theycouldn’tproduceenoughfoodeveryyear.這位作家在過(guò)去的幾年里創(chuàng)作很少。Thisauthorhasproducedlittleinthelastfewyears.Theengineersranafterthecreature,whichranwithamazingspeedandstrength.(P18)當(dāng)時(shí)工程師追趕野人，野人卻以驚人的速度和體力奔跑起來(lái)。▲

runafter追（逐），追趕如果你同時(shí)追趕兩只兔子，你一只也抓不到。Ifyourunaftertwohares,youwillcatchneither.他沒(méi)致力于學(xué)習(xí)，而是浪費(fèi)時(shí)間追求女孩。Insteadofdevotinghimselftohisstudies,hewasteshistimerunningaftergirls.runaway逃跑Theteen-agerranawayafterbeingpunished.被懲罰后那個(gè)少年逃走了。相關(guān)鏈接：runfor競(jìng)選Hedidn'twanttorunforpresidentthatyear.那年他不想競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)。

runinto偶然碰到（困難）遇見(jiàn)（人），相撞Shewassosleepythatsheranintoalamppost.她太困了以致于撞到了路燈桿上。runoutof用完Ourwaterhasrunout.我們的水已用完了。Don’trunoutofpatiencewithher.不要對(duì)她失去耐心。mazevt.使驚訝，使驚愕Yourattitudesimplyamazesme.你的態(tài)度簡(jiǎn)直使我驚訝。Hewasamazedthathissonshouldspendsomuchtimeplayingcomputergames.他驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)他的兒子竟然把那么多時(shí)間花在玩電腦游戲上。amazingadj.使人驚訝的Thespeedofthehorsesalongthetrackwassimplyamazing.馬在跑道上奔跑的速度簡(jiǎn)直令人吃驚。Itisamazingthatheshouldhavesaidnothingaboutthemurder.令人驚訝的是他對(duì)謀殺竟然只字未提。FootprintsareoneofthefewpiecesofhardevidencesupportingtheexistenceofYeti.(P18)腳印是目前支持野人存在說(shuō)的為數(shù)不多的實(shí)證之一?！鴖upport支撐；支持；攙扶；養(yǎng)（家），維持（生活）；Hewassupportinghimselfwithastick.他用一根拐杖支撐著自己。Hesupportedthegovernmentinitsplantobuildmorerailwaylines.他支持政府計(jì)劃建設(shè)更多的鐵路線。BillhadtosupportJillorshewouldhavefallentothefloor.比爾不得不攙扶著吉爾否則她就會(huì)摔倒。Onaverage,thesefootprintsare14to18incheslong,5to9incheswideandmuchlargerthanthatofahuman.(P18)平均說(shuō)來(lái)，這些腳印長(zhǎng)14—18英寸，寬5—9英寸，比人類(lèi)的腳印要大得多。▲on(an/the)average平均，平均起來(lái)，一般說(shuō)來(lái)Onaveragewereceive50lettersaday.我們平均每天收到五十封信件。Womenmakeontheaverageonlytwo-thirdsofwhatmenearn.平均婦女只掙得男人三分之二的工資。Writeastoryaboutoneofthemysteries.Planning：Discussthemysteriesingroups

1.Whichmysteryareyouinterestedin?2.Whatwillyourstorybeabout?Preparing1.Findinformationfromvarioussourcesonthemystery.2.Decidewhattoincludeinthestoryandwhattoleaveout.3.Organizetheinformationyoudecidetouseandwriteanoutlineforthestory.Producing1.Followtheoutlineandwritethestory.2.Proofreadthestory,correctanymistakesandaddanynewideasyoucanthinkof.3.Revisethestorybasedonthesuggestions.4.Drawpicturesthatrepresentplaces,charactersoreventsinthestory.PresentingTellthestorytotheclass.