1、Telling a mysterious story,Unit 1,Project,Read the article and answer: Where have people reported seeing a wild man-like creature? When and where did an American mountain climber see a Yeti?,All over the world.,In 1998 and on the Chinese side of the Himalayas.,3 What does a Yeti look like? 4 What do

2、 scientists think of Yetis?,It looks like a human but it has thick black fur and is about six feet tall with huge shoulders, very long arms and large hands.,They convince that Yetis exist while studying the footprints.,Find main idea of each paragraph:,Para 1: Yetis are reported to have been seen al

3、l over the world. Para 2-4: Descriptions of Yetis in different places. Para 5-6: Scientists different opinions abort Yetis. Para 7: Scientists hope to find the truth.,True or False,1. There are no Yetis in the world according to the report. 2. An American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti onc

4、e. 3. Yetis ran with an amazing speed. 4. Footprints of Yetis are similar to human. 5. Yetis possibly lived in Asia about 3,000,000 years ago. 6. Scientists have solved the mystery.,F,T,T,F,T,F,_1_ you _ the Yeti or have seen one with your own eyes? It is _2_that people once saw a wild man-like crea

5、ture in the Himalayas, called a Yeti. Such heavily-built and _3_. Yetis are said to have been found in some places. In 1998, an American mountain climber said he saw a Yeti walking like a human on the Chinese side of the Himalayas. Another time ten Chinese engineers _4_ a Yeti, as soon as they saw i

6、t.,Footprints discovered in 1970 in the snow near Bossburg also support the existence of Yeti. Some scientists have been studying reports of Yetis for many years. They believe that this creature possibly lived in Asia long ago and might have _5_to other parts of the world and _6_until today. Others

7、think people might have_7_by saying they saw Yetis. However, there is a_8_that the mystery will be solved in the future.,1. Do, have any idea of 2. reported 3. hairy, 4. ran after 5. made its way 6. lived on 7. played a joke, 8. chance,介副詞填空。 1. The concert is beginning but the stars havent shown _

8、so far, causing a great mess. 2. The experts all came late to the meeting, due_ the bad storm. 3. Seeing what is so-called a monster, the villagers began to run_ it secretly. 4. Daddy, mayor of the city, receives 50 letters about different matters a day _average. 5. Step _ your practice. As it is, y

9、ou cant win the first in the coming round. 6. _ his parents disappointment, Hellen stole and was put in prison days ago.,7. None of his workmates believe him because he always makes_stories. 8. When meeting the guards at the school gate every morning, I often greet them_a “hi”. 9. The driver let me

10、take a lift and _ return I gave him ten yuan. 10. His mother told his children that she was staying _late and wouldnt come back until after midnight. 11. The dispute (糾紛) between the workers and management has been settled and services will return _ normal (正常) tomorrow. 12. Pull_ the curtains and l

11、ook out of the window and you will see something flying around in the dark sky.,up 2. to 3. after 4. on 5. up 6. To 7. up 8. with 9. in 10. out 11. to 12. back,Discussion,Do you believe that such a creature exists? Why or why not?,Language points,1. Searching for the Yeti (P18) 尋找野人 search vt. 搜查，在搜

12、尋；搜（身） The police searched every room in the house. 警察搜查了房子里的每一個(gè)房間。 The tourist searched the whole town but could not find a fruit-shop open. 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)。 Ive searched all the drawers, but my notebook is still missing. 我已找遍了所有的抽屜，但我的筆記本還是沒(méi)找 到。,search for 尋找；在里面（身上）搜尋（尋找） All night they

13、searched for the lost car. 他們整夜都在尋找丟失的汽車(chē)。 Many soldiers, together with the villagers, searched the woods for the missing boy. 許多士兵和村民們一道在樹(shù)林里尋找失蹤的男孩。 The police searched the city for the murderer. 警察在城里尋找兇手。,search out 尋找到 search through 把仔細(xì)搜查一遍 in search of 尋找,Each reported sighting produces similar

14、 descriptions of the creature. (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。 Australia is famous for producing wool. 他們每年都不能生產(chǎn)足夠的糧食。 They couldnt produce enough food every year. 這位作家在過(guò)去的幾年里創(chuàng)作很少。 This author has produced little in the last few years.,The engineers ran after t

15、he creature, which ran with amazing speed and strength. (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)。 run after 追（逐），追趕 如果你同時(shí)追趕兩只兔子，你一只也抓不 到。 If you run after two hares, you will catch neither. 他沒(méi)致力于學(xué)習(xí)，而是浪費(fèi)時(shí)間追求女孩。 Instead of devoting himself to his studies, he wastes his time running after girls.,run away逃跑 Th

16、e teen-ager ran away after being punished. 被懲罰后那個(gè)少年逃走了。 相關(guān)鏈接： run for競(jìng)選 He didnt want to run for president that year. 那年他不想競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)。 run into偶然碰到（困難）遇見(jiàn)（人），相撞 She was so sleepy that she ran into a lamppost. 她太困了以致于撞到了路燈桿上。,run out of 用完 Our water has run out. 我們的水已用完了。 Dont run out of patience with her.

17、不要對(duì)她失去耐心。,maze vt. 使驚訝，使驚愕 Your attitude simply amazes me. 你的態(tài)度簡(jiǎn)直使我驚訝。 He was amazed that his son should spend so much time playing computer games. 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。,amazing adj. 使人驚訝的 The speed of the horses along the track was simply amazing. 馬在跑道上奔跑的速度簡(jiǎn)直令人吃驚。 It is amazing that he shoul

18、d have said nothing about the murder. 令人驚訝的是他對(duì)謀殺竟然只字未提。,Footprints are one of the few pieces of hard evidence supporting the existence of Yeti. (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。 support 支撐；支持；攙扶；養(yǎng)（家），維持（生活）； He was supporting himself with a stick. 他用一根拐杖支撐著自己。 He supported the government in its plan to

19、build more railway lines. 他支持政府計(jì)劃建設(shè)更多的鐵路線。 Bill had to support Jill or she would have fallen to the floor. 比爾不得不攙扶著吉爾否則她就會(huì)摔倒。,On average, these footprints are 14 to 18 inches long, 5 to 9 inches wide and much larger than that of a human. (P18) 平均說(shuō)來(lái)，這些腳印長(zhǎng)1418英寸，寬59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) On average we receive 50 letters a day. 我們平均每天收到五十封信件。 Women make on the average only two-thirds of what men earn. 平均婦女只掙得男人三分之二的工資。,Write a story about one of