高中英語 模塊二 unit1 Welcome to the unit課件 譯林牛津版必修2

1、Welcome to the unitIn your opinion, what is the most beautiful thing one can experience? Why?Group discussion What have you known about Albert Einstein? Why was he so great? Einstein contributed more than any other scientist to the modern vision of physical reality. His special and general theories

2、of relativity are still regarded as the most satisfactory model of the large-scale universe that we have. He solved lots of problems mysterious to us before Do you want to know his opinion of the most beautiful thing one can experience? The most beautiful thing one can experience is mysteries . They

3、 are truly the basis of all arts and sciences . -what kind 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 M

4、ona Lisa on a piece of pine wood(松樹松樹) in the year 1506.The 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: They are mysterious because no satisfactory answers have been offer

5、ed to explain them so far. Though these mysteries have puzzled people for a long time, they still show great interest in them. People feel puzzled by the mysteries Example: UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Objects, that is, objects, apparently moving in the sky, which we cannot identify. There are

6、 lots of reports about UFOs. Some say they are aliens visiting us in their spacecraft, and some say they are military test aircraft, while others say they do not actually exist. Since we have never seen one with our own eyes and there is no definite scientific explanation for it, we are not certain

7、whether UFOs really exist, but we believe everything will be clear in the future.What do the letters UFO stand for？unidentified flying objectsAre they really from another planet?Do you believe in UFOs? What might be the most acceptable explanation for UFOs?Aliens from space.Military test aircraft.So

8、me 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 those people who live in small towns or in the country and are outside late at night.UFOs come in all shapes and size

9、s. 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? Himalayasthe highest mountain range in the worldweatherHigh windsSnowstormsColdWetWhy so many people make great eff

10、orts to climb them?HobbyDreamChallenge themselvesOvercome difficultyMake discoveries Yeti Abominable snowmanWhat do Yetis look like?Half-man and half-beastStrong, hairy The Yeti or Abominable Snowman, also called the “missing link” （推想中從類人猿發(fā)展到人類之間的過渡生物）, is said to be a humanlike monster that is sup

11、posed to live in Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. Several sightings, mainly of footprints, have been reported by western explorers throughout the years. Yet none of them have been supported with evidence in any way.Loch NessA big lake in Scotland, one of Scotlands top tourist attr

12、actions, 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 animal about 20 feet in length. I am sure that it can b

13、reathe like a crocodile with just one nostril out of the water.StonehengePrehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, southern England, consisting of two concentric circles(同心圓同心圓) of large standing stones, the heaviest of them weighing probably about 45 tons, one of the most famous prehistoric sites in

14、 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(天文天文歷歷) or a temple to the sun.Pyramids, EgyptThe SphinxHalf human, half lion, the Sphinx is 240 feet long and 66 feet highAll Egyptian pyramids were

15、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 how people can put such big stones on without any mach

16、ine.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: What other unexplained things do you know about? If you saw a UFO or a monster some day, what would y

17、ou do? 1.tales of the unexplained: 常用常用“the+adj/v-ing/v-ed”來表示一類人來表示一類人或物，如或物，如 the rich; the unknown; the living, the unemployed Language pointsLanguage points2. talk about aliens and conduct an interview conduct=lead or guide 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、指導(dǎo)、引導(dǎo) 高小姐領(lǐng)著游客們參觀了博物館。Miss Gao conducted the visitors round the museum

18、. conduct管理、主持、經(jīng)營、指揮 onduct business 經(jīng)營生意 conduct a meeting 主持會議 conduct a survey 進(jìn)行一項調(diào)查他處理公事很粗心。 He conducts his business affairs in a careless way. 3. full of mysteries unsolved 充滿難以解釋的神秘be full of; be filled with無法解釋的unexplained 未知的 unknown 未完成的unfinishedHe died suddenly with his work unfinished.

19、He went out to play, leaving his homework unfinished.4. . advanced science and technology advanced adj. 先進(jìn)的；進(jìn)步的；高級的advanced teaching methods advanced ideas he advanced education advanced mathematics 先進(jìn)的教學(xué)方法 先進(jìn)的思想高等教育 高等數(shù)學(xué) in advance adv. 預(yù)先，事先， 提前 預(yù)知未來的發(fā)生是不可能的。 It is impossible to know in advance wh

20、at will happen.5. a sunken ship sink-sank-sunken sunken adj. 已經(jīng)沉沒了的 sinking adj. 正在下沉的 比較：They tried in every way possible to rescue the sinking boat. They tried to bring the sunken ship out of the sea. 又如：the rising sun the risen sun the falling leaves the fallen leaves Last night, his house was de

21、stroyed by a fallen (fall)tree.6. You might run into a Yeti.偶然遇見=run across =come across=happen to meet =meet by chance撞跑進(jìn)流入Guess whom I ran into today!He ran into the back of another car the other day.We saw the boy run into the house.The river runs into a lake.遇見撞跑進(jìn)流入7. .Thats why 那就是為什么.,那就是.的原因

22、Thats because 那是因為. 他今天不在,那是因為他病了。 -He is absent today. Thats because he is ill. I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella. Thats why I got wet through.8. reason The reason for (doing) sth. /forreason/the reason why/that The reason for building the pyramids in Egypt is still unknown. =The reason why

23、people built the pyramids in Egypt is still unknown. The reason why he was ill was drinking the polluted water. =The reason for his illness was drinking the polluted water. For what reason was he late again?= Why was he late again? reasonable adj.合理的 unreasonable adj.不合理的9. believe in unexplained things believe in 信任；信仰 believe相信某人的話 We usually believe him , but this doesnt mean we always believe in him.10. some day; 將來某一天 one day過去或?qū)砟骋惶?1. cant tell?tell from 區(qū)分 tell