Unit+5+Into+the+Unknown+Writing+ Presenting+ideas 高二下學(xué)期英語外研版（2019）選擇性必修四冊

Unit5Period5Writing&Presentingideas新課導(dǎo)入Whatunexplainedphenomenadoyouknow?課堂學(xué)習(xí)1Readthemagazinearticleandanswerthequestions.ALONGLINEOFMYSTERIESAlongaspeciallineoflatitude,knownasthe30thparallelnorth,lienumeroussitesofancientcivilisationsandimpressivenaturalfeatures.Ancientcivilisationsappearedontheparallel,includingBabylon,withitsfamoustower;Egypt,withitspyramids;China,withitsSanxingduiculture,etc.Thesecivilisationsappearedatasimilartime,andalldevelopedadvancedbronze-makingtechniques.Weretheypartofasinglesuper-civilisation,assomethink?It'sarguedthatthe30thparallelnorthisalineofgreatnaturalenergy,withfrequentearthquakesandvolcaniceruptions.Thiscreatesamazingnaturalfeatures,includingMountQomolangma,theDeadSea,andrivers,suchastheNile,theMississippiandtheYangtze.Lackinganyconcreteevidence,someevenclaimitwassupernaturalpowers!Scientists,however,disputethesetheories.It'smorelikely,theyargue,thatcivilisationsaroseonthe30thparallelnorthbecausetheclimatethereisgenerallywarmandwet.Majortectonicplatesmeetatthislatitude,causingearthquakes,whichhelpedformtheHimalayas.Therest,theysay,iseithercoincidenceorfantasy.1.Whyisthe30thparallelnorthmysterious?2.Whataresomeunusualexplanationsforit?3.Whataresomepossiblescientificexplanations?The30thparallelnorthismysteriousbecauseitiswherenumeroussitesofancientcivilisationsandimpressivenaturalfeatureslie.Somebelievethatthe30thparallelnorthisalineofgreatnaturalenergy,withfrequentearthquakesandvolcaniceruptions,andothersevenclaimthatitsamazingnaturalfeatureswerecausedbysupernaturalpowers.Possiblescientificexplanationsforthe30thparallelnorthincludethegenerallywarmanddampclimatethatmadeitagoodplaceforcivilisationstodevelop,andthefactthatitiswheremajortectonicplatesmeet.contentofthepassageParagraph1Whatistheunexplainedphenomenon?Paragraph2Whyisitmysterious?Paragraph3Whatnon-scientificexplanationsarethere?Paragraph4Howdoscientistsexplainit?2Plananarticleaboutanunexplainedphenomenon.Dofurtherresearchifnecessary.Whatistheunexplainedphenomenon?Whyisitmysterious?Whatnon-scientificexplanationsarethere?Howdoscientistsexplainit?Nowwriteyourarticle.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3Workinpairs.Makeimprovementstoeachother’sarticlesandsharethemwiththeclass.Sample:TheBermudaTriangleFarbelowthesurfaceoftheNorthAtlanticOcean,inaroughlytriangularareaknownastheBermudaTriangle,liemorethan50shipwrecksand20planewrecks.Whatmakesthesewreckssomysteriousisthatthecauseoftheirfateremainslargelyunknown-shipswereabandonedwithoutapparentreason,distresssignalswereneversentandaircraftwerelostwithouttrace.Somebelievethatsupernaturalforcesareresponsible,whileothersputtheaccidentsanddisappearancesdowntocoincidence.Scientifictheories,meanwhile,includepiloterrorwhentryingtonavigatethearea,andhuge“roguewaves”causedbyterriblestorms.AlthoughmanyshipsandplanescrosstheBermudaTrianglewithoutincident,thestoriesbehindthosedoomedvessels’fatescontinuetocapturepeople’simaginations.4Workingroups.Readthesentenceandanswerthequestions.Theonlytruevoyageofdiscoverywouldbenottovisitstrangelandsbuttopossessothereyes,tolookattheuniversethroughtheeyesofanotherperson,orofahundredotherpeople,toseethehundreduniversesthateachofthemsees._________________________________________________________________RemembranceofThingsPast(VOL5):TheCaptivebyMarcelProust(adaption)1Whatisyourunderstandingofthesentence?2WhatdoesProustmeanby“Theonlytruevoyageofdiscovery”?5Shareyouropinionofthissentenceandmakenotes.Dofurtherresearchifnecessary.WhatdoyouthinkofProust’sviewonthewaytoexploretheworld?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Whatisyourwaytoexploretheworld?Giveanexample.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6Prepareaspeechaboutwhatexplorationmeanstoyou.