M2U1Reading1.ppt

1、Module 2 Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained,Reading,Boy missing, police puzzled,A boy is missing and the police are puzzled.,Boy missing, police puzzled,A boy is missing, and the police are puzzled.,How/When/Where was the boy missing? Why are the police puzzled?,The structure of a news story,Reading st

2、rategy,title,the first paragraph,to give a general idea about the news,to tell readers “who” “when” “where” “what” “why” “how”,the following paragraphs,to give detailed but less important information,the second paragraph,to give more important facts,The structure of a news story,Reading strategy,The

3、 reading skills of news stories,For general ideas, read the topic if any and the first one or two paragraphs; For details, read the rest of the story.,Reading strategy,Fast reading:,Check your answers in Part A,Careful reading:,Check your answers in Part C1 and C2,Find the best answers,1. The reason

4、 why people were interested in the disappearance of the child is that _ A. the lost boy was 15 years old. B. the police advised them to do so. C. the disappearance might have sth. to do with the UFO and the alien. D. all of the above.,2. In the seventh paragraph, “show up” means _. arrive or appear

5、reach disappear reach for,3. What is the attitude of the police to the disappearance of the boy? They cant make sure that Justin was taken by aliens. They think it possible for some people to make up an amazing story. They are looking at other possibilities, such as murder. All of the above.,4. We c

6、an infer that the boy might go missing _. in his own room on the playground in Kellys room in his brothers room,5. We can know_. the police have known the cause of the boys disappearance the police havent found convincing evidence about the boys disappearance the police will catch the aliens who too

7、k away the boy the police wont get any information about the childs disappearance,Fill in the blanks to summarize the story,Justin Foster went 1 last Friday night. He didnt 2 3 at the family lunch the next day. That evening, Justin 4 home after the game. 5 also said,missing,show,up,returned,Witnesse

8、s,they saw Justin walking towards his home. Justins sister, Kelly 6 him 7 8 his 9 CD and she also saw a large spaceship 10 outside. She heard Justin 11 . Mavis Wood said that she was 12 13 by 14 . They did some 15 on her. The whole 16 . Was terrible.,heard,put,on,favourite,flying,shout,taken,away,al

9、iens,research,experience,Police have not 17 18 the possibility that Justin was taken away by aliens. Detective Sam Peterson was 19 20 21 the case.,ruled,out,in,charge,of,Justin Foster, a fifteen-year-old boy, was missing three days ago .,Im Aaron Smith, a journalist from BBC.,Group work: (interview)

10、,Can you tell me what happened that night?,Aliens took aboard so that Luckily, without injuries. I think Justin was ,Mrs Marvis Wood,Kelly,heard sb. return put on pull back see spaceship inside creatures hear shout disappear tried to wake up sent to bed,Sam Peterson, havent dismissed looking into sometimes make up not give up ,Discussion,Students are encouraged to choose one of them to discuss it with their partners. Do you believe that Justin was really taken away by the aliens? Why or why not?,2. Suppose you were taken away by the aliens, what would you do ?,Assignment Finish