高中英语牛津译林版必修二：Unit1TalesoftheunexplainedPeriod1Welcometotheunit(共37张PPT)

1、Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained Period 1 Welcome to the unitGroup discussion In your opinion, what is the most beautiful thing one can experience? Why?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 r

2、eality. His special and general theories 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 thi

3、ng one can experience is mysteries . They 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 t

4、he world? Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa on a piece of pine wood(松树松树) 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? DiscussionWhat do the letters UFO s

5、tand 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.Some UFOs are alien, some are test aircraft.UFOs are evidence of human space travel.UFOs are neither alien n

6、or 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 sizes. Some are only small spots of light that move in strange patterns across the night sky. Some can be seen

7、 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 efforts to climb them?HobbyDreamChallenge themselvesOvercome difficultyMake discoveries Yeti Abominable snowm

8、anWhat do Yetis look like?Half-man and half-beastStrong, hairyLoch NessA big lake in Scotland, one of Scotlands top tourist attractions, 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

9、 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 breathe like a crocodile with just one nostril out of the water.StonehengePrehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, southern England, consisting of two concentric circles(同心圆

10、同心圆) of large standing stones, the heaviest of them weighing probably about 45 tons, one of the most famous prehistoric sites in 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(天文天文历历) or a temple to

11、 the sun.Pyramids, EgyptThe SphinxHalf human, half lion, the Sphinx is 240 feet long and 66 feet highAll Egyptian pyramids were 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 Khu

12、fu 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 machine.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

13、 aliens. Group discussion: What other unexplained things do you know about? If you saw a UFO or a monster some day, what would you do? 1.tales of the unexplained(P1 )unexplained adj. 无法解释的，神秘的；如：Although our universe is filled with much unexplained, glories phenomenon, it is our duty to continue exp

14、loring them. 尽管我们的宇宙充满了很多无法解释的瑰丽的景象，不断的探索是我们的责任。Step 3 Language pointsStep 3 Language points【归纳拓展归纳拓展】explain v. 解释，说明；e x p l a n a t i o n n . 解 释 ， 说 明 【常用短语常用短语】 explain oneself 为自己的行为作说明 explain to sb. that 向某人解释什么 explain to sb. sth. 向某人解释某事 explain sth to sb. 向某人解释某事例如 Your teacher tells me y

15、ou havent been to school for the last few days; I think youd better explain yourself. 你的老师告诉我你最近几天没上学校； 我想你最好解释一下。 Can you explain to me how this machine works? = Can you explain how this machine works to me? 你能向我解释一下这台机器是如何的工作的吗？现场练兵 At the press conference, the officer didnt explain _. A. them the

16、 cause of the murder. B. them of the cause of the murder C. the cause of the murder to them D. the cause of the murder for themC 2. talk about aliens and carry out an interview（P1）carry out 实行，实践，执行He didnt carry out his promise to us. 他没有实现他对我们的承诺。常用短语：常用短语：carry out the promise,( plan, experiment)

17、兑现诺言，执行，开展计划，做实验。.Three students were chosen to carry out the experiment. 挑选了三名学生来做这个实验。 现场练兵 翻译下列句子 我们不应该放弃我们正在开展的计划。 。We should not give up the plan that we are carrying out. (3) Thats why 那就是为什么, 那就是的原因 I had neither a raincoat nor an umbrella. Thats why I got wet through. 易混辨析易混辨析 Thats because

18、那是因为 他今天不在,那是因为他病了. -He is absent today. Thats because he is ill. 现场练兵 翻译下列句子。 我没来参加聚会是因为我生病了。 I was ill ,_ I didnt take part in your party. I didnt take part in your party, _ I was ill.Thats why thats because4. You might run into a Yeti.（P1）偶然遇见=run across =come across=happen to meet =meet by chanc

19、e撞跑进流入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.遇见撞跑进流入run 有关的短语1. run out / run out of 用完，耗尽I am running out of my money./ The money is running out. 我的钱将要用完了。2. run after 追求，追赶The police are running aft

20、er the thief.警察正在追赶小偷。3. run away 逃跑The thief hit the man and ran away.小偷打了那个男的并且逃跑了。用run构成的短语填空 He is always _ her. She hit the child and then he _. I _ an old friend in the street. Time is _, lets hurry.running afterran into ran awayrunning out5. reason The reason for (doing) sth. /forreason/the r

21、eason why/that The reason for building the pyramids in Egypt is still unknown. =The reason why 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.不合理的现场练兵 翻译下列句子 1. 没有人知道他迟到的原因。 2. 我们迟到的原因是车没来。 3. 他解释的理由是有道理的。 Nobody knows the re