Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained

Period one Welcome to the Unit

The Analysis of this part:

Ss are encouraged to do a free discussion about some mysterious and unexplained phenomena in the world.

Teaching aims:

1. Help Ss practice spoken English.

2. Help Ss express their opinions boldly and imaginatively.

Teaching methods:

1. Looking and speaking

2. Discussion in pairs or groups.

Teaching procedures:

Step one: Lead- in

Today, our topics are not only interesting and attractive, but a little mysterious as well. They are beyond our knowledge. Maybe we only hear of them. Even the advanced

science and technology of today can't offer satisfactory answers to them.

Step two: Picture talking

1. UFOS, Yetis, Crop circles and Stonehenge

　　T: Do these topics have sth. in common? If so, what is it?

(Unexplained, no satisfactory answers, mysterious, no evidence.....)

How do you feel about them?

Are you a bit curious?

　　Now let's discuss the pictures on page one.

2. Ask students to discuss all the pictures in pairs or groups and then report the result of their discussion to the teacher.

Step three: Description of the pictures

Picture one: UFOS

1) What do the letters UFO stand for?

It stands for unidentified Flying Object, that is , an object , apparently moving in the sky, which we can not identify.

2) Do you believe in it?