1、M2 Unit1 Tales of the unexplainedReading I Boy missing, police puzzledTask 1 Skimming (catch the main points )Title:Paragraph1-2:who: what: when: where: why: how:Conclusion:The reading strategy of news storiesFor general ideas:For details:Task 2 Scanning ( Finish the chart ) An incidentPolice in Ame
2、rica have stepped up their search for an American boy named Justin Foster who went 1)_The course of the eventAt 8 p.m. last Friday Justin left home to play baseball with two friends.Witnesses say they saw Justin 2)_ towards his home at 10.45 p.m.At about 11 p.m. last Friday Justins sister, Kelly, he
3、ard her brother 3) _ on his favourite CD.Last Saturday, Justins mother who thought Justin was4)_ the night with a friend found Justin did not 5) _ up for lunch and became very worried. Peoples 6)_Kelly thought her brother was taken away by lots of strange 7)_ with white skin and large black eyes, bu
4、t her mother didnt believe her.Mavis Wood thought Justin was taken away by the 8)_ because she had a similar experience. She said they wanted to do 9) _ on her.Police are not sure whether Justin was taken by aliens but they are also looking into other 10) _.Task 3 Detailed reading ( Find the best an
5、swer)( )1.The reason 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 something to do with the UFO and the alien.D. All of the above( )2. In the second paragraph, “show up means _
6、.A. arrive or appearB. ReachC. DisappearD. reach for( )3. We can infer that the boy might go missing_.A. in his own roomB. on the playgroundC. in Kellys roomD. in his brothers room( )4. What is the attitude of the police to the disappearance of the boy_A. They cant make sure that Justin was taken by
7、 aliens.B. They think it possible for some people to make up an amazing story.C. They are looking at other possibilities, such as murder.D. All of the above.( )5.We can know_.A. The police have known the cause of the boys disappearance.B. the police havent found convincing evidence about the boys di
8、sappearanceC. the police will catch the aliens who took away the boy.D. the police wont get any information about the childs disappearanceTask 4 Consolidation (Retell the story)Justin Foster 1 _ last Friday night. He didnt 2 _ _ for lunch the next day. That evening, His two friends both said that Ju
9、stin 3 _ after the game. Witnesses also said they saw Justin 4 _ his home. Justins sister, Kelly heard him 5 _ his favourite CD and she also saw a large spaceship 6_ . She heard Justin 7 _ . She told her mother Justin was taken by aliens, but her mother didnt believe her. Mavis Wood said that she wa
10、s 8 _ by aliens. They did 9_ her. The whole experience was terrible. Detective Sam Peterson 10 _ the case, He said sometimes people 11 _ amazing stories, and there was no hard evidence that aliens took him, and they were 12 _other possibilities.Task 5 Group work (Write an end to the story)All the pe
11、ople are concerned about Justins disappearance. What do you think might have happened to him Please give an ending to the story.Task 6 Homework1. Finish the rest exercises on pages 4-52. Read the passage, and answer the questions below.We all know that we live in a complex world .Although the techni
12、ques of the human beings are developing all the time; we still got so many unsolved problems. Among all of these puzzles, UFO is one of the most noticeable things. Now as everybody knows, UFO is what we call Unknown Flying Object for short. For a period of time, once we mentioned UFO, we always comm
13、unicate it with high-tech, extra-terrestrials, outer space culture and many other exciting things. There are a lot of witnesses around the world, affirming that they chanced to have seen some strange things in the sky. However, most of them cannot hand in the credible evidence .Thats a pity. With th
14、e long-term efforts of the urologists, most of the incidents are finally considered as natural phenomenon or human conducts. Some so-called UFO is just a bird, a plane, a balloon or even a plastic bag. Until now, we havent found any clues on real extraterrestrial civilization or supernatural phenomenon .But we are willing to see, with the constant exertion of humanity, we will get more profound knowledge; we will get to realize the essence of the world. We have the faith!1. Which word has the closest meaning with “exertion ( no more than 1 word)_
