1、Agenda Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Extended Exercises Checkpoint UNIT GOALS 1 Talk about the out-of-the-ordinary 2 Present a theory about a past event 3 Discuss how believable a story is 4 Evaluate the trustworthiness of news source 5 Write about one mysterious phenomenon 3 3 3 Lesson 1 Lead-in Listening Spea
2、king Reading Writing 3 Lead-in On-the-Street Interviews:I dont believe everything I read Exercise A Exercise B Exercise A Check whether each statement is true(T)or false(F).1.Mauro thinks that newspapers are more likely to check their sources carefully than Internet news sites are.2.Maiko thinks the
3、 Internet is a more reliable source of information than other sources of information.3.Rob generally believes information from newspapers.4.Christiane trusts European news sources more than American sources.5.Lorayn fully trusts what she reads in the New York Times.F F T F T Exercise B Use informati
4、on from the video segment to complete each sentence.1.According to Maiko,news from _,_ and _ have a similar level of credibility.2.Mauro says that you can never fully trust information,even from _.3.Christiane gets her news from three countries:_,_and _.4.Lorayn says she does not trust sources of in
5、formation such as _.the Internet newspapers television newspapers Austria the USA Great Britain spam,or unknown sources 3 3 Listening Part 1 Part 2 New Words Phrases and Expressions 3 Part 1 Talk About a Mystery A Sound Bites B Pair Work A Sound Bites Read and listen to a conversation about a well-k
6、nown mystery.VICTOR:I saw the most fascinating TV program about Bigfoot last night.PATTY:Bigfoot?Dont tell me you buy that story!VICTOR:Youre such a skeptic!Whos to say those things dont exist?How else would you explain all those sightings over the years?PATTY:Couldve been gorillas.VICTOR:In the U.S
7、.?I dont think so.Theres no question Bigfoot is real.PATTY:Get out of here!Theres no such thing as Bigfoot.You have such a wild imagination!VICTOR:Youd change your mind if youd seen that program.PATTY:The only way Id change my mind is if I saw one of them with my own two eyes.Seeing is believing,as
8、far as Im concerned.A Sound Bites Read and listen to a conversation about a well-known mystery.Bigfoot Many people claim to have seen a hairy,human-like creature called Bigfoot in the western mountains of the United States.In 2004,Bob Heironimus admitted that he dressed in a costume for this famous
9、1967 image.B Pair Work Read the conversation again.With a partner,explain the meaning of each of the following statements.1.Dont tell me you buy that story!2.Youre such a skeptic!3.Theres no question Bigfoot is real.I cant believe you think that story is true!You always doubt everything!Bigfoot is d
10、efinitely real.Pair Work Read the conversation again.With a partner,explain the meaning of each of the following statements.4.Get out of here!5.You have such a wild imagination!6.Seeing is believing.Youve got to be kidding!You think up some crazy things!I have to see something with my own eyes to be
11、lieve its true.3 3 3 Part 2 Discuss How Believable a Story Is Exercise A Exercise B Exercise C Listening Comprehension Exercise D Exercise E Exercise A Word Skills.Using adjectives with the suffix-able.believable can be accepted as true because it seems possible The story he told seems believable.He
12、 backed it up with a lot of details.debatable not easy to prove because more than one explanation is possible The cause of the explosion is debatable;experts still disagree.provable can be shown to be definitely true I dont think your theory will be provable,unless clear evidence can be found.Exerci
13、se A Word Skills.Using adjectives with the suffix-able.questionable uncertain,but more likely to be untrue Her convincing account of the events makes his version highly questionable.unsolvable impossible to prove This mystery may be unsolvable.Everyone who saw what happened is no longer alive.Exerci
14、se B Complete each statement,using an adjective with the suffix -able.Use each adjective only once.1.His story is really _.I doubt that those things could have really happened.2.I think she is telling the truth.Her description of the events sounds very _ to me.3.It is highly _whether lie-detector te
15、sting should be used as evidence.Experts continue to argue about what the test results really mean.4.What happened to the dinosaurs is not really _.There is nothing that can show with certainty what really happened.5.The mystery of what happened to the famous U.S.pilot Amelia Earhart is most likely
16、_ since her body and the plane have never been found.questionable believable debatable provable unsolvable Exercise C Listening Comprehension Listen to Part 1 of a historical mystery.What happened to the Russian royal family?What was mysterious about this event?Russias last royal family:Czar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra with their children,Olga,Maria,Anastasia,Alexei,and Tatiana.Russias Royal Family:An Enduring Mystery Anna Anderson,who claimed to have been Anastasia Check Exercise D Now li
