1、Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World,Period 2 Reading,天池风光,Read the 1st Paragraph:,According to the text, what did the monster look like? How many people saw it?,About 200,Black in color; jumped like a seal; its head looked like a horse.,在最近几次露面后，中国东北吉林省长白山的“天池里的怪物”又成了新闻。据当地的旅游办公室主任孟凡
2、迎介绍，最近有人看见怪物就在离湖边十米的地方，怪物的颜色似乎是黑色的。他说:“大约有两百多人从长白山的西峰看见过怪物，它像海豹一样越出水面。”尽管谁也没看清楚过，但当地一位摄影师薛俊林声称：怪物头看起来像马头。,Read the 2nd Paragraph:,Who else saw the animal? What were they doing? What did it look like?,A group of soldiers.,They were walking along the side of the lake.,It was greenish-black and had a r
3、ound head with 10cm horns.,最近另有一次，一群战士证实：他们看见湖水的水面上有东西在游动。正在湖边行走的战士看见怪物游弋了大约五分钟。其中一位战士说：“怪物的颜色是浅绿色带黑，圆形的头上有十厘米左右的角。”,Read the 3rd Paragraph:,What did Li Xiaohe see? Why could they see the animal clearly?,A round black creature moving quickly through the water. After 300 or 400 meters it dived into t
4、he water.,The weather was fine and the lake was calm.,有一篇报道来自李小何，当时他和家人正在湖边游玩。他说他看见圆形黑色的东西在湖面快速游过三四百米后潜入水中。十分钟后，怪物再次出现，并重复了相同的动作。李小何先生说他和家人看清楚了怪物，因为当时天气好，湖水平静。,How long was the history of reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi? What do many people think? What do the scientists think?,Read the 4th Parag
5、raph:,Since the beginning of the last century.,The monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland and there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world.,The low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.,自上世纪以来，一直就有关于天池怪物的报道，尽
6、管还不曾有人近距离目睹过。虽然拍有怪物的一些照片但由于距离太远，看起来模糊不清。许多人认为，天池里的怪物或许是苏格兰尼斯湖中的怪物的远亲。他们还认为，在世界其他地方的湖中可能也有类似的怪物。然而，科学家们表示怀疑。他们说，温度低的湖中不可能存活如此大的生物。,Read the 5th Paragraph:,Information about Lake Tianchi: Height: Area: Depth:,2189 m,10 km2,370 m deep in some places,天池是世界上最高的火山湖，海拔2.189米面积10平方公里，有的地方水深达到370米。,Find the
7、topic sentence of the text,The “monster of Lake Tianchi” is back in the news after several recent sighting.,Language Points,1. seem + (to be) + adj./n 看起来似乎,The young man seemed to be excited today.,2. He claims to have seen ,You seem to have got the good news. She pretended to have seen the film.,He claimed that he had finished the work but I didnt believe him.,3. There have been reports,there be 的现在完成形式： “从到现在都有”,There have been an old church in that town since long ago.,