1、,It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit 神秘事物的朦胧雾气增添了探求的魅力。,单元核心素养：文化意识,There are many people who often discuss whether aliens(外星人) are real or not.There are also some different stories about aliens.Do aliens really exist in space？When you think of aliens，what comes to your mi
2、nd？Whatever pictures we have of aliens in our mind is due to the influence from newspapers，the Internet and the TV.There could be life forms as tiny(极小的) as some micro-organisms or as large as giant dinosaurs.Scientists argue that the universe is far too huge and it is very unlikely that only our pl
3、anet can support life.There must be other planets which support life but are unknown to us.One of the organizations working on outer space life is SETI. Astrophysicist(天体物理学家) Carl Sagan believes the presence of life outside the Earth.Frank Drake，,话题导入,founder of SETI，is another scientist who has de
4、voted his life to providing the presence of life outside the Earth.Many other research projects have been and are still being carried out to collect evidence of life outside the Earth.In fact，Bruno DArgenio and Giuseppe Geraci have found evidence of life in 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites(陨石). Just
5、as there are people who support the existence of life outside the Earth，there are others who think of it as a far-fetched idea.They argue，if there is life outside the Earth，why have we not been able to get any hard evidence till today?,1.The scientists are sure that there are some aliens outside the
6、 Earth.( ) 2.People have different opinions on whether there is life outside the Earth.( ),查看答案,根据上文判断正(T)误(F),F,T,PART 1,读前清障,PART 2,课文理解,Period One Welcome to the unit & ReadingPre-reading,PART1,读前清障,匹配左边的单词与右边的汉语意思 第一组,查看答案,1.Tale A.由于，因为；预期的；适当的 2.unexplained B.无法解释的，神秘的 3.puzzled C.故事，传说 4.inci
7、dent D.困惑的，茫然的 5.due E.发生的事情(尤指不寻常的或讨厌的),6.alien A.目击者，证人 7.disappear B.宇宙飞船 8.witness C.消失；失踪 9.spaceship D.动物；(具有某种特征的)人 10.creature E.外星人(的),第二组,查看答案,11.flash A.发生 12.assume B.施工；建筑物 13.construction C.在(轮船、飞机、火车等)上，上(轮船、飞机、火车等) 14.occur D.闪光，闪耀 15.aboard E.假定；认为,第三组,查看答案,16.possibility A.记者 17.de
8、tective B.案件；具体情况，实例 18.case C.可能性 19.journalist D.令人惊奇(惊叹)的 20.amazing E.侦探,第四组,查看答案,查看答案,21.evidence A.伤害 22.injury B.证据 23.dismiss C.笑，笑声 24.laughter D.不予考虑；解雇；解散 25.astronomer E.天文学家,第五组,PART2,课文理解,.Skim the article and find out the main idea of the paragraph(s). 1.Para.1 A.Possible causes of Ju
9、stins disappearance. 2.Paras.24 B.The most general information and the important facts. 3.Paras.57 C.The time and place Justin was missing.,查看答案,Step 1 Fast-reading,.Put the following things in the right order according to the article. A.Justin returned home at about 11 p.m. B.Kelly ran and woke up
10、her mother. C.Justins mother told her husband to call the police. D.Justin played baseball with his friends. E.Kelly heard Justin play his favourite CD.,查看答案,答案 DAEBC,.True (T) or false (F). 1.Justin Foster，a high school student，was last seen Wednesday night.( ) 2.Kelly heard her brother，Justin Fost
11、er，put on his favorite CD that night.( ) 3.Justins friends said that Justin went to school after the game.( ) 4.Mrs Mavis Wood said that she had ever been taken away by the aliens.( ),查看答案,F,T,F,T,Step 2 Careful-reading,.Choose the best answer according to the article. 1.The main idea of this passag
12、e is . A.that aliens took away a boy B.that aliens do exist C.that a boy was murdered D.about different opinions of a missing boy,查看答案,2.When and where was Justin missing? A.On Friday morning，at home. B.On Friday night，at home. C.Last week，at the baseball field. D.On Friday night，at the baseball fie
13、ld.,查看答案,3.The report cited(引用) Kellys words in order to tell us that . A.Justins disappearance had nothing to do with his friends B.Justin played games with his friends that day C.Justin was taken away by aliens D.Justin arrived home at about 11 p.m.,查看答案,4.The sentence “Its happened to me！” in the
14、 last but one paragraph suggests that Mrs Mavis Wood wanted to say that . A.aliens didnt exist B.Justin was really taken away by aliens C.Justin was indeed murdered D.she didnt believe what Kelly said,查看答案,5.The writers attitude towards the whole story is . A.convinced B.objective C.enthusiastic D.i
15、ndifferent,查看答案,Step 3 Post-reading,查看答案,After reading the article，please fill in the following blanks. Justin Foster，an American high school student，went missing last Friday night.Police are 1. (puzzle) about it and have stepped up their search for him.People have shown great interest in his 2. (di
16、sappear) due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time of his disappearance.,puzzled,disappearance,Police have found Justin 3. (actual) returned home that night, 4. Justins two friends and some witnesses have provided some 5. (evident) for that.His sister，Kelly，also
17、 heard Justin return home at about 11 p.m.According to Kelly，a bright light then 6. (appear) outside her window and a large spaceship was flying outside,7. strange-looking creatures in it.Just then，she heard Justin shout and the UFO disappeared.She hasnt seen Justin ever since.She believes the alien
18、s took him，but her mother said she was only 8. (dream).Some other people，like Mrs Mavis Wood，also say that they saw aliens that night.,查看答案,actually,because,evidence,appeared,with,dreaming,Police think there is no hard evidence 9. Justin was taken by aliens，and they are looking into other 10. (possi
19、ble).And they wont give up until they find out what happened.,查看答案,that,possibilities,1.However，since Mrs Foster thought that Justin was spending the night with a friend，she assumed that Kelly was having a bad dream，and sent her back to bed. 句式分析 本句是主从复合句。句中since引导原因状语从句，该从句中thought后是一个由that引导的宾语从句。
20、主句中assumed与sent是并列谓语，其中assumed后接一个由that引导的宾语从句。 自主翻译 _ _,查看答案,Step 4 Sentence-learning,但是，福斯特夫人以为贾斯廷在一个朋友家过夜了，因此她认为凯莉只是做了个噩梦，于是将她打发回床上。,2.When asked about the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens，Detective Sam Peterson，who has taken charge of the case，told journalists，Sometimes people make up such amazing stories. 句式分析 When asked.为状语从句，从句中省略了he was，补充完整为When he was asked.; that Justin was taken by aliens为同位语从句，进一步解释possibility；who has taken charge of the case为定语从句，修饰Detective Sam Peterson。 自主翻译 _ _,当被问及贾斯廷被外星人劫持的可能性时，负责调查此案的萨姆 彼得森侦探告诉记者：“人们有时候编出这类奇异的故事”,查看答案,