1、The Loch Ness Monster尼斯湖水怪Do you know some mysteries in the world?英国水母麦圈英国水母麦圈ShennongjiaShennongjia Savage SavageUFOpyramidpyramidThe The BigfootBigfootThe YetiLook at the pictures and match them with the descriptions._ is a monster that lives high up in the Himalayas.Its about two meters tall and
2、has powerful arms and legs.If often gets angry and will attack anyone who goes close to it.Local people and people travelling in the mountains have many stories to tell about it.The Yeti_ got its name because of its footprints.It lives in the mountainous forests of northwest America and probably loo
3、ks like a very large monkey-tall and hairy with big arms and legs.Native Americans believe it is a spirit and has no physical form.The Bigfoot_ is a frightening creature that lives in Scotland.Climbers say they have seen it on the mountains.It is tall and has a grey face and long claws instead of ha
4、nds.The Grey manOne of the most famous monsters in the world is the _.It lives in a deep lake(a loch)in the north of Scotland and it is very old.It has a small head and a long tail and some people believe it is a dinosaur.Loch Ness MonsterFind the words in the stories.Now match them with the definit
5、ions.attack claw creature dinosaur tail footprint hairy monster spirit1.an animal,especially if you dont know what kind of animals it is _2.an unknown animal that is big and frightening _creaturemonster3.with a lot of hair _4.the mark left on the ground by a foot _5.a part that sticks out at the bac
6、k of an animals body _6.a large animal that lived thousands of years ago _hairyfootprinttaildinosaur7.something that continues to exist after death _8.the sharp nails that some animals and birds have on their feet _9.to use violence against someone _spiritclawsattackHow much do you know about Lake T
7、ianchi?Where is it?How big/deep is it?1.Where is it?2.How big and deep is it?It covers an area of about ten square kilometers.In places it is over 370m deep.Its in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province.A.a tourist guideB.a newspaperC.a dictionaryD.a scientific journalRead the beginning of the pas
8、sage and decide where the text comes from.Read the passage and then tell the main idea of each paragraph.The latest sighting of the Tianchi monsterAnother recent sighting of Tianchi monsterParagraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 4More information about the Tianchi monsterParagraph 5Information about Lake Ti
9、anchiA third sighting of the Tianchi monsterParagraph 3Read the text carefully and answer the questions on page 53.1.How many sightings of the monster 2.does the article report?Three.(Para.1-3)2.Who saw the monster clearly,and why?Mr Li Xiaohe and his family,because the weather was fine and the lake
10、 was calm.(Para.3 line 8)3.Which description of the monster is most detailed?4.When was the monster first sighted?The soldiers description.The beginning of last century.5.What do many people think about the monster?6.What do scientists think about the monster?They think it might be a distant cousin
11、of the Loch Ness Monster.(Para.4 line7)They dont believe a large animal could live in Lake Tianchi because its too cold.7.What is special about Lake Tianchi?Its the highest volcanic lake in the world.Read the text carefully again and complete the following chart.People What they saw or said about th
12、e monsterMen FanyingIt seemed to be 1._ in colour and it jumped out of the water like 2._.XueJunlinIts head looked like 3._.The soldiersIt was greenish-black and had a round head with 4._.It swam 5._ of the water for about two minutes.black a seala horse10-centimetre horns on the surfaceLi XiaoheHe
13、saw a(n)6._ creature moving quickly through the water for three or four hundred meters and then it 7._ the water.Ten minutes later it appeared again and repeated the action.Many peopleIt may be 8._ of the Lock Ness monster in Scotland and there might be 9._ in other lakes around the world.Scientists
14、 The low-temperature lakes is 10._ to be able to support such large living creatures.round black dived into a distant cousinsimilar creaturesunlikelyChoose the best way to complete the definitions of the words below.1.A sighting is when someone _.2.A.sees something 3.B.finds something4.C.puts someth
15、ing somewhere.appear,clam,claim,dive,horn,repeat,skeptical,seal,sighting,temperature2.A seal is _.A.a kind of animal B.a swimmer C.a kind of boat3.If you claim something you _.A.say it is true B.say it is not true C.are not telling the true4.A horn is a type of bone which comes out of an animals _.A
16、.tail B.head C.back5.If you dive into water you go _.A.feet first B.bottom first C.hands and head first6.If you repeat something you _.A.do it again B.stop doing it C.do it many times.7.Something which appears can be _.A.seen B.heard C.touched8.Calm water is not _.A.dangerous B.deep C.moving9.If you are sceptical about something you _.A.know nothing about it B.believe it to be true C.dont really believe it10.The temperature of something is A.how heavy it is B.how hot or cold it is C.how deep it is1.Finish the exercises on papers and workbook.2.Recite the new words in the text.
