1、M2 Unit1 Boy missing,police puzzled-language pointsBoy missing,police puzzledThe lead(general idea)DetailsPolice have stepped up their search for a missing boy.People have shown great interest in his disappearance.parents account:Mr Foster was surprised that his son did stay outand Mrs mother said h
2、e didnt show up.witnesses account:Friends said he saw he went home.Police found he did return home.Witnesses saw him walking home.Witnesses ideasSisters ideas:She sisters account:she heard him return home and she saw a largespaceship flying outside.different ideas:The aliens took me away and did res
3、earch on me.Police have not ruled out the possibility and he was taken away by aliens but are also looking into other possibilities.Police in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing two days ago in Dover New Hampshire.l Step up-increase or speed up(增加、加速）e.g.
4、We should step up the review for the coming exam.The company have step up car production to earn more money.l Search n.&vt.搜索，搜寻in ones search for/in search of 搜索，寻找某人或某物e.g.Police all went out _ the missing boysearch for sb/sth 寻找某人或某物e.g.Police have stepped up their processor(进程）to _the missing bo
5、y.search sb/sp for sth/sb 为了某物搜某人的身或为了寻找某人搜某地方e.g.Police have _ Dover _ the missing boy.in search of searched forsearch for ugo missing-become missing go 此时用做联系动词，后加形容词go bad（变坏）go blind（变瞎）go angry（生气）e.g.Mrs Foster_（发疯）to look for her son when she found him missing.Kellys face _(变红）when she saw st
6、range-looking creatures with large black eyes.went madwent redPeople have shown great interest in his disappearance due to sightings of puzzling lights in the sky and reports of alien visits around the time of his disappearance.Show have take develop(a)great interest in sth-be interested in sth(对.感兴
7、趣)Show have take develop no interest in sth-not willing to do sth (对 没有兴趣)due to-because of+noun(名词）e.g.Mavis Wood hasnt been sleeping well _(由于那次令人害怕的经历）.His disappearance was _（由于外星人的出现).due to the frightening experiencedue to the appearance of the aliensstay out-not at home 呆在外面stay up-not go to
8、bed 熬夜贾斯汀的母亲为了儿子一直熬夜到十二点。Mrs Foster stayed up until 12 to wait for her son.贾斯汀那晚呆在外面很晚但是没有出现。Justin stayed out late that night,but he didnt show up.appear However,police found that Justin did in fact return home on Friday night at about 11 p.m.udid+v（原形）表示强调谓语动词，助动词do 根据时态来变用do does did+动词的原形e.g.Jus
9、tin _ playing baseball with his friends.(的确喜欢)Kelly said that she _ him put on his favorite CD.(的确听到)uput on-play music our teacher began to put on the beautiful music because a new play was going to be put on.Tom hurried to put onhis dress to prepare for the play.1.播放 2.表演 3.穿上 4.增加does likedid hea
10、r Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10.45 p.m.When witnesses saw Justin at 10.45 p.m.,he was walking his home I pulled back the curtains and saw a large spaceshipflying outside.When I pulled back the curtains,a large spaceship was flying outside at that time.I heard him
11、put on his favorite CD.I heard that he put on his favorite CD.I even get frightened when I hear a plane fly over.She says she heard her brother return home at about 11 p.m.看到或听到某人做某事的整个过程看到或听到某人正在做某事e.g.Witnesses saw an alien _(take)away Mavis at that point.I saw him _(jump)into the river there.taki
12、ngjumpsee hear sb do sthsee hear sb doing sth Standing inside were lots of white-skinned,strange-looking creatures.Lots of white-skinned,strange-looking creatures were standing inside.倒装结构:谓语动词由be+ing/ed”构成,不带宾语,把”ing/ed”置于句首,并把be置于主语之前e.g.Sitting at the back of the room was a shy girl with two big
13、eyes.Gone are the days when we used foreign oil.ldo research on sbsth-careful study of a subject for new information(noun)e.g.科学家正在对动物克隆进行研究。The scientists are doing research on animals cloning.l research on into sth (verb)e.g.他们已经对年轻人的成长的问题进行研究They have researched on the growing problems of the you
14、ng people.Police have not ruled out the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens.rule out-think sth is impossible 排除e.g.警察已经排除失踪男孩被杀的可能性。The police have ruled out the possibility that the missing boy had been killed.人们一直在考虑外星人那晚出现的可能性。People have been considering the possibility that aliens appea
15、red that night.贾斯汀被外星人带走的可能性是有的。There is the possibility _ that Justin was taken byaliens.convincing adj.-make people believe sthis true（令人信服的）convince verb.使.信服e.g.你可以给我令人信服的理由吗？Can you give me the convincing reason?警察说的话使我信服。What the police said _ me.=What the police said made me_.=What the police
16、 said was_.convincedconvincedconvincinglook after,look for,look on.as,look up,look into,look at,look forward to Justin Fosters parents _ him _ a quiet boy.He often _ them when they are ill.But one day he went missing.His parents were so worried that they hurried to _ him.However,his sister,Kelly sai
17、d that when she _ at the sky,she saw large spaceship flying outside.She thought he was taken away by the aliens.Now the police have _ the case.They have been _ other possibilities.His family are eager to _ his sons return safely.look onaslooks afterlook forlooked uplooked intolooking atlook forward
18、tomake up-invent sth(a story)e.g.24 boys and 28 girls make up our class,that is to say,our class is made up of 24 boys and 28 girls.Today our teacher asked us to make up an ending of the passage-Boy missing,police puzzled.But I was ill so I need make up for(弥补）what I lost in yesterdays class.Sam Pet
19、erson has taken charge of the case.take charge of sth=be in charge of sth(负责）be in the charge of sb in ones charge（由某人负责）e.g.Peterson was_ the case.The case was _ Peterson.in charge ofin the charge ofthe _ police the _ lights _ farther(Mr Foster)a _ experience(Mavis Wood)_ mother(Mrs Foster)_ storie
20、s(people)_ sister(Kelly)V-ed 常用来修饰人，表示“感到”V-ing 常用来修饰物，表示“令人感到”e.g.Justin 的父亲对令人失望的结果感到失望。Justins parents were _ at the _ results.感到迷惑的警察对令人迷惑的案子表现出兴趣。The _ police showed great interest in the _ case.puzzledpuzzlingsurprisedfrighteningworriedamazingfrightenedpuzzleddisappointeddisappointingdisappoin
21、tingpuzzling rule out,puzzling,due to,stay out,look into,put on,take away,do research on,search for,show up,convincing,show great interest in,in charge ofToday I read a _ piece of news that a boy named Justin went missing.His mother went to bed earlier _ her headache,but to her surprise,she found he
22、 didnt _ at lunch time.His farther considered that he had told others that he would _ late.So their parents were worried.So the police began to _ the case in order to find some _ evidence.On one hand,his friends said that he had gone home.Also his sister heard him _ his favorite CD.According to what
23、 she saw,she thought he had been _ by aliens.What a surprising thing!Such frightening experience happened to me.I was taken away by aliens.They _ me.Now I still have nightmares.Until now,the police,who are _ the case,have stepped up their pace to _ the missing boy.We cant _ the possibility that he w
24、ill come back one day.People have _ the case.I hope the boy will appear at last.puzzlingdue toshow upstay out look intoconvincing put ontaken awaydid research onin charge ofsearch forrule outshow great interest in Homework:Suppose you were police,what would you think of the disappearance about the missing boy according to the newspaper?Finish off the exercises on page 89 D1 and D2.
