1、The world we live in is full of things that cant be explained even by todays science.They are mysterious because no satisfactory answers have been offered to explain them.Though these mysteries have puzzled people for a long time,they still show great interest in them.The most famous one is the UFOs
2、.UFO stands forUnidentified Flying Object.According to some witnesses,they are bright and move at a slow,steady speed with little noise.Yetis are famous too.The Yeti has been called the“missing link”half-man,half-beast.It is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world Mount Qomolangma.Do y
3、ou hear of the story of Crop Circles?Crop circles often appear in spring or summer when wheat,barley,rye or maize is growing in the fields.A crop circle is a largepattern created by the flattening crop.The first crop circle was discovered in England in 1647.They have been found in many places all ov
4、er the world.Stonehenge is a monument of huge rock slabs in the southwest of England built in the Stone Age.It is believed that Stonehenge served some sort of religious purpose.Up to now nobody knows for sure how it came into being.There are many other unexplained things in the world,such as the pyr
5、amids in Egypt and the Great Wall in China.We believe that as the science and technology develops,the people in the world will find the answers to explain the mysteries.多积词汇satisfactory adj.满意的offer vt.提供stand for 代表be supposed to 应该rye n.黑麦maize n.玉米flattening adj.变平的slab n.石板for sure 确信come into b
6、eing 形成读文清障原文呈现Boy missing,police puzzledPolice in America have stepped up their search for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing three days ago in Dover,New Hampshire.This incidentpuzzled/pzld/adj.困惑的，茫然的step up 加紧，加强，促进go missing 失踪who 引导定语从句，修饰 a fifteen-year-old boy。incident/InsIdnt/n.发 生 的 事情
7、(尤指不寻常的或讨厌的)Section Welcome to the unit&Reading Pre-reading读文清障原文呈现has received great interest due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.due to 由于，因为alien/eIlIn/n.&adj.外 星 人(的)around the time 在前后disappear/dIspI(r)/vi.消失；失踪 appear vi.出现the boy
8、 disappeared 是省略了关系副词 when 的定语从句，修饰 time。读文清障原文呈现Justin Foster,a high school student10，was last seen Friday night.That evening at 8 pm.，Justin went to play baseball with two friends,who both say Justin went home after the game .Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his house at 10.45 pm
9、.Justins sister,Kelly,aged nine，says she heard her brother return home at about 11 pm.a high school student 作 Justin Foster 的同位语。who 引导定语从句，修饰 two friends。witness/wItns/n.目击者，证人vt.目击，见证see sb.doing sth.看见某人正在做某事过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰 Kelly。hear sb.do sth.听见某人做了某事男孩失踪，警方茫然第 12 段译文美国警方现已加紧对一名 15 岁男孩的搜索，该男孩于 3
10、 天前在新罕布什尔州的多佛市失踪。该事件引起了公众的极大兴趣，原因是有各种关于男孩失踪前后天空中出现奇怪光亮和外星人造访地球的新闻报道。人们最后一次看见高中生贾斯廷福斯特是在星期五晚上。当晚 8 点，贾斯廷和两个朋友去打棒球，这两个朋友都说贾斯廷打完球就回家了。目击者也说晚上 10 点 45 分他们看到贾斯廷正朝家走去。贾斯廷的妹妹，9 岁的凯莉说大约晚上 11 点她听到哥哥回到家中。读文清障原文呈现I was getting ready for bed，Kelly said.Justin went straight to his room.I didnt see him,but I hear
11、d him put on his favourite CD.I went to bed,and was woken up around midnight by a bright light outside my window.put on 播放(激光唱片、磁带等)wake sb.up 把某人弄醒around 相当于 about，意思是“大约”。读文清障原文呈现At first,the young girl thought it was the light of the full moon,but then she realized that it was moving and coming c
12、loser.I pulled back the curtains and saw a large spaceship flying outside.It had blue lights all around it,and there were many windows.Standing inside were lots of strange creatures21 with white skin and large black eyes22.I was frightened！pull back 把向后拉spaceship/speIsIp/n.宇宙飞船21 creature/krit(r)/n.
13、动物；(具有某种特征的)人22 该句是一个倒装句，正常语序是：Lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes were standing inside。第 35 段译文“我正准备上床睡觉，”凯莉说，“贾斯廷径直去他的卧室了。我并没有看到他，但我听到他播放自己最喜爱的 CD。我上床睡觉了，大约午夜时分我被窗外的亮光弄醒了。”起初，小姑娘以为是满月的光亮，然而接着她意识到光亮在移动，而且越来越近。“我拉开窗帘，看到一只巨大的飞船在窗外飞行。飞船四周是蓝色的光，还有很多窗户。里面站着许多白皮肤、眼睛又黑又大的奇怪生物。我害
14、怕极了！”读文清障原文呈现Kelly said that the spaceship then moved around to the side of the house,towards her brothers bedroom.There was a flash23 of light and I heard Justin shout,and then the UFO24 just disappeared.I havent seen Justin since25.Im sure the aliens took him.23 flash/fl/n.&vi.闪光，闪耀24 UFO/juef/abb
15、r.不明飞行物(unidentified flying object 的缩写)25 since adv.从那以后，通常用在现在完成时的句子中。读文清障原文呈现Kelly then ran and woke up her mother.However26，since27 Mrs Foster thought that Justin was spending the night with a friend,she assumed28 that Kelly was having a bad dream,and sent her back to bed.Mr Foster was working th
16、at night on his road construction 29 job,and was not home when30 these events occurred31.When Justin did not show up32 for lunch the next day,Mrs Foster became worried and told her husband to call the police.26 however 在本句中是一个副词，意思是“然而”。27 since conj.因为；由于28 assume/sjum/vt.假定，认为29 construction/knstr
17、kn/n.施工；建筑物30 when 引导时间状语从句。31occur/k(r)/vi.发生32 show up 出现，现身第67段译文 凯莉说飞船接着转到房子的侧面，朝她哥哥的卧室移去。“出现一道闪光，我还听到贾斯廷的叫喊，接着飞船就消失了。从那以后我就再没见过贾斯廷。我确定是外星人带走了他。”凯莉然后跑去叫醒她的妈妈。然而，福斯特夫人以为贾斯廷在一个朋友家过夜，因此她认为凯莉只是做了个噩梦，于是将她打发回床上。福斯特先生当晚忙于他的道路建设工作，当这些事件发生时他并不在家。第二天午饭时贾斯廷仍未露面，福斯特夫人开始担心了，于是让丈夫打电话报警。读文清障原文呈现Some people in
18、Dover also say that they saw aliens that night.Its happened to me33！said Mrs Mavis Wood.The aliens took me aboard34 the UFO so that they could do research on me35.Luckily,they returned mehome without any injuries36.The whole experience was terrible!I havent been sleeping well since I returned home.I
19、 think Justin was taken away by them,too.33 happen to sb./sth.发生在某人/物身上happen to do sth.碰巧做某事34 aboard/bd/adv.&prep.在(轮船、飞机等)上；上(轮船、飞机等)35 do research on sb.对某人进行研究so that 为了，引导目的状语从句。36 injury/IndrI/n.伤害读文清障原文呈现When asked about the possibility37 that Justin was taken by aliens 38，Detective 39Sam Pe
20、terson,who has taken charge of40the case 41，toldjournalists42 ,Sometimes people make up 43 such amazing44 stories.37 possibility/psbIltI/n.可能性38 when asked 为状语从句的省略；that 引导同位语从句，解释说明possibility 的内容。39 detective/dItektIv/n.侦探 40 take charge of 负责，掌管41 case/keIs/n.案件；具体情况，实例42 journalist/dnlIst/n.记者43
21、 make up 编造，杜撰；构成44 amazing/meIzI/adj.令人惊奇(惊叹)的读文清障原文呈现Theres really no hard evidence 45that aliens took him46.So,while we have not dismissed47 the idea48，we are looking into 49 other possibilities as well.We will not give up50 until we find out51what happened.45 evidence/evIdns/n.证 据 hard evidence
22、确凿的证据46 that 引导同位语从句，解释说明 evidence 的具体内容。47 dismiss/dIsmIs/vt.不 予 考虑；解雇；解散48 while conj.尽管，引导让步状语从句。49 look into 调查 50 give up放弃51 find out 弄清楚，查明第89段译文 多佛市的一些人也声称当晚看见了外星人。“这种事在我身上就发生过！”梅韦斯伍德夫人说，“外星人将我带到UFO上，以便他们能在我身上做研究。幸运的是，他们送我回家了，我没有受到任何伤害。整个经历太可怕了！回家之后我一直睡不好觉。我认为贾斯廷也是被他们劫持走了。”当被问到贾斯廷被外星人绑架的可能性时
23、，负责此案的萨姆彼得森侦探告诉记者：“有时人们会编造这类令人惊奇的故事。实际上并没有确凿的证据证明是外星人劫持了他。所以，尽管我们不排除这种想法，但是我们也在调查其他的可能性。在查明到底发生了什么事之前，我们是不会放弃的。”Please match the words with their proper meanings.1puzzled A消失；失踪2incident B困惑的，茫然的3disappear C目击者，证人4witness D发生的事情5assume E伤害6occur F证据7evidence G假定；认为8injury H发生答案：15 BDACG 68 HFELook a
24、t the following pictures and discuss questions with your partners.答案：The answer is open.1Skimming the topic of the passage and the three pictures,we may infer(推出)this passage is a piece of news,and that its mainly about.a boys missing puzzled the police.Reading for the main idea.2Put the following t
25、hings in the right order.AJustin returned home at about 11 pm.BKelly ran and woke up her mother.CJustins mother told her husband to call the police.DJustin played baseball with his friends.EKelly heard Justin play his favourite CD.答案：D AEBC()Read the text and decide whether the following statements
26、are true(T)or false(F)1Justin Foster,a high school student,was last seen Wednesday night.()2The witnesses saw Justin walking home at 11：00 pm.()3Kelly heard her brother,Justin Foster,put on his favourite CD that night.()4The aliens were yellow-skinned with large black eyes.()5Mrs Mavis Wood said tha
27、t she had ever been taken away by the aliens.()FFTFT.Reading for the details.()Fill in each blank with only one word according to the text.Boy missing,police puzzledOutlineDetailed informationJustin Foster went 1.He was last seen on Friday night.He didnt 2.up for lunch the next day.Police in America
28、 have stepped up their 3._ for him.Justin Foster was believed to have returned home.Justins friends say Justin went home after 4._ baseball with them.5.say they saw Justin walking towards his house at 10：45 pm.Kelly,Justins sister,says she heard Justin return home at about 11 pm.missingshowsearchpla
29、yingWitnessesOutlineDetailed informationJustin Foster was said to have been taken away by 6.Around 7.,Kelly saw a large spaceship flying outside,in which there were lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes.The spaceship was seen to 8.towards Justins bedroom and Justin was heard
30、 to shout.Police felt puzzled.Mrs Mavis Wood said that the aliens took her aboard the UFO to do research on her.Luckily,they returned her home without any 9.Detective Sam Peterson who has been in 10.of the case said they were looking into other possibilities.aliensmidnightmove/flyinjuriescharge该事件引起
31、了公众的极大兴趣，原因是有各种关于男孩失踪前后天空中出现奇怪亮光和外星人造访地球的新闻报道。.Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text.1This incident has received great interest due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.句式分析尝试翻译 2However,since Mrs Foster thought that Justin w
32、as 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 尝试翻译 然而，福斯特夫人以为贾斯廷在一个朋友家过夜，因此她认为凯莉只是做了个噩梦，于是将她打发回床上。3When asked about the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens,Detective Sam Peterson,who has taken charge of the case,told journalis
33、ts,Sometimes people make up such amazing stories句式分析尝试翻译 当被问到贾斯廷被外星人带走的可能性时，负责此案的侦探萨姆彼得逊告诉记者：“有时人们会编造这类令人感到惊奇的故事”.Reading for improvement.A fifteen-year-old boy named Justin Foster in Dover，New Hampshire went two days ago.It was not until the lunchtime the next day that he was found missing.His moth
34、er became and asked her husband to the police.People offered various explanations for his disappearance.Kelly,his sister said that Justin did return home the night before and even heard him on his favourite CD,and just then she happened to see a large spaceship outside,so she thought Justin must hav
35、e been away by aliens.Some people her idea by saying that they themselves experienced this kind of thing.But Detective Sam Peterson,who took of the case,said that there was really no hard that aliens took him and that they wouldnt give up until they found what had happened.missingworriedcallputflyingtakensupportedchargeevidenceout谢谢 观 看