2. Individual work

Ask Ss to fill the blanks of the summary according to the passage.

The “Monster” of Lake Tianchi, the highest __(1)__ lake in the world, is __(2)__ after several recent sightings. But no one has ever got a clear look at the __(3)__ creature. In one sighting, as is __(4)__ by the director of a local tourist office, it is black and __(5)__ the water like a seal. In another recent sighting, a group of soldiers watched it __(6)__ for about 2 minutes. A third report came from a family who __(7)__ to __(8)__ a round black creature __(9)__ quickly through the water and then __(10)__the water. Many people think the monster may be a __(11)__cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. Scientists, however, are __(12)__, because the low-temperature lake is __(13)__ to be able to __(14)__ such a large __(15)__ creature.

Suggested Answers:

(1) volcanic (2) back in the news (3) mysterious (4) claimed (5) jumped out of

(6) swimming (7) claimed (8) have seen (9) moving (10) diving into

(11) distant (12) sceptical (13) unlikely (14) support (15) living

Step 5. Writing

Purpose: To enable Ss to learn how to write a passage to say about another monster.

1. Group work

Ask Ss to read the passage on page 52 and answer the questions in Activity 1 on page 57.

Suggested Answers:

(1) Several groups of people saw a kind of “ monster”.

(2) In Lake Tianchi in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province

(3) It lived in the water, was black or greenish-black, and some people said it had a roundhead and body with 10-cm horns on the head, while others said it had a horse’s head.

(4) The weather or large food supply to the monster.

2. Group work

Ask Ss to write a passage using the words and sentences in Activity1.

Step 6. Homework

1. Ask Ss to finish Reading exercises in the Workbook on pages 99~101.

2. Ask Ss to prepare for the Listening class.

Period 3 Vocabulary and Listening, Pronunciation,

Everyday English

Teaching Goals:

1. To enable Ss to know some skills of listening.

2. To study some daily expressions.

3. To learn the intonation in exclamations.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Revision

Check the answers to the Reading exercises in the Workbook.

Step 2. Vocabulary study

Purpose: To get Ss to learn some new words.

1. Group work

Ask Ss to match the words with their definitions.

(1) dinosaur (a) A bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano or geyser

(2) carnivore (b) a large extinct reptile living on earth ever.

(3) meteorite (c) a stony or metallic mass that has fallen to the earth's surface from outer space

(4) mammal (d) the act or process of radiating

(5) radiation (e) A flesh-eating animal

(6) galaxy (f) a warm-blooded milk-producing animal like human being

(7) crater (g) A sudden, often violent outburst

(8) eruption (h) numerous stars, gas, and dust containing large amount of solar masses

Suggested Answers:

(1) b (2) e　 (3) c　　(4) f (5) d (6) h (7) a (8) g

2. Individual work

Let Ss do Activity 1 on page 55 and check the answers.

Suggested Answers:

(1) climate (2) extinct (3) disappear (4) survive (5) adapt (6) evolve

Step 3. Listening

Purpose:

● To get the main information in the listening part;

● To develop Ss’ listening ability.

1. Pre-listening

Let Ss do Activity 2 on page 56 to know something about dinosaurs.

2. While-listening

(1) Ask Ss to listen to the tape and check the answers to Activity 2 on page 56

Suggested Answers:

① c ② c ③ c ④ a

(2) Ask Ss to listen again and fill the missing words in the listening passage

Good afternoon, and welcome to this week’s ① of Mysteries of Nature. Today’s topic is a ② one--- it’s ③ , those strange creatures which ④ the earth for no less than two hundred million years, some of them were ⑤ eaters, others were like the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex, carnivores who lived off meat and who ⑥ the more peaceful plant ⑦ dinosaurs. Not all dinosaurs were big --- some were the ⑧ of chickens, and in fact the ⑨ things to dinosaurs living today are actually birds. But the ⑩ we are going to talk about today is why the dinosaurs suddenly __(11)__ exactly 66 million year ago, and to __(12)__ light on the subject we’ve invited one of the world’s foremost __(13)__ on the subject, from the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, Dr Roger Binfield.

Suggested Answers:

① edition ② big ③ dinosaurs ④ ruled ⑤ plant ⑥ attacked ⑦ eating