Unit 1 Tales of the unexplained
Ⅰ.单词默写
1．incident n．发生的事情(尤指不寻常的或讨厌的)
2．assume vt.假定；认为
3．amazing adj.令人惊奇(惊叹)的
4．enthusiastic adj.热情的；热烈的；满腔热情的
5．questionnaire n．调查问卷
6．appropriate adj.适当的
7．discount n．折扣
8．award n．奖；奖品；奖金 vt.授予；奖励
9．dozen n．(一)打；十二个；十来个
10．convince vt.使确信；使相信
11．disappear v. get lost without warning or explanation
above反义词12．detective n. a police officer who investigates crimes
13．dismiss v. far from attention or consideration
14．track n. a line or route along which something travels or moves
15．survive v. to not die in an accident or war or from illness
Ⅱ.词汇拓展
1．unexplained adj.无法解释的；神秘的→explain v．解释→explanation n．解释
2．puzzled adj.困惑的；茫然的→puzzle v．(使)迷惑n.谜→puzzling adj.令人迷惑的→puzzlement n．迷茫
3．possibility n．可能性→possible adj.可能的→possibly adv.可能→impossible adj.不可能的
4．evidence n．证据辛普森一家23季→evident adj.明显的，显然的
5．existence n．存在→exist v．存在
blossoms语境助记——词不离句，句不离段
There exist many unexplained，puzzling and even frighting phenomena.lately people witness something similar to UFO. They are convinced by the evidence that there's possibilitylily少儿英语 of the existence of the outerspace creatures.
Ⅲ.短语落实
1．believe in 信任；信仰；相信……的存在
2．carry out 实现；完成；执行
3．due to 因为，由于；由……引起的
4．make up 弥补，补偿；虚构；组成；化妆
5．dream of 梦想，渴望；梦见
6．take_off 取下；脱下；(飞机等)起飞
7．divide_into 把……分开(若干份)
8．in_return_for 作为(对某物)的付款或回报
9．run_afterlayered 追赶；追求
10．make_one's_way (排除困难)前进
Ⅳ.句子翻译
1．So，while we have not dismisd the idea，we are looking into other possibilities as well.(Page 3)
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。
2．Large tracks have also been discovered which some people say belong to the Wild Man.(Page 18)
人们也发现一些巨大脚印，有人称它们属于野人。
3门罗宣言．男孩失踪，警方茫然。(Page 2)
Boy_missing，police_puzzled.
4．里面站着许多白皮肤、眼睛又黑又大的奇怪生物。(Page 2)
Standing_inside_were_lots_of_strange_creatures_with_white_skin_and_large_black_eyes.
5．事实上并没有确凿的证据证明是外星人劫持了他。(Page 3)
There's_really_no_hard_evidence_that_aliens_took_him.
Ⅴ.教材设题
句型转换(每空不超过3个单词)
1．This incident has received great interest due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.(教材P2)
→People have shown great_interest_to this incident due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared.
2．The aliens took me aboard the UFO so that they could do rearch on me.(教材P3)
→To_rearch_me，the aliens took me aboard the UFO.
3．Luckily，they returned me home without any injuries.(教材P3)
→It is_lucky/fortunate_that they returned me home without any injuries.
4．In 2007，an American TV team saw Yeti tracks 33 centimetres in length in the snow near Mount Qomolangma.(教材P18)
→In 2007，an American TV team saw the 33centimetrelong_tracks left by the Yeti in the snow near Mount Qomolangma.
5．He believed that the creatures are linked to a common ancestor，an animal that lived in Asia some 300，000 years ago.(教材P18)
→He believed the_creatures_linked/related to a common ancestor，英语四级时间an animal that lived in Asia some 300，000 years ago.
arch v. & n. 搜索，搜寻，搜查
【课本原句】 Police in America have stepped up their arch for a fifteenyearold boy who went missing three days ago in Dover，New Hampshire.(P2)美国警方已加强了他们对一个在新罕布什尔州的多佛市失踪三天的15岁男孩的搜索。
arch sp.for sth/sb从某处寻找某物或某人
in arch of/in one's arch for 寻找
辨析海上钢琴师高清下载 arch/arch for
arch是在某地或某人身上搜寻；arch for与look for意思相近，后面跟要寻找的东西。试比较：
(1)It's wrong to arch his hou without his own permission.没有征得他本人同意而搜查他家是错误的。
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(2)He arched his pockets for some money，when he found his wallet was lost.
他在口袋里找钱时，发现他的钱包丢了。
(3)They are arching for the lost dog.
他们正在寻找那条丢失的狗。
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①The hou was_arched(搜寻) thoroughly，but we didn't find her lost wallet. (2011·江苏卷·阅读理解C)
②The people there advid me not to continue my job arch_in_that_manner(用那种方式寻找)．(2011·安徽卷·完形填空)
③There was a murder in one of the poorest suburbs in the city the other day.The police turned the whole hou upside down ________ clues.(2012·湖南祁阳一中11月份月考)
A．in want of B．t shirtin arch of
C．in favour of D．in memory of
答案 B
ca n．事例；病例；实情；案例；情况
【课本原句】 Detective Sam Peterson，who has taken charge of the ca，told journalists，‘Sometimes people make up such amazing stories’．(P3) 负责这件案子的侦探山姆·彼得森告诉记者：“有时人们会编造出如此惊人的故事”。
【联想拓展】
in that ca假如那样的话；在那种情况下
in any ca 在任何情况下
in no ca 无论如何(置句首时主谓需部分倒装)
in ca 以免；如果，万一
in ca of 在发生……的情况下
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