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Unit1Tales of the unexplained人类科技发展到今天,早已能够上天下海那么人类是否已无所不能了呢?还是让我们先去看一看百慕大三角再下结论吧!We liketo considerourselves thesuperior race,and we are.Its truethat weare gettingto knowmore andmore,and weactually livein“the information age”.Our humanvanity(虚荣心)makes usbelievethat wereally have to knoweverything!Surprisingly,we donot havethis ability.The question“What ishappening in the BermudaTriangle(百慕大三角)?”is thevery proof(证据).Where isthe Bermuda Triangle locatedThe mysterious triangle isbelieved tobe situatedbetweenFlorida,Bermuda andPuerto Rico,where toomany unusualevents havehappened.On December5th,1945,five U.S.military planestook offfrom Floridaonaclear dayonlyto disappearover Bermuda.Furthermore,some otherdisappearances tookplace:in1947,an AmericanC54plane simplydisappeared at100miles fromBermuda;at80miles,a StarTiger planedisappeared in
1948.Even Columbushad troublein Bermuda.Some ofhis journalswere about the strangehappeningsthere”the watersare changingtheir colorvand“compasses aregoing wild”.Maybe its whyit iscalled theDevil,striangleor theAtlantic cemetery(公墓).Many hypotheses(假设)were statedin orderto explain the strangeevents.In spiteofthese attempts,the mysteryof theBermudaTriangleremains unsolved.Some peopleget tosay thatmaybe aliensare involvedin it.Other imaginativescientistsrelate thehappenings inBermuda toEinstein7s theory,saying thatthe missingships andplanesare translatedto anotherdimension(维度)of spaceand timeand takeninto anotherworld.Maybe wewill justhavetowait togo toHeaven andask theone whomade it.The answerwillsurely bea satisfyingone!Section IWelcome tothe unitReading—Warming Up自学导引▼傍僚曾有自主探究二加固新知.新知感情)里重点单词明其意[基础词汇]
1.incident n.发生的事情(尤指不寻常的或讨厌的)
2.disappear vi.消失;失踪
3.witness n.目击者,证人vt.目击,见证
4.creature n.动物;(具有某种特征的)人
5.flash n.kvi.闪光,闪耀
6.occur vi.发生
7.aboard adv.prep.在(轮船、飞机、火车等)上;上(轮船、飞机、火车等)
8.dismiss vt.不予考虑;解雇;解散
9.case n.案件;具体情况,实例[拓展词汇]
10.unexplainedadj.无法解释的,神秘的f unexplainablea力:不可解释的;费解的-explainv.说明;解释f explanationn.解释;说明
11.puzzledadj.困惑的,茫然的f puzzle.难题;谜必使为难;使困惑以•.苦思;迷惑fpuzzling ad/令人迷惑的;茫然不知所措的
12.assumevt.假定;认为f assumptionn.假定;设想f assumed3力•.假定的;假装的
13.constructionn.施工;建筑物f constructvt.建造;构筑f constructiveadj.建设性的;构造上的
14.possibilityn.可能性f possible3力:可能的;尽可能的f possiblydd匕可能地;也许
15.journalistn.记者f journaln.日志;日记;期刊
16.amazingadj.令人惊奇(惊叹)的f amaze匕使吃惊以.・惊讶〃,吃惊;好奇f amazedadj.吃惊的
17.evidencen.证据f evident”/明白的;明显的
18.injuryn.伤害finjureh伤害;损害finjured a力受伤的
19.laughter
77.笑,笑声一laugh匕发笑;嘲笑〃.笑声;笑;笑料
20.astronomer n.天文学家f astronomyn.天文学重点短语用其活加紧,加强,促进由于,因为出现,现身负责,掌管编造,杜撰;构成调查偶然遇见;撞上穿上;播放;增加(体重);上演搜寻;寻找失踪重点句型仿其神
1.why引导表语从句That,s why(那就是为什么)it iscalled aUFO!
2.完全倒装句Standing insidewere(里面站着)lots of strange creatureswith whiteskin andlargeblack eyes.
3.so that引导目的状语从句The alienstook meaboard the UFO sothat theycould doresearch oeme(以便对我进行研究).
4.状语从句的省略When askedabout(当被问及)the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens,DetectiveSam Peterson...
5.while引导让步状语从句So,while wehave notdismissed theidea(尽管我们不用E除这种想法),wearelookinginto other possibilities aswell.语篇理解I Readthe textcarefully and then choosethe bestanswer.
1.The reasonwhy peoplewere interestedinthe disappearance of the childis that.A.the lostboy was15years oldB.the policeadvised themto dosoC.the disappearancemight havesomething todo withtheUFOandthealienD.all of the above
2.In theseventh paragraph,“show up”meansA.arrive orappear B.reachC.disappear D.reach for
3.We caninfer thatthe boymight go missing.A.in hisown roomB.on theplaygroundC.in Kellys roomD.in hisbrother sroom
4.What isthe attitudeof thepolice tothedisappearanceoftheboyA.They can,t makesure that Justin wastaken byaliens.B.They thinkit possiblefor somepeople tomake upan amazingstory.C.They arelooking intootherpossibilities,such asmurder.D.All ofthe above.II Analyzethe followingdifficult sentencesinthetext.
1.However,since MrsFoster thoughtthat Justinwas spendingthe nightwith afriend,she assumedthat Kellywas having a bad dream,and senther backto bed.句式分析However,since MrsFoster thoughtthat Justinwas spendingthe nightwith afriend是由since引导的从句,在这个从句中又包含一个由that引导的宾语从句;she assumedthat Kellywas havinga baddream,and senther backto bed是主句;that Kellywashavingabaddream是that引导的从句,and是并列连词,连接并列句[尝试翻译]___________________________________________________________________答案原因状语;宾语;但是,福斯特夫人以为贾斯廷在一个朋友家过夜了,因此她认为凯莉只是做了一个噩梦,于是将她打发回床上
2.When askedabout thepossibilitythatJustinwastakenbyaliens,Detective SamPeterson,who hastaken chargeofthecase,told journalists,Sometimes peoplemake upsuchamazing stories...’句式分析When askedaboutthepossibility是状语从句的省略,省略了he was;thatJustinwas takenbyaliens,是从句,进——步解释possibility;who hastaken chargeofthecase,是定语从句,修饰Sam Peterson;Sometimes peoplemake upsuch amazingstories是从句[尝试翻译]___________________________________________________________________答案同位语;宾语;当被问到贾斯廷被外星人带走的可能性时,负责调查此案的萨姆被得森侦探告诉记者“有时人们会虚构这类令人惊奇的故事教材助读▼读懂课文•破解难疑原/文/呈/现读/文/清/障Boy missing,police puzzled1Police inAmerica havestepped up-their searchfor a fifteen—year—old boywho wentmissingthree daysago inDover,New Hampshire’.This incident”has receivedgreatinterest due to reportsofstrangelights inthe skyand ofalien“visits around the timetvtheboydisappeared
9.Justin Foster,a highschool student⑩,was lastseen Fridaynight.That eveningat8p.m.,Justin wentto playbaseball withtwo friends,who bothsay JustinwentWitnesses⑫also saythey sawJustin walking⑬towards hishouseat
10.45p.m.Justin ssister,Kelly,aged nine®,says sheheard herbrother return*KZXZw*\Z\ZSZ\Z\Z\Z\Z\Z\Z\Z\Zw*KZ\Zw*XZ\ZS/XZ\ZS/\Z\ZSZ\Z%/SZ\I/^Z\ZSZ\ZSZXZ\/SZX1//1ZXZv»1ZXZ^^ZXZS1home®at about11p.m.
①puzzled[pAzld]ad/困惑的,茫然的
②step up加紧,加强,促进
③gomissing失踪
④who引导定语从句,修饰afifteen—year—old boy
⑤incident[Insldsnt]〃.发生的事情(尤指不寻常的或讨厌的)
⑥dueto由于,因为
⑦alien]ell Ian]〃.a力,外星人的©aroundthetime在前后
⑨disappear[|dIsapIar]”消失;失踪appear..出现PIthe boydisappeared是省略了关系副词when的定语从句,修饰time⑩a highschool student作Justin Foster的同位语⑪vho引导定语从句,修饰two friendso@fritness wltnas]n.目击者,证人vt.目击,见证⑭过去分词短语作后置定语,修饰Kelly[第12段译文]〜男孩失踪,警方茫然。
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