Unit 5 It must belong to Carla Wutian No.1 Middle School

3a Reading (P38) Strange events in Bell Tower neighborhood.

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

1. What can you see in the picture ？ She is a little afraid and terrified. There is a woman looking out of the window. 2. What can we know about the woman?

3. Where is the article( 文章） from? It’s from the newspaper. The passage is about strange events in Bell Tower neighborhood. 5. What is the strange thing? What do the people think of it? 4. What is the passage about?

A local school teacher called Zhou Gu heard strange noises outside his window every night. His wife thinks that it could be an animal. His friends and he think it must be teenagers having fun. His parents think it might be the wind. His neighbor thinks it might be a dog.

Read the passage （段 落） again, and complete the following chart.

3a, reading for info Who?What did they find? What did they think it was? Zhou Gu ’ s wife Zhou Gu The police Qi Hui strange noises outside their window could be an animal strange noises outside their window Must be teenagers having fun nothing strange might be the wind ? 1, might be a dog couldn’t see the dog, but there was still noises outside ?

A local school teacher called Zhou Gu heard -----noises outside his window every night. His wife thinks that it could be His friends and he think it must be -----having----. His parents think it might be the His neighbor thinks it might be

A local school teacher called Zhou Gu heard stange noises outside his window every night. His wife thinks that it could be an animal. His friends and he think it must be – teenages having fun. His parents think it might be the wind. His neighbor thinks it might be a dog-.

Can you tell me what the strange noise is? It’s three monkeys escaped from the local zoo and make the noises in Bell Tower neighborhood.

Find out the new words in the passage

Read 3a more carefully and then find out these short phrases: 1.used to do sth. 2.these days 3.in our neighbourhood 4.be interviewed by… 5.the local school/newspaper/… 6.could be/might be 7.must be 8.have fun 9.anything strange 10.next door neighbour 11.at first 12.there must be 注意区别： 1. neighbour=neighbor 与 neighbourhood=neighborhood 2. used to do sth. 与 be/get used to doing sth. 3. worry 与 worried

Fill in the blanks with your books closed.

Our neighborhood _______be very_____. However, these days, _______things are happening in our _____________and everyone is_________. Zhou Gu, the _____ ______ ______is extremely worried. used to quiet strange neighborhood unhappy local school teacher

When he was ___________by the local newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange noises ______our window. My wife thinks that it could be an_______, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers______ _____. interviewed outside animal having fun

My parents called the______, but they can’t find________ ________. They think it might be the______. I don’t think so!” police anything strange wind

Zhou’s _____ ______neighbor Qi Hui is ________too. “At first, I thought it _______be a dog, but I can’t see a dog and I still ____ the noises outside.” next door unhappy might hear

Everyone in our neighborhood _____worried, and everyone ____his or her own ideas. There must be something _______the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? is has visiting

Write another paragraph about Bell Tower using these notes. Chu family – late night footsteps in the hallway – might be the Neighbors Lao Zheng – someone trying to get in the window – might be the wind Xiao Ning – finds garbage in front of her house – might be cats

Writing (3b: P38) One sample version: Late that night, the Chu family found some strange footsteps in the hallway. They thought they might their neighbor’s. Lao Zheng, one of the Chus’ friends thought it might be someone trying to get in the window. One sample version: Late that night, the Chu family found some strange footsteps in the hallway. They thought they might their neighbor’s. Lao Zheng, one of the Chus’ friends thought it might be someone trying to get in the window.

Then one morning, Xiao Ning, a student who lives next door, found some garbage in front of her house. She thought it must be garbage of some wild dogs. But the old hunter thought it could be garbage of cats. There must be some animals visiting the hallway. But what could it be?

Speaking (4: P38) A: Last night I had a dream. In my dream, I was chased by a group of people. I was very frightened. B: Maybe it means you feel nervous under the pressure of study. You are afraid of falling behind others.

A: The night before last I had a dream. In my dream, I saw my grandma. In fact, she has been dead for 3 years. B: Maybe it means you’re looking forward to seeing her. You must miss her very much.