Unit 1 Reading Boys missing, police puzzled

1.Does the title arouse your interest when you read it? 2.Can you complete the title? 3.What information can you get from the title? 4.Are you curious about why the writer uses an incomplete sentence as the title? 5.Can you guess what details may be covered in the following news story?

Which paragraph do you think is the most important in the passage? Why ?

Read the first paragraph, then answer the following questions: 1.When and where was the boy missing? 2.What caused the boy’s sudden disappearance? 3.How old was the boy? 4.Why did people show interest in his disappearance?

1. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in Part C1. 2. Read the passage carefully, then identify the supporting details for each point in Part C2.

Main pointSupporting details Justin Foster went missing. Mrs Foster thought he was spending the night with a friend Mr Foster was surprised _____________________ Justin Foster ____________________________ The police found that Justin returned home. Justin’s friends said ________________________ Witness said ______________________________ _________________ Kelly heard ____________________________ ________________ The boy was taken away by aliens. Kelly saw __________________________ Kelly heard __________ Mavis Wood said __________________________ _______________________________ his son didn’t tell anyone… didn’t show up at the family lunch Justin went home after the game they saw Justin walking towards his home at 10:45 p.m. him put on his favourite CD after he went to his room. a large spaceship flying outside Justin shout the aliens took her away so that they could do scientific research on her

At 8 p.m. At 10:45 P.m. At 11 p.m. After 11 p.m., he was heard The next morning, he was found Justin Foster Strange object (UFO) its appearance its inside shape: colour: size: left home to play baseball with two friends walked towards his home returned home to put on his favourite CD missing like a spaceship muti-coloured large lots of white- skinned, strange- looking creatures with large black eyes

Choose the best answer: 1. People have showed great interest in Justin’s disappearance because ________. A. Justin’s disappearance was connected with a UFO. B. Justin was a very famous baseball player in Dover C. Justin’s parents were well-known in that area D. Justin was murdered by an mysterious alien 2. Justin’s two friends, who played baseball with him, say that Justin _____after the game. A. went to school B. went home C. stayed in the baseball ground D. went to the library

3. In Kelly’s opinion, who makes her brother Justin missing? A. A strange-looking wild animal. B. Some yellow-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large blue eyes. C. Some white-skinned, strange-looking creatures with large black eyes. D. A human being who hates him. 4. ________ said that he/she had ever been taken away by the aliens to do research on him/her. A. Justin Foster B. Sam Peterson C. Mavis Wood D. Kelly

5. According to the text, which one is NOT true? A. Kelly was sure the aliens took Justin, but her parents didn’t believe it. B. That evening at 8 pm, Justin left home to play baseball with two friends. C. Police have ruled out the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens. D. Police have been looking for other possibilities of Justin’s disappearance. 6. The passage mainly tells us ________________. A. what happened to a fifteen-year-old boy B. different opinion on Justin’s disappearance C. introduction of a UFO and its aliens D. puzzlement of the police caused by the way of Justin’s disappearance

General idea of the text: A fifteen-year-old boy named Justin went______ last Friday night. 1.Mother had a __________ and went to sleep early and thought that he was spending the night with a friend. 2.Father was _________ that night and didn’t know he was staying out late. 3.His two friends and some _________ also said that Justin did go back home that night. 4.His sister, Kelly, heard her brother return home at about 11pm and saw the UFO come and _________ with her brother. 5.Mavis Wood had this frightening experience and thought the ______ had taken Justin away. Police are not sure of it and are looking into other __________. missing headache working witnesses disappear aliens possibilities

According to the key words, can you retell the passage? missing…show great interest in … due to…because of a headache…working…show up… become worried… friends and witnesses…Kelly…put on …according to Kelly… UFO… disappear…Mavis Wood…frightening experience… aliens…rule out the possibility… look into…

1. Do you believe Justin is really taken away by aliens? Why or why not? 2. What do you think really happened to Justin Foster?

the main topic, the most important facts the important facts that the writer was unable to include in the lead. new but less important background information Reading the beginning very carefully is very important

Language points: 1. step up:speed up/ increase e.g. When John realized he was going to be late, he stepped up his pace. step aside 走开一会儿 step forward 挺身而出 step down 走下，减低 step into one’s shoes 步 … 的后尘 step in 走进，干涉 step forth 出现，站出来 2. search n./v. 搜查 research v./n. 研究 search for 搜寻 （用极大的注意力去找， 往往指找寻遗 失的人或物 ) 。 look for 指一般地找寻. search some place for sth. 在某地搜查某物 search sb. for sth. 在某人身上搜查某物 e.g. The villagers were ___________ the missing child.(searching, searching for) 我们在每个房间搜查丢失的文件。 We searched every room for the missing papers. searching for They _______ him but found nothing.( searched, searched for)searched

in(one’s) search for 和 in search of 的区别： e.g. 1) I’m at present in search ______ a new bike. 2) So far, they have been unluckily in their search ____ gold and have no money at all. of for search into 研究，调查 search out 查出，寻找 3. sight n./v. 视线，视力 sighting n. 目睹，看见 catch/ have/ get sight of 看见 lose sight of 看不见 in sight 出现，看见 out of sight 看不见 at the sight of 一见 … 就 4. go missing/wrong/mad/crazy/unpunished (go 系动词 +adj.) 5. show great interest in (doing) sth. 6. due to:because of/caused by 由于生病，他没有出席报告会。 Due to illness, he didn’t attend the lecture. 这场事故是由于他粗心的驾驶而造成的。 The accident was due to his careless driving. due to do 应得到的，预期的， 应付 The train is due at 1:30. Mr. Hill is due to speak twice tomorrow.

7. show up:appear, attend, turn up Why didn’t you show up at the meeting yesterday? 出现，出席 The sunlight showed up the marks on the glass. 显露 Someone showed him up as a thief. 揭穿，揭露 8. rule out 排除 rule over 统治 rule on 裁决 rule against 否决 9. look into 调查 look into 往 … 里面看 10. make up 1)The teacher asked the children to make up a poem about Christmas. 编写 2)She had been absent from school for two weeks, so she had a lot of exams to make up. 补考 3)The toy cost a dollar and Ted only had fifty cents, so his dad made up the difference. 4) Girls make up 45% of the student population in our school. 组成 5) Tom watched his sister make herself up for her date. 和好 6) We haven’t been getting on well. Let’s make up. 打扮 补足