1. Reading and Vocabulary The Monster of Lake Tianchi
Module 6
Reading and Vocabulary
The Monster of Lake Tianchi
高一下外研版必修四
沈阳市第三十一中学 王萌

2. The Monster of Lake Tianchi

3. Ⅰ Warming-up

6. The Loch Ness Monster

7. The Bigfoot

8. The Monster of Lake Tianchi

9. The Monster of Lake Tianchi

10. Ⅱ Fast-reading

11. Task 1 Where does the passage come from?
A tourist guide. B. A newspaper.
C. A dictionary D. A scientific journal.
Task 1 Where does the passage come from?
Task 2 Match each paragraph with its main idea.
A. More information about the Tianchi monster
B. A third sighting of the monster
C. The latest sighting of the Tianchi monster
D. Information about Lake Tianchi
E. Another recent sighting of the monster
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5

12. Task 1 Where does the passage come from?
A tourist guide. B. A newspaper.
C. A dictionary D. A scientific journal.
Para1. …is back in the news after several recent sightings.

13. Match each paragraph with its main idea.
Task 2
Match each paragraph with its main idea.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
A. More information about the Tianchi monster
B. A third sighting of the monster
C. The latest sighting of the Tianchi monster
D. Information about Lake Tianchi
E. Another recent sighting of the monster

14. Ⅲ Careful-reading

15. Its head looked like a horse Xue Junlin
Task 1. Some information about the three sightings in the first three paragraphs
SIGHTING
WITNESS
DESCRIPTION
Sighting 1
Sighting 2
Sighting 3
black, like a seal
Meng Fanying
Its head looked like a horse
Xue Junlin
moving, swimming, greenish-black, a round head with 10cm horns
a group of soldiers
moving quickly, dived, a round black creature
Li Xiaohe

16. Task 2.Retell the third sighting of the monster according to the clues.
A possible version
Para. 3
In the third sighting Li Xiaohe claims to have seen a round black creature moving quickly, and it dived. Ten minutes later it appeared and repeated the action. They can see the monster clearly because of the fine weather and the calm lake.
claim to have seen, round black, moving quickly， dived，appeared, repeated clearly, fine weather, calm lake,

17. sceptical Task 3. Some questions about Paragraph 4
How long was the history of reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi?
2. What do many people think?
3. What is scientists’ attitude to the monster?
A. Approving B. Doubtful
C. Disapproving D. Indifferent
Since the beginning of the last century.
The monster may be a distant cousin of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland and there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world.
sceptical

18. Task 4. Some information about Lake Tianchi in Paragraph 5
Lake Tianchi is the ________ volcanic lake in the world, which is ________ meters high, covering an area of about ______ square kilometers, and in places more than ______ meters deep.
highest
2189 10
370

19. Task 5. A word and useful expression quiz

20. Go! 1. a tourist guide 2. a scientific journal 3. monster
4.be back in the news
5. sighting
6.edge
7. seal
8. mysterious
9. creature
10. surface
11. horn
12. claim to have seen
13. dive
14.calm
15. a distant cousin
16. sceptical
17.be unlikely to do
18. support
19. volcanic
20. cover an area of
Go!

21. 4.horn 角
2.a tourist guide
3.不可能做某事
be unlikely to do
旅游指南
3.a scientific journal
5.volcanic
火山的
科学期刊
mysterious
4.神秘的
2.平静的
calm
monster
1.dive 潜水
1.怪物
4.claim to have seen
creature
1.生物
2.be back in the news
3.a distant cousin
声称见过
再次成为新闻
2.support
一个远房的表亲 养活 边缘
surface
5.sceptical
怀疑的
4.edge
5.表面
cover an area of 海豹
sighting
5.目击
1.有多大面积
3.seal

22. Ⅳ Reading Extension

23. The Loch Ness Monster

24. Task 1. Read the paragraphs on your learning sheet and place them in the correct order.
4, 2, 3, 6, 1, 5
Task 2. The passage is mainly developed by________.
A. analyzing cause
B. making comparisons
C. examining differences
D. following the time order

25. In the north of Scotland there is a lake called Loch Ness. …
In the north of Scotland there is a lake called Loch Ness. …..It is cold and dark and not many people went there until after Then a road was made around the lake. Holiday makers began to use the road, and this was when the stories began Someone said that he had seen a monster in the lake. He said it was twelve meters long. It had a long neck and a small head. Then someone else said he had seen it. Others said the same thing and in 1933 a London doctor took a photo. It looked like a monster with a long neck and a thick body but the photo was not dear. The newspapers printed the picture and called it the Loch Ness monster, or "Nessie" Then the argument began. Some people, however, were certain there was something living in the lake. Others said there was nothing there.

26. In 1961, a lot of people joined ……Several times people thought they saw something but after ten years there was still no real proof Later underwater television cameras were used, but no one found any real proof. However, they did find something interesting: a huge underwater cave. It was big enough to be home of a monster, but of course, this was not a proof In 1975, however, some American scientists formed a search group. They used an underwater camera. It took pictures every seventy seconds. Some of the pictures seemed to show a red-brown creature. Its body was about four meters long and had a very ugly head on the end of a four meter neck. Many people then began to believe in the monster. But even today we can not be certain.

27. Unidentified Flying Object

28. Pyramid

30. Stonehenge巨石阵

31. crop circle 麦田怪圈

32. ⅴ Discussion
How should we deal with the mysteries in the natural world?

33. The whole significance of life lies in the endless exploration of what is yet to be known, and to increase more and more Zola
生活的全部意义在于无穷地探索尚未知道的东西，在于不断地增加更多的知识。

34. Ⅵ Homework
Find more information about the other mysteries of the natural world and write a report in about 100 words.

35. Thank You !