1. Project Telling about an unexplained mystery

2. 俄罗斯大脚野人之谜.rm

3. Teaching aims Teaching aims & demands 1.Learn the mystery of Yetis
2. Analyze the usage of some important words and phrases.

4. Mysteries! What do they have in common? UFO Yeti Crop circles
Stonehenge

5. Their appearance:
man-like
hairy-black fur
huge shoulders
6 feet tall
long arms
large hands
large feet

6. Yeti,
Bigfoot
the Wild Man
and of Shennongjia

7. Revision 1. area that animals are protected 2. to be; to live
reserve
1. area that animals are protected
2. to be; to live
3. something that cannot be explained or understood
4. almost but not exactly the same
5. the quality of being physically strong.
6. to hurt or defeat sb with violence
7. make sb feel certain
8. a line of marks left on the ground
exist
mystery
similar
strength
attack
convince
track
similar
convince
track
reserve
strength
attack
mystery
exist

8. Fast reading

9. 3. What does an American scientist think of Yetis?
1. Where have people reported seeing a wild creature called Yeti?
In the Himalayas.
2. What does a Yeti look like?
It is said to be very large and hairy. It walks on two feet like a human, but it has thick black fur and is about six feet tall with huge shoulders, very long arms and large hands.
3. What does an American scientist think of Yetis?

10. Dr Grover Krantz became convinced that Yetis exist while studying the tracks.

11. Divide the passage into several parts and give the main idea of each part.

12. Sightings of Yetis are reported.
Part
Main idea 1
( ) 2
( ) 3 4
Sightings of Yetis are reported.
para1
Descriptions of wild creatures in three different places.
para 2-4
A Scientist’s opinion about Yetis.
para 5
Scientists hope to find the truth.
para 6

13. Careful-reading

14. Read the article again, and find the main idea of each paragraph.

15. Reports about seeing Yetis in the Himalayas for hundreds of years
Para 1 :
Para 2 :
Para 3 :
Para 4 :
Para 5 :
Para 6 :
An eyewitness to a yeti in 1998
Another eyewitness who saw Yeti tracks in 2007, which looked like the tracks of Bigfoot in the USA
Reports about the Wild Man in Shennongjia and the similarity of Yeti, Bigfoot and the Wild Man in Shennongjia
An American scientist’s opinion
The hope for the solution to the mystery

16. True or False F
1. There are no Yetis in the world according to the article.
2. An American mountain climber said that he saw a Yeti once.
3. These creatures have only been seen in the Himalayas.
4. Wild Man ran with an amazing speed.
5. Tracks of Yetis are similar to human.
6. Yetis possibly lived in Asia about 300,000 years ago.
7. Scientists have solved the mystery. T F
Yetis have T F
Bigfoot T F
haven’t

17. Why do they look the same?
Wild creatures
What they are called
Where they are seen
Appearance
Ability
Yeti
large,____, thick
black ___ with huge ________,
Very long _____ and large _____,
large ____ more than ____ in length
walking like a _____ _____,
moving with an ______ speed
and _______
Bigfoot
Wild Man in
Shennongjia
in the Himalayas
hairy
fur
in the forests of north-west of the USA
human being
shoulders
arms
amazing
hands
In western Hubei Province, China
tracks
strength
33cm
They are linked to a common ancestor, an animal that lived in Asia about 300,000 years ago.
Why do they look the same?

18. Discussion 1.Do you believe in the existence of yetis?
2.If you saw a bigfoot some day, what would you do?

19. background information the Shennongjia Nature Reserve
让某人了解…
背景信息
报道做过某事
用两只脚行走
33厘米长
复制某物
与…相似
神农架自然保护区
give sb. an idea of…
background information
report doing
walk on two feet
33 centimeters in length
make copies of
be similar to
the Shennongjia Nature Reserve

20. belong to
9.属于
10.…的可靠证据
11.与… 相关联
12.向… 前进
strong evidence of
be linked to
make one’s way to…

21. Homework
write a story about one of the mysteries you are interested in.

22. You all did a good job!
Thank you