新通用大學英語綜合教程第四冊及答案unit09市公開課一等獎省名師優(yōu)質(zhì)課賽課一等獎課件

unit09agendaAgendaLesson1Lesson2ExtendedExercisesCheckpointUNITGOALS1 Talkabouttheout-of-the-ordinary2 Presentatheoryaboutapastevent3 Discusshowbelievableastoryis4 Evaluatethetrustworthinessofnewssource5 Writeaboutonemysterious phenomenon333Lesson1Lesson1Lead-inListeningSpeakingReadingWriting31-Lead-inLead-inOn-the-StreetInterviews:Idon’tbelieveeverythingIread…ExerciseAExerciseB1-ExerciseAExerciseACheckwhethereachstatementistrue(T)orfalse(F).1. Maurothinksthatnewspapersaremorelikelytochecktheirsources carefullythanInternetnewssitesare.2. MaikothinkstheInternetisamorereliablesourceofinformationthan othersourcesofinformation.3. Robgenerallybelievesinformationfromnewspapers.4. ChristianetrustsEuropeannewssourcesmorethanAmericansources.5. LoraynfullytrustswhatshereadsintheNewYorkTimes.FFTFT1-ExerciseBExerciseBUseinformationfromthevideosegmenttocompleteeachsentence.1. AccordingtoMaiko,newsfrom_________,_________and_________haveasimilarlevelofcredibility.2. Maurosaysthatyoucanneverfullytrustinformation,evenfrom__________.3. Christianegetshernewsfromthreecountries:_______,_______and_____________.4. Loraynsaysshedoesnottrustsourcesofinformationsuchas________________________.theInternetnewspaperstelevisionnewspapersAustriatheUSAGreatBritainspam,orunknownsources331-ListeningListeningPart1Part2NewWordsPhrasesandExpressions31-L-Part1Part1TalkAboutaMysteryASoundBitesBPairWork1-part-1ASoundBitesReadandlistentoaconversationaboutawell-knownmystery.VICTOR: IsawthemostfascinatingTVprogramaboutBigfootlastnight.PATTY: Bigfoot?Don’ttellmeyoubuythatstory!VICTOR: You’resuchaskeptic!Who’stosaythosethingsdon’texist?How elsewouldyouexplainallthosesightingsovertheyears?PATTY: Could’vebeengorillas.VICTOR: IntheU.S.?Idon’tthinkso.There’snoquestion—Bigfootisreal.PATTY: Getoutofhere!There’snosuchthingasBigfoot.Youhavesuch awildimagination!VICTOR: You’dchangeyourmindifyou’dseenthatprogram.PATTY: TheonlywayI’dchangemymindisifIsawoneofthemwithmy owntwoeyes.Seeingisbelieving,asfarasI’mconcerned.1-L-ExerciseAASoundBitesReadandlistentoaconversationaboutawell-knownmystery.BigfootManypeopleclaimtohaveseenahairy,human-likecreature—called“Bigfoot”—inthewesternmountainsoftheUnitedStates.In,BobHeironimusadmittedthathedressedinacostumeforthisfamous1967image.1-L-ExerciseBBPairWorkReadtheconversationagain.Withapartner,explainthemeaningofeachofthefollowingstatements.“Don’ttellmeyoubuythatstory!”2.“You’resuchaskeptic!”3.“There’snoquestion—Bigfootisreal.”Ican’tbelieveyouthinkthatstoryistrue!Youalwaysdoubteverything!Bigfootisdefinitelyreal.1-L-ExerciseBPairWorkReadtheconversationagain.Withapartner,explainthemeaningofeachofthefollowingstatements.4.“Getoutofhere!”5.“Youhavesuchawildimagination!”6.“Seeingisbelieving.”You’vegottobekidding!Youthinkupsomecrazythings!Ihavetoseesomethingwithmyowneyestobelieveit’strue.3331-L-Part2Part2DiscussHowBelievableaStoryIsExerciseAExerciseBExerciseCListeningComprehensionExerciseDExerciseE1-part-2-A-1ExerciseAWordSkills.Usingadjectiveswiththesuffix-able.believablecanbeacceptedastruebecauseitseemspossible Thestoryhetoldseemsbelievable.Hebackeditupwithalotofdetails.debatablenoteasytoprovebecausemorethanoneexplanationispossible Thecauseoftheexplosionisdebatable;vablecanbeshowntobedefinitelytrue Idon’tthinkyourtheorywillbeprovable,unlessclearevidencecanbe found.1-part-2-A-2ExerciseAWordSkills.Usingadjectiveswiththesuffix-able.questionableuncertain,butmorelikelytobeuntrue

Herconvincingaccountoftheeventsmakeshisversionhighly questionable.unsolvableimpossibletoprove Thismysterymaybeunsolvable.Everyonewhosawwhathappenedis nolongeralive.1-L-2ExerciseBExerciseBCompleteeachstatement,usinganadjectivewiththesuffix-able.Useeachadjectiveonlyonce.1. Hisstoryisreally___________.Idoubtthatthosethingscouldhavereallyhappened.2. Ithinksheistellingthetruth.Herdescriptionoftheeventssoundsvery__________tome.3. Itishighly_________whether“l(fā)ie-detector”testingshouldbeusedasevidence.Expertscontinuetoargueaboutwhatthetestresultsreallymean.4. Whathappenedtothedinosaursisnotreally_________.Thereisnothingthatcanshowwithcertaintywhatreallyhappened.5. ThemysteryofwhathappenedtothefamousU.S.pilotAmeliaEarhartismostlikely_________sinceherbodyandtheplanehaveneverbeenfound.questionablebelievabledebatableprovableunsolvable1-part-2-CExerciseCListeningComprehensionListentoPart1ofahistoricalmystery.WhathappenedtotheRussianroyalfamily?Whatwasmysteriousaboutthisevent?Russia’slastroyalfamily:CzarNicholasIIandEmpressAlexandrawiththeirchildren,Olga,Maria,Anastasia,Alexei,andTatiana.Russia’sRoyalFamily:AnEnduringMysteryAnnaAnderson,whoclaimedtohavebeenAnastasiaCheck1-L-2ExerciseCListeningComprehensionExerciseCListeningComprehensionListentoPart1ofahistoricalmystery.WhathappenedtotheRussianroyalfamily?Whatwasmysteriousaboutthisevent?Theentirefamilywasmurdered.Itwasmysteriousbecause,until1991,thebodieshadnotbeenfound.Therewereseveralwomenwhoclaimedtobeoneofthedaughters.1-part-2-DExerciseDNowlistentoPart2.Whathappenedin1991,andwhatfactsdiditseemtoprove?Whyisitstillamystery?ResearchersfoundninebodiesintheUralMountains.Medicaltestingshowedthatfiveofthemweremembersoftheroyalfamily.Butthebodiesofthesonandoneofthedaughterswerestillmissing.1-L-2ExerciseEExerciseECompleteeachstatement,accordingtothelistening.ListentoPart2againifnecessary.1.Theczar’sson,Alexei,_____. a.mighthavebeenexecutedwiththerestofthefamily b.musthavebeenexecutedwiththerestofthefamily2.Researchersbelievedthatfiveoftheninebodiesdiscoveredin1991_____. a.couldn’thavebeentheroyalfamily b.hadtohavebeentheroyalfamilyab1-L-2ExerciseEExerciseECompleteeachstatement,accordingtothelistening.ListentoPart2againifnecessary.3. AnnaAnderson,whoclaimedtobeAnastasia,_____. a.couldn’thavebeenAnastasia b.mighthavebeenAnastasia4. Morerecently,somescientistsbelievedthatthebodies_____. a.mightnothavebeentheczar’sfamily b.hadtohavebeentheczar’sfamilyaa1-NewWordsNewWordsczarn.amalerulerofRussiabefore1917（19以前統(tǒng)治俄國）沙皇enduringadj.continuingtoexistforalongtime持久executionn.theactofkillingsomeone處死1-NewWordsNewWordsmonarchyn.thesysteminwhichacountryisruledbyakingorqueen君主制skepticn.someonewhodoesnotbelievethingsunlesstheyhavedefiniteproof多疑者1-PhrasesandExpressionsPhrasesandExpressionsSeeingisbelieving.百聞不如一見。331-SpeakingSpeakingSpeculateAbouttheOut-of-the-ordinaryAConversationSnapshotBIndirectSpeechwithModalsCOralWork1-Speaking-AAConversationSnapshotA:IwonderwhereStaceyis. Shesaidshe’dbeherebyten.B:Doyouthinksomething happened?A:Beatsme.B:Well,I’msureit’snothing. I’llbetshe’sstuckintraffic.A:You’reprobablyright.B:Whyelsewouldshebelate?A:Ican’timagine.RhythmandintonationpracticeWaystosay“Idon’tknow.”Beatsme.Ican’timagine.Idon’thaveaclue.Ihavenoidea.Yourguessisasgoodasmine.Yougotme.Whoknows?1-S-StrategiesforSpeakingAConversationSnapshotUseWelltointroduceanencouragingstatementSayYou’reprobablyrighttoacknowledgeanother’sencouragementAskaquestionwithWhyelsetoconfirmone’sownopinionStrategiesforSpeaking1-S-BIndirectSpeechwithModalsBIndirectSpeechwithModalsStudyandreadaloudthefollowingsentences.REMEMBER:Whenareportingverbisinapastform,theverbintheindirectspeechstatementusuallychangesor“backshifts.” “Iwenttothestore.”→Shesaid[that]shehadgonetothestore.Somemodalsalsobackshiftinindirectspeech. “I’llbetherebysix.”→Isaid[that]Iwouldbetherebysix. “Youmustcomeontime.”→Shesaid[that]theyhadtocomeontime. “Youhaveto*payincash.”→Theytoldme[that]Ihadtopayincash.1-S-BIndirectSpeechwithModalsBIndirectSpeechwithModalsSomemodalsdon’tbackshiftinindirectspeech. “Youshouldhurry.”→Shetoldhim[that]heshouldhurry. “Hemightcalltonight.”→Hesaid[that]hemightcalltonight.Perfectmodalsneverbackshiftinindirectspeech. “Wemusthaveforgotten.”→Hesaid[that]theymusthaveforgotten.1-S-COralWorkCOralWorkChangeeachsentencefromdirecttoindirectspeechandpracticewithyourpartner.Hetoldme,“Youshouldn’tworryifIarrivealittlelate.”2.Hesaid,“Studentsmustarrivefifteenminutesearly.”3.“Jackmayhavegottenlost,”hesaid.4.“Theymighthaveforgottentheirluggage,”shesaid.Hetoldme[that]Ishouldn’tworryifhearrivedalittlelate.Hesaid[that]studentshadtoarrivefifteenminutesearly.Hesaid[that]Jackmighthavegottenlost.Shesaid[that]theymighthaveforgottentheirluggage.1-S-COralWorkCOralWorkChangeeachsentencefromdirecttoindirectspeechandpracticewithyourpartner.5.Shetoldme,“I’llcallyouassoonasIgetthere.”6.Shetoldus,“Imayhavetocancelthemeeting.”7.Hetoldme,“I’llcomeearly.”8.“Yououghttophonefirst,”shetoldme.Shetoldme[that]she’dcallmeassoonasshegotthere.Shesaid[that]theymighthavetocancelthemeeting.Hetoldme[that]hewouldcomeearly.Shetoldme[that]Ioughttophonefirst.331-ReadingReadingTextATextBVocabularyExercisesVocabularyActivity33TextATextAWarm-upTextExercisesWarm-upWarm-up1. Haveyoueverheardofanyurbanlegends?Doyoubelievethem?2. DoyoubelievethestrangestoriespopularontheInternet?Whyorwhynot?TA-Text-1TextAUrbanLegendsofTodayUrbanlegendsarequestionableorstrangestoriesthatarewidelyacceptedastrue.Theyareusuallysomewhatbelievablebecausetheyrelatetonormalday-to-dayactivities,buttheyarealsousuallysurprisingorevenscary.UrbanlegendsnowspreadfasterandwiderthaneverbeforebecauseoftheInternet.Onewell-known,butunproved,urbanlegendisaboutso-called“perfume

bandits.”Accordingtothelegend,criminalsapproachpeopleandpretendtobesellingperfume.Whenvictimscomeclosetoseeorsmelltheperfume,thebanditsspraysomethingintheirfaces,knockingthemoutforaperiodoftimeduringwhichthebanditsrobthem.TA-Text-2TextAItisbelievedthatthislegendbeganin1999whenawomanintheU.S.stateofAlabama,filedapolicereportinwhichsheclaimedtohavebeenapproachedbyawomansellingperfume.Thenextthingshesaidsherememberedwashavingsomethingsprayedinherfaceandthenlaterwakingupinaparkinglotwithoutherpurse.However,sinceperfumedoesnotleavephysicalevidence,thepolicewereunabletoconfirmthefactsorcatchtherobbers.Thepolicefinallyclosedthecaseandstampedthefile“unsolvable”.However,similarstorieshavebeenreportedbyothers,andalargenumberofpeoplestillbelievethattheperfumebanditsactuallyexist.Anotherurbanlegendisthatofthe“haikuerrormessages.”Accordingtothislegend,programmersworkingforasoftwarecompanyinJapanreplacedstandardcomputererrormessageswithhaikus—traditional3-line,Japanesepoems.Forexample,whenadocumentcouldnotbefoundthefollowing“haiku”wouldappearonthescreen:TA-Text-3TextAHavingbeenerased,Thedocumentyou’reseekingMustnowberetyped.ThesehaikuerrormessagesturnedouttobeajokecreatedbyAmerican“hackers”(peoplewhoplaycomputertricksonothers).However,thelegendgrewthatthereactuallyweresomeJapanese“poet-programmers”andmanypeoplebelievedit.Thehackersmusthavebeenamused.banditbanditn.someonewhorobspeople強盜Thepolicepickedupthebandit’strail.Likeananimalatbay,thebanditchieftainlaidabouthimindesperationperfumeperfumen.aliquidwithapleasantsmell香水Shesprayedperfumeoverherchest.There’reabottleofperfume,apackofcigarettesandsomeclothesinthebag.knock…outknock…out打暈某人TysonknockedouthisopponentinRound5.Theshockfromanelectriceelispowerfulenoughtoknockamanout.playtricksonplaytrickson捉弄某人Thegirlswerealwaysplayingtricksontheirteacher.Fateplayedacrueltrickonhimwhenhewasbadlyinjuredinhisfirstinternationalgame.3ExercisesExercisesExerciseAExerciseBTA-ExercisesAExerciseACheckwhethereachstatementistrue(T)orfalse(F).1. Urbanlegendscanbefrightening.2. Today,urbanlegendsspreadlessquicklythantheydidinthepast.3. Thepolicewereunabletoprovewhetherornottheperfumebanditsactuallyexisted.4. Itisnowknownthelegendoftheperfumebanditswasahoax.5. ThepeoplewhowrotethehaikuswereJapanese.6. Thehackerswereprobablypleasedwiththeirjoke.TFTFFTTA-ExercisesBExerciseBChooseoneofthemysteriesfromtheboxorthinkofsomethingmysteriousthathashappenedinourownlife.Writeaparagraphofatleastfourtofivesentences.TheLochNessMonster BigfootTheBermudaTriangle AtlantisTheStoneBallsofCostaRica StonehengePossibleresponse:TA-ExercisesBExerciseBTheBermudaTriangleisanareaoftheAtlanticOceanbetweenBermuda,Florida,andPuertoRico.Therehavebeenmanydisappearancesofshipsthatpassedthroughthisareabecausetheydisappearedwithoutatrace.Somepeoplethinkthesedisappearanceshadtohavebeencausedbythesuddenthunderstormsthatarecommoninthatarea.Othersthinktheymighthavebeencausedbythehighwavesandstrongcurrentsthatarealsocommonthere.33TextBTextBWarm-upTextComprehensionExercisesTB-Warm-upWarm-up1. Lookatthephotosandheadingsinthemagazinearticle.Areyoufamiliarwitheitherofthesestories?Whatdoyouknowaboutthem?2.Doyoubelievethiskindofmysteriousstory?Whyorwhynot?GerdHeidemannKonradKujauTheLochNessMonsterStoryItwasquiteasurprisewhenLondon’sDailyMailprintedaphotoin1933ofacreatureinScotland’sLochNess,thelargestanddeepestfreshwaterlakeintheUnitedKingdom.Peoplehadbeentellingstoriesaboutsuchacreatureforoverathousandyears.ButwhenarespectedLondonsurgeon,ColonelRobertKennethWilson,tookthisphoto,thestoriessuddenlyseemedbelievable.HeclaimedthatwhiledrivingbyLochNess,hesawsomethingstrangeinthewaterandquicklygrabbedhiscamera.Thephotohetookwasseenworldwideandbegananincreasedpublicinterestinthe“LochNessMonster.”TB-Text-1TextB TheWorld’sGreatestHoaxesAlthoughtheyoccurredfiftyyearsapart,bothofthesespectacularhoaxestooktheworldbystorm.Sixtyyearslater,inNovember1993,ChristianSpurlingtoldadifferentstory.Hisstepfather,filmmakerandactorDukeWetherell,hadbeenhiredbytheDailyMailtolookforevidenceoftheLochNessMonster.Butinstead,heaskedhisstepson,Spurling,tomakea“monster”withhisownhands—fromatoyboat.Hisotherson,Ian,tookthephoto.Then,inordertomakethestorybelievable,Wetherellaskedthesurgeon,ColonelWilson,tosaythathehadtakenthephoto.Thestorycreatedsomuchpublicityin1933thattheydecidednottoadmitthehoax.Thetruestoryremainedasecretforoversixtyyears.Inthemeantime,thosewhobelievethereisacreatureinthelake,continuetodoso.TB-Text-2TextBThe“HitlerDiaries”HoaxIn1983,theGermanmagazineDerSternannouncedthatreporterGerdHeidemannhadmadeanincrediblediscovery:diarieswrittenbyAdolfHitler.ThemagazineexplainedthatthediarieshadbeenfoundbyfarmersafteraNaziplanecrashedinafieldinApril1945.DerSternpaidalmost10millionmarkstoaDr.Fischer,whoclaimedtohaveretrievedthem.Thediscoverycausedalotofexcitement.MagazinesandnewspapersinLondonandNewYorkrushedtoprintexcerptsfromthediaries,andscholarsandresearcherscouldn’twaittogettheirhandsonthematerialtolearnmoreaboutthecentury’smostinfamousdictator.Butsomeskepticsarguedthatthestorycouldn’tbetrue—itwaswell-knownthatHitlerdidn’tliketotakenotes.Nonetheless,DerSterninsistedthattheauthenticityofthediarieswasunquestionable.TB-Text-3TextBTB-Text-4TextBHowever,whenexpertsbegantoexaminethem,itbecameclearthatthediarieswerefake.Itturnedoutthat“Dr.Fischer”wasactuallyKonradKujau,anartforgerwhohadwrittenthediarieshimself,imitatingHitler’sownhandwriting.AndbothheandHeidemannhadbeenputtingthemoneyfromDerSternintotheirownbankaccounts.Bothweresenttoprisonforfraud.Interestingly,Kujaumadealivingsellingcopiesofpaintingsbytheworld’sgreatestartistsafterhewasreleasedfromprison.fakefakeadj.madetolooklikearealmaterialorobject偽造Hewaschargedwithpossessingafakepassport.Afakedoctortrickedhiswayintoahospitallastnight.fraudfraudn.amethodofillegallygettingmoneyfromsomeone欺詐，詐騙Shegotfive-yearjailsentenceforfraud.Hecarriedoutanumberoffraudsontrustingpeoplewholenthimmoney.hoaxhoaxn.anattempttomakepeoplebelievesomethingthatisnottrue騙局TheHitlerDiarieswereanelaboratehoax.Thebombthreatturnedtobeahoax.publicitypublicityn.theattentionfromnewspapers,television,etc關(guān)注；宣傳Thecasehasreceivedmassivepublicity.Thereisabigpublicitycampaigntohighlightthedangersofsmoking.retrieveretrievev.findsomethingandbringitback找回；收回Thewreckageofthecrashedplanewasretrievedfromtheocean.Shetriedtoapologisebutitwasalreadytoolatetoretrievethesituation.take…bystormtake…bystorm強烈感染，使大吃一驚ThenewshowtookLondonbystorm.Hersingingtookthetheaterbystorm.TB-ComprehensionExercisesComprehensionExercisesExerciseAExerciseB3TB-ExercisesAExerciseACheckwhethereachstatementistrue(T)orfalse(F).1. ColonelWilsonadmittedthattheLochNessMonsterphotowasahoax.2. ThefakeLochNessMonsterwasmadeinaboat.3. TheLochNessMonsterhoaxwascreatedbyDukeWetherell.4. In1933itwaswidelyacknowledgedthattherewasamonsterinLochNess.5. DerSternpaidalmost10millionmarkstoKonradKujauandGerdHeidemann.6. DerStern’sclaimthatAdolfHitlerhadwrittenthediarywasquestionable.7. SomefarmersclaimedtohavediscoveredtheHitlerDiaries.8. TheevidenceshowedthattheHitlerDiarieswereactuallywrittenbyGerdHeidmann.FFTFTTFFTB-ExercisesBExerciseBDiscussion1. Whydoyouthinkthemediagetfooledbysensationalhoaxes?Whydotheyseemtopublishthesestoriessoquickly?2. Doyouthinkhoaxesshouldbeconsideredacrime,oraretheyharmless?Why?1-VocabularyExercisesVocabularyExerciseFillintheblanksinthefollowingsentenceswiththewordschosenfromthebox.Changetheformswherenecessary.1. Hardlyaweekgoesbywithoutsomeadvanceintechnologythatwouldhaveseemed_________50yearsago.2. Haroldclaimedthathewasaseriousandwell-knownartist,butinfacthewasa_________.3. Afteralotofpractice,thedogcan_________astickorotherobjectsevenwhenhehasnotseenitthrown.4. Themost____________Leonidmeteorstorminrecenttimeswasin1966whenasmanyas2500meteorsstreakedacrosstheskiesaboveEartheveryminute.5. Thisnewspaperstorycoulddamagetheirreputation;conversely,itwillgivethemalotoffree_________.incredible spray perfume retrieve publicityspectacular hoax legend claim fraudincrediblefraudretrievespectacularpublicity1-VocabularyExercisesVocabularyExercises6. Inthiscountry,youcan’tmakeascientific_______unlessyouhavetheevidencetobackitup.7. Freshrosesare_______withwatertokeepthemmoistandflowntocompanystoresthreetimesaweek.8. Forspecialoccasions,petownerscanuse_______tomaketheirdogssmellwell,lessbeastly.9. TheancientGreekshada_______thatagoldenapplecausedfightingamongthegodsandbroughtabouttheruinofTroy.10.It’sbelievedthatradiowasalsoresponsibleforoneofthebiggest_______ofalltime.incredible spray perfume retrieve publicityspectacular hoax legend claim fraudclaimsprayedperfumelegendhoaxes1-VocabularyActivityVocabularyActivityPeopleuseavarietyofreportingverbstodescribeactionsmorespecificallyandaccurately.Addmorereportingverbsinthefollowingbox.say,ask,tell,argue,claim,declare,explain,report,state,add,announce,answer,comment,complain,exclaim,imply,maintain,mention,promise,remark,reply,reveal,write…1-WritingWritingWriteaNewsArticleStep1PrewritingStep2WritingStep3Selfcheck33Avoidingsentence

fragments1-WritingWritingWriteaNewsArticleAvoidingsentencefragmentsAsentencefragmentisagroupofwordsthatdoesnotexpressacompletethought.Twocommonfragmentsare: ?adependentclause:agroupofwordsthatcontains asubjectandaverbbutbeginswithasubordinating conjunction,makingitanincompletethought. FRAGMENT:Becausethebankeradmittedtofraud. ?aphrase:agroupofwordsthatdoesnotcontain asubjectandaverb.1-WritingWriting FRAGMENT:Withhishelp. FRAGMENT:Attheendoftheyear. FRAGMENT:Themangivingthespeech.Tocorrectasentencefragment,dooneofthefollowing: ?Attachthefragmenttoanindependentclausetocomplete thethought. Becausethebankeradmittedtofraud,thebankwasclosed down.

Wefoundthehospitalwithhishelp. ?Addasubjectand/oraverbtomakethefragmentintoasentence.

Shegraduatedattheendoftheyear. Themangivingthespeechneedsamicrophone.1-WritingWritingAnindependentclause:?containsasubjectandaverb?expressesacompletethoughtAcompletesentence:?startswithacapitalletter?endswithaperiod?expressesacompletethought?needsatleastoneindependentclauseSubordinatingconjunctionsafter sinceassoon asunlessbecause untilbefore wheneventhough wheneverifwhile1-WritingWritingERRORCORRECTIONCorrectthethreeerrors.BenefittoSaveLibraryLastWednesday,ourtownhostedabenefitconcert.Tohelpsavetheoldbuildingthatusedtobethelibrary.Developersannouncedaplantotearthebuildingdown.Twomonthsago.Becausemanypeoplefeelaconnectiontothelibrary.Thetowndecidedtoraisemoneytorestorethebuilding.Thebenefitconcertwasasuccess.Manylocalmusiciansperformed,andweraisedalotofmoney.library,thedowntwoconcertto1-Step1PrewritingStep1Prewriting.Generatingideaswithinformationquestions.Anewsarticleusuallyanswersinformationquestionsaboutanevent.Thinkofarecentnewsevent.Thiswillbethetopicofyourarticleyou’reyournotepad,writeinformationquestionsaboutthetopictohelpgenerateideas.1-Step2WritingStep2WritingOnaseparatesheetofpaper,writeanarticleabouttheevent,answeringyourquestionsfromStep1.Trytoincludeasmuchinformationasyoucan.Chooseatitlethatreflectsthemainideaofyourarticle.1-Step3SelfcheckStep3Selfcheck□Didyouwriteanysentencefragments?Ifso,correctthem.□Doyouhaveacleartopicsentence?□Isthearticleinteresting?Couldyouaddanymoredetails?ReferenceSampleCReferenceSampleBenefittoSaveLibraryLastWednesday,ourtownhostedabenefitconcerttohelpsavetheoldbuildingthatusedtobethelibrary.Developersannouncedaplantotearthebuildingdowntwomonthsago.Becausemanypeoplefeelaconnectiontothelibrary,thetowndecidedtoraisemoneytorestorethebuilding.Thebenefitconcertwasasuccess.Manylocalmusiciansperformed,andweraisedalotofmoney.33Lesson2Lesson2ListeningSpeakingReadingWriting32-ListeningListeningTalkAboutMysteriesListentotheconversationtwiceandthendothefollowingexercises.ExerciseAExerciseB2-Part-AExerciseACheckwhethereachstatementistrue(T)orfalse(F).1. Clearly,thewomanisveryinterestedinthestoneballsofCostaRica.2. Atthebeginning,themanthinksthatthereisnoquestionthestoneballswereman-made.3. ThisisthefirsttimethemanhaseverheardofthemysteryofthestoneballsofCostaRica.4. Themanandthewomandisagreeaboutthesizeofthestoneballs.5. Thewomanthinksthatthestoneballsmighthavebeenpartofsomebigmachine.TFTFF2-Part-BExerciseBListentotheconversationandcircletheletterofthecorrectanswer.1.Whatdidtheshowsayaboutthestoneballs? a.Theycouldhaveoccurrednaturally. b.Thatitisnotpossibletoknowhowtheywereformed. c.Theyhadtohavebeenman-made.2.Whichofthefollowingdothemanandthewomanspeculateabout? a.Theydiscusswhatthestoneballscouldhavepossiblybeenusedfor. b.Theydiscusswhothesculptorwhomadethestoneballscouldhave been. c.Theydiscusshowlongitmighthavetakentomakethestoneballs.2-ExerciseBExerciseBListentotheconversationandcircletheletterofthecorrectanswer.3.Doesthewomanthinkthatthestoneballscouldhavefallenfromspace? a.Shethinksitislikelytheyfellfromspace. b.Shethinkstheideaisveryquestionable. c.Shethinksitispossiblethattheymayhave.32-SpeakingSpeakingSpeculateAbouttheOut-of-the-OrdinaryListentotheConversationSnapshotagainandthendothefollowingexercises.AVocabularyBDiscussion2-Speaking-AAVocabulary.Waystoexpresscertainty.Readaloudwithyourpartner.2-S-PartBDiscussionBDiscussion332-ReadingReadingTopicPreviewTextCInferentialQuestions2-TopicPreviewTopicPreviewReadthe