Unit6TheTruthCanBeStrangerThanFiction

previewunit6andprepareanoralreport.1.Shouldweacceptthingsthatwecannotexplainyetastrue?2.Isitpossiblethatthetruthcanbestrangerthanfiction?OralassignmentBrainStormingSpringHeeledJackwasanentitysaidtohavebeenresponsibleforanumberofattacksstartingin1837AD.HewasfirstseeninLondon.Therewereother,latersightings,inLiverpoolandtheMidlands.RealalienswillbeverydifferentfromthoseonTVsciencefictions.TheGreatPyramidThewordpyramidmeans“thefirewithin”andreferstothecosmicenergythatcollectsinpyramidshapedstructuresespeciallywhentheyarealigned(連成一行)appropriatelyregardingthemagneticpolesoftheplanet.

TheYetiTheyetiisamythicalcreaturewhoissupposedtoliveintheHimalayas,thehighestmountainrangeintheworld.TheEasterIslandHeadsTheinhabitantsofthischarmingandmysteriousplacecalledtheirland:TePitooTeHenua,'thenaveloftheworld.'

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Whalesfoundtospeakindialects Wecouldblameouraccentsanddifferentdialectsonself-imposedborders--butthatdoesn’texplainwhyanimalsfromdifferentregionsspeakindialects.Usingunderwatermicrophones,scientistseavesdroppedonwhaletalkandfoundthatthebluewhalesoffthePacificNorthwestsounddifferentthanthoselivinginthewesternPacificOceanornearChile.Thereason?Stillunknown.Reference>>

Itpartedonce.Itpartedtwice.Andthistimescientistsarewatchingthewholething.SatelliteimagesshowtheArabiantectonic(構(gòu)造的)plateandtheAfricanPlatearemovingawayfromeachotherandpartingthesouthernendoftheRedSea.Thisgrowingrift(裂縫),whichistearingthenortheastofEthiopia(埃塞俄比亞)andEritrea(厄立特里亞)fromtherestofAfrica,couldeventuallycreateawholenewsea.

TheRedSeapartsagainReference>>Usingwavegenerators(波形發(fā)生器〕,scientistswereabletowriteonwater.TheAdvancedMultipleOrganizedExperimentalBasin(AMOEBA)--acirculartankcreatedbyresearchers--canformtheRomanalphabetsandsomeJapanesecharacters.Thedevicecouldsoonfinditswaytoyournearestamusementpark.Anewwave:ScientistswriteonwaterReference>>AmazonRiverflowedbackwards

TheAmazonRiverapparentlychangeditsmindafewtimesinhistory.SouthAmerica’smajesticwaterwaycurrentlyflowseastintotheAtlanticOcean.Butscientistsfoundthisyearthatmillionsofyearsago,thegreatriverflowedeasttowestandatonetimewentinbothdirectionsatonce.Reference>>Duringthisclass,we’re

goingtoDescribesuperstitionTalkaboutsuperstitionsinwesterncountriesandinchinaEstablishrelationshipsbetweensuperstitionsandreallife1.Lead-in

whatdothosepicturesmeaninwesterncultures?Hey,that’smymascot!MyunclegaveittomewhenIwasfive,andit’sbeenwithmeeversince,itbroughtmeluckinallmyexams.Ican’tbringmyselftopartwithit.staycalm,bestofluck!I’vegotmyfingerscrossedforyou.Ⅱlisteningin(P93)oh,no!didyouseethatblackcatwalkrightinfrontofme?That’sunluckyNotinhereplease!guesswhatIdidthismorning.Ismashedmymirror.Agreatwaytostarttheday!It’sunluckytoopenanumbrellaindoors.Youcanputitontheporch.

AmascotAmascotissomething,typicallyananimalorhumancharacterusedtorepresentagroupwithacommonidentity,suchasaschool,professionalsportsteam,orcorporation.Americanuniversityandschoolsportsteamsareoftenidentifiedprimarilybytheirmascot.Forexample,AlbertGatorandAlbertaGatoraretheofficialmascotsoftheUniversityofFlorida.They’reknownasthe“FloridaGators”.ⅡlisteninginListening“isitreallybadluck?”(P95)findthereasons.Isitreallybadluck?stemfrom源于(becausedbysomething)

e.g.Muchoftheinstabilitystemsfromtheeconomiceffectsofthewar.doom

v.命中注定(condemnsomeonetoanunpleasantfate)

e.g.Thatargumentdoomedtheirmarriagetofailure.crucify

v.釘在十字架上(putsomeonetodeathbynailingthemtoacross)

e.g.ThedayisrememberedwhenChristwascrucified.Norwegian

adj.

挪威的(Tobecontinued)KeyAreyouworriedbecauseyouhavejustbrokenamirror?Somepeoplebelievethatbreakingamirrorisa(S1)______thingtodo.Theysayitwillbringyousevenyearsof(S2)_________.Thereasonbehindthisbeliefstemsfromtheoldideathataperson’ssoulisintheir(S3)________,soifyousmashyourmirror,yoursoulwillbe(S4)________too,doomingyoutoanearlydeath,andnotgivingyouentryto(S5)______.Isthereanywaytoreversethisbadluck?Yes,ifyouverycarefully(S6)____upallthebrokenpiecesofthemirrorandthrowthemintoariverorstream,thenthebadluckwillbe“(S7)_______away”.terrible

misfortunereflectiondamagedheavenpickwashedOfallnumbers,13isthemostassociatedwithbadluck.(S8)_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________,andwiththisinmindfewhostswillservedinnerwith13atthetable.AndaccordingtoanancientNorwegiantale,12godshadgatheredforafeastwhena13th,Loki,entered.Afterthemeal,LokikilledBaldr,whowasthemostbelovedofallthegods.(S9)___________________________________________

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