Unit 12 Fact and fantasy
Period 1 Warming up Listening Speaking
Step1 Lead-in
Chang’e ascending上升，升高to the moon Fantasy
Lunar Eclipse 月蚀 Fact
Fact is a thing that have happened or to be true or to exist.
Fantasy is based on fact
How much do you know about the moon?
Tell which of the following sentences are the facts about the moon?
1. The moon, a satellite, rotates旋转 around the earth.
2. It shines when the sun’s light beams发光onto its surface and is reflected back to earth.
3. Both sides of the moon are visible to us on the earth.
4. What we see of the moon changes from night to night.
5. Most of the moon’s surface is flat.
Step2 Warming up
1 Science fictions—— Do you know the Chinese names？
Here are some pieces of films. After seeing them, tell me their names and what these films share in common.
Alien Jurassic Park Spider-man Batman E.T Star Wars Terminator Harry potter The Matrix Lord rings Transformers Superman The Sixth Day Shrek
20000 Leagues Under the Sea Around the World in 80 Days
Give a summary about the characteristics of the science fiction.
（Science fiction is a type of book based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future, and often deals with space travel & life on other planets)
2 Scientific Quiz
1.A Mount Qomolangma;8848m B Mount Chimborazo
2.A Mariana Trench;in the west of the Pacific，about11，033m B Mindano Trench
3.A the Nile River;6 695km B River Amazon C Yangtze River D Yellow River
4.384，401 km; to the Mars ranges from 56 000 000 km to 375 000 000km；to the nearest star
——our own sun，is 150 000 000km
5 A between 6358 km and 6378km B 6000km
6.A 5000-6000℃ B 1000℃
7 A 40 075km B 40 000km
8.A balloon only travels as fast as the wind blows（20miles per hour），modern ballons
Can reach 322kmh；The top speed of the aeroplane is 375 miles per hour；
The space shuttle’s top speed is always around 17,600 miles per hour.
Step3 Listening
1True or false
1There are four people in the dialogue.
2 The creature is 20m long.
3 What they saw is surely an animal.
4 They take a picture of the creature
5 The creature has gone at last.
6 Sam needs to know the time because he thinks other people will ask him later about the time.
2 Choose the correct answers。There may be more than one correct answer。
1 What time was it when they saw the creature？.
A 11：05　 B 11；35 C11：15
2 where did they see it？
A in a mountain B at Lake Tianchi C in a lake
3 What was the creature？
A an elephant，wheels B a dinosaur，a snake C a trick of the light
4 What instruments do Sam and betty use to observe the animal.？
A a telescope B a camera C a microscope
5 Who will later ask them questions?
A The police B journalists C scientists
3 Listen to the dialogue and complete the sentences below。
1 Look。Over there！A bit to the left of that mountain__________________.
2 Oooh！What__________________.is that？
3 What time is it，Betty？_______ the time。
4 Yeah。Did you___________________. it？What did you make of it？
5 Were you able to ___________________.？
6 I do not know___________________.
4 Can you make a drawing of what you saw?
Step4 Speaking
Make full use of your imagination to create a fantasy based on the present science and technology，using some of the useful expression。For example：
Space travel
A: I don’t believe it is possible for man to reach Mars.
B: Why not? Two hundred years ago nobody thought it was possible to talk with his relative living far away.
A: To reach Mars has more difficulty than for us to talk with our relatives living far away.
B: I’m certain that we’ll be able to develop.
Creatures from outer space
A: Do you believe that creatures
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