Section APeriod Two

happening

noisepoliceman

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n. 事件；发生的事情（常指不寻常的）n. 声音；噪音n. （ pl. policemen ）男警察n. 狼adj. 担心的；不安的

Words Review

How do you feel when you hear something strange?

nervous

worried

uneasy

scaredcuriou

s

To extract specific information from the reading passage

To learn to use must, might, could and can’t to talk about what people think about the strange noises

To learn the new words: drop, final, worried, owner

What’s the article about?

Look at the picture on page 59 and

guess the answer.

It may talk about things at night.

Read the article and decide which might be the best title.

3a

A. A Small and Quiet Town

B. Strange Happenings in My Town

C. Animals in Our Neighborhood

Task 1

Task 2

Answer the questions below.

1. What’s happening in the small town?

2.How did people feel?

People in the town could hear strange noises outside their window every night.

Everyone in the town is feeling uneasy.

Read the article again and find words to match the meanings.

3b

nervous or worried ________

young people ___________

person in the next house __________

area where people live ______________

animal like a very large dog ________

person who makes noise __________

uneasy

teenagers

neighbor

neighborhood

wolf

noise-maker

Task 3

Read the article carefully and write what people think about the strange noises.

3c

They think it must be teenagers having fun.They think it might be the wind.

She thought it might be a dog at first, but she changed her mind later.

She thought that maybe it was a bear or a wolf.He thinks the noise-maker is having too much fun.

Task 4

We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It _________ very quiet. However, these days, something unusual ___________ in our town. Victor’s wife thinks that it _________ an animal, but Victor and his friend think it ________ teenagers having fun. The policemen think it _________ the wind. Helen thinks it ___________ a dog at first, but she changed her mind later. One woman in the area thinks it’s ______ big ___ be a dog. She thinks that _______ it was a bear or wolf. The writer thinks the ___________ is having too much fun _________ fear in the neighborhood.

used to be

is happeningcould be

must bemight be

might be

too tomaybe

noise-makercreating

TASK 5

Fill in the blanks.

______ _______ outside their window

It could be ____________.

Victor’swife

Victor and his friends

It must beteenagers___________.

People What they heard/saw What they think

The police nothing _________

It might be __________.

Helen _________ outside It might be __________.

strange noisesan

animal

having fun

strange the wind

noisesa dog

Strange things

are happening.

Writers describe events in a certain order. The order will help you understand the story better.

1. We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other.

live in: 居住live on ... sth: 以食 ...... 为生

We used to lived in London.过去我们住在伦敦。Small birds live mainly on insects.小鸟主要靠食昆虫为生。

2. They think it might be the wind.

1.think about + n. /-ing/ 从句 : 考虑，思索，回想，想起

2.think over + n. / 从句 : 仔细想想，仔细考虑

3.think + n. /prep. /to do / 从句He is thinking about going on a trip to America.Please think over what I’ve said.I think that it is a good thing.

3. Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas.

对不定代词的指代1.his or her; 2.he or she/ she or he3.they

If anyone finds my glasses, could she/he let me know?If anyone finds my glasses, could they let me know?

对不定代词的指代1.his or her; 2.he or she/ she or he3.they

If anyone finds my glasses, could she/he let me know?If anyone finds my glasses, could they let me know?

4. The noise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in the neighborhood.

noise-maker 合成词类似：shopkeeper 店主bus conductor 公交售票员taxi driver 出租车司机gatekeeper 看门人grass/meat-eater 食草、食肉动物

have fun (doing sth.) 玩得高兴；过得愉快

类似：enjoy oneselfenjoy doing sth.have a good/ great/ lovely time (doing st

h.)反义：It’s no fun/not much fun doing sth.玩得不高兴；过得不舒坦

Come on, why aren’t you dancing? Enjoy yourselves!

来吧，你们为什么不跳舞呢 ? 尽兴玩吧！

We used to have great times talking together.

我们曾经常常交谈，很是开心。

It’s no fun doing such boring things on your own.

自己独自干这种无聊的事情很是无聊。

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Translate and write them down.1. 在你玩得开心的时候，时间就会飞逝而过。

2. 我的妻子认为它可能是一种动物，但我的朋友和我认为肯定是孩子们在玩耍。

Time flies when you’re having fun.

My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun.

3. 一定有东西闯入我们社区，但那是什么？

There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what is it?

1. Review the new words and expressions you’ve learned today.

2. Read the articles in Learning English.3. Preview the new words and expressions.4. Preview the Grammar Focus.