9a unit 8 Detective stories Comic strip & welcome to the unit

Comic strip & welcome to the unit

Class__________ Name__________

【学习目标】

1. 
   了解罪行的线索
   
2. 
   阅读关于四个犯罪嫌疑人的笔录，学会谈论谁有可能是凶手
   
3. 
   培养学生的推理能力
   
4. 
   词汇：单词见词汇表P145-146；词组见课前预习翻译词组。
   

He’s an office worker of medium height.

【学习重难点】

1. 
   阅读关于四个犯罪嫌疑人的笔录，学会谈论谁有可能是凶手
   
2. 
   词汇：单词见词汇表P145-146；词组见课前预习翻译词组。
   

He’s an office worker of medium height.

【学习过程】

自主预习

2、找一找：翻译词组

侦探故事 ____ 寻找线索

失踪 对某人做笔录 ___

中等个头 __ 说实话 _____

没有罪________________________ 看起来不整洁，紧张 ___

3、试一试：翻译句子

（1）这是更加严重的事。This is ________ _______ __________.

（2）我的食物不见了。My food has ________ __________.

（3）警察给他们所有人都做了笔录。The police have ________ ________ _______ all of them.

（4）他是一个中等身高的办公室职员。He’s an office worker ________ _________ ________.

展示交流

合作探究

1.Do you like read detective novels? Who is the famous detective in the novels? ( Sherlock Holmes.) Show the picture of Sherlock Holmes, and describe the picture. 

2.Do you know any other detectives? (Conan, Di Renjie, Bao Zheng……)

Show some new words at the same time.( They are all famous detectives ,they are all good at finding out some clues. According to the clues, they can find out the suspects and see who is guilty. Their job is to catch the murderers and tell people the truth.)

3.Discussion：What qualities should a detective have? (careful, patient, organized, clever, imaginative, …)

T：Detectives are good at solving mysteries. Do you want to have a try? Here are two mysteries for you to solve. Are you ready?

1.Mystery A (Low level)

(1) T: Please watch a video and answer two questions:

Is Eddie looking for a murderer?

What is Eddie looking for?

(2) T: Listen and read,can you help finish a report about Mystery A?

Eddie is ___________ like a ___________ because he wants to look for ___________ to something important. Is it a ___________? No. In fact, his food has ___________. However, he thinks it’s much ___________.

(3) Well done! Boys and girls, congratulations! Welcome to Mystery B! Perhaps it’s a little difficult for you. Don’t worry. As a team, we will help each other.

2. Mystery B (High level): Who is the murderer?

First, Let’s meet Detective Lu. He is one of the most famous detectives in Sun Town. Today he want us to work together with him to solve a criminal case. He can’t come to our class, but he has sent you an e-mail. Follow his instructions in the voice mail step by step.

Task 1: Prediction

(T: The time, the place, the victim and the notes of the suspects and so on.)

Crime	A murder
Time& Date	Last Saturday night at 8 p.m.
Place	In Sun Town
Victim	A young man
Suspects	Four suspects

Suspect One: Read and answer some questions

1. What’s Dr Brown’s job?

2. Where was he when the murder happened?

3. What is he like?

Suspect Two: Fill in the blanks

This man is _____________. He is a _____________. He lives in _____________. He is _____________, _____________ and _____________. Last Saturday, he was in _____________.

Suspect Three: Read and choose T or F

_______Emily Smith works in a restaurant.

_______She lives in Moon Town.

_______Last Sunday she was shopping in Sun Town.

_______She is small, fat and quiet.

Suspect Four: Read and choose

( ) 1. What does Frank Johnson do? A. A cook. B. An office worker. C. A shopkeeper.

( ) 2.Where was he last night? A. At school. B. In the shop. C. At home.

( ) 3. What's his personality? A. Helpful. B. Friendly. C. Nervous.

Task 3: Discussion

T: Listen! Daniel and Sandy are also talking about it. Let’s listen to them carefully and then we are going to talk about it in this way.

T: Now let’s listen carefully and answer the following questions.

⑴Who does Sandy think is most likely to be the murderer? Why?

⑵Who does Daniel think is most likely to be the murderer?

Detective Lu: Boys and girls, how about your own opinions?

T: Let’s have a group discussion. Discuss who is most likely to be the murderer and the reasons.

T: You can use these expressions to help you.

What do you think …?

I guess …

He might be …

Perhaps …

I (don’t) think so.

I (don’t) agree with you.

Task 4: Do a survey and report.

All the suspects say that they are not guilty. However, we think ___________ is not telling the truth. He is the most likely to be the murderer because _______________________.

点拨提升

1. Why are you dressed like that, Eddie? 你为何打扮成那样？　

穿成那样____________________

*dress在这里是动词，“穿着衣服”。常用于被动语态，

E.g. 她今天穿了件红衣服。 She__________________today.

给某人/自己穿衣服 ________________

她大了能自己穿衣服了。 She is old enough to_____________.

2. This is much more serious. 这要严重得多。

本句much 意为“......得多”，修饰形容词的比较级。如：

漂亮得多__________________ 强壮得多_______________ 他今天好多了_____________

3. My food has gone missing. 我的食物不见了。

*go 在这里做连系动词, 意为“变成, 处于…状态” (go表变化时一般指事情向消极、不好的方面转化)。如：这个食物已经变质。The food has_________________.

我认为她听到那个消息后会发疯的。I think she ____________when she hears the news.

*missing 意为“缺少的，丢失的”

E.g. 这本书少了一页 There is a page _______ from this book.

* missing 还有“失踪的，行踪不明的”之意。

他们在到处找那个失踪的男孩子 They are_______ _______ the _______ boy _______.

4. I guess Jimmy White is lying.

﹡lying 为lie 的现在分词, 这里表示“说谎”

lie____ _____ lie(现分)_____

他经常向他父母撒谎。 He always ______________his parents.

他又在撒谎。 He_______________ again.

﹡lie 还可作名词 tell a lie 说谎

课堂检测

一、词汇

2. My uncle is a man of _______ (中等的）height

3. Eddie’s food has gone________(miss).

4. The coats with blood were those __________ (murder).

5. His bedroom is too _________(tidy). Let’s help to clean it.

二、翻译句子

2.我们数学老师中等身高。 Our maths teacher__________________

3.事故发生后，警察给每个人做了笔录。The police______________________

4.他有可能是罪犯，因为他正在撒谎。He might ______________________________.

1. Write an email about the murder to Detective Lu and share your ideas

2. Preview the new lesson.

课后巩固

A)根据句意及所给中文提示、英文解释或首字母，写出句中所缺单词。

1. His new Mp4 is _______________ (不见了).

2. The police finally caught the thief according to the ___________ (线索).

3. Tom is a man of ____________ (中等的) height.

4. The suspects all say that they’re not ____________ (has done something against the law).

5. Frank looked ___________ (not tidy) and nervous yesterday.

6. I think d ___________ stories are very interesting. I like them best.

7. On the morning of May 2^nd, a girl was murdered. The police were searching the m________.

B)根据句意或句子的语法要求，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. I guess Tom is ______________ (lie). He doesn’t dare to look at me.

2. —What are you looking for? —My pen has gone ___________ (miss).

3. Her sister is __________ (dress) in a red coat.

4. To tell the_________ (true). I don’t like the drinks in that café.

5. Now the air pollution is becoming much ___________ (serious) than before.

6. Yao Ming is 2.26 metres in ___________ (high).

7. Tom is _______________ (slim) boy in our class.

二、单项选择。

A. is; find B. are; find out C. is; work out D. are; look for

( ) 2. Why ________ you ________ like that? You look really very strange.

A. are; wore B. do; put on C. are; dressed D. do; dress

( ) 3. —Show me your homework, Dave. —Sorry, Mrs Brown. I’ve _______ it at home.

A. missed B. forgotten C. lost D. left

( ) 4. —What do you think of detective stories?

—They are _______ than romantic stories.

A. much more exciting B. more much exciting

C. much more excited D. more much excited

( ) 5. Tom is old enough to __________ himself.

A. put on B. wear C. dress D. take care

( ) 6. —Look! That is the woman________ I met yesterday. –Oh? She’s my aunt.

A. what B. who C. where D.when

( ) 7. You have just read the newspaper. Did you find____________ in it?

1. 
   nothing interesting B. interesting something
   

( 　 ) 8. —Could we meet each other at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning?

—Sorry, let’s make it _____ time.

A. other’s B. the other C. another D. other

( 　 ) 9. What _________ news it is! Nobody _________ it.

A. a surprising; believes B. surprising; believes

C. a surprised; believe D. surprised; believe

( ) 10. —I ________ the early bus and had to wait the next one. —Bad luck.