【正文】 flying outside. It had blue lights all around it, and there were many windows. Standing inside were lots of strange creatures with white skin and large black eyes. I was frightened!’ Kelly said that the spaceship then moved around to the side of the house, towards her brother39。t seen Justin since. I39。 said Mavis Wood. 39。t been sleeping well since I returned home. I think Justin was taken away by them, too.’ When asked about the possibility that Justin was taken by aliens, Detective Sam Peterson, who has taken charge of the case, told journalists, ‘Sometimes people make up such amazing stories. There’s really no hard evidence that aliens took him. So, while we are looking into other possibilities as well. We will not give up until we find out what happened.’ 1. step up 2. search 3. due to 4. witness 5. assume 6. occur 7. show up 8. possibility 9. make 短語 First period Listen and learn: Listen to the wordlist and try to learn the words and phrases by heart. ◆ Step 1: ◆ Step 2: Personal show ●Task 1: Give the following words’ Chinese meaning step up due to show up look into belong to make one’s way to take charge of make up tale n. witness n. νt. assume vt. construction n. possibility n. evidence n. enthusiastic adj. mystery n. discount n. tournament n. attack vt. amp。 vt. Step 3: Text reading Listen to the text and then finish the following sentences ●Task 1: Fill in the blanks according to the text 1. This incident ___________________ (已引起人們的極大關(guān)注 ) due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared. 2. That39。 Homework: 1. Read the text 2. Try to recite the sentences in step Boy missing, police puzzled Boy missing Justin Foster went The found that Justin did return home that night. People think the boy was taken away by Ms. Foster thought that he might stay with his , but he did not turn up. Justin’s friends said that Justin went home after playing with them. 6. ____ saw Justin walking towards his home at 10:. Kelly heard him put on his favorite after he went to his room. Mavis Wood said that the aliens took her away to do scientific on her. Kelly saw a large spaceship outside, and heard Justin shout. Police puzzled People think Justin was taken away by aliens No 3Task 1 Second period Step 1: Personal show Write down the words according to the definition 1. on or onto a ship, plane, bus or train 2. get control of 3. arrive or appear 4. information that gives a reason for believing sth or proves sth 5. think that something is true without having the facts 6. the fact that something might be true 7. increase the amount of speed of something 8. someone who has seen something happen 9. bee lost or impossible to find 10. continue to live or exist 11. remove sb (especial an employee) from a position 12. amount of money taken off the cost of sth 13. make sb feel certain。 inspect closely 15. quality of being amusing or ic Step 2: Language focus ◆ 1. step up 加緊 ,加強 ,促進 知識探究： We decided to step up production to try to meet the increased ,以盡量滿足日益增長的需求。 歸納整理： 題練落實： 1. After graduating from a medical college, Mary ____ her job as a doctor in her hometown. A. set out B. step up C. show up D. took up 2. He has been _______ his training to prepare for the race. A. made up B. taken up C. stepping up D. making up 聯(lián)想拓寬：有關(guān) step的常見短語： take steps 采取措施 step by step 一步步地；逐漸地 step out 出去 ◆ 2. search vt. amp。. ,搜集 ,搜查 知識探究： The police searched the criminal to see if he had a gun. 警察搜查那罪犯 ,看他有沒有槍。ve searched out some of your favorite recipes. 我們找出了你喜歡的幾個菜譜。 I have searched everywhere for my glasses. 我到處翻遍了找我的眼鏡。 題練落實： 1. The concerned parents and teachers went into the forest ____ the missing children. A. search for B. in search of C. search of D. in search for 2. Many young people left their hometown for big cities ________ better jobs. A. in favour of B. in search of C. in charge of D. in honour of 3. For over 100 years, men have been ____ gold in the hills,but they have ____ nothing so far. A. searching。 searched of C. searching for。 search out 聯(lián)想拓寬： search, search for, in search of search是及物動詞 ,意為 搜尋 ,賓語若是人 ,指搜身 。 search for 是動詞短語 ,意為 搜尋 ,查找 。 in search of 是介詞短語 ,意為 尋找 ,在句中可作狀語、定語、表語、賓語補足語等 ,還可表達為 in the/one39。 預(yù)期 。 Your rent is due to be paid. 你的房租到期該付了。 The train is due to arrive in five minutes. 火車預(yù)定在 5 分鐘之后到達。 was due to B. due to。 has due to D. is due to。t have to worry about them. A. possible B. due C. necessary D. bound 聯(lián)想拓寬： due to, thanks to, because of, owing to due to由于 ,作表語或狀語 ,一般不直于句首。 because of 因為 ,由于 ,用作 狀語。 Our success is due to our parents and teachers. 我們的成功歸功于我們的父母和老師。 The sports meeting has been put off because of the heavy ,運動會被 延期了。 ◆ 4. witness 。證據(jù) 。 He witnessed the accident on the highway. 他目睹了高速公路上的那場事故。 歸納整理： 題練落實： 1. After the explosion, the police did a lot of work to find out some clues from the _____. A. lookerson B. viewers C. people D. witnesses 2. Many people ______ the car accident, so it was not difficult to investigate. A. witnessed B. harnessed C. swallowed D. drugged 3. The defence lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the _____ of the murder mitted last month. A. observers B. viewers C. witnesses D. audiences 4. The successful launch of Shenzhou Ⅶ is a powerful ____ to our country