Unit 1 Reading

If you saw a UFO or an alien some day, what would you do?

UFO

E.T.

Famous film: ET

Boy missing, police puzzled

?A boy is missing,

and the police are puzzled.

Title:

The title of a news story is usually incomplete.

Feature( 特征 )

（不完整的）

Reading strategy for news articlesReading strategy for news articles:

Read title + Look at pictures/ charts

Predict(预测 )

Read first paragraph/ the lead

for details

Read the rest paragraphs

What do you think has

happened to the boy?

Imagination-before readingWhere or how was the boy missing?

leaving home

kidnapping（绑架）

murder

drowning （溺水）

being taken away by aliens

……

• 1. What is the article about?

It is about a missing boy/UFOs and aliens.

• 2. Who is missing?

Justin Foster.• 3.Do the police know what happened to

Justin?

No, they don’t know.

Paragraph 1: Find the following

• When?

• Where?

• Who?

• What?

• How?

• Why?

two days ago

Dover, New HampshireJustin Foster, a

15-year-old boy

went missing

show great interest

sightings of puzzling lights & reports of alien visits

Main Idea

Careful - Reading

Supporting details:I. Paragraph 2 and find:

Main Idea:

Supporting details:

1)Mrs. Foster thought_____________________________

_________.

2)Mr. Foster was surprised___________________________

___________________________.

3)The next day Justin Foster______________________________.

Justin Foster went missing.

he was spending the night with a friend

that his son did not tell anyone that he was staying out late.

didn’t show up at the family lunch

Paragraph 3&4:

Main Idea:

Supporting details:

1) Justin’s friends said__________________

__________________

_________ .

2) Witnesses said_______________________

_________________.

3)Kelly heard__________________________

________________________.

The police found that Justin returned home.

Justin went home after playing baseball with them.

they saw Justin walking towards his home

him put on his favorite CD after he went to his room.

Paragraph5-7:

Main Idea:

Supporting details:

1)Kelly saw____________________ outside.

2)Kelly heard______________.

3)Mavis Wood said _________took her away

so that they could do

____________ on her.

The boy may be taken away by the aliens

a large spaceship flying

Justin shout

the aliens

research

Read the text again carefully. Finish

the following tasks.

Reading Comprehension---

Reading Comprehension---C1

1. Where does Justin Foster live?2. Why did Justin’s mother go to bed early?3. What sports does Justin play?4. What time did the witnesses see Justin walking

home?5. Does Justin have any brothers and sisters?6. What colour were the aliens?7. Who else has been taken by the alien?8. Who is in charge of the case?

How well did you understand the details in the story?Read it again and answer the following questions: He lives in Dover, New Hampshire.

Justin’s mother went to bed early because of a headache.

He plays baseball.

At 10:45 p.m.

He has a sister.

They were white.

Mavis Wood has been taken by aliens.

Detective Sam Peterson was in charge of the case.

1 puzzled (title)

2 due to (line 6)

3 show up (line 23)

4 witnesses (line 32)

5 nightmares (line 68)

6 rule out (line 73)

7 make up (line 76)

8 convincing (line 81)

a. say that something is not possible

b. making people believe something is true

c. frightening or unpleasant dreams

d. because ofe. appear or arrivef. invent (a story)g. unable to understandh. people who saw an accident

and can describe it to others

Reading Comprehension---DFind these new words in the article. Guess their meanings from the context. Then match them with the correct definitions.

Reading Comprehension---EJustin’s sister Kelly is writing about Justin in her diary. Help her complete the diary entry.nightmare aliens bad witnesses murdered favourite Justin not puzzled creatures

26th SeptemberJustin has been missing for two week now. I miss him a lot. I’m worried that something ____________ has happened to him. I’m sure he came home that night at around 11 p.m. I heard him put on his __________CD. I wonder where the ___________ with large black eyes have taken him.

favourite aliens

bad

nightmare aliens bad witnesses murdered favourite Justin not puzzled creaturesMavis told me that _______ from outer space took her away a few years ago. They did some research on her. The whole experience was very frightening, just like a _________, but at least they returned her home. I hope they will return __________ soon.The police are __________ making much progress. They are very _________. Now they are searching for other _______. They say Justin might have been _________. Dad is very disappointed with them. He thinks they are not doing their job properly. Mum is really worried too. She can’t sleep well. I hope Justin will come home soon and tell us what happened to him. I want all of us to be together again.

nightmareJustin/him

creatures

notpuzzled

witnesses

murdered

Aaron Smith (from BBC)

Can you tell me what

happened that night?

Can you tell me what

happened that night? Mr. Foster

Mrs. Foster

Kelly

Practice :

Homework:

Try to write Justin Foster’s story down, and tell it to the others.

Finish off Workbook Exercises A1 & B1.

Preview Word Power.