Unit 8 It must belong to Carla. Section A （3a-3c）（讲解课件PPT）-【优翼·学练优】2023-2024学年九年级上册初三英语同步备课（人教新目标版）

优翼英语教学课件（RJ） Go for it! 九年级（上） Section A (3a-3c) Unit 8 It must belong to Carla. Learning Goals Key words & phrases: happening, noise, policeman, wolf, uneasy Key sentences: 1. My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. 2. So, I guess it can’t be a dog. But then, what could it be? Students can make inference about something they don’t know. Words & Expressions happening noise policeman wolf uneasy n. 事件；发生的事情（常指不寻常的） n. 声音；噪音 n. 男警察 n. 狼 adj. 担心的；不安的 Warming up Group work What’s this sound? What might be happening? sound 1 sound 2 sound 3 sound 4 How do you feel when you hear a strange sound? your feeling nervous worried scared uneasy curious excited Pre-reading Look at the picture and answer the questions. When is it? What is the woman looking at? How might the woman feel? Read the article and think about: What’s happening in the town? We live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be very quiet. Nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days, something unusual is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is really nervous. When he was interviewed by the town newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange noises outside our window. My wife thinks that it could be an animal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parents called the policemen, but they couldn’t find anything strange. They think it might be the wind. I don’t think so!” Victor’ s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too. “At first, I thought that it might be a dog, but I couldn’ t see a dog, or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be a dog. But then, what could it be?” One woman in the area saw something running away, but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was too big to be a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.” Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone has his or her own ideas. There must