Unit 09 It's a Mystery

Unit 9 Page 84 READING exercise 4 THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE There are many unexplained mysteries in the world. How was the Great Pyramid at Giza built? Are there yetis in the Himalayas? Is there a monster in the depths of Loch Ness? Here are our favourites. A The octopuses that walked on land You might see an octopus hop from one rock pool to another, but in late October 2017, over 20 octopuses were seen coming out of the sea and moving along a beach in Wales. 'No one has ever seen anything like this before,' said one local. 'It's very odd behaviour.' So, why did it happen? Different experts have different opinions. One is that the octopuses were ill. Another is that two big storms a few days earlier had confused the octopuses and affected their senses. A third expert said: 'There's been an increase in the octopus population, So it might be the octopuses needed to travel further to find food.' B The giant stone balls There are hundreds of large stone balls in the Costa Rican jungle. Evidence shows that they must be at least 600 years old and some could date back to 200 BCE. The spheres are up to 2.4 metres in diameter and are almost perfectly round. They are also very heavy, with some of them weighing 16 tons. The stone itself comes from miles away, so it took a huge effort to move them. It's thought they probably had a religious purpose and some people suggest a connection with the sun. Others have even suggested that the balls were created by an alien life form. But no one really knows and the mystery continues. C The Solway spaceman In 1964, Jim Templeton from Carlisle took a photo of his daughter Elizabeth and was surprised to see in the photo a strange figure behind her that looked like an extraterrestrial spaceman. Jim took the photo with the mysterious figure to the police, and soon afterwards it appeared in the newspapers. Then one day, Jim was visited by two men who said they were government officials. They asked him to take them to the scene of the photograph. Who were they? Why were they interested? Some people say the figure in the photo must be Templeton's wife – the camera flash made her dress look bright white. Most people agree that the image is real but can't be a spaceman. What do you think? D The Voynich manuscript In 1639, Georgius Barschius from Prague told a friend that he had a mysterious book which might be about science or medicine. It was full of puzzling pictures and diagrams, and it was written in an unknown language. Today, the Voynich manuscript is over 600 years old and still no one can read it. It has been suggested that the mysterious writing could be based on an Arabic or Roma or Aztec language. Others say it must be a secret code, and many expert codebreakers have tried to crack it. Every year people think they have solved the mystery, but no one ever has. Page 85 PRONUNCIATION exercise 1 1 Do you know the mystery of Amelia Earhart? Yes – her disappearance is very mysterious! 2 Wow! That's a great photograph. Thanks! I'm really into photography. 3 If we go to this summer camp, we can do the course on navigation. But I already know how to navigate. Page 85 PRONUNCIATION exercise 3 1 Do you know the mystery of Amelia Earhart? Yes – her disappearance is very mysterious! 2 Wow! That's a great photograph. Thanks! I'm really into photography. 3 If we go to this summer camp, we can do the course on navigation. But I already know how to navigate.

第九单元 第84页 阅读练习4 真相就在那里 世界上有许多未解之谜。 吉萨大金字塔是如何建造的？ 喜马拉雅山上有雪人吗？ 尼斯湖深处有怪物吗？ 这是我们最喜欢的。 A在陆地上行走的章鱼 你可能会看到一只章鱼从一个岩石池跳到另一个，但在2017年10月下旬， 在威尔士的一个海滩上，有20多只章鱼从海里游了出来。 一位当地人说，以前从来没有人见过这样的事情。“这是非常奇怪的行为。” 那么，为什么会发生这种情况呢？ 不同的专家有不同的看法。 一是章鱼生病了。 另一个原因是，几天前的两场大风暴让章鱼感到困惑，影响了它们的感官。 第三位专家说：“章鱼的数量有所增加， 因此，章鱼可能需要走得更远才能找到食物。” B巨大的石球 哥斯达黎加丛林中有数百个大石头球。 证据表明，它们必须至少有600年的历史，有些可以追溯到公元前200年。 这些球体直径可达2.4米，几乎是完美的圆形。 它们也很重，其中一些重达16吨。 石头本身来自数英里之外，所以移动它们需要付出巨大的努力。 人们认为它们可能有宗教目的，有些人认为它们与太阳有关。 其他人甚至认为这些球是由外星生命形式创造的。 但没有人真正知道，谜团还在继续。 C索尔维太空人 1964年，卡莱尔的吉姆·坦普尔顿为女儿伊丽莎白拍了一张照片 在照片中，她惊讶地看到身后有一个奇怪的身影，看起来像一个外星宇航员。 吉姆把和那个神秘人物的照片交给了警察， 不久之后，它出现在报纸上。 然后有一天，两名男子拜访了吉姆，他们说自己是政府官员。 他们请他带他们去拍照现场。 他们是谁？他们为什么感兴趣？ 有人说照片中的人物一定是邓普顿的妻子—— 相机的闪光灯使她的裙子看起来很亮。 大多数人都认为这张照片是真实的，但不可能是宇航员。 你怎么认为？ D.伏尼契手稿 1639年，布拉格的Georgius Barschius告诉一位朋友，他有一本神秘的书 这可能是关于科学或医学的。 它充满了令人费解的图片和图表，而且是用一种未知的语言写的。 如今，伏尼契手稿已有600多年的历史，仍然没有人能读懂它。 有人认为，这种神秘的文字可能是基于阿拉伯语、罗姆语或阿兹特克语。 其他人说这一定是一个密码，许多专家密码破解者试图破解它。 每年人们都认为他们已经解开了这个谜，但从来没有人解开过。 第85页 拨款练习1 1你知道阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特的秘密吗？ 是的，她的失踪非常神秘！ 2哇！那是一张很棒的照片。 谢谢！我真的很喜欢摄影。 如果我们参加这个夏令营，我们可以学习航海课程。 但我已经知道如何导航了。 第85页 拨款练习3 1你知道阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特的秘密吗？ 是的，她的失踪非常神秘！ 2哇！那是一张很棒的照片。 谢谢！我真的很喜欢摄影。 如果我们参加这个夏令营，我们可以学习航海课程。 但我已经知道如何导航了。

Page 87 LISTENING exercise 7 and 8 The Case of the Mysterious Fall Mr Huntingdon was a strange man. He lived all alone in the huge ancient house that stood on the top of the hill. Apart from Mr Huntingdon, only one other person ever went into that house: his cleaning lady and housekeeper Mrs Crabtree. Mr Huntingdon wasn't a very nice man and he treated Mrs Crabtree like a slave: 'Close the curtains! People are always trying to look in, trying to watch me. I won't have it!' 'Shake out those carpets! They're full of deadly spiders.' 'Don't move that chair! All chairs must face south!' Mr Huntingdon was also a very secretive man and spent most of his time in the house. The only time he ever left his house was on Friday mornings, when he would leave home to visit the shop of a fortune-teller in town. Half an hour later, he'd leave the shop and return home. He never stopped to buy anything. He never spoke to anyone. One Friday, the fortune-teller had some terrible news for Mr Huntingdon. 'This weekend,' she told him, 'you will be killed by a fall.' It was an odd thing to be told, for sure, but Mr Huntingdon wasn't particularly worried. After all, this was why he visited the fortune-teller – so that he could make sure nothing bad would ever happen to him. Mr Huntingdon hurried home. He had a plan. 'How can I fall if I spend all weekend lying down?' he reasoned to himself. He got some rope and lay down in the middle of the floor of his enormous hallway. He called Mrs Crabtree. 'I want you to tie me to the floor,' he told her. 'I want you to tie me so that I can't move.' Mrs Crabtree did as she was told. Maybe she should have asked why, but she didn't. Mr Huntingdon would probably just have told her to mind her own business. When he was tightly tied to the floor, he told Mrs Crabtree to leave the house and lock the door behind her. He didn't need her this weekend and she wasn't to return until Monday morning. Mrs Crabtree left, leaving Mr Huntingdon smiling at how clever he was. He heard the door close and the key turn in the lock. Mrs Crabtree was gone. There was nothing but silence ... or was there? What was that sound? A sort of creaking – very quiet at first, but slowly getting louder. Mr Huntingdon looked up. Above him hung a huge chandelier. It was slowly, very, very slowly, starting to move. He suddenly knew he shouldn't have sent Mrs Crabtree home. He shouted out for her, screaming her name again and again. It was too late. She wouldn't be coming back for 48 hours. He tried to free his arms and legs, but it was no use. He wasn't going anywhere. All he could do was look up at the chandelier and wait ... Mrs Crabtree arrived at eight o'clock on Monday morning. She opened the door and saw the body of Mr Huntingdon lying under the huge chandelier. 'Oh dear,' she sighed. 'I should have had that fixed.'

第87页 听力练习7和8 神秘坠落案 亨廷顿先生是个奇怪的人。 他独自一人住在山顶上那座巨大的古房子里。 除了亨廷顿先生，只有另一个人进过那所房子：他的清洁工兼管家克拉布特里夫人。 Huntingdon先生不是一个很好的人，他对待Crabtree夫人就像对待奴隶一样： “把窗帘拉上！人们总是试图往里看，试图看着我。我不会接受的！” “把那些地毯抖掉！它们到处都是致命的蜘蛛。” 请勿移动那把椅子！所有的椅子都必须朝南！” 亨廷顿先生也是一个非常隐秘的人，大部分时间都在家里度过。 他唯一一次离开家是在星期五早上， 当他离开家去城里一家算命师的商店时。 半小时后，他会离开商店回家。 他从不停下来买东西。 他从未与任何人交谈过。 一个星期五，算命先生给亨廷顿先生带来了一些可怕的消息。 “这个周末，”她告诉他，“你会摔死的。” 当然，这听起来很奇怪，但亨廷登先生并不特别担心。 毕竟，这就是他拜访算命师的原因—— 这样他就可以确保不会有什么坏事发生在他身上。 亨廷顿先生匆匆赶回家。他有一个计划。 如果我整个周末都躺着，我怎么会摔倒呢？他自言自语道。 他拿了几根绳子，躺在他巨大走廊的地板中央。 他打电话给克拉布特里太太。 “我要你把我绑在地板上，”他告诉她。 “我要你把我捆起来，这样我就动不了了。” 克拉布特里太太照她说的做了。 也许她应该问为什么，但她没有。 亨廷顿先生可能会告诉她管好自己的事。 当他被紧紧地绑在地板上时， 他让克拉布特里太太离开家，把门锁上。 这个周末他不需要她，她要到周一早上才能回来。 克拉布特里太太走了，留下亨廷顿先生微笑着看着他多么聪明。 他听见门关上了，钥匙在锁里转动。 克拉布特里太太走了。 除了沉默，什么也没有。..还是在那里？那是什么声音？ 一种吱吱声——起初很安静，但慢慢地变得更响了。 亨廷登先生抬起头来。他头顶悬挂着一盏巨大的枝形吊灯。 它慢慢地，非常，非常缓慢地，开始移动。 他突然意识到，他不应该送克拉布特里太太回家。 他大声喊着她，一遍又一遍地喊着她的名字。 太晚了。她48小时后才会回来。 他试图挣脱胳膊和腿，但无济于事。他哪儿也不去。 他所能做的就是抬头看着枝形吊灯等着。.. 克拉布特里夫人星期一早上八点到达。 她打开门，看见亨廷顿先生的尸体躺在巨大的枝形吊灯下。 “哦，天哪，”她叹了口气。“我应该把它修好的。”

Page 88 READING exercise 2 THE DRESS It goes without saying that people love optical illusions – they've always been popular in books and pictures. Now, with social media, we've gone one step further and everyone is sharing these puzzling illusions. Here's one that really went down a storm with people all round the world. Is it blue and black, or white and gold? Which two colours would you go for? This is the story of how an ordinary dress became an internet sensation. You can't have missed it! The mother of a bride sent her daughter a photo of a dress that she was planning to wear to the wedding and it started an argument between the daughter, her fiance and their friends. Some of them saw the dress as white and gold while others saw it as blue and black. How weird is that? One friend posted the photo on the internet and the social media world went crazy. Within a week, the photo went viral and more than 10 million tweets mentioned the dress, using hashtags such as #thedress, #whiteandgold and #blueandblack. The retailer confirmed that the actual colour of the dress was blue and black, but the debate went on. So why did people see the dress so differently? After reviewing the photo, scientists had some answers. The photo wasn't very clear, so when it was taken the dress could have been in shadow or in the light. And the lighting may have been natural daylight (which is blueish) or from an electric light (which is yellowish). That's important, because our brain depends on the light to decide what colour things really are. A group of researchers set up an online study to find out more. The study went well, as 8,000 people responded and the results were interesting. There was a big difference between 'larks', who get up early and spend a lot of time in daylight, and 'owls', who stay up late and are more used to artificial light. Larks usually saw the dress as white and gold and owls usually saw it as blue and black. However, the researchers say that there might have been other reasons for the difference. The study showed that it wasn't important where people lived or what time of day they viewed the photo. But the size of their screen made a difference – people who saw the dress on a bigger screen were more likely to see it as white and gold. Also, women were a bit more likely than men to see it as white and gold. It seems there's still a lot to learn about how we see colours! One thing is certain. As a result of all this attention on social media, sales of the dress went up dramatically. The retailer produced the dress in white and gold as well as blue and black and they must have made a lot of money!

第88页 阅读练习2 连衣裙 不用说，人们喜欢视觉错觉—— 它们在书籍和图片中一直很受欢迎。 现在，有了社交媒体，我们又向前迈进了一步，每个人都在分享这些令人困惑的幻想。 这是一场真正席卷全球的风暴。 它是蓝色和黑色的，还是白色和金色的？ 你会选择哪两种颜色？ 这是一个普通连衣裙如何在互联网上引起轰动的故事。 你不可能错过的！ 一位新娘的母亲送给女儿一张婚纱照 她打算穿去参加婚礼 这引发了女儿、未婚夫和他们的朋友之间的争吵。 他们中的一些人认为这件衣服是白色和金色的，而另一些人则认为它是蓝色和黑色的。 这有多奇怪？ 一位朋友在网上发布了这张照片，社交媒体世界疯了。 一周内，这张照片在网上疯传，超过1000万条推特提到了这件衣服， 这家零售商证实，这件衣服的实际颜色是蓝色和黑色，但争论仍在继续。 那么，为什么人们对这件衣服的看法如此不同呢？ 在审查了这张照片后，科学家们有了一些答案。 照片不是很清楚， 所以当它被拍摄时，这件衣服可能是在阴影中，也可能是在光线下。 照明可能是自然光 （蓝色）或来自电灯（黄色）。 这很重要，因为我们的大脑依靠光线来决定事物的真实颜色。 一组研究人员建立了一项在线研究来了解更多信息。 这项研究进展顺利，8000人做出了回应，结果很有趣。 “百灵鸟”之间有很大的区别， 他们早起，白天花很多时间，还有“猫头鹰”， 他们熬夜，更习惯人造光。 百灵鸟通常认为这件衣服是白色和金色的，猫头鹰通常认为它是蓝色和黑色的。 然而，研究人员表示，这种差异可能还有其他原因。 研究表明，人们住在哪里，或者他们在一天中的什么时间看照片并不重要。 但他们的屏幕尺寸却有所不同—— 在大屏幕上看到这件衣服的人更有可能看到它是白色和金色的。 此外，女性比男性更有可能将其视为白色和金色。 关于我们如何看待颜色，似乎还有很多东西要学！ 有一件事是肯定的。 由于社交媒体上的关注，这件衣服的销量急剧上升。 这家零售商生产了白色和金色的连衣裙 除了蓝色和黑色，他们一定赚了很多钱！

Page 90 Fiction exercise 2 and 3 Wild Country by Margaret Johnson Chapter l The flower market mistake The woman in the red dress was holding some large yellow flowers to her face. Behind her, there were lots more flowers – big flowers, small flowers, flowers of every possible colour. I was very pleased Id got up early to see Nice's famous flower market. It was beautiful, and it helped me to forget that I wasn't going to have a nice day. Or a nice ten days. Grant Cooper! Grant Cooper! I couldn't believe I was going to work with that man for ten days. It was going to be horrible. But I wouldn't think about it until I had to. And here, in the market, I could almost forget. There was colour all around me – not just the flowers, but also the people buying them in their summer clothes. Even the buildings behind the market were colourful – red and orange with blue windows. What a lovely picture it would make, if I only had my paints with me. But I did have a pencil somewhere. I could do a quick drawing. I still had a few minutes before I had to leave for the airport. I found the pencil in the bottom of my shoulder bag, together with an old letter. Soon my pencil was moving quickly over the back of the letter as I began to draw the woman in the red dress. She was smelling some red flowers now, and her hair was very blonde in the sunshine. As I drew what I saw, I quickly forgot about everything else. The woman buying the flowers obviously knew the flower seller. They were talking and laughing together, and I had lots of time to work on my picture. I don't know how long I stood there. I only know that the next time I looked at my watch, it was nine o'clock. Nine o'clock! I only had thirty minutes to get to the airport. Oh no, I was going to be late. Again. But before I could put the pencil and paper back into my bag, I felt something soft against my legs. It was a small brown dog, and he was on his own. 'Hello, boy,' I said. 'Are you lost?' The dog seemed to smile up at me, and I reached out to touch it. The dog smiled again, and then ... it bit me! I screamed and jumped quickly back from the dog. Too quickly. There was a very loud crash behind me. 'Mademoiselle!' shouted an angry voice. I turned round to see flowers all over the ground. 'I'm sorry,' I said. 'That dog – it bit me!' 'What dog?' asked the angry flower seller. 'Well, that one,' I said, but when I looked down, the dog had disappeared. 'It was here a minute ago,' I said, turning to look. Unfortunately, I turned so quickly that my shoulder bag flew through the air and crashed into some more flowers. 'Mademoiselle!' shouted the flower seller again. 'I'm sorry,' I started to say, but then I noticed that things were about to get even worse. A river of dirty water from the flowers was moving very quickly towards the blonde woman's expensive white summer shoes. 'Madame!' I shouted, but it was too late. 'My shoes!' cried the blonde woman. 'My flowers!' cried the flower seller. I held my hand up to show what the dog had done. 'My finger!' I cried, but neither the flower seller nor the blonde woman was interested in my hurt finger.

第90页 虚构练习2和3 玛格丽特·约翰逊的《荒野》 第一章花卉市场的错误 那个穿红裙子的女人拿着一些黄色的大花在脸上。 在她身后，有更多的花——大花、小花、各种颜色的花。 我很高兴我早起去尼斯著名的花市。 它很美，它让我忘记了我不会有美好的一天。 或者一个美好的十天。格兰特·库珀！格兰特·库珀！ 我简直不敢相信我要和那个人一起工作十天。 这将是可怕的。 但除非迫不得已，否则我不会去想它。 在这里，在市场上，我几乎忘了。 我周围到处都是颜色——不仅仅是花朵， 而且还有那些穿着夏装购买它们的人。 甚至市场后面的建筑也是五颜六色的——红色和橙色，蓝色的窗户。 如果我只带上我的颜料，那会是一幅多么可爱的画啊。 但我确实在某个地方有一支铅笔。 我可以快速画画。 在我必须去机场之前，我还有几分钟的时间。 我在肩包底部找到了铅笔，还有一封旧信。 很快，我的铅笔在信的背面快速移动 我开始画那个穿红裙子的女人。 她现在闻到了一些红花的味道，在阳光下，她的头发是金色的。 当我画我所看到的东西时，我很快就忘记了其他一切。 买花的女人显然认识卖花的人。 他们一起谈笑风生， 我有很多时间来画我的画。 我不知道我在那里站了多久。 我只知道下次我看手表时，已经九点了。九点钟！ 我只有三十分钟的时间去机场。 哦，不，我本来要迟到的。再一次。 但还没来得及把铅笔和纸放回包里，我就感觉到有什么东西柔软地碰到了我的腿。 那是一只棕色的小狗，它只能靠自己。 “你好，孩子，”我说。“你迷路了吗？” 狗似乎对我微笑，我伸手去摸它。 狗又笑了，然后。..它咬了我！ 我尖叫起来，迅速从狗身边跳了回来。 太快了。我身后传来一声巨响。 “小姐！一个愤怒的声音喊道。 我转过身，看到地上到处都是花。 “对不起，”我说。“那条狗咬了我！” “什么狗？卖花的人生气地问。 “好吧，就是那只，”我说，但当我往下看时，那只狗不见了。 “一分钟前还在这里，”我转身看了看。 不幸的是，我转得太快了，我的肩包在空中飞了起来，撞上了更多的花。 “小姐！卖花人又喊道。 “对不起，”我开始说，但后来我注意到事情会变得更糟。 一条从花里流出来的脏水流得很快 走向那位金发女子昂贵的白色夏季鞋。 “夫人！我喊道，但为时已晚。 “我的鞋！金发女人喊道。 “我的花！卖花的人喊道。 我举起手来展示狗做了什么。 “我的手指！我哭了， 但卖花的人和那个金发女人都对我受伤的手指不感兴趣。