No more mystery in Bell Tower neighborhood
We now know what was happening in Bell Tower Neighborhood.
The director of the local zoo says that three monkeys escaped from the zoo and ran into the very quiet Bell Tower neighborhood. These days they caused many strange things in the neighborhood and everyone was unhappy.
Zhou Gu, the local school teacher was extremely worried. He said that every night they heard strange noises outside their window. His wife thought that it could be an animal, but his friends and he thought it must be teenagers having fun. His parents called the police, but they couldn’t find anything strange. They thought it might be the wind.
Zhou’s next door neighbor Qi Hui was unhappy too. At first, he thought it might be a dog, but he couldn’t see a dog and he still heard the noises outside.
Everyone in our neighborhood was worried, and everyone had his or her ideas. There must be something visiting the homes in our neighborhood, but what was it?
Now everyone knows it was the three monkeys who escaped from the zoo running into the very quiet Bell Tower neighborhood and caused the many strange things.
4 Doing groupwork
Tell your classmates about a recent dream and let them guess what the dream might mean. Use Must, might, could and can’t for making inferences.
A: In my dream, I was swimming in an ocean of paper.
B: Maybe it means you’re afraid of too much homework.
A: In my dream, I was running down the street.
B: Maybe it means you’re afraid of something strange.
A: In my dream, I was running for exercise.
B: Maybe it means you’re afraid of being ill.
A: In my dream, I was wearing a suit in the daytime.
B: Maybe it means you’re afraid of being late for work.
A: In my dream, I was looking kind of scared.
B: Maybe it means you saw something strange in the sky yesterday morning.
A: In my dream, I saw a UFO was landing.
B: Maybe it means you wanted to go to the sky.
A: In my dream, I found an alien chasing me!
B: Maybe it means you are fond of making a movie!
Closing down by writing a newspaper article
Here are some pictures. Look at them and write a newspaper article. Use Must, might, could and can’t for making inferences.
SELF CHECK
1 Filling the blanks
On page 39 you will see 5 sentences. Now read them and fill in each blank with a correct word given. Make necessary changes to the form.
Then make your own sentence with each word.
(Key: 1. favorite 2. careful 3. worried 4. anxious 5. strange)
Your own sentences might be:
1. I’m very anxious about it.
2. These days, everyone is extremely worried about the weather.
3. We hear strange noises outside our classroom.
4. You are not very careful of the aliens swimming in the river.
fun.
5. My parents are my favorite teachers of English.
2 Read the proverbs and tell what they mean. Use Must, might, could and can’t for making inferences.
1. One finger cannot lift a small stone. Maybe it means only one person alone can’t do a thing very well.
2. When an ant says “ocean”, he’s talking about a small pool. Maybe it means different persons might have different understanding of the same thing.
3. It is less of a problem to be poor than to be dishonest. Maybe it means being dishonest could be worse than being poor.
4. Be careful of the person who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark. Maybe
It must belong to Carla