Unit 7 The unknown world
1. Reading
Aliens arrive!
Tina woke up at midnight. She looked out of her window and saw a yellow light in the sky. It suddenly dived towards the ground. She heard a noise and saw a red light.
The next morning, Tina mentioned it to her brother Tom. \"I'm sure something landed in the forest near the hills as I heard noise last night,\" she said.
\"Let's explore after school.\"
At 6 p.m., Tina and Tom reached the forest. They heard some voices speaking a strange language, so they hid behind some bushes and kept quiet. Then they saw an alien! It was tall, with a round head and a silver body. It was standing next to a long spaceship. The spaceship was damaged because of a crash.
The children were frightened. Suddenly, another alien appeared from the bushes in front of them. It discovered them and made a terrible noise! The children ran away in fear.
The next morning, Tina and Tom told their parents about the strange creatures. \"They were very ugly. They had some hair, but they didn't have any feathers,\" said Tina.
\"There was something written on the spaceship,\" said Tom. \"It looked like this. I wonder what it means.\" He drew some lines on a piece of paper.
But Dad said, \"Since no one else saw these aliens, I refuse to believe you. Now
go to school!\"
The children spread their wings and flew to school together.
Dad looked at the piece of paper with the strange marks on it. \"It looks strange,\" he said, as he looked at the word \"EARTH\".
外星人到来！
蒂娜在午夜醒来。她向窗外看去，看到了天空中一道黄色的光。它突然向地面落下。她听到一个吵声并看到了一道红光。
第二天早上，蒂娜对她的弟弟汤姆提起这件事。她说：“昨晚当我听到一个大的吵声时，我确定有东西落在了山附近的树林里。”
“让我们放学后去探索一下吧。”
下午六点，蒂娜和汤姆到达了树林。他们听到一些说着奇怪语言的说话声，所以他们躲在一些灌木丛后，不出声。然后他们看到一个外星人！它个子高大，头圆圆的，身体是银色的。它正站在一个长长的太空飞船的旁边。由于撞击，太空飞船被毁坏了。
孩子们感到害怕。突然，另一个外星人从他们前面的灌木丛出现了。它发现了他们并发出了一声可怕的噪声！孩子们害怕地跑开了。
第二天早上，蒂娜和汤姆告诉他们的父母关于这些奇怪的生物的事情。蒂娜说：\"他们长得很丑，他们有毛发，但是没有任何的羽毛。\"
汤姆说：\"太空船上面写了一些字，看起来像这样。我想知道那是什么意思。\"他在纸上画了一些线。
但是爸爸说：\"既然没有其他的人看到这些外星人，我拒绝相信你们。现在去上学！\"
孩子们撒开双腿，一起跑着去上学了。
爸爸看着那张上面有奇怪标志的纸。当他看着这个字\"地球\"的时候，他说：\"看起来很奇怪。\" 2.More practice
UFO
Many people say they have UFOs. Here is one famous story. It is called the Roswell Incident and it happened in the US in 1947.
Person A (name not given): My wife and I were sitting outside because it was a warm night. Suddenly we saw something very bright flying through the sky.
Person B (William Brazel, a farmer): I found some pieces of strange metal on my farm. I called the army. Major Marcel came and collected the pieces. He told me not to talk to anyone about this.
Person C (Major Marcel): I went and collected the pieces. I gave them to an army expert. He said the pieces came from a weather balloon. However, since I have not seen this kind of metal before, I think this was a lie.
Person D (name not given): My parents and I were in the countryside. Suddenly we saw a silver spaceship on the side of the hill. There were the bodies of three aliens lying on the grass. Then some soldiers came and told us to leave.
So what is the truth?
Perhaps some or all of the people lied.
Perhaps a US rocket crashed and people thought it had come from space. Perhaps an alien spaceship really crashed in Roswell.
不明飞行物
许多人说他们看到过不明飞行物。这有一个著名的故事。人们称之为罗斯维尔事件，它发生在1947年的美国。
人物A（姓名未知）：因为那晚天气热，我的妻子和我正坐在外面。突然我们看到有个十分明亮的东西飞过天空。
人物B（威廉·布雷泽尔，农民）：我在我的农场发现一些奇怪的金属。我给打电话了。马塞尔少校来收集这些碎片。他告诉我不要和任何人谈起这件事。
人物C（马塞尔少校）：我去那收集了碎片。我把它们给了一个军事专家。他说这些金属来自于气象探测气球。然而，由于我以前没有见到过这种金属，我认为这是一个谎言。
人物D（姓名未知）：我的父母和我正坐在院子里。突然我们看到一个银色的太空飞船在山的那边。有三个外星人的尸体躺在草地上。然后一些士兵来了，告诉我们离开那里。
那么是什么呢？
也许他们中的一些或者全部人都在撒谎。 也许美国的火箭坠毁了，人们认为它来自于太空。 也许一个外星太空飞船真的在罗斯维尔坠毁了。
