- Are you excited for Halloween?
- Are you superstitious?
- Have you seen any shows or movies about the paranormal?
Listening
- (0:00 to 2:10) Which new household appliance was responsible for the haunting?
- (2:10 to 3:20) Which bug is responsible for scary images caught on camera?
- (3:20 to end) Where can the Marfa Lights be seen?
Key Words & Phrases (0:00 to 2:10)
- From _____ to _____ to _____,
- Spooky ghosts
- UFOs
- Mysterious floating lights
- Paranormal
- Creepiest campfire stories
- Debunked
- Careful observations
- Scientists looked into something strange and found a perfectly rational – although in some cases, still very unsettling – scientific explanation for it.
- Supposedly-haunted
- Waves of fear or shivers
- Terrifying grey apparition
- Corner of [his] eye
- Also happened to be a fencer
- Clamp
- Vibrating
- Traced back to
- Resonant frequency
- Studies have shown that
- Uneasiness and dizziness
- Affect your sense of balance
Key Words & Phrases (2:10 to 3:20)
- Long, rod-like
- Multiple sets of
- Passed off as
- Interdimensional
- The creation of these ghostly images have to do with how cameras work.
- Beat their wings
- One frame
- Field of view
- As cool as they sound, and as cool as it would be
Key Words & Phrases (3:20 to end)
- Horizon
- Hovering
- Blinking
- Shed some light on the situation
- Atmosphere reflecting headlights
- There was a direct relationship between…
- Correspond to
- You’d think it would be pretty easy to tell whether…
- Magnified
- Shimmer
- Mirage
- Density
- Temperature inversion
- Replicated
- All you need are the right questions and a healthy dose of skepticism.
Discussion
- Do you have any spooky stories?
- Do you think that everything has a rational explanation?
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Practice talking about the cause and effect of each of these three examples, for example:
- _____ has/have to do with _____.
- _____ is responsible for _____.