本章主要分为四部分，即热身活动与课文背景介绍，文本赏析，文本语言点的理解与运用，以及拓展阅读与思考活动，本单元的知识结构如下图所示。

Warm-up

●Horror stories

●The Vocabulary of the horror stories

●Do You Know?

Background Information

●Author

●Button, Button & The Box

●Science fiction

●Lenox Hill Hospital

●Life insurance policy

●Chart of a life insurance

Text Analysis

1. Theme

2. Structure

3. Questions

4. Discussion

Writing Devices

Language Study

1. Word Study

Appall / authentic / define / dome / eccentric / smash / stiffen / swallow / vague / whirl / impulsive / indemnity / nonetheless / repress / scoff

2. Phrases and Expressions

be sealed with / pick up / be locked in place / of all the nerve / make a sound / get involved in / draw back / get worked up over

3. Grammar

Past participle as attributive modifier

1) Misplace participle phrases

2) Dangle participle phrases

3) Forms of past participles –t / -ed

4. Word Formation

1. Prefix: sub-

2. Suffix: -ish

3. Suffix: -age

Extension

1. Oral Work

2. Quizzes

3. Writing

4. Listening Lab