Unit 2 Using language 课件-2021-2022学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

U N I T 2 Period 3 :Describe an iconic animal To know some typical animals in Australia; To deepen the reading skills, such as summarizng,skimming and scanning; To describe an iconic animal. 1.What is special about the kangaroo? A.It has a wide distribution in Australia. B.It can survive in a difficult environment. C.The baby kangaroo can learn to jump. D.It can’t walk backwards. D 2.What do we know about the Tasmanian devils? A.They look very cute. B.It is against the law to touch them. C.They make loud noises when fighting or eating. D.They often attack people near them. C 3.Which of the animals can seldom be seen in the daytime? A.The Koala. B.The kangaroo. C.The Tasmanian devil. D.The duck-billed platypus. C 4.How do duck-billed platypuses find food? A.By using their sense of sight. B.By using their sense of smell. C.By using their sense of touch. D.By using electrical sensors. D Amazing distributes tough individuals panic safety dead violent mammal capacity Amazing Read the text and then answer the questions. 1. When do baby kangaroos begin to spend less time with their mothers? 2. Why shouldn’t you try to pet a wild kangaroo? 3. What do koalas spend most of their time doing? 4. Why has the government made it against the law to handle koalas? 5. What two things about Tasmanian devils can bother people most? 6. What do Tasmanian devils like to eat? 7. What makes the way duck-billed platypuses give birth so different from the other mammals? 8. What is the unique way used by duck-billed platypuses to find food? Read the text again. How does the writer describe these animals? Find at least three rhetorical devices the writer uses to arouse the readers' interest. simile 明喻 metaphor 暗喻 metonymy 借喻 allusion 引喻 personification 拟人 hyperbole 夸张 课文语法填空 The kangaroo is 1. symbol of Australia,as it has a wide 2. (distribute) throughout the country.However,encounters 3. cute kangaroos don’t always end so well because they can hit and kick very hard. Koalas are really quite