Unit 2 Iconic Attractions Reading for writing 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第四册

UNIT 2 ICONIC ATTRACTIONS Describe an iconic animal At the end of this lesson, I’ll be able to: read a passage about the amazing animals of Australia and learn to describe an iconic animal be able to use rhetorical devices to arouse readers’ interest in your writing Watch the video and count how many amazing animals of Australia you find. Do you know their names? The Amazing Animals of Australia Read the subheadings and the first sentence, then complete the blanks. well-known few people know koala: cute but _________ kangaroo: symbol of the country Tasmanian devil: ____________ duck-billed platypus: _______ eggs sensitive lay a little creature THE AMAZING ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA 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? After they are about seven or eight months old and when they begin to jump. They can hit and kick very hard. 3. What do koalas spend most of their time doing? They spend quite a lot of time eating, sleeping, and hanging onto tree trunks. 4. Why has the government made it against the law to handle koalas? Interaction with humans can cause them a lot of stress. 5. What two things about Tasmanian devils can bother people most? 6. What do Tasmanian devils like to eat? The noise they make could wake the dead and they have a terrible smell. Their diet is mostly dead animals. 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? It lays eggs in a nest like a bird. It finds food in the water by using electrical sensors in its bill. Mind-map about Kangaroo Kangaroo Features: look cute Babies: weigh 2g at birth Uniqueness: Relationship with humans: What are the unusual aspects of the animals that the writer / Dr Jim Smith mentions in each part? Why does he focus on those aspects? Read the text again. What rhetorical devices does