Lesson 17课件2022-2023学年冀教版八年级英语下册

Unit 3 Lesson 17 Animals Are Our Friends Save the Tigers save the tiger 拯救，救援 save money 省钱，存钱 save water 节水 To know the urgency of protecting tigers To use the following words and expressions correctly: century, courage, brave, reason, kill, cut, at the beginning of…, drop to, food chain, in balance, in danger, cut down, as well century fur symbol courage brave chain n. 世纪 n. （兽类的）毛 n. 标志，象征 n. 勇气，胆量 adj. 勇敢的，无畏的 n. 链子；链条 Words and Expressions balance reason disappear kill cut decrease n. 平衡，平稳 n. 原因，动机，理由 v. 消失，失踪 v. 杀死 v. 砍，切，剪，割 v. 使……变小；减少 Words and Expressions century 100years Now we are in the 21st century. fur The haven't got much fur yet. puppies dove The is the symbol of peace. brave If you’re ready to face danger or pain, you are brave. The firemen showed great courage in firefighting. They are brave. chain food chain The shark is at the top of the sea food chain. balance If the stones are not in balance, they will fall. You didn’t go to the party. Could you tell me the reason? The rainbow is beautiful. Now we can’t see it. It disappeared. The man is cutting a tree. Be careful. Don’t cut your fingers. We can cut the cloth with scissors. Ben thinks he is too fat. He hopes to decrease his weight by eating right and exercising. Task 1 Read the lesson and match each paragraph with its main idea. B C A the number of tigers keep...in balance money, trees... “Save the Tigers” is a volunteer group that hopes to stop the tigers from disappearing. “Save the tigers”is a group of volunteers. These volunteers hope to save the tigers of the world. At the beginning of the 20th century, the number of tigers in the wild was around 100 000. But today that number has dropped to a few thousand. Paragraph1 1. How many tigers were there at the beginning of the 20th century? Around 100 000. 2. How many tigers are there in the wild today? The number has dropped to a few thousand. Task 2 Tigers are important to the environment