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Unit 5
Why do you like pandas?
第四课时Section B(2a-2c)
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Learning ability goal
通过阅读训练来让学生们逐步提高英语阅读能力。
Emotional goal
动物和人类都生活在同一地球上,动物是我们的朋友。我们人类应该与动物和谐相处,共同生存。我们应当学会关爱动物,保护动物。
save, flag, forget, place, water, danger,
cut, down, over, tree, kill
(be) in danger, cut down, get lost,
things made of ivory, the symbol of, kill…for
People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes.
They can also remember places with food and water.
Learning goals
Key teaching points
How many pandas are there in China, do you know?
danger/ˈdeɪndʒə(r)/
n. 危险
dangerous /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/
adj. 危险的
处于(极大)危险之中
What animals do you think are in great danger?
be in (great)danger
2a Check (√) the animals that you think are in great danger.
___ lions ___ elephants ___ pandas
___ giraffes ___ koalas ___ tigers
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Let’s watch a video.
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The elephant is one of the Tailand’s symbols.
symbol/ˈsɪmbl /
n. 象征
flag /flæg/
n. 旗; 旗帜
Thailand/ˈtaɪlænd/
n. 泰国
People kill elephants for their ivory.
ivory/ˈaɪvəri/n. 象牙
kill/kɪl/
v. 杀死;弄死
cut /kʌt/
v. 砍;切
down /daʊn/
adv. (坐、躺、倒)下
cut down 砍倒
tree /triː/
n. 树
People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes.人们砍伐了很多树木,因此大象正在失去它们的家园。
cut
cut back 削减
cut off 切断
cut up 切碎
cut in 插嘴
Don’t cut down trees.= Don’t cut trees down. 不要砍伐树木。
The tree was dead, so he cut it down. 这棵树死了,所以他把它砍倒了。
cut的其他常见短语:
Language points
save /seɪv/
v. 救助;储存;节约
save one’s life
“挽救某人的生命”
【拓展】save作动词,还有“储存;节约”之意。
We should try to save water.
我们应该设法节约用水。
water /ˈwɔːtə/ /ˈwɑːtər/n. 水
forget /fə(r)ˈɡet/
v. 忘记;遗忘
forget(v.)忘记;遗忘
→ forget to do sth. 忘记去做某事
He often forgets to do his homework.
他经常忘记做家庭作业。
→ forget doing sth.忘记做过某事
She forgot meeting the boy. 她忘记见过这个男孩。
The girl often forgets to turn off the tap.
这个女孩经常忘记关上水龙头。
get lost
迷路
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