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Unit 5 Into the wild
Presenting ideas
by Ada
Writing an animal fact file
1 Watch the video and answer the questions.
1. What animal is mentioned in the song?
2. What do you know about the real story in the song?
The red-crowned crane is mentioned in the song.
A young girl who loved red-crowned cranes sacrificed for an injured red-crowned crane.
The song is written in honor of the girl.
Writing an animal fact file
2 Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.
1 What does the red-crowned crane look like?
2Where can you find it?
3 Where does it migrate to?
4 What does it eat?
5 What symbolic meaning does the red-crowned crane have in Chinese culture?
Writing an animal fact file
2 Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.
The red-crowned crane is one of the largest cranes in the world, standing at about 150 cm tall. Its feathers are as white as snow, except for some black ones on its face, neck and wings. Its unique feature, from which it gets its name, is the bright red skin on the top of its head. The red-crowned crane is found in China, Russia, Mongolia, Japan and the Korean Peninsula.
Writing an animal fact file
2 Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.
In China, it spends the warmer months in the rivers and wetlands in the north-east. When the weather gets cold, it migrates to east-central China. Its food includes fish, snails and water plants. The red-crowned crane is a symbol of long life and good luck in Chinese culture.
Writing an animal fact file
2 Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.
1 What does the red-crowned crane look like?
It has white feathers except for some black ones on its face, neck and wings. It also has bright red skin on the top of its head.
Writing an animal fact file
2 Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.
2 Where can you find it?
3 Where does it migrate to?
It can be found in China, Russia, Mongolia, Japan and the Korean Peninsula.
It migrates to east-central China when the weather gets cold.
Writing an animal fact file
2 Read the paragraph about the red-crowned crane and answer the questions.
5 What symbolic meaning does the red-crowned crane have in Chinese culture?
4 What does it eat?
It eats fish, snails and water plants.
It has a symbolic meaning of long life and good luck in Chinese culture.
Writing an animal fact file
3 Choose an animal you want to write about and make notes.
Animal:
Appearance:
Habitat:
Siberian crane
About 140 cm in height, generally shorter than the red-crowned crane.
Nearly all snowy white feather except for some black ones that are only visible in flight.
Featherless reddish face
In East Asian where its numbers are known as the eastern populations.
Writing an animal fact file
3 Choose an animal you want to write about and make notes.
Migration:
Diet:
Other information:
Most to China in winter;
Smaller populations to Iran in winter.
Fish, insefts, the roots and tubers of water plants and so on.
A symbol of elegance, purity, good fortune and long life.
Writing an animal fact file
Write a short description of the animal. Use the notes in part 2 and expressions in the box to help you.
Learning to learn
It is... tall.
It gets its name from...
Its unique feature is...
Its food includes...
It is a symbol of...
The Siberian crane is also known as the snow crane. It is about 140cm in height, generally shorter than the red-crowned crane. Its feathers are nearly all snowy white except for some black ones that are only visible in flight. Its featherless face is reddish in colour. The Siberian crane is usually found in East Asia, where its numbers are known as the eastern populations. These migrate to China in winter. Other much smaller populations migrate to Iran in winter. The snow crane has a good and diverse appetite, including fish, insects, the roots and tubers of water plants and so on. In Chinese culture, the snow crane is a symbol of elegance, purity, good fortune and long life.
Presenting ideas
Work in groups. Think of a film or story you know about relationships between humans and animals and complete the notes.
Time
Place
Main character
Relationship between characters
Main plot
Message behind the story
Presenting ideas
Write a short description of the animal. Use the notes in part 2 and expressions in the box to help you.
Learning to learn
The story is about...
The main characters are...
It takes place in...
It starts with...
It ends with...
It written for...
It’s told through the eyes of...
It’s based on...
Language points
①crane n.鹊;吊车
②feather n.羽毛
③appearance n.外表
④habitat n.栖息地
⑤file n.档案,文件
⑥symbol n.标志;象征
词汇拓展
Language points
①culture n.文化→cultural adj. 文化的
②description n.描述→describe v. 描述;描写
③symbol n.象征→symbolic adj. 象征的
④appearance n.外表→appear v.出现
⑤choose v.选择 →choice n.
⑥agree v.同意 →agreement n.
词汇拓展
Language points
①except for 除了...
②on the top of 在...顶端
③migrate to... 迁徙到...
④through the eyes of 透过...的眼睛
⑤a symbol of... ...的象征
⑥have a better understanding of 更好的理解
短语积累
Language points
reaction
n. 反应(to)
react v. 反应
①react to 对...起反应;对...作出回应
②react with 起(化学)反应
③sb’s first/immediate reaction 某人的第一反应
Language points
Exercise
1. I made friends with the natives, and their (react) amazed me.
2. The discussion is mainly about how to react bad behavior.
3. It shows us how iron reacts air and water.
4. I was curious about his first (react)when he heard of the news.
reaction
to
with
reaction
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