Unit 5 Developing ideas(Reading)课件 2024-2025学年外研版（2024）版七年级英语上册

Unit 5 Fantastic Friends Developing ideas (Reading) 宁城县第四中学 张泽华 Pigeons can _______________________ in mirrors. Some can fly for _______ thousand kilometres and don't ________. They can also fly at _________of over 100 km per hour. Bingjie was a ________dog. He used his good sense of______to find________people. He______many lives. Review What do you know about the following animals? pigeon recognise themselves speeds several get lost rescue smell missing saved Animals are amazing! Animals are helpful! Let’s study more animals! Look at the animals in the pictures. 1.We can only see these ________in the ________ now. 2.They_________. 3.Maybe because humans________them. 4._________also_________trees in the forest and their homes are gone. cut down museum animal hunt human die out Pre-reading Choose the proper words to make sentences. animals museum died out hunted Humans cut down extinct animals Pre-reading Predict. skeleton hunt extinct animals Are you looking at me? Do you know me? I’m a dodo! You may think I'm just a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Actually, there used to be thousands of us -for real. But now you can only see us in museums.2 We lived on an island in the Indian Ocean. In the happy old days, there was plenty of food to eat. All the other animals were friendly. What a peaceful and safe life! However, in 1598, humans arrived. They cut down the trees and our lovely forest was gone. They hunted us because we were slow and couldn't fly. What's more, their pigs, cats and dogs ate our eggs. As a result, we soon died out. So today we are standing in museums around the world. When you see us, please remember our sad story. The world is full of fantastic animals. Please try your best to help them. Make them as happy as a clam, not as dead as a dodo. The dodo bird's life on an island. The dodo bird‘s extinction(灭绝） and its lessons. The impact of human activities on wildlife. What is the main idea of this article? While-reading 问完第一个问题之后，问第二个，后面就说那我们开始今天的课程了，一起去学习一下关于dodo吧 5 an introduction to dodos the reasons why dodos died out happy old days suggestions about helping animals Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 1 2 3 4 While-reading What is the main idea of each paragraph? Are you looking at me? Do you know me? I’m a dodo! You may think I'm just a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Actually, there used to be thousands of us -for real. But now you can only see us in museums. We lived on an island in the Indian Ocean. In the happy old days, there was plenty of food to eat. All the other animals were friendly. What a peaceful and safe life! However, in 1598, humans arrived. They cut down the trees and our lovely forest was gone. They hunted us because we were slow and couldn't fly. What's more, their pigs, cats and dogs ate our eggs. As a result, we soon died out. So today we are standing in museums around the world. When you see us, please remember our sad story. The world is full of fantastic animals. Please try your best to help them. Make them as happy as a clam, not as dead as a dodo. What is the structure of this passage? A B 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 While-reading Why is the dodo “just a character” to some readers? This is because dodos died out and people won’t see them in nature. Where can you see dodos now? Now we can only see them in museums. While-reading The characters in a film, book, or play Para.1 Happy, peaceful and safe. Where did dodos live? They lived on an island in the Indian Ocean. How was dodos’ life in the old days? While-reading Para.2 Why did dodos die out? Humans cut down the trees and dodos’ lovely forest was gone. They hunted dodos. Their pigs, cats and dogs ate dodos’ eggs. While-reading Para.3 We lived on an island in the Indian Ocean. In the happy old days, there was plenty of food to eat. All the other animals were friendly. What a peaceful and safe life! However, in 1598, humans arrived. They cut down the trees and our lovely forest was gone. They hunted us because we were slow and couldn't fly. What's more, their pigs, cats and dogs ate our eggs. As a result, we soon died out. General information Name dodo Place Characteristics The reason of dying out Indian Ocean They were slow and couldn't fly 1.Humans cut down trees. 2.THey hunted dodos. 3.Their animals ate dodo eggs While-reading Para.2&3 问完第一个问题之后，问第二个，后面就说那我们开始今天的课程了，一起去学习一下关于dodo吧 11 What does “as dead as a dodo” mean? “As happy as a clam” means very happy. 蛤蜊 low tide high tide “As dead as a dodo” means completely dead. What does “as happy as a clam” mean? While-reading Para.4 extinct animal Why does the writer use the two expressions at the end of the passage? to echo the title 点题 As dead as a dodo The writer uses them to show strong happiness and sadness. The contrast (对比) makes the different feelings much stronger. What’s more, “as dead as a dodo” is to echo the title and call on us to protect animals in need. While-reading Para.4 Dodos lived on an 1.______in the Indian Ocean. There was plenty of 2.______to eat and all other 3._________ were friendly. 4._________arrived in 1598. They 5.________the trees and 6._______dodos. Their pigs, cats and dogs ate the dodos’7._________. Dodos soon 8._________. island food animals Humans cut down hunted eggs died out I feel very......Animals are our friends. We can/should......for animals. Let’s try our best to...... Post-reading Why do you think of dodo’s experience? What is the purpose of the passage? Post-reading The purpose is to tell people about the dodo’s story and show how people influence wild animals. Also, it’s to call on people to protect animals in need. peaceful island Indian plenty friendly cut down humans hunted eggs Post-reading Retell the story. Search for some information about another extinct animal. Homework for For all: Tell the sad story of dodos to your parents. Optional: Homework 17 null 51538.9 null 128318.18 $$