Unit 1 第4课时 Section B(1a—1d)课件-2024-2025学年人教版2024版英语七年级下册

UNIT 1 Animal Friends Section B(1a—2b) Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1. learn about elephants from Malee’s post; 2. know animals are part of people’s lives and we should protect them; 3. write a post about your favourite animal. Free Talk: What’s your favourite animal? Why? What do you know about your favourite animal? Name Reason Looks Ability Home Food Free Talk: What do you know about elephants? Share ideas 1a What do you know about elephants? An elephant is huge. An elephant has big ears. An elephant has a long nose. Elephants’ ivories are very expensive. Elephants are in great danger. elephant Here is a text about elephants. Scan the text and answer the questions. Who wrote the text? Malee. Where is Malee from? [maˈliː] Thailand. ['taɪlænd] Malee是一个常见的泰国女名，在泰语里意思是“花”。 Culture Tip What’s the genre（文体）of the text? How do you know? A. News. B. Story. C. Diary. D. Post. comments （评论） like share（转发） You can see these signs on a website page. Read Malee’s post and choose the best title for it. A. What Is an Elephant? B. My Favourite Animal: The Elephant C. How to Save Elephants 1b Fast-reading: How many paragraphs are there in the passage? Five paragraphs. 1 2 3 4 5 Read and match the main idea. Para. 1 Para. 2 The current situations of elephants Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Physical appearance of elephants Brief introduction of the author Malee’s favourite animal Characters of elephants . . . . . 外貌 现状 性格 Scanning(扫读) Read Paras. 1 & 2 and answer the questions. Where is Malee from? What’s the national animal there? Thailand. 泰国 The elephant. Task 1 Because they are _______ and _______. 3. Why does she like it? Reason 1 Reason 2 They are a _______ of＿＿＿＿＿ there. strong clever symbol good luck luck n. 幸运；运气 4. When is the Thai Elephant Day? On 13 March. 泰国大象日 adj. 泰国的；泰国人的 n. 泰国人；泰语 Elephants look very different from other animals. They are huge. They have large ears and long trunks. They can pick up and carry heavy things with their trunks. Read Para. 3 and underline (“____” 划线) the physical appearance. Q: What does the word “ trunk ” refers to? n. 象鼻 不同的 Task 2 Read Para. 4 and fill in the words that describe elephants’ characters. Find details or examples(例子). Task 3 Elephants are like us ______________. in some ways playful clever kind love to ______ in the _____ great __________. can __________ one another and places with _____ and _______ after ____________. __________other elephants. _____ the baby ones. play water swimmers remember food water many years look after help adj. 爱嬉戏的；爱玩的 n. 游泳者 互相 照顾 Read Para. 5 and answer the questions: What’s the status(地位) of elephants in Thailand? Task 4 Elephants are an important part of Thai life and culture. n.文化；文明 2. What’s the problem with elephants? Why? Elephants are in danger. cut down too many tree 处于危 险之中 kill elephants for their ivory Reason 1 Reason2 太多 砍伐；减少 v. 杀死； 弄死 n. 危险 In the end of the post, what advice(建议) does the Malee give the viewers? Save the forests. Not buy things made of ivory. 由……制成的 Every elephant counts. 重要 n. 森林 n. 象牙 v. 救；储存；保存 Read the post again and answer the questions. 1c When do Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day? What do elephants use to carry things? Are elephants clever? Give your reasons. 4. Why are elephants in danger now? 5. How can we help save elephants? On 13 March. They use their trunks to carry things. Yes, they are. They can remember one another and places with food and water after many years. Because people cut down too many trees. People also kill elephants for their ivory. We can help save elephants by saving the forests and not buying things made of ivory. 1d 1.What they are •huge • ______ ears • ______truck •Thailand’s _________animal • a symbol of _________ 2.What they look like 4.What they are like • pick up and carry _____things • play and ______ in the water • __________ places and other elephants well 3.What they can do 5.How to save them Mind-map • playful •______ • kind • don’t _________ too many trees • don’t _______ things made of ivory large long national good luck heavy swim remember cut down buy clever Retell the passage according to the mind map. Retell: GM1(组员1): 1. What they are GM2(组员2): 2. What they look like GM3(组员3): 3. What they can do GM4(组员4): 4. What they are like GM5(组员5): 5. How to save them Think and discuss What’s the purpose(目的) of the post from Malee’s point of view? Introduce her favourite animal. 1 3 2 Call on(号召) people to save the forests and not buy things made of ivory. What other endangered animals do you know? Think: Watch a video Activity Suppose（假设） you are Malee, you are invited to give a speech on your favourite animal at the World Animal Protection(世界动物保护协会). Try to make a presentation according to the mind map in 1d. The people there are _________ (friend) to us. 2. There is some ________ (water) in the cup. 3. Math is one of my favorite ___________ (subject) at school. 4. Can you teach me how ___________(play) the violin? 5. Let’s _____ (see) the koalas. They’re really cute. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。 friendly water subjects to play see Exercises 与elephant有关的英语习语 1. Have a memory like an elephant. 形容某人的记忆力强。 2.The blind men and the elephant. 形容只根据局部信息就对整体做出判断的人。 3. Don’t use an elephant to crack a nut. 告诫人们在解决问题时要选择适当的方法。 4. White elephant. 比喻昂贵而无用的东西。 Homework (Must do) Finish the exercises and search for more ways of protecting animals. (Try to do) Make a poster to call up more people to protect animals. Lavf58.46.101 Lavf58.20.100 $$