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

Unit 1 Animal Friends Section B How are animals part of our lives? 第4课时 (1a-1d) Learning goals 1. 掌握并正确运用词汇：save, luck, pick up, carry, playful, swimmer, one another, look after, however, in danger, cut down。 2. 阅读文章关于大象的文章，了解大象的基本信息及生存状况。 Review What’s your favourite animal? My favourite animal is... Why do you like ...? Because they’re ... ... 1a What do you know about elephants? Share your ideas with a partner. Pre-reading Elephants are the largest land animals. They have long trunks and big ears... ... A.What Is an Elephant? B.My Favourite Animal: The Elephant C.How to Save Elephants 1b Read Malee’s post and choose the best title for it. While-reading Post-reading 1c Read the post again and answer the questions. 1.When do Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day? 2.What do elephants use to carry things? 3.Are elephants clever?Give your reasons On 13 March. They use their trunks to carry things. Yes, they are. For example, they can remember one another and places with food and water after many years. 4.Why are elephants in danger now? 5.How can we help save elephants? Because they live in forests, but people cut down too many trees. People also kill elephants for their ivory. We should save the forests and not buy things made of ivoy. Post-reading 1c Read the post again and answer the questions. 1.What they are Thailand’s ______ animal a symbolof ________ 1d Compare the mind map with the information from the post. Post-reading national good luck 2.What they look like huge ____ ears ____ trunk 3.What they can do pick up and carry ________ things play and _____ in the water _______ places and other elephants well 4.What they are like playful ______ kind 5.How to save them don’t ________ too many trees don’t _____ things made of ivory large long heavy swim remember clever cut down buy 开头简要介绍自己 引出语篇主题：我最喜欢的动物—大象 介绍大象的外形特征、能力 ……的象征 My Favourite Animal: The Elephant My Favourite Animal: The Elephant 介绍大象的习性 大象面临的危机，造成危机的原因以及保护措施 升华主题 ……重要的一部分 Language points (1) 救；救助 save one’s life 挽救某人的生命 save sb. / sth. from... 拯救某人/某物，使之免于…… eg：The doctor saved the man’s life. 这名医生挽救了这个人的生命。 (2) 存储； 攒钱 eg: She is saving money to buy a computer. 她正在存钱买电脑。 （3）保留；保存 eg: Save some food for me. = Save me some food. 给我留点吃的。 eg: Don’t forget to save before you close the file. 在关闭文件之前，不要忘记保存。 1. How to Save Elephants save /seɪv/ v. 救；储蓄；保存 11 Language points 2. They are also a symbol of good luck here. luck /lʌk/ n. 幸运；运气 → [不可数名词] 常用短语： good luck 好运；幸运 bad luck 不幸 in luck 运气好 out of luck 运气不佳 with luck 要是走运的话 wish sb. luck 祝某人好运 12 Language points 3. They can pick up and carry heavy things with their trunks. pick up 拿起、捡起、拾起 为“动词+副词”型短语，后接名词作宾语时，名词放在pick与up之间或up之后均可;若接人称代词作宾语，人称代词只能放在pick与up之间。 eg: Then I picked up a book (=picked a book up) and lost myself in it, with music on. 然后我放着音乐，拿起一本书，沉浸在书的世界里。 Look!There’s a key on the floor. Please pick it up. 看！地上有一把钥匙，请把它捡起来。 13 Language points carry 拿；提；扛 表示搬运、携带，具有负重的含义。没有方向性。 take 拿走；带走 指把人或物从说话者所在的地方带到别处。有方向性。 bring 拿来；带来 指把人或物从别的地方带到说话者所在的地方。有方向性。 get 去取；去拿 指到某地去把某人或某物带来或拿来。表示来回。 【辨析】carry, take, bring与get He is carrying a big bag. 他正扛着一个大包。 Mark often takes his books to Beth’s house to study. 马克常常带着书去贝丝家学习。 Don’t forget to bring it here.不要忘记把它带到这儿来。 Can you go and get some water for us? 你能去给我们拿点儿水吗？ 14 Language points 4. They look after other elephants when they don’t feel well. eg：Please look after yourself well. = Please take good care of yourself. 请好好照顾你自己。 look after 照顾 →同义短语：take care of look after...well take good care of... 好好照顾…… 15 Language points 【辨析】however与but 两者均可意为“然而；不过”，表示转折，区别如下： 5. However, they are in danger. however /haʊˈevə(r)/ adv. 然而；不过 however 副词 可位于句首、句中、句末，一般用逗号与句子其他 其他成分隔开。 比but正式，但转折不如but明显。 but 连词 常位于句中，其后通常不用逗号隔开。 表示明显的转折关系。 16 Language points in danger 处于危险之中 eg：Last week we raised money to protect the animals in danger. 上周，我们筹集了资金来保护濒危动物。 eg：The patient is out of danger. 这个病人脱离危险了。 其反义短语为out of danger“脱离危险”。 danger作名词，意为“危险”， 其形容词形式为dangerous“危险的”。 cut down 砍伐；减少 cut down为“动词+副词”型短语，后接名词作宾语时，名词放在cut与down之间或up之后均可;若接人称代词作宾语，人称代词只能放在cut与down之间。 Language points 6. They live in forests,but people cut down too many trees. (1) cut down可意为“砍伐” eg: Don’t cut down trees.=Don’t cut trees down. 不要砍伐树木。 eg: The tree was dead, so he cut it down. 这棵树枯死了，所以他把它砍倒了。 (2) cut down还可意为“减少，缩减”。 eg: Spend your money on what you truly need. Then try to cut down on spending. 把钱花在你真正需要的东西上。然后再试着削减开支。 18 Exercises 完成句子,每空一词 1. 别为你的弟弟担心，我会照顾好他的。 Don’t worry about your little brother. I’ll ______ ______ him well. 2. 当我们见面时，我们通常互相握手。 We usually shake hands with _________ _________ when we meet. look after one another/each other 3. 这只小狗会捡球。 The little dog can ______ ____ balls. 4. 人们不应该大量砍伐树木。 People should not ______ ______ a lot of trees. pick up cut down Summary save, luck, carry, however Key words Reading Malee’s post about elephants pick up, one another, look after, in danger, cut down Expressions 1. 记忆本课的词汇短语，尝试默写。 2. 试着从外型、能力、习性等方面描述一下你所喜欢的一个动物。 Homework THANKS $$