Unit 8 Lesson 3 The elephants' journey home课件 2024-2025学年冀教版（2024）初中英语七年级下册

Unit 8 I love nature! Lesson 3 The elephants' journey home watch a video lead in a long nose gray two big ears big/heavy strong two big ivory South Africa What do you know about the elephant？ Some of the elephants are from __________. Thailand 泰国 Thai Elephant Day on March 13th 泰国每年举行大象节是为了感谢泰国的大象，因为它们的祖先曾在战争中献出生命来抵御外敌、保卫国家。在14至18世纪时，象群被用于载运士兵进入战场。 大象是泰国的吉祥动物、国宝，在古代不仅是日常生活中必不可少的重要交通工具，也是战争中国王的坐骑。然而，现今泰国全国野生大象仅存约3000头，人工饲养的大象也只有4000头左右，滥捕大象的问题仍然存在。泰国政府从1998年起，将每年的3月13日定为"大象节"，希望通过"大象节"唤起民众对大象的爱护及对大象文化的传承。 People cut down many trees. People kill them for their ivory. But elephants are in great danger now！ Check (√) the animals that you think are in great danger. ___ lions ___ elephants ___ pandas ___ giraffes ___ koalas ___ tigers √ √ √ √ Look at the picture and answer the questions What kind of passage is it? What can elephants do? It's a website article. The elephant can draw. Pre-reading √ Read this website article and check (√) the best title. Reading Tips The main idea always falls on the 1st paragraph or the 1st sentence . Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. Elephants are smart animals. Elephants are in great danger. Task 1 Read the article quickly and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph. Task 2 Read paragraph 1 carefully and answer the following questions. Which one is the first flag of Thailand？ Our first flag had a white elephant on it. Elephant is one of the symbols in Thailand. Why? This is a symbol of good luck. Task 3 Read paragraph 2 carefully and answer the following question. What can the elephants do? Abilities smart play soccer or music draw very well walk for a long time and never get lost remember places with food and water Task 4 Read paragraph 3 carefully and answer the following questions. over________before only_____ today 3,000 100,000 figures in great danger Why? Reason 1 Reason 2 cut down many trees lose their homes Kill them for their ivory What should we do? Save the trees Don’t buy things made of（由…制成） ivory. While-reading Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck. one of… ……之一，后接可数名词复数或人称代词宾格的复数 symbol作可数名词， a symbol of ……的象征 importance While-reading Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “an elephant never forgets”. Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. 很长（一段）时间， “for+一段时间” 表示动作持续一段时间 迷路，相当于lose one’s way prep. 具有；带有 Abilities While-reading But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day. 失去它们的家园 /ˈəʊvə(r)/ prep. 超过，多于；在……上方 /taɪ/ adj.＆n. 泰国人（的）；泰语（的） facts save Read the article again and complete the mind map. Importance in Thailand first flag had _____________________ symbol of __________ ELEPHANTS a white elephant on it good luck Abilities can play _______________ can also _________ well can __________ places with food and water soccer or music draw remember Read the article again and complete the mind map. How to save them don’t cut down too many ______ don’t _____ things made of ivory ___________ is Thai Elephant Day trees buy March 13th ELEPHANTS Facts and figures people _________ many trees people kill them for ______ today there are ______________ (over ________before) cut down ivory only about 3000 100,000 watch a video No trading, no killing！ null 78053.79 $$