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Unit 1 Animal Friends
Section
第 4 课 时
(1a—1d)
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B
It is huge.
It has a long trunk and big ears.
It can carry heavy things with the trunk.
It lives in forests.
Warming-up
Let’s guess what animal it is.
What do you know about elephants?
Share your ideas with a partner.
1a
place
ability
hobby
food
1. What is a post? And where can you see it?
新闻 B. 日记 C. 帖子
2. What’s the text probably about?
Look and think
It’s about elephants.
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
Read the passage quickly to find out the topic sentence(中心句)of each paragraph(段落)
Tip(建议): The topic sentence usually comes from the first sentence or the last sentence of the paragraph.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Malee’s favourite animal
Para. 4
The current situations of elephants
Physical appearance of elephants
Characters of elephants
When is the Thai Elephant Day?
On 13 March.
泰国大象日
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?
1c
Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day
on 13 March.
They use their trunks to carry things.
3. Are elephants clever? Give your reasons.
4. Why are elephants in danger now?
5. How can we help save elephants?
Yes, they are. They can remember one another and places with food and water after many years.
Because people cut down too many trees
and kill elephants for their ivory.
We can save the forests and not buy things made of ivory.
Complete the mind map with the information from the post.
1. What they are
Thailand’s ________ animal
a symbol of _________
2. What they look like
national
good luck
1d
huge
_____ ears
_____ trunk
large
long
3. What they can do
pick up and carry ______
things.
play and _____ in the water
_________ places and other elephants well
heavy
swim
remember
4. What they are like
playful
______
kind
clever
5. How to save them
don’t ____________ too many trees
don’t ______ things made of ivory
cut down
buy
Language points
1. They can pick up and carry heavy things with their trunks.
pick up 意为“拾起;捡起”,它是“动词+副词”构成的短语,若宾语为代 词,须置于 pick 与 up 之间。
·Please pick up the books on the floor. 请把地板上的书捡起来。
Language points
2. For example, they can remember one another and places with food and water...
one another 意为“互相”,其同义短语为 each other。
for example 作“例如”讲时,一般只以同类事物或人中的一个为例,作插入语,用逗号隔开,可置于句首、句中或句末。
Language points
3. However, they are in danger.
in danger 意为“处于险境;在危险中”,其反义短语为 out of danger,意为“脱离危险”。
·The tiger is in danger. We should save it.
Language points
4. Let’s save the forests and not buy things made of ivory.
(be)made of 意为“由……制成”,此处 made 是 make 的过去分词形式,表示被动意义。(be)made from 也表示“由……制成”,两者区别如下:
Exercise
根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
1.(云南中考改编)互相了解是交朋友的第一步。
Knowing ________ ________ is the first step to make friends.
2. 台风很危险,总是将人们置于危险之中。
Typhoons are dangerous and always put lots of people ________ ________.
3.[地域特色]邯郸和邢台在某些方面几乎是一样的,尤其是在民俗方面。
Handan and Xingtai are almost the same________ ________ ________, especially in folk customs.
one another
in some
danger
in
ways
4. 赵州桥是由一座由石头制成的拱桥。
Zhaozhou Bridge is an arch bridge ________ ________ stone.
5. 在中国,龙是好运和成功的象征。
In China, loong is the ________ of _______ ________ and success.
6. 森林是地球的肺,我们不应该砍伐它们。
Forests are the lungs of the earth. We should not ________ ________ ________.
made of
good luck
symbol
them down
cut
Homework
1. Make a survey in your family. See what animals do they like and why?
2. Make a list of the animals that you know.
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