Unit 4 Section 4 The story of domestication课件 -2025-2026学年沪教版英语七年级下册

第6课时 Section 4 Focusing on culture Unit 4 Our animal friends 英语沪教版（2024）七年级下册 hamster cute helpful friendly ... pets farm animals useful loyal /ˈlɔɪəl /adj. 忠诚的 brave wild animals dangerous scary fast strong ... Many farm animals and pets used to be wild animals. clever turned into wolves dogs boars [bɔ:(r)] pigs aurochs[ˈɔːrɒks] n.古代野牛 cows wild animals domesticated animals [də'mestɪkeɪtɪd] Guess and match domestication /dəˌmestɪˈkeɪʃən/ n. 驯化 Scan and choose The genre(体裁) of this article is _________. narrative（记叙文） expository（说明文） argumentative （议论文） descriptive （描写文） P62 The article contains facts about how different wild animals were domesticated. Scan and divide How many parts do you divide it? ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ a general-specific-general structure（总-分-总结构） Read for details What aspect does each part mainly talk about? The earliest domesticated animals Type Dogs Sheep Cows Take para. 2 as an example Place Time How Use Complete the table from the article. The earliest domesticated animals Type Dogs Sheep Cows Time 1.___________ ________________ 4.________________________________ 7.______________________________________ Place 2._______________ (5) _________ (8)____________ Use How People started baby wolves, ______young wolves and______ friendly wolves. about 15,000-23,000 years ago somewhere in Asia around 13,000 years ago West Asia sometime after 8000 BCE West Asia milk and meat good working animals They helped people ⑶_____________ They were10.____ ___________ They provided people with 6.____________ They provided people with (9)_______________ catching trained kept with hunting meat and wool While-reading Read and answer Find and answer How do you understand “domestication”? Can you find sentences in the text to explain the meaning of “domestication”? Domestication is the process of turning wild animals into pets and farm animals through human efforts. What is “friendly” and “good” genes Read and think Think and talk Without domesticated animals, our lives would be quite different. We would have fewer food choices, as animals like cows and chickens provide us with meat, milk, and eggs. We might lack certain materials for clothing, as sheep give us wool. Additionally, our emotional well-being could be affected, as pets like dogs and cats offer companionship and reduce stress. Q1: How would our lives be different without these domesticated animals? Think and talk This opinion is wrong because humans and animals are part of nature and humans depend on animals in many ways. Animals help keep the balance of nature, and some even provide us with food and materials. So we should care for animals to protect our environment and ensure our own survival. Q2: Some people think that humans are on the top of the food chain, so we don’t need to care about other animals. What do you think of this kind of opinion? Complete the sentences Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below. Change the form if necessary. probably efforts source somewhere extinct Wits corner 智慧角 Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. ——Anatole France 一个人若未曾爱过一种动物，他的灵魂有一 部分是未曾觉醒的。 —阿纳托尔·法郎士 （法国作家） Homework 完成U4 能力提升报； 背诵课文（5选4背诵）； 字帖。 Bye-bye! $