Unit 4 Focusing on culture 课件 2025-2026学年沪教版七年级英语下册

Different pets parrot tortoise hamster cat dog rabbit goldfish Warming-up Different farm animals Many farm animals and pets used to be wild animals. Can you guess how they became our friends and helpers? Lead-in Many farm animals and pets used to be wild animals. How did they become our friends and helpers? domestication n. 驯养;驯化 Lead-in Read the article about domestication and find out how animals were domesticated. P62-63 Pre-reading Read the title, sub-titles, pictures and paragraph 1 and answer the questions. 1. Where can you read this article? 2. What is the article talking about? 3. What’s the genre of the passage? 4. What’s the structure of the passage? 1 Where can you read the article? a story book a science book a diary Pre-reading Read the title, sub-titles, pictures and paragraph 1 and answer the questions. 2 What is the article talking about? 3. What’s the genre of the passage? A. Novel B. Narration C. Exposition D. Argumentation The article contains facts about how different wild animals were domesticated. Read the title, sub-titles, pictures and paragraph 1 and answer the questions. 4. What’s the structure of the passage? A. B. C. D. 1 2 3 4 5 Read the title, sub-titles, pictures and paragraph 1 and answer the questions. about 15,000—23,000 years ago somewhere in Asia with hunting/hunt around 13,000 years ago West Asia meat and wool sometime after 8000 BCE West Asia milk and meat good working animals 1. Read the article carefully and complete the table with the information from the article. While-reading P63 What makes sheep good farm animals? (2) Which sentence(s) in the text can explain the meaning of “domestication”? 2.Read the article again and answer the following questions. Underline the answer in the article. While-reading What makes sheep good farm animals? 2.Read the article again and answer the following questions. Underline the answer in the article. While-reading (2) Which sentence(s) in the text can explain the meaning of “domestication”? (1) What are “friendly genes” or “ good genes”? (2) Why were dogs, sheep and cows domesticated first? (3) How do these domesticated animals benefit us today, and how would our lives be different without them? Group discussion Post-reading People kept animals such as wolves or aurochs with “good” and “friendly” genes. These animals slowly turned into farm animals and pets. Post-reading probably efforts source somewhere extinct 3.Complete the sentences with the words below. Change the form if necessary. P63 Exercise probably efforts source somewhere extinct 4. Put the following sentences into correct order. 1 2 3 4 5 Exercise 评价内容 评分(1—5) 1. 我能理解动物驯化的进程。 1 2 3 4 5 2. 我能理解人类在动物驯化过程中所起的重要作用。 1 2 3 4 5 3. 我能理解重点词句所表达的意思。 1 2 3 4 5 4. 我能理解我们应当珍惜和善待我们的动物朋友,同时也需要用新的方法和手段继续对动物进行驯化。 1 2 3 4 5 Self-assessment Homework 基础作业 1.模仿录音的语音、语调,朗读第62页课文。 2. 书面回答问题:How do domesticated animals benefit us today, and how would our lives be different without them? 拓展作业 线上、线下查找资源,了解其他动物,如猫、猪、骆驼等是如何被驯化的。选其中一种动物,以小组为单位制作一张海报,介绍其被驯化的过程以及对人类的帮助。 Language notes 1. somewhere /9sVmweR(r)/ adv. 在某处;到某处 Somewhere in Asia, the domestication of silk-producing insects took place. 2. probably /9prBbRbli/ adv. 很可能;大概 Wolves were probably a common sight for early hunters. 3. source /sO:s/ n. 来源;出处 Cows are a common source of milk for many people. 4. sometime /9sVmtaIm/ adv. 在某时 Sometime after 5000 BCE, humans began the domestication of cattle. 5. extinct /Ik9stINkt/ adj. 已灭绝的;绝种的 Dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago. 6. effort /9efRt/ n. 艰难的尝试;试图 Pets get better care than wild animals because of human efforts. $