Unit 1 Animal friends Section B 1a-1d 课件 2025-2026学年人教版七年级英语下册

UNIT 1 Animal Friends Section B(1a—1d) Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1. learn about elephants from Malee’s post; 2. know animals are part of people’s lives and we should protect them; 3. write a post about your favourite animal. What do you know about elephants? The elephants are ________ The elephants have ______________________. They live in ____________. They can _______________ _________________ large big ears and long trunks Africa and Asia pick up things with their trunks What animals can you see in the picture? Where are they? What are they doing? Two elephants. In the water. They are having fun playing in the water. 4 Share ideas 1a What do you know about elephants? An elephant is huge. An elephant has big ears. An elephant has a long nose. Elephants’ ivories are very expensive. Elephants are in great danger. elephant Free Talk: What’s your favourite animal? Why? What do you know about your favourite animal? Name Reason Looks Ability Home Food Free Talk: What do you know about elephants? The passage is probably from _____________ A: A storybook. B: A website. C. A novel. What text type (文本类型) is it? A letter. A post. An email How do you know? comment likes share 8 1b. Read Malee’s post, underline the topic sentences of each paragraph and then choose the best title for it. A. What is an Elephant? B. My Favourite Animal: The Elephant C. How to Save Elephants Topic sentence (主题句) Tip: Read the first sentence of each paragraph to find the main idea. A. What is an Elephant?侧重对大象本身基础信息介绍 B. My Favourite Animal: The Elephant围绕自己和所在国家对大象全方面介绍 The introduction of the writer The reasons why the writer likes elephants The appearance of elephants The personality of elephants The danger of elephants and the ways to save them 1 2 3 4 5 Read quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph 11 Here is a text about elephants. Scan the text and answer the questions. Who wrote the text? Malee. Where is Malee from? [maˈliː] Thailand. ['taɪlænd] Malee是一个常见的泰国女名，在泰语里意思是“花”。 Culture Tip On 13 March. 1 Why does Malee love elephants best? 2 Are elephants important in Thailand? Why? 3 When do Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day? Because because they are strong and clever. Yes, they are. Because they are also a symbol of good luck here. And the elepnant is our national animal. 13 1.When do Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day? 2. What do elephants use to carry things? 3. Are elephants clever? Give your reasons. 4. Why are elephants in danger now? 5. How can we help save elephants? Read the post again and answer the questions. 1c 1.When do Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day? On 13 March. 2. What do elephants use to carry things? They can pick up and carry heavy things with their trunks. Fast reading 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? 1.When do Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day? 2.What do elephants use to carry things? 3.Are elephants clever? Give your reasons. 4.Why are elephants in danger now? 5.How can we help save elephants? Read the post again and answer the questions. 1d 3. Are elephants clever? Give your reasons. For example, they can remember one another and places with food and water after many years. 4. Why are elephants in danger now? They live in forests, but people cut down too many trees. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Language points They can pick up and carry heavy things with their trunks. 它们可以用鼻子提起并搬运重的物品。 pick up意为“拿起；举起”。 Can you help me pick up the heavy box? 你能帮我抬起这个重箱子吗？ 【注意】pick up是“动词+副词”型短语，人称代词作其宾语时，要放在pick和up中间。 Can you pick me up at the station? 你能到车站接我吗? 【拓展】pick up还可意为“搭载；接人；捡起；收集；学会；接电话”等。 The bus stopped and picked up some passengers. 公共汽车停下来让乘客上车。 Please pick up your toys. 请把你的玩具捡起来。 They are trying to pick up information. 他们正在努力收集情报。 Can you pick up when you are at home? 你在家时能接电话吗? 1.When do Thai people celebrate Thai Elephant Day? 2.What do elephants use to carry things? 3.Are elephants clever? Give your reasons. Read the post again and answer the questions. On 13 March. They use their trunks to carry things. / They carry things with their trunks. 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? Read the post again and answer the questions. 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. Language points However, they are in danger. 然而，它们正处在危险中。 danger作名词，意为“危险”。 (be) in (great) danger 处于(极大的)危险之中 (be) out of danger 脱离危险 The old man is in great danger. 这位老人面临着很大的危险。 【拓展】dangerous是danger的形容词形式，意为“危险的”。 It’s dangerous for people to swim in the river. 人们在这条河里游泳很危险。 Language points Let’s save the forests and not buy things made of ivory. 让我们一起拯救森林，不买象牙制品。 (1)save作动词，有以下用法： ①救；救助, 其后接名词或代词作宾语。 save one’s life 挽救某人的生命 South China tigers are in danger. We must save them. 华南虎处于危险中。我们必须救它们。 Complete the mind map with the information from the post. 1. What they are ●Thailand’s ________ animal ●symbol of __________ 2. What they look like ●huge ●_______ears ●_______trunks 3. What they can do ●pick up and ______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 national good luck heavy swim remember clever cut down buy Language points save在句中作及物动词，常用短语：save one’s life“挽救某人的生命”。 The doctor saved many people’s lives. 这位医生挽救了很多人的生命。 save /seɪv/v. 救；救助 【拓展】save作动词，还有“储存；节约”之意。 She is saving money to buy a computer. 她正在存钱买电脑。 We should try to save water. 我们应该设法节约用水。 救助 储存 节约 1.What they are Thailand’s ______ animal a symbolof ________ Compare the mind map with the information from the post. 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 made of 由……制成 过去分词短语made of ivory作后置定语，修饰其前的名词things。 I love the sweater made of wool. 我喜欢这件由羊毛制成的毛衣。 Homework Introduce to your classmates the animals that are important in our lives and why. 1152.0 iciba.com Soundtrack 888.1631 Lavf58.46.101 $