Unit 1 Animal Friends Section B 1a-1d课件2025-2026学年人教版英语七年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“Elephant Friends”主题，聚焦大象的外貌、习性、现状及保护，通过猜谜游戏和词汇复习激活旧知，以思维导图和问题链为支架，帮助学生构建从词汇到语篇的知识脉络。 其亮点在于融合游戏化教学（猜谜、知识竞赛）和文化渗透（泰国大象日、象征意义），通过任务型阅读（标题选择、段落匹配）和语法填空提升语言能力，借助思维导图和判断正误题培养思维品质。学生能在趣味中提升综合语言运用能力，教师可直接使用系统活动设计提高教学效率。

UNIT 1 Animal Friends Section B(1a—1d) Let's review some new words look after cut down luck swimmer in danger ivory trunk save culture playful Guessing game Today, we are going to learn about a special (特别的) animal. Please guess according to the hints. It’s grey. It’s pretty big. It has a long nose. It has big ears. It eats fruit and leaves. elephant Pre-reading Share ideas 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 1a While-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 1b Read and match the main idea. Para. 1 Para. 2 The current situations of elephants Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Physical appearance of elephants Brief introduction of the author Malee’s favourite animal Characters of elephants . . . . . 外貌 现状 性格 P7 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? 3.Are elephants clever?Give your reason 4.Why are elephants in danger now? 5.How can we help save elephants? On 13 March. They use their trunks to carry things. Yes, they are. For example, they can remember one another and places with food and water after many years. 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 ivory. 默读在文中圈出问题的答案. 1c Language Points Hi, I’m Malee and I live in Thailand. The elephant is my favourite animal. I love elephants because they are strong and clever. They are also a symbol of good luck here. The elephant is our national animal. On 13 March, we celebrate Thai Elephant Day. Elephants look very different from other animals. They are huge. They have large ears and long trunks. They can pick up and carry heavy things with their trunks. Elephants are like us in some ways. They are very playful and love to play in the water. They are great swimmers. They are also clever. For example, they can remember one another and places with food and water after many years. Elephants are very kind too. They look after other elephants when they don’t feel well. The big elephants also help the baby ones. Elephants are an important part of Thai life and culture. However, they are in danger. They live in forests, but people cut down too many trees. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Let’s save the forests and not buy things made of ivory. Every elephant counts. 住在 a symbol of ……的象征 看起来与……不同 捡起 拿；提 adj. 国家的；民族的 具体日期用on prep.用 be like 像 adj. 爱玩的 swim v.游泳—swimmer n. 游泳者 look after 照顾 感觉舒适 one 常指同类不同物 互相 在某些方面 例如，后加完整句子 带有食物和水的地方 。。。的重要组成部分 处在危险中 砍倒 为。。。杀死 由。。。组成 每只大象都重要 Compare the mind map with the information from the post. national good luck 1.What they are Thailand’s ______ animal a symbolof ________ 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 Post-reading 1d 课堂知识竞赛 规则：每组轮流答题。分值为：每题1分。答对加1分，答错扣1分。答题时间为20秒。 1．My sister doesn’t like lions because they’re ________. A．interesting B．dangerous C．cute D．funny 2．It's raining hard; ________, I still want to go there. A．if B．however C．though D．because 3．—Dave, please __________ the onion洋葱 on the floor. —No problem, mom. A．pick up B．care for C．take off D．look out Exercises 一、单项选择 B B A 4. Elephants can remember places ______ food and water after many years. A. for  B. with  C. in  D. at 5. Elephants are in danger. We must ______ them. A. save  B. kill  C. buy  D. cut 6. —______ are elephants like? —They are very kind and clever. A. How  B. What  C. Where  D. When B A B 二、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。 1.（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.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. 4. 这只小狗会捡球。 The little dog can ______ ____ balls. one another in some danger in ways pick up 5. 赵州桥是由一座由石头制成的拱桥。 Zhaozhou Bridge is an arch bridge ________ ________ stone. 6. 在中国，龙是好运和成功的象征。 In China, loong is the ________ of _______ ________ and success. 7. 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 ________ ________ ________. 8. 别为你的弟弟担心，我会照顾好他的。 Don’t worry about your little brother. I’ll ______ ______ him well. made of good luck symbol them down cut look after 三、阅读短文，判断正（T）误（F）。 Elephants are the biggest animals on land. They are very strong and have large ears and long trunks. Elephants can live for about 60 - 70 years. They are very friendly and helpful. They often help people carry heavy things. Elephants like to play in the water and they are good swimmers. But elephants are in great danger now. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. We must save the elephants and stop people from killing them. 1. Elephants are the biggest animals in the world. （  ） 2. Elephants can live for about 60 - 70 years. （  ） 3. Elephants are not friendly to people. （  ） 4. Elephants are in danger because people cut down trees and kill them for ivory. （  ） 5. We don't need to save the elephants. （  ） T F F T F Hi, I'm Malee and I live____________ 1.Thailand! The elephant is my favourite animal. I love 2._________（elephant） because they are strong and clever. They are also a symbol of good luck here. The elephant is our 3._________（nation） animal. On 13 March, we celebrate Thai Elephant Day. Elephants look very 4.____________（ difference ） from other animals. They are huge. They have large ears and long trunks. They can 5.__________（ pick ） up and carry heavy things with 6._________（they）trunks. Elephants are like us in some ways. They are very 7._________（play） and love to play in the water. They are great swimmers. They are also clever. For example, they can remember one another and places with food and water after many years. Elephants are very kind too. They look after other elephants 8._________they don't feel well. The big elephants also help the baby ones. Elephants are an important part of Thai life and culture. However, they are in danger. They live in forests,9._________people cut down too many trees. People also kill elephants for their ivory.Let's10._______(save）the forests and not buy things made of ivory. Every elephant counts. 四、语法填空 Answers1.in2.elephants3.national4.different5.pick6.their7.playful8.when9.but10.save 五、附加题：翻译与elephant有关的英语习语 1. Have a memory like an elephant. 形容某人的记忆力强。 2.The blind men and the elephant. 形容只根据局部信息就对整体做出判断的人。 3. Don’t use an elephant to crack a nut. 告诫人们在解决问题时要选择适当的方法。 4. White elephant. 比喻昂贵而无用的东西。 1.Read the passage in 1b and try to retell it. 2.Write the words and expressions in Section B. 3.Do the related exercises. 19 19 $