Section A

What animals can you see in the zoo?

He’s scary. He eats meat.

He is a _______.tiger

She likes eating bamboo.

She is a ________.

She is kind of shy.

panda

friendly

aggressive dangerous

How to describe animals?shy

quiet

playful noisy

gentle

rudecruel

fast

slow

lazy busy beautiful ugly

furryspotted

It’s quiet and gentle.

It’s spotted.

It has very long neck.

A description of an animal

name

nationality

hobby

age

what to eat

where to live

appearance

others

personality

beautifulnoisy

friendly enormousgray

African elephant

parrotDescribe the following animals.

aggressive yellow and blackspottedfastfast

cheetah

polar bear

big

furry

aggressive

kangaroo

playful

fast

manatee

big

gray

gentle

shy

scary

intelligent

smart friendly beautiful

shy

cute ugly fun

I am like this animal because I’m … and …

A: What’s your favorite animals?B: African elephants / kangaroos / …?A: What do you think of them?B: They are enormous / playful / …

1b

aggressive; gentle; shy; furry; gray;

fast; spotted

Listen and circle the words in activity that Victor and Ginny use to describe the animals.

1a

I am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water and I like to eat vegetables.

You’re like an elephant.

No.

1c Pairwork

You’re like aManatee.

Yes.

2a

Listen and match the words with definitions.1. endangered a. the place where something lives.2. mangrove swamps b. there aren’t very many of them.3. habitat c. underwater plants and vegetation 4. aquatic feed d. a place where trees grow in water

Kind of animal manatee

Numbers

Habitat

Reason why they are endangered

Description

Listen and complete the chart.

2500 in the U.S.

water under trees in mangrove swamps.

swamps polluted,not enough food.

large, 10 feet long, weighs 1,000 pounds

2b

How big are manatees?

They’re about 10 feet long and they weight about 1,000 pounds.

Dialogue2c

A: 1______________________?B: I’ve just been to the natural museum.A: 2 ____________________?B: We saw a lot of endangered animals, like manatees, pandas, chimpanzees( 黑猩猩 )and so on.A: 3 ______?

Where have you been

What did you see

WhyB: Because people have done something bad to them and they’re dying out.A: That’s a really bad thing. But 4 __________________?B: Yes, I think we can do something to help. We can tell people how important these animals are.A: I agree with you.

Can we do something to help them

DiscussionDo you like visiting zoos? Why or why not?

Do you think they are happy?

Do you think zoos are good for animals?

Do you think they are happy?

These tiny cages are too small for animals to live in.They can hardly move at all.

Zoos are not suitable for them.

The zoos provide homes for many endangered animals.

Zoos are like living textbooks foryoung people.

Zoos help to educate the public about caring for them.

How to debate?

1. Choose your view. ( 确定论点）Please read the following letters and find the main view of each letter. (Section A 3a,3b)

A: _______________________________

B: _______________________________

Agree to build a new zoo.

Disagree to build a new zoo.

2. Collect the factors to support your idea. （收集论据）Read the two letters again, and write down the key points.

A: (cons)____________________________________________________________________________

B: (pros)____________________________________________________________________

1. Zoos are terrible places for … to live.

2. Animals are kept in tiny cages.

4. They are only fed once a day.

You can write something more here if you have!

1. Zoos are important.

2. Living textbooks

4. Educate the public

Now, choose one of them!

3. Animals can hardly move at all. 3. Provide homes for animals.

3. Take turns to speak loudly and clearly. Try to make it convincing ( 令人信服 ). And then ask and answer the questions.

Useful expressions:I think that…I believe that…I feel that…I agree / disagree with you.Could you tell me…? I agree with …Why do you think…?Do you think…?

We think zoos should be built. Because zoos are very important. They can…

We don’t think zoos should be built in our city. Because zoos are very terrible. …

4. Sum up

The reasons:

Zoos are terrible places for animals to live.

The animals are kept in tiny cages and can

hardly move at all.

And they are only given food once a day.

Read and underline the reasons why the writer is against the zoos.

3a

Zoos are terrible places

Zoos are important places

Fill in the chart.

Animals are kept in tiny cages

Animals can hardly move at all

Animals are only given food once a day.

Zoos are living textbook.

Zoos provide homes for endangered animals.

Educate people about caring for them.

Writing

Do you agree with “Disgusted” or

“Animal Friend”?

Write a letter to the editor and give your

opinion.

Dear Editor, 　 After reading the two letters, I realize that I must say something about animals and zoos ． I don’t agree with disgusted ． In fact, many animals only eat once a day or once every few days, so feeding them just once a day is not a problem at all ． I think zoos are very important to animals ． They can stop many endangered animals from being killed or hunted ． They can provide man with places for research work ． Also we can visit the animals in the zoos to learn some knowledge to protect the animals better ．　 Sincerely, ×××

I disagree with you. I feel that zoos provide clean and safe places for endangered animals to live.

I think that animals should not live in zoos.

4 DEBATE

Agree to build a new zoo.

Disagree to build a new zoo.

Useful expressions:I think that…I believe that…I feel that…I agree / disagree with you.Could you tell me…? I agree with …Why do you think…..?Do you think…?

Should a zoo be built in our city?

Save the animals!Save the world!!Save ourselves!!!

We’re friends!

Animals are our friends.

We live in the same small world. To love

animals is to love ourselves.

根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。1. Some of the rivers here ____________ (pollute) three years ago.2. I’m sure the room is too small for us ______ (live) in.3. He was surprised ______ (see) me in the st

reet yesterday.4. The boy urged his father _____ (buy) a co

mputer for him.5. There ______(use) to be a lot of birds here,

but now we can hardly see them.

were polluted

to liveto see

to buy

used

按要求改写下列句子，每空一词。1. How heavy are you, Alice? （改为同义句） How much __ ____ ______, Alice?2. The boring film disgusted everyone. （改为同义句） Everyone ____ _______ _______ the boring film.3. Mary could hardly wait any longer.（改为反意疑问句） Mary could hardly wait any longer, _____ ____?

do you weigh

was disgusted with/ at

could she

4. The zoos won’t have enough money to look after so many animals if we don’t support them. （改为同义句） The zoos won’t have enough money to look after so many animals ______ ___ ______ them. 5. She found it hard to care for the baby.（改为同义句） It was hard for her ___ ____ ___ __ the baby.

to take care of

we supportunless

1. It has a strange smell in your room. You’d better keep the window ______.

  A. open  B. opens  C. closes  D. closed 2. -- Mr. Johnson asked me to remind you of the meeting this afternoon. Don’t forget it! -- OK, I______.

A ． won’t  B ． don’t C ． will   D ． do

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3. -- When will you come to see me, Dad? -- I will go to see you when you ____ the

training course. A. finished B. finish  C. are finishing   D. will finish4. -- Inventors have changed the way we live. -- So they are famous for the great things they ___. A. do B. did C. are doing D. had done

5. -- What should I do, doctor? -- __ healthy, you should take more exercise. A. Keep B. Keeping C. To keep D. Having kept6. -- What are you going to do this Sunday?    -- I ___ yet.     A. won’t decide B. didn’t decide C. haven’t decided D. don’t decide

Homework

Write a short passage aboutone of endangered animals you know well.

To preview the letter in part 3a

Do you agree or disagree the zoos?

Section A

Period Two

ReviewReview

Words and expressions

Read the words and expressions loudly.

suitable tiny cage

disgusted educate care for

urge expression

adj. 合适的；适宜的adj. 极小的；微小的n. 笼子；囚笼adj. 厌恶的；厌烦的v. 教育；教导；培训关怀；照顾v. 强烈要求；竭力主张n. 表达；表示；措辞

Words and expressions

To learn to debate

To read and debate about how to protect animals

To learn new words: tiny, expression

I am writing to say that I am against building a new zoo in our town.【经典习题】改错： People are strongly against build a new mall next to the park. _________________【要点点拨】 against 意为“逆着、反对”。后跟代词、名词或 V-ing 形式。其反义词是 for ，意为“赞成……”。如：Are you against this plan or for it?

build →building

【拓展延伸】 against 还有下列用法：▲ 可指“倚着、靠着”。如： Place the ladder against the wall.

▲ 还可指“抵抗”。如： You’d better take the medicine against

the disease.

Let the word fly

Can you tell the different meanings of ‘save’?He saved his friend from drowning ( 溺水 ). Do not spend your money like that. You should save some for tomorrow. Saving energy is very important in this low-carbon society.

vt. 救，拯救，挽救

v. 储蓄，积攒

vt. 节省，节约，不浪费

He saved his strength for the end of the

race.

I am saving up tokens ( 礼品券 ) for a free

set of cups.

If you could lend me 100 yuan, it would

save me a trip to the bank.

Don’t forget to save before you close the

file.

vt. 保留，保存

vt. 收集（以后备用），积存

vt. 使免去（做不愉快或不方便的事）

v. （计算机）保存（输入的资料）

Game time

Now I will divide you into several

groups. Make up sentences with your

partners, using the different meanings

of “save”. Then let’s check which group

is the most productive.

课时重点回顾

write to say that …, be against, building a …, in our town, terrible places for …to live, visit a lot of … in one’s life, be suitable for …to live in, just last week, be kept in tiny cages, can hardly move at all, be given food once a day, a good way

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根据句意及所给汉语或首字母提示，补全单词。1. Yesterday it was ________ ( 发现 ) that the lion in the zoo disappeared. 2. We are ________ ( 反对 ) building a factory near our school. It’s too noisy.3. —How much do these apples w____? — Thirty pounds.4. Julia has lost six and a half p______ since she started her diet.5. Please make sentences with these useful __________ ( 表达 ).

discovered

against

eigh

ounds

expressions

根据所给的汉语提示完成英语句子，每空词数不限。1. 他们正设法为他们的新公司筹款。 They’re _____________ money for their new company.2. 大峡谷约 466 公里长。 The Grand Canyon is about ___________________.3. 如今的生活比从前舒服多了。 Life is much easier than ____________.

466 kilometers long

it used to be

trying to raise

4. 她在父亲久病期间，一直照料着他。 She __________________ all through

his long illness.

5. 据报道我市将新建一座新的动物园。 _________________ a new zoo will be

built in our city.

cared for her father

It is reported that

Try to find more endangered animals in the world and write a short passage about how to save them or protect them.

To think about the world’s problem

What things can we do for our world?