(共22张PPT)
Unit 5 Why do you like pandas
Section B (2a-2c)
cute
shy
friendly
panda
Try to guess out the animals with the help of the description (key) words.
China
Guess Games
friendly
strong
South Africa
elephant
a long nose
gray
two big ears
big/heavy
strong
two big ivories
(ivory)
South Africa
What do you know about the elephant?
Some of the elephants are from __________.
Thai n.泰国人,泰语
adj.泰国的
Thailand
泰国
Elephant is one of the symbols in Thailand.
The first flag
Why
This is a symbol of good luck.
a white elephant
People cut down many trees.
People kill them for their ivories .
in great danger
But elephants are in great danger now!
Check (√) the animals that you think are in great danger.
2a
___ lions ___ elephants ___ pandas
___ giraffes ___ koalas ___ tigers
√
√
√
Pre-reading
处于极度危险之中
1.What is the passage about
2.What can the elephant do in the picture
Pre-reading
Look and predict.(看图预测)
It’s about elephants.
It can draw.
While-reading
Fast reading.(快读)
1. Read this website article and check (√) the best title for it.
_____ What Is an Elephant
_____ Come to Thailand
_____ Let’s Save the Elephants
_____ Elephants Are Good Pets
√
2. Read the article and find the main idea
of each paragraph.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Elephants are smart animals.
Elephants are in danger and
we must save them.
Elephants are important in Thailand.
Read paragraph 1 and answer thequestions.
Where are the students from
2. What do they want to do
3. Why are elephantes important in Tailand
Because
They are from Tailand.
They want to save the elephants.
It is one of Tailand’s symbols.
Tailand’s first flag had a white elephant on it.
It’s a symbol of good luck
one of…..“其中之一”,后+可数名词复数
a symbol of…..“….的象征”
Careful reading
Elephants are smart animals.They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “an elephant never forgets”.Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live.
“they” refers to(代指) ___________
elephants
“this” refers to ______________________
________________________.
places with food and water
elephants can remember
Read Para.2 carefully and complete the tasks.
they\this:代词多替代上文中提到的人、物、事
But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.
Careful reading.(细读)
Read paragraph 3 carefully and complete the chart.
Elephants are in great danger.
Reasons(原因) Solutions (解决)
People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes.
People also kill elephants for their ivory.
We must save the trees.
We don’t buy
things made of ivory.
Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.
Read the article again and complete the mind map.
2c
ELEPHANTS
Importance in Thailand
●first flag had ________
__________________
●symbol of __________
Abilities
●can play_____________
●can also _______ well
●can ___________ places
with food and water
Facts and figures
●people _________ many trees
●people kill them for ________
●today there are __________________________
(over ________ before)
How to save them
●don’t cut down so many _______
●don’t _______ things made of ivory
● ___________is Thai Elephant Day
a white
elephant on it
good luck
soccer or music
draw
remember
cut down
ivory
about 3,000 in Thailand
100,000
trees
buy
March 13th
Post-reading
Let’s Save
the Elephants
We ...Thailand, and we want to save ...
...is one of ...
our flag had...
Elephants are
smart animals.
...can play soccer or music.
...can also draw very well.
But elephants are in great danger.
Retell the passage.(复述文章)
...good
luck .
...never forgets.
can walk for a long
time and never get lost
...helps...to
...can also remember
...with...
...cut down...so
...also kill...for...
Today there
are...
We must save...
and not buy..
Remember that March 13th is...
How can we do to save the animals
1. Don't catch/kill/eat animals.
2. Don't cut down the trees.
3. We mustn't buy things made of ivory.
4. We mustn't buy things made of fur.
5. We can plant the trees.
6. We can have a special day for animals.
Thinking
Love animals.
Love the environment.
Love the world.
Exercises
1.There was a white elephant on the first f _____of Thailand.
2.This is a s _____ of good luck.
3.Fish can’t live without ( 没有) w______.
4.Some animals in the world are in d ______.We must protect them.
5.People also k _____ elephants for their ivory.
一、根据汉语意思及首字母提示填单词。
lag
ymbol
ater
ill
anger
二、用所给单词的适当形式填空。
1.Let’s _______ (save) the trees and flowers.
2.We should be ________ (friend) to animals.
3.We must refuse to buy things ________ (make) of ivory.
4.Don’t walk too far. It’s easy to get _______ (lose).
5.We should take action to protect animals in _______(dangerous).
6.You should drink enough_______ (water) every day, at least eight glasses.
ave
friendly
made
lost
danger
water
三、根据汉语意思完成句子(每空一词)
1.我奶奶年纪大了。她经常迷路。
My grandma is old. She often .
2.尼罗河是世界上最长的河流之一。
The Nile is the longest rivers in the world.
3.由于人们大量砍伐树木,大象正在失去它们的家园。
Elephants are because people______ ______ too many trees.
gets
lost
one
of
losing
their
homes
cut
down
4.历史上,风筝是由木头做的。
The kite wood in history.
is
made
of
5.事实上,熊猫已经变得非常受欢迎,以至于它们现在成了中国的象征。
In fact, pandas have become so popular that they are now
China.
a
symbol
of
Thank you!