课件32张PPT。What’s your favorite animal? Why?
Do you want to know more animals?1.What animal is the biggest on land?2.What animal only lives in Australia?3.What animal is the king of the forest?4.What animal looks like a cow,
but it lives in the water?manatee Unit15
We're trying to save the manatees!Period one 1a-2c What’s this? And how to describe it? gentlemanatees[’m?n?ti:]?
shyAfrican elephantWhat’s this? And how to describe it? enormousgray[i’n?:m?s] =very bigkangarooWhat’s this? And how to describe it? playfuls[,k??g?’ru:]? chimpanzeeWhat’s this? And how to describe it? noisy[,t?imp?n’zi:] furry[‘f?:ri] 多毛的scheetahWhat’s this? And how to describe it? spotted [‘t?i:t?] [‘sp?t?d] spolar bearWhat’s this? And how to describe it? furry aggressive[‘p?ul?] [?’ɡresiv] 挑衅的/侵犯的s5164321a Write these words in the boxes below.African elephants_________
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_________ChimpanzeesKangaroosManateesCheetahsPolar bearsenormous
graygentle
shyspotted
fastfurry
aggressivenoisyplayful1b Listen and circle the words in 1a that Victor and Ginny use to describe the animals.gentle furry enormous playful noisy
shy aggressive gray fast spottedVictor :Hey, Ginny. What’s that big ,_____ animal in the pond?
Ginny: It’s a polar bear, Victor. They’re kind of ____________.
Victor: Are they? Looks like they really love water .
Ginny: Uh-huh.
Victor: And what do you call those big, ______ things in the
water?
Ginny: They ‘re called __________. Victor: What?
Ginny: Manatees. They’re very ________ and very shy.
Victor: Oh. And how about the yellow and black__________
animals in that cage?
Ginny: They ‘re _______. The cheetah is the ______ animal on
earth.furryaggressivegraymanateesgentlespottedcheetahsfastestListen and fill in the blanksPolar bears are big , _____ animals .
They are kind of ________.furryaggressive2. Manatees are gray, ______ and ______. gentleshy3. Cheetahs are ____ and ____ _____ animals. yellowblackspotted They run _____ on earth. fastest Think of an animal that is the same as you in some ways. Write a statement （陈述） about you and the animal. Read your statement without saying the name of the animal. Your classmates guess what kind of animal you are like.GROUPWORKYou ’re like a manatee.GROUPWORKYesYou ’re like a manatee.enormous
grayplayful
fastnoisy
playfulgentle
shyspotted
fastaggressive
furryGROUPWORKendangered
mangrove swamps
habitat
aquatic feedthe place where
something lives
b. there aren’t very
many of them
c. underwater plants
and vegetation
d. a place where trees
grow in water2a Listen and match the words with definitions.[‘m?n ,gr??v ][‘h?b?,t?t]? [?’kw?t?k] [,ved?i’tei??n 2,500water underpollutedfoodlarge1,0002b Listen again. Complete the chart.Animals are our best _______ (朋友). They help us in many _____(途径). For instance, they can bring us ________(快乐) and make us feel less ____ (孤独). Also, they can help guard our ______(房子). However, now large numbers of animals are dying out because of ________(污染).
Manatees, which are gentle and shy animals, are in danger now. There used to ____(有) lots of manatees, but now there are only about 2,500 in the U.S. In 1972, it was __________(发现) that they were _________(濒临灭绝的). Since then, the government has ______(通过) laws to _______(保护)them. Usually manatees live in mangrove swamps and ______(以---为食) on underwater plants and vegetation. As you can see, they are enormous and ______(重) about 1,000 _______(磅). friends ways pleasure lonely house pollution be discovered endangered passed protect feed weigh poundsPAIRWORKA: How big are manatees?
B: They’re about 10 feet long
and they weigh about 1,000
pounds.A: How big are manatees?
B: They’re about 10 feet long
and they weigh about 1,000
pounds. 6 feet tall,
100 pounds 10 feet tall,
800 pounds5 meters long,
2 meters tall--- How long is the river?
--- It’s 2,100 meters long.
Language points---How heavy is the box?
---It is / weighs 20 pounds.
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— How + + be + 主语?
—主语+ be + 数词+ 量词+ Language pointsbig
long
wide
deep
high
tall
…big
long
wide
deep
high
tall
…This classroom is 5 meters wide.
= This is a 5-meter-wide classroom.
Language points在句中做定语在句中做表语Grammar Focusam/is/are + V-ingdo/doesused to + dobe + p.p.have/has + p.p.根据句意，用所给单词的正确形式填空。
Exerises1.We’re ______ ( have) an English class now.
2.We _____ already ________ (learn) some words about animals.
3.Kangaroos are ______( play) and cheetahs are ______(spot).
4.He used to _____ (go) to school by bike.
5.Our classroom _________(clean ) every day.
6.A manatee is about 10 ______ (foot) long ,
and it ______( weigh) 1,000 pounds.
7.Many animals are __________(endanger) because of pollution.havinghavelearnt / learnedplayfulspottedgois cleanedfeetweighsendangered Animals are man’s friendsDiscussionAnimals are our friends, but some of them are endangered because of pollution. As a middle school student,what can we do for the animals?Homework* Try to find more endangered animals in the world and write a short passage about how to save them or protect them.Thank you !
