Module 6 Animals in danger
Unit 1 It allows people to get closer to them.
【教学目标】
1. To master the useful words and sentences.
Words: snake, thin, danger, interested, allows, wild, protect, grow, enough, peace, raise
Expressions: in danger, at last, be interested in, think of, take away, in peace, look after
2. To understand the conversation about animals in danger
3. To listen for specific information
4. To talk about animals in danger, using infinitive structures (as object complements and adverbials of purpose)
【教学重点】
New words and expressions.
To learn the grammar knowledge of infinitive.
【教学难点】
Cultivating the ability of expressing opinions.
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Ss look at the pictures and describe the animals in the pictures by asking and answering.
What does it look like
It is large and brown.
Where does it live
I think it lives in the forest.
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say the new words as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Group work
Look at the pictures and do the quiz.
Step 4 Listening
1. Listen and answer the questions.
1) What’s this week’s Animal World about
2) Which animals are in danger
2. Listen and repeat. Then role-play the conversation.
Betty: Are you watching Animal World
Tony: Yes, I’m watching it to find out about different animals. This week it’s about snakes.
Betty: Ugh! Last week they told us why there were so few pandas. They made the programme to show people how the animals live.
Tony: Yes, I saw it. Now I understand why pandas are so special. But we want other animals to be safe too. There aren’t many lions, elephants and bears left in the world.
Betty: It’s good to find out about them.
3. Free talk
Do you think many animals are in danger Which ones How can we help them
Why are animals in danger
Step 5 Listen and read
1. New words
2. Listen to Lingling and Betty talking about animals in danger and check if you had the same ideas as Lingling and Betty.
1) Is Betty more interested in Wolong Panda Reserve
2) Do many animals have a safe place to live
3) What does Lingling think of the pandas and other animals in danger
4) Why many animals don’t have a safe place to live
3. Complete the table.
Why animals are in danger What we can do to help
4. Discuss and add more information to the table.
Why animals are in danger What we can do to help
5. Role play the conversation
Step 6 Practice
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expressions in the box.
Let Ss read the passage first and choose the words and expressions from the box.
allows danger enough in peace protect raise
Many wild animals, such as pandas, are in (1) _______. We need to (2) _______ them! Often there is not (3) _______ land or forests, so the animals do not have a safe place to live.
The Wolong Panda Reserve (4) ______ people to get closer to pandas. And the pandas live (5) ________ there. We can help (6) ______ money to protect pandas and other wild animals.
Step 7 Pronunciation and speaking
Listen and mark when the speaker pauses
1. It allows people to get closer to the pandas.
2. We want to save the panda, and we need you to help us.
3. We can give money to protect the animals.
Listen again and repeat.
Tips:
一个句子可根据意思和语法结构分成若干小段,每一小段称之为一个意群。意群可以是一个词,一个词组或短语,也可以是并列句的一个分句或复合句中的一个主句、从句等,可用“/”来划分句子的意群。
按照句子的一般语法结构,可划分成为以下意群视读单位:
(1) 短句 (2) 名词短语 (3) 介词/不定式/分词短语 (4) 动词短语 (5) 主谓结构 (6) 动宾结构 (7) 系表结构 (8) 动状结构 (9) 主句-从句。
Step 8 Language points
1. But I am more interested to see the pandas in the Wolong Panda Reserve.
be interested to do sth. “对做……感兴趣”
be interested in sth. 对……感兴趣
主语通常为人,其后可接名词(短语)、代词或动词-ing形式。
e.g. The boy is interested in the film.
这个男孩对这部电影很感兴趣。
The TV show is funny. I’m interested in it.
这个电视节目很有趣。我对它很感兴趣。
Molly and her sister are interested in swimming.
莫莉和她姐姐都对游泳很感兴趣。
【语境应用】完成句子
(1) 我妈妈在35岁的时候对唱歌感兴趣。
My mother ________ ________ ________ singing when she was 35 years old.
(2) 我弟弟Tom有兴趣学游泳。
My brother Tom ________ ________ ________ learn swimming.
(3) Mr Green是一位有趣的老师。
Mr Green is a(n) __________ __________.
【拓展】
relaxing 令人放松的 relaxed 感到放松的
boring 令人厌烦的 bored 感到厌烦的
exciting 令人兴奋地 excited 感到兴奋的
【语境应用】用interest的适当形式填空。
1) Kate is _________ in the ___________ book.
2) She is __________ in the music club.
3) I think what you said is not __________ at all.
allow vt. 允许;准许
allow sth.
allow doing sth. 准许干某事
allow sb. to do sth. 允许某人做某事
e.g. We cannot allow a thing like this.
They don’t allow smoking in the kitchen.
His parents don’t allow him to play computer games.
【语境应用】完成句子
(1) 妈妈不允许这样的事情发生。
Mum doesn't __________ such a thing.
(2) 他们不允许在湖里游泳。
They don't allow __________ in the lake.
(3) 我父母允许我在周末使用电脑。
My parents ________ ________ ________ ________ the computer at weekends.
中考链接
1) My parents don't ________(允许)me to hang out with friends at night.
(2021贵州铜仁中考)
2) I don’t think students should be ________(允许) to bring mobile phones to school.
(2021新疆中考)
3. It’s sad to think of pandas and other animals in danger.
think of 想到,想出
e.g. Can anybody think of a way to raise money (翻译)
有人能想出筹款的办法吗
in danger 处于险境,处于危险之中
e.g. The girl is very ill and her life is in danger. (翻译)
这个女孩病的很重,生命垂危。
danger n. 危险;危害
in danger 处于险境,处于危险之中
由“介词+名词”构成的短语
e.g. The girl is very ill and her life is in danger. (翻译)
这个女孩病的很重,生命垂危。
Some wild animals are in ________(危险) as the earth is getting warmer and warmer.
3. We need to protect them better.
我们要更好地保护它们。
protect v. 保护,保卫
protect sth.
protect …from/against… 保护……免遭……
e.g. Are we doing enough to protect the environment
保护环境我们做的够吗?
Physical exercise can protect you against heart problems.体育锻炼可以预防心脏病。
【拓展】protection n. 保护,保卫
【语境应用】Ⅰ. 词汇运用
1) Professor Xu gave us a talk on how to ________(保护) the environment (环境) last week.
2) It’s our duty (责任) to ________(保护) the environment
3) I'm writing something about the __________(protect) of animals in danger.
Ⅱ. 完成句子
Mary,你应该穿暖些以免着凉。
Mary, you should wear warm clothes to ________ you ____________ the cold.
4. Many wild animals don’t have a safe place to live, because villages and farms are growing bigger and are taking away their land and forest.
grow (grew) 1) linking v. (连系动词) 变得;后接形容词
e.g. He seemed to grow taller every day.
他好像一天比一天高。
2) v. 生长;种植
e.g. They grow their own food.
他们自己种食物。
grow up 长大
e.g. What do you want to be when you grow up
你长大以后想当什么?
take away意为“拿走”,是一个由“动词+副词”构成的短语。当take away后接名词作宾语时,名词可位于away之后,也可位于take和away之间;当take away后接代词作宾语时,代词通常位于take和away之间。
翻译下列句子。
1) 你不能带走这些书。
You mustn’t take away the books. = You mustn’t take the books away.
2) 这些水果坏了。你把它们撤掉吧。
The fruits are bad. You can take them away.
5. Also, often there isn’t enough clean water.
enough adj. 充足的;足够的 可作表语
“形容词+ enough + to do sth.”结构 足够……去做某事
e.g. Forty yuan is enough for the trip.
四十元够这次旅行了。
enough作定语,修饰名词时,可以放在名词的前面或后面。例如:
I don’t have enough money / money enough to buy this skirt.
另外,enough可以作副词,修饰形容词或副词,通常放在被修饰词的后面。例
如:
Is your room warm enough
He knows the situation well enough.
根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子,每空一词。
1) 会议室里有足够的座位。
There are ______ _____ in the meeting room.
2) 五个人就足够了。
Five people ___ _______.
3) 你已经足够大了,可以照顾自己了。
You are ___ _______ to take care of yourself.
6. Maybe we can raise some money at school.
raise vt. 1) 筹集(钱款)
e.g. We are raising money for charity.
我们正在为慈善事业筹款。
2) 举起,抬起
e.g. Raise your hand if you know the right answer.
如果你知道正确答案,请举手。
3) 抚养,饲养
e.g. I was born and raised in China. 我生于长于中国。
【辨析】rise和raise
【形式区分】rise和raise有一个字母之差。
【读音区分】rise读作/raiz/,而raise读作/reiz/。
【词性区分】rise常作不及物动词,而raise常作及物动词。
【语义区分】rise有“上升;升起;上涨”等意思,而raise有“举起;抬起;饲养;筹集”等意思。
用rise或raise的适当形式填空。
1) The moon _______.
2) We are surprised that the price of the house is ______ so rapidly.
3) He ______ his head and looked at the blackboard.
4) His mother ______ many ducks on the farm.
5) They are _______ money for Project Hope.
7. Let’s find out what else we can do to save as many animals as possible.
让我们想想还能做什么,来救助更多的动物。
辨析 find out, look for, find
find out 查明,弄清;表示通过理解、分析、询问等得出真相、原因等 We need to find out where the meeting is being held.
find 找到,发现,强调结果 I can’t find my pen, so I need to look for it.
look for 寻找,强调动作
【语境应用】 完成句子。
(1) Can you ___________ what time the train will leave
你能查出火车什么时候开吗?
(2) I __________ my book in my schoolbag, but I couldn’t ___________.
我在书包里找我的书,但是没有找到。
中考链接
1) Lingling's father tried his best to _______ who took his daughter to the hospital after the accident. (2021辽宁营口中考)
A. work out B. find out C. look out D. come out
2) Mum, could you help me _______my toy car I can't _______it anywhere! (2021黑龙江绥化中考)
A. look for; find B. find; look for C. look; find out
Step 9 Pair work
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
1. Why do you visit the zoo
2. Where do most animals live
3. Do you think animals are happy in the zoo
4. What can we do to help the animals
Step 10 Speaking
Talk with your partner about what we can do to protect animals in danger and share your ideas with the rest of the class
-To protect …we should…
-We need to … to protect…
Step 11 Summary
Some important expressions in this unit.
1. 处于危险中
2. 终于;最后
3. 想到;想出
4. 夺去;拿走
5. 和平地;平静地
6. 照顾;照管
7. 有兴趣做某事
8. 需要做某事
Step 12 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据语境,从方框中选择恰当的单词填空,注意形式变化。
neck, raise, thin, grow, protect, snake, enough, notice
1. We should try our best _______ animals.
2. The world's population is _______ larger.
3. It is important for children to get _______ sleep at night.
4. How can you wear such a(n) _______ shirt It's cold outside!
5. The long _______ of giraffes help them get their food easily.
6. Look! There are two _______ on the wall. They're about the dance party.
7. They _______ a lot of money for the poor children at the concert yesterday.
8. Walking alone in the forest can be dangerous, because you may meet with animals like bears and _______.
Ⅱ. 根据语境及所给汉语提示语写出所缺内容,每空一词。
1. I can't _______ _______(想出) a better idea at the moment.
2. Jeff _______ _______(照顾) my cat when I was on holiday.
3. The police _______ _______(查明) the man's real name last night.
4. They don't have to worry about their future _______ _______(终于).
5. They save hundreds of animals _______ _______(处于危险中) every year.
6. Larry _______ _______(拿走) my favourite book without telling me yesterday.
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子,每空一词。
1. 不要靠近那条狗!
Don't _______ _______ _______ that dog!
2. 农场里的动物平静地生活着。
The animals on the farm live _______ _______.
3. 孩子们有兴趣听那位老人的故事。
The children are _______ _______ _______ that old man's story.
4. Dylan决定在空闲时间读尽可能多的书。
Dylan decided to read _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ in his free time.
5. Daniel的父母不允许他和我去水上公园。
Daniel's parents didn't _______ _______ _______ _______ to the water park with me.
Step 14 Homework
编写一个关于保护濒危动物滇金丝猴的对话。
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