(共12张PPT)
Unit
5
Oxford English
Module 3 Animals
Period 6
More practice
Study skills
Save the endangered animals
1
More practice
Listen to the song “The story of the red-crowned crane” and get the general idea of the story you’re going to read.
Read the story and complete the table. Then, retell the story using information from the table.
When What happened
In ________ Xu Xiujuan was born.
In her early years - Xiujuan helped ___________________ red-crowned cranes.
- She showed _________________ for the cranes.
- She became _________________ the cranes.
In 1985 - She got a job at ________________ in Jiangsu Province.
- If a bird became ill, she ______________ it, and _________________
every day until it was well
In 1987 - One bird went _____________.
- The workers _____________ find it.
- Xiujuan was _____________ and looked for it for ___________.
- She _____________ a river and ____ at the age of ____.
Later A song was written _____________ Xiujuan.
Read the story again and answer the questions below.
Study skills
2
Using reference books (4): Using a dictionary (II)
A dictionary not only tells you the most common meaning of a word, it
also tells you:
how to spell and say the word;
if it is a noun, a verb, etc.;
if the word has more than one meaning;
how we might use it in a sentence.
A In groups, look at the dictionary page below and answer the questions on page 79.
1 How many different meanings of “can” are given in the
dictionary
__________________________________________________
2 What are the two pronunciations of the word
__________________________________________________
3 Why are some words in italics
__________________________________________________
4 What do the abbreviations “v”, “n”, “sing.”, “C”, “BrE”
and “AmE” mean
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
5 What do the words “informal” and “slang” mean
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
6 What idioms are given
__________________________________________________
*B Use your dictionary to answer the following pare your answers with
your classmates’.
1 What is the pronunciation of “record” as a verb What is it as a noun
2 What is the British English pronunciation of “vase” What is its American English pronunciation
3 From your dictionary, find an example sentence for the word “trip”.
4 What is the American English for “autumn”
5 What does “room” mean as a countable noun What does it mean as an uncountable noun
6 What does the idiom “let the cat out of the bag” mean
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Self-assessment
H
Homework
利用图书馆或互联网等资源寻找有关保护濒危动物的真人真事,准备口头汇报。
选择性完成《练习册》第77至80页Integration的练习。
THANKS