Unit 5 More Practice red-crowned crane课件(共26张PPT) 2024-2025学年沪教牛津版英语八年级下册

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Unit5 More Practice
red-crowned crane
Lead-in
Activity 1: Guess
How much do you know about red-crowned cranes
1. What do they mainly live？
A. On the mountains. B. In the wetlands.
2. How long can they live in the wild
A. For 10-20 years. B. For 20-30 years.
3. What do they eat
A. Grass and grain. B. Fish and shrimp.
4. How many red-crowned cranes are there in
the world
A. About 2000. B. About 3000.
5. What do they mean
A. Love and health. B. Luck and long life.
Lead-in
Activity 2: Enjoy a song
Let’s enjoy a beautiful song to know a story about the red-crowned cranes.
Set the scene
Question：What does the song talk about？
Listen to the recording and read after it.
Activity 3: Skim for the main idea
Fast reading
language points
hear of 听说 hear from 收到某人的来信
hear-heard--heard
look after = take care of
show great love for...
对...表现出极大的热爱
raise v.抚养，养育
自然保护区
be+adj+enough to do sth
足够...去做某事
go missing 失踪
be worried about...= worry about
day and night 从早到晚
过去进行时
fall-fell-fallen
in memory of.. ...为了纪念
语法填空改编
The story of the red-crowned crane
Have you ever heard 1._______ the song “ The story of the red-crowned crane” It is about a girl 2.______(call) Xu Xiujuan.
Xiujuan was born in Zhalong, Heilongjiang Province 3.______ 1964. Her father’s job was 4._______(look) after red-crowned cranes. Xiujuan started helping her father when she 5.______(be) young. She soon showed a great love 6._______ these white birds. She became good at 7._______(raise) them.
When Xiujuan was 21, she got a job at a nature reserve in Jiangsu Province. She enjoyed 8.______ (take) care of the baby cranes. If a bird became sick, she took good care of it and stayed with it every day until it was strong enough 9.______(fly) again.
10.______ September 1987, one of the 11._______(bird) went 12._______(miss). The workers in the nature reserve looked everywhere, but no one could find it. Xiujuan was very 13._______(worry). She looked for it day and night 14.______ two days. 15._______ the second night, while she was looking for the missing bird, she 16._______(fall) into a river and died. She was only 23.
Later, a song 17._________(write) in memory of Xiujuan. Though Xiujuan died young, people always remember her when they hear the song 18._______ see a red-crowned crane.
reading exercises
( )1. What did Xiujuan's father do in 1964
A. Cleaned baby cranes.
B. Sold white birds.
C. Discovered red birds.
D. Raised red-crowned cranes.
D
( )2. What is the correct order of Xiujuan's life according to the passage
a. She loved looking after baby cranes.
b. She tried to look for a missing bird.
c. She fell into a river and lost her life.
d. She was interested in red-crowned cranes.
e. She worked in a nature reserve in Jiangsu Province.
A. a→c→b→d→e B. d→e→a→b→c
C. a→c→d→b→e D. d→b→a→e→c
B
( )3. Which of the following best describes Xiujuan
A. Strict but interesting.
B. Beautiful but foolish.
C. Young and healthy.
D. Kind and hard-working.
D
( )4. What can we learn from the passage
A. Xiujuan's father was born in Heilongjiang Province.
B. The missing crane was found before Xiujuan died.
C. Xiujuan would stay with a sick crane every day until it was able to fly again.
D. Xiujuan could raise cranes very well before she helped with her father's job.
C
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