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Unit 5
Into the wild
Listening and speaking
Learning objectives
1. To understand and use animal idioms correctly;
2. To get the main idea of a debate about animals;
3. To hold a debate and express your agreement and disagreement.
“Butterflies in one’s stomach” is an informal way to express a very nervous feeling before doing something.
Tips
Lead-in
Vocabulary building: Animal idioms
1. as busy as a(n) _______
2. kill two ________with one stone
3. When the cat’s away, the _______ will play.
4. hold your _______
5. It’s raining _______ and _______ .
Activity 5 Look at the pictures, complete the idioms with animal names and guess the meanings.
as busy as a(n) _______
kill two ________with one stone
bee
birds
忙得不可开交
一石二鸟;一箭双雕;一举两得
When the cat’s away, the _______ will play.
mice
猫儿不在,老鼠翻天;
山中无老虎,猴子称大王
hold your _______
horses
[非正式用语]且慢;请三思
It’s raining _______ and _______ .
cats
dogs
[口语]下倾盆大雨
English idioms are a way of adding colour to the language. For example, instead of saying “It’s raining heavily”, you could say “1. _____________________”. Another reason to use idioms is that they are concise. For example, to describe someone who is always working or busy doing something, we can say they are 2. ________________ .
It’s raining cats and dogs
as busy as a bee
Activity 5 Complete the paragraph with the animal idioms.
concise [k n sa s] adj giving only the information that is necessary and important, using few words
例: He delivered his report clearly and concisely.
他清楚、简洁地作了汇报。
If they’re rushing into something and should wait and be patient, you could say “3. ______________ ”. Learning idioms can be fun, especially when we compare them to Chinese equivalents. Take, for example, “4. _________________________________” (people do what they want and have fun when someone in authority is absent) and “5. ________________________ ” (solve two problems with one action) – are there corresponding idioms in Chinese
hold your horses
When the cat’ s away, the mice will play
kill two birds with one stone
equivalent [ kw v l nt] adj. equal in value, amount, meaning, importance, etc.
n. If one amount or value is the equivalent of another, they are the same.
Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles.
八公里约等于五英里。
Breathing such polluted air is the equivalent of smoking ten cigarettes a day.
呼吸污染这么严重的空气等于每天抽十支烟。
corresponding [ k r sp nd ] adj 相应的
correspond with sth/sb 与……一致;通信
correspondent 通信员
A: She’s as busy as a bee.
B: What makes you say that
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Activity 7 Work in pairs. Find more animal idioms.
Choose an idiom and describe a situation with it.
Group work
Share information
Love me, love my dog.
Don’t ride the high horse.
Never offer to teach fish to swim.
Fine feathers make fine birds.
爱屋及乌。
勿摆架子。
不要班门弄斧。
人凭衣裳马凭鞍。
More animal idioms
E.g. My manager did not ask me anything about me coming late that day. So, I did not speak to him about it - it is best to let sleeping dogs lie.
let sleeping dogs lie
to ignore a problem because trying to deal with it could cause an even more difficult situation
More animal idioms
E.g. His 35-year-old brother was still living with his parents. This fact was the elephant in the room at every family party.
The elephant in the room
a problem or controversial issue that is too big to ignore, but that everyone tries to avoid talking about because it is embarrassing or will cause conflict.
causing a lot of disagreement, because many people have strong opinions about the subject being discussed
More animal idioms
E.g. Ann let the cat out of the bag and finally told her parents about her plans of getting married.
Let the cat out of the bag
to reveal a secret.
to make sth known to sb
More animal idioms
E.g. When I told my mom I would be home around 2 am, she had a cow!
someone has a cow
someone is really upset.
More animal idioms
E.g. I never learned how to use a computer, so I lost my job to a new employee. It's a dog-eat-dog world.
Dog-eat-dog world
only the strong or the best survive.
More animal idioms
1. Which animal was the first to have been domesticated
2. Which zoo has the longest history in China
to make a wild animal used to living with or working for humans
1驯养,驯化(动物)
to grow plants or crops for human use
2驯化,培育(植物或农作物)同义词: cultivate
to make sb good at cooking, caring for a house, etc.; to make sb enjoy home life
3(often humorous) 使精于家务;使喜爱家居
Some men are very hard to domesticate.
有些男人很难做好家务活。
They've become a lot more domesticated since they got married.
他们婚后恋家多了。
[d mest ke t]
Did you know
1. Which animal was the first to have been domesticated
2. Which zoo has the longest history in China
Did you know
Dogs were first domesticated over 14,000 years ago. Sheep, cows and pigs have been kept at home as sources of food for around 7,000 years.
The oldest zoo in the world is in Vienna, opened in 1752. The oldest zoo in China is Beijing Zoo, which was founded in 1906.
Learn words and expressions
1.zookeeper
2.Keep Wild Animals Wild
3.in danger of
4.die out
5.programme
6.fail-failure
7.admit
8.totally
9.allow sb. to do sth
10.as much as possible
11.educate
12.observe
13.be similar to
14.natural environment
15.offer
16.a huge amount of
17.on the whole
18.do good for
19.continue
20.after a short break
动物园管理员
处于……危险之中
灭亡;逐渐消失
计划,方案; 节目
承认; 招供
与……相似
提供
大量的
大体上,基本上
行善
继续
短暂休息后
Pre-listening
Activity 7 Listen to the TV debate and choose the correct topic
Can zoo animals survive in the wild
Can zoos offer animals their natural environment
Should we keep wild animals in the zoo
Should we educate people more about animals
Listen to find out the main idea
Listening tips:
In a debate, first listen out the main topic. The main topic is usually a statement or a question at the very start of the debate.
While-listening
For
Debate
Zoos can help protect animals ___________.
Zoos are a good way to _________.
Zoos allow us to see and learn about animals in places similar to their ____________________.
Against
Zoos animals can _____________________ and be unable to live on their own when return to the wild.
Zoos cannot offer animals an environment that’s _____________ their natural one.
Zoos __________________ people than for animals.
Activity 8 Listen again and complete the mind map.
For
Debate
Zoos can help protect animals _____________________.
Zoos are a good way to ___________________________.
Zoos allow us to see and learn about animals in places similar to their ____________________.
in danger of dying out
educate people about animals
natural environments
Debate
Against
Zoo animals can _________________________ and be unable to live on their own when return to the wild.
Zoos cannot offer animals an environment that’s _____________ their natural one.
Zoos __________________ people than for animals.
depend too much on humans
as good as
do more good for
Activity 9 Listen again and underline the sentences about how they express agreement and disagreement.
I totally agree that people should learn as much as possible about animals because we share the planet with them.
Exactly.Zoos allow us to observe animals in places that are similar to their natural environments.
I think we all agree that we should do our best to help protect animals and teach people more about them….
I’m afraid I don’t agree that these programmes are always successful.
I’m sorry, but that’s just not true.No zoo can offer its animals an environment that’s as good as their natural one…….
Activity 9 Listen again and underline the sentences about how they express agreement and disagreement.
Now talk about how the speakers express agreement and disagreement. Listen again if necessary.
Agreement
Exactly!
I agree.
That is true.
I see your point.
No doubt about it.
I suppose so.
Disagreement
I don’t agree.
That’s just not true.
I’m afraid I totally disagree.
I’m not so sure about that.
I don’t think so.
That’s not always the same.
main topic
for
against
supporting ideas…
supporting ideas…
supporting ideas…
supporting ideas…
debate
Summary
Activity 10 Work in pairs. Hold a debate on whether we should keep animals as pets.
1.Stand up and move to your like-minded.
2. Discuss to get as many supporting arguments as possible.
3. Get ready to fire!
Post-listening
A debate on whether we should keep animals as pets.
Student A: Turn to Page 107.
Student B: Turn to Page 110.
FOR
AGAINST
Keeping pets develops a kind and caring attitude towards animals.
Keeping pets is good for people’s physical and mental health.
Keeping pets helps people know more about animals.
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Caring for other people is more important than caring for animals.
It’s bad for animals’ physical and mental health to be kept as pets.
Animals kept at home can cause trouble for neighbors.
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