Unit 2 Communication Lesson 4 Animal Talk 课件（14张PPT）

Unit 2 Lesson 4
Animal Talk
How do we communicate with other people?
Our ways of communication

by mobile phone
by sign language
by body language
through face-to-face communication
by email
by blog
Brainstorm
Use the key words to describe these photos.
When do we communicate with others?
Two people are using a computer. Maybe they’re writing a blog or sending an email.
Warm-up
Do animals need communication?

Warm-up

My dog is in the garden. He’s wagging his tail, his mouth is open and he is looking at me. What is he trying to tell me?

Jane Roberts
Warm-up
Do you know these animals?

insects
whales
mice
How do they communicate with their friends?

ant
bees
I think ants communicate by body language.
Warm-up
Read the text.
Find out the 3 main methods of animal communication.

By smell
By sound
By body language
Reading
Ways of communi-cation Kinds of animals Why do they communicate?




Fill in the blanks
Ways of communi-cation Kinds of animals Why do they communicate?
by smell dogs
mice
ants
by sound frogs
insects
whales
elephants
by body language cats
dogs
Fill in the blanks
Read with the speaker.
Reading
How is human communication different from animal communication?

I think …

Your opinion
1 Animals can help us a lot.

Examples


2 People have always been interested in animal communication.
Why do people want to study animal communication?
Dogs have helped the police for a long time. They can find missing people by using…
Scientists have trained mice to find landmines.

Talking
Can you answer these questions?
1 How do scientists study animal communication?

2 What have scientists done with mice so that they can help people?

3 Are people interested in animal communication now or for a long time? How do you know?
They have done a lot of research on this subject.
They have trained mice to find landmines.
People have always been interested in animal communication.
for a long time
Talking
1 Read the text.

2 Write down your opinion about
“How is human communication
different from animal communication?”

Homework