We’retryingtosavethemanatees!Unit15

湖北麻城鹽田河中學英語組丁光英

November23,2012Doyoulikeanimals?Howmanyanimalsdoyouknow?Now,letmeshowyouaroundtheamazingzoo!Let'sgo!dolphinelephantgiraffehorsekangarooLeopard金錢豹lionmonkeypandapenguinrabbittigerCanyoudescribethem?zebradeerhippo河馬peacockwolfcatdogHowdoyoudescribetheanimals?Writethesewordsintheboxesbelow,thenwriteotherwordsyouknowtodescribetheanimalsin

1a.SectionA

1aNewwords：

manatee

海牛

chimpanzee

黑猩猩

kangaroo

袋鼠

cheetah

獵豹

aggressive

侵犯的

gray

灰色的

spotted有斑點的enormous

巨大的

furry(有)毛皮的

playful

頑皮的gentlefurryenormousplayfulnoisyshyaggressivegrayfastspotted

AfricanelephantsChimpanzees

KangaroosManateesCheetahsPolarbears

gentleenormousgrayplayfulaggressivefunnyshyspottedfastnoisyListenandcirclethewordsin1athatVictorandGinnyusetodescribetheanimals.gentlefurryenormousplayfulnoisyshyaggressivegrayfastspotted

1b.1c.GroupworkThinkofananimalthatisthesameasyouinsomeways.Writeastatementaboutyouandtheanimal.Readyourstatementwithoutsayingthenameoftheanimal.Yourclassmatesguesswhatkindofanimalyouarelike.A:

IamlikethisanimalbecauseIamstrongandintelligent.Ilikewater,andIliketoeatvegetables.B:

You’relikeanelephant.A:

No.B:

You’reamanatee.A:

Yes!Andyou?B：IamlikethisanimalbecauseIamnaughty/playful.Ilikerunningandjumping.A:Oh,Iknowyou’reakangaroo!B:Howclever!Howaboutyou,Lily?C:Iamlike……1.endangered2.mangroveswamps3.habitat4.aquaticfeeda.theplacewheresomethinglives

b.therearen’tverymanyofthemc.underwaterplantsandvegetationd.aplacewheretreesgrowinwaterListenandmatchthewordswithdefinitions.2a.KindofanimalmanateeNumbersHabitatReasonwhytheyareendangeredDescriptionListenandcompletethechart.2,500intheU.S.thewaterunderthetreesinmangroveswamps.swampshavebecomepolluted.notenoughfood.large,10feetlong,weighs1,000pounds

2b.2c.Pairwork

Usethefactsinthechartabovetoroleplayaconversationbetweenastudentandazooattendant.A:Howbigaremanatees?B:They’reabout10feetlongandtheyweighabout1,000pounds.A:HowheavyareAfricanelephants?B:They’reaboutsevenoreighttonsheavyandthey’reabouteightmeterslong,fourmeterstall.A:……B:……時態(tài)謂語動詞的形式（do/be）一般現(xiàn)在時一般過去時現(xiàn)在進行時現(xiàn)在完成時一般過去時被動語態(tài)現(xiàn)在完成時被動語態(tài)Grammardo/doesam/is/aredidwas/werebe(am/is/are)doinghave/hasdonewas/weredonehave/hasbeendone3a.Readthelettertotheeditorandunderlinethereasonswhythewriterisagainstthezoos.DearEditor,IamwritingtosaythatIamagainstbuildinganewzooinourtown.Zoosareterribleplacesforanimalstolive.I’vevisitedalotofzoosinmylife,andIhaveneverseenoneIlikeoronethatwassuitableforanimalstolivein.Justlastweek,Ivisitedazooandcouldn’tbelievewhatIsaw.Theanimalsarekeptintinycagesandcanhardlymoveatall.Andtheyareonlygivenfoodonceaday.Isthisagoodwayforanimalstolive?Idon’tthinkso.Sincerely,Disgusted

I’mwritingtosaythatIamagainstbuildinganewzooinourtown.

against介詞,反對,違反,與……相反(=opposite)Aremostpeopleagainsttheproposal?大多數(shù)人反對這項提議嗎?

against介詞還有觸,碰,倚,靠的意思。Putthepianothere,withitsback,againstthewall.把鋼琴放在那里,背靠著墻.

Beagainstdoingsth.

反對做某事,反義詞組是befordoingsth,贊成某事I’vevisitedalotofzoosinmylife,andIhaveneverseenoneIlikedoronethat

wassuitablefor

animalstolivein.besuitableforsbtodosth.表示“適合某人做某事”,這里suitable是suit的形容詞形式,表示“合適的”。Thiskindofbambooisnotsuitableforpandastoeat.這種竹子不適合給熊貓吃。Thisdresssuitsyouverymuch,butunfortunatelyitdoesn’tfityou.這套女裝款式非常適合你,只可惜大小不合適。(2)tolivein在此處作animals的后置定語。英語中動詞不定式短語做名詞定語,放在后面。Thereisnothingforustoworryabout.我們沒有什么可以擔心的。Theanimalsarekeptintinycages.動物被關在極小的籠子里。

tiny=little很小的,帶有感情色彩.區(qū)別,thetinycountry國家小(含可愛的意思)asmallcountry小國家(與largecountry相對應)

alittleboy愛憐之意,(不含身材矮小)

tiny和little常做定語,一般不做表語,small既可以做定語,也可以做表語。

little還可表示“一點點的”,修飾不可數(shù)名詞。如：

Thereisalittlemilkinthebottle.瓶里有一點點的牛奶。

disgusted

adj.厭惡的，憎惡的；

disgust

v.

使惡心，使討厭bedisgustedwith對……感到討厭/憎惡/惡心disgustsb.使…

…討厭/惡心I’mdisgustedherrudemanner.我討厭她粗俗的舉止。Thefooddisgustedme.這食物令我討厭/惡心。3b.Nowreadthislettertotheeditor.Doyouagreewith“disgusted”or“AnimalFriend”?Writealettertotheeditorandgiveyouropinion.DearEditor,

IvisitedourzooyesterdayandIwasverysurprisedtofindhardlyanyonethere.Zoosareveryimportantplaces.Theyarelikelivingtextbooksforyoungpeople.Theyprovidehomesformanyendangeredanimalsandhelptoeducatethepublicaboutcaringforthem.Ifwedon’tsupportourzoos,theywon’thaveenoughmoneytotakecareofsomanyfineanimals.Iurgeallofyourreaderstovisitourwonderfulzoosoon.Sincerely,AnimalFriendIwassurprisedtofindhardlyanyonethere.

我非常驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)在那幾乎沒有人。

surprised在這里是過去分詞做形容詞。常用詞組:besurprisedatsth.

對某事感到驚訝

besurprisedtodosth.

很驚訝地做某事insurprise驚奇地Toone’ssurprise使某人驚奇地Iwassurprisedatthenewstohearthenews.聽到這個消息我很吃驚。surprise=amaze使……驚訝Theyprovidehomesformanyendangeredanimals,andhelptoeducatethepublicaboutcaringforthem.

(動物園)他們?yōu)樵S多瀕危的動物提供了家,也有助于教育眾人來關心這些動物。videsthforsb.提供給某人某物Iurgeallofyourreaderstovisitourwonderfulzoosoon.

我們竭力主張你們所有的讀者趕快來參觀我們的很棒的動物園。

urge力勸,鼓勵,慫恿,極力主張,強調。如:Theyurgedustogowiththem.他們慫恿我們一起去。Sheurgedt