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November23,2012Unit15We’retryingtosavethemanatees!TheFirstPeriodSectionA

Doyoulikeanimals?Howmanyanimalsdoyouknow?Now,letmeshowyouaroundtheamazingzoo!Let'sgo!giraffehorselionmonkeyelephantpenguinpandarabbittigerdolphincatwolfLet’sgotothezoo.Doyouknowtheseanimals?elephantelephantskangarookangarooscheetahcheetahsmanateemanateespolarbearpolarbearschimpanzeechimpanzeesgentlefurryenormousplayfulnoisyshyaggressivegrayfastspottedenormousgrayplayfulfastnoisyplayfulgentleshyspottedfastaggressivefurrygentlefurryenormousplayfulnoisyshyaggressivegrayfastspotted

AfricanelephantsChimpanzees

KangaroosManateesCheetahsPolarbears

gentleenormousgrayplayfulaggressivefurryshyspottedfastnoisyfurrygentlebigaggressivelovelygentlefurryenormousplayfulnoisyshyaggressivegrayfastspotted1aListenandcirclethewordsin1a.1bGROUPWORKIamlikethisanimalbecauseIamstrongandintelligent.Ilikewater,andIliketoeatvegetables.You’relikeanelephant.No.You’relikeamanatee.Yes.1cEndangered2.mangroves紅樹

swamps沼澤地3.habitat生長(zhǎng)環(huán)境4.aquaticfeed水生植物a.theplacewheresomethinglivesb.therearen’tverymanyofthemc.underwaterplantsandvegetation植物d.aplacewheretrees

growinwater2aListeningKindofanimalmanateeNumbersHabitatReasonwhytheyareendangeredDescriptionListenListenandcompletethechart.2b2500thewaterunderthetreesinmangroveswamps.swampsbeingpolluted.notenoughfood.large*10feetlong,*1000poundsheavy2c.Pairwork

Usethefactsinthechartabovetoroleplayaconversationbetweenastudentandazooattendant.A:Howbigaremanatees?B:They’reabout10feetlongandtheyweighabout1,000pounds.A:HowheavyareAfricanelephants?B:They’reaboutsevenoreighttonsheavyandthey’reabouteightmeterslong,fourmeterstall.A:……B:……Thankyou!Grammar時(shí)態(tài)謂語動(dòng)詞的形式（do/be）一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)一般過去時(shí)現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)一般過去時(shí)被動(dòng)語態(tài)現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)被動(dòng)語態(tài)do/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(duì),違反,與……相反(=opposite)Aremostpeopleagainsttheproposal?大多數(shù)人反對(duì)這項(xiàng)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(duì)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(dòng)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(dān)心的。Theanimalsarekeptintinycages.動(dòng)物被關(guān)在極小的籠子里。

tiny=little很小的,帶有感情色彩.區(qū)別,thetinycountry國(guó)家小(含可愛的意思)asmallcountry小國(guó)家(與largecountry相對(duì)應(yīng))

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(diǎn)點(diǎn)的”,修飾不可數(shù)名詞。如：

Thereisalittlemilkinthebottle.瓶里有一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)的牛奶。

disgusted

adj.厭惡的，憎惡的；

disgust

v.

使惡心，使討厭bedisgustedwith對(duì)……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(duì)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(gè)消息我很吃驚。surprise=amaze使……驚訝Theyprovidehomesformanyendangeredanimals,andhelptoeducatethepublicaboutcaringforthem.

(動(dòng)物園)他們?yōu)樵S多瀕危的動(dòng)物提供了家,也有助于教育眾人來關(guān)心這些動(dòng)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(dòng)物園。

urge力勸,鼓勵(lì),慫恿,極力主張,強(qiáng)調(diào)。如:Theyurgedustogowiththem.他們慫恿我們一起去。Sheurgedtheimportantofspeed.她強(qiáng)調(diào)速度的重要性。u