Unit6Bird-brained----MissPeng

1、Bird-brained!Unit 6TitianTitianHow many animals do you know?孔雀，因其能开屏而闻名于世。雄孔雀羽毛翠绿，下背闪耀紫铜色光泽。尾上覆羽特别发达，平时收拢在身后，伸展开来长约 1米左右， 就是所谓的“孔雀开屏”。这些羽毛绚丽多彩，羽支细长，犹如金绿色丝绒，其末端还具有众多由紫、蓝、黄、红等色构成的大型眼状斑，开屏时反射着光彩，好像无数面小镜子，真真鲜艳夺目。雌鸟全长约1.1米。头顶上那簇 高高耸立着的羽冠，也别具风度。雌孔雀无尾屏，背面浓褐色，并泛着绿光，不过没有雄孔雀美丽。peacock tail featherpeahenstrang

2、e stren(d) 奇怪的fall fl落下 fall- fell-fallenhopeless hpls绝望的；不可救药的hope hopefulpetrol petr()l汽油pump pmp泵journey dn 旅行；行程make a journey to sp.station ste()n站tTail tel尾巴feather fe羽毛click klk滴答声peacock pikk孔雀peahen pihen雌孔雀particular ptkjl(r)特别的；详细的faithful fefl . 忠实的，忠诚的compete kmpit竞争；比赛glamorous glmrs 迷

3、人的，富有魅力的admire dma钦佩；赞美admirationA really strange story about a peacock.Petrol pump fall in love withPetrol station along the main road300 m open up show off clicking noise fill up admiring open up show offin particular win ones admiration faithful to lost interest in An eight-yearold peacock has _

4、hopelessly _ _with a petrol pump.Every day for the _, Mr. P., the peacock, has made the _journey _ from his home to the busy _.There, he _ his tail feathers, and _ to _ petrol pumps.The pumps make a _ when someone is _. To Mr. P., this sounds just like an _ peahen.Mr. P. has lost _ _ the peahens at

5、home. Clearly, they cant _ _ the glamorous petrol pump.One pump_ has won Mr. Ps _. He has been _ _ this pump since he was five.New Words and ExpressionsTruck trk 货车，卡车Get married 结婚Owner n 主人Angry gr 发怒的，生气的Knownthatmanforyearssince1990WrittenforthatpaperforfiveyearssincesheleftcollegeDriven a truck for ages since he left schoolTaught English for a long time since 1995Run a small hotel for about two years since they got marriedSold newspapers for about twenty years since they were youngSpoken F