英语七年级下册Unit 5 Why do you like pandas七下Unit5

FreetalkCanyousaysomethingaboutelephants?*Itisverybig.*Itisbrownorwhite.*Ithasalongnose.*Ithastwo

largeears.*Ithasivory.*It

isverysmart.*It

candoalotofthings.*Itis......

ivory象牙['aɪvəri]*TheelephantisoneofThailand'ssymbols.[simbl]象征、标志“Thestateofelephants”“大象之邦”--Thailand*Elephantsareingreatdanger.处于极大危险中Peoplekillelephantsfortheirivory.1.Whatisthepassageabout?2.Whatcantheelephantdointhepicture?1.It’saboutelephants.2.Itcandraw.Lookatthepictureandtitlebelow.Discusswithyourpartner.Prediction_______WhatIsanElephant?_______CometoThailand_______Let’sSavetheElephants_______ElephantsAreGoodPets√2bListenandreadthiswebsitearticleandcheck(√)thebesttitleforit.Readingtips:Justread1stparagragh（段落）and1stsentence(句子)togetthebesttitle(题目).Para.1Para.2Para.3Readthearticlequicklyandfindoutthetopicsentenceineachparagraph.Thensummarizethemainidea.Elephantsareimportantin

Thailand.Elephantsaresmartanimals.

Elephantsareindangerandwemustsavethem.Elephantsareimportantin

Thailand.1Hello.WearestudentsfromThailand，andwewanttosavetheelephants.TheelephantisoneofThailand'ssymbols.Our

firstflaghadawhiteelephanton

it.This

isasymbolofgoodluck.“our”refersto_________“it”refersto___________________Thailand’sThailand’sfirstflag“this”refersto_______________awhiteelephantReadingtaskReadPara.1carefullyandcompletethetasks.1.Whowritesthearticle?2.Whatdotheywanttodo?3.What'soneofThailand'ssymbols?4.WhichoneisthefirstflagofThailand?ThestudentsfromThailandwritethearticle.Theywanttosavetheelephants.TheelephantisoneofThailand’ssymbols.Thefirstflaghadawhiteelephantonit.It’sasymbolof

goodluck.Answerthequestionsbelow.4.WhyareelephantsimportantinThailand?Becausethefirstflaghad______________onit.it’sasymbolof______________.itisoneofThailand’s_________.symbolsgoodluckawhiteelephantflagbeforewhiteelephantasymbolofgoodluckflagnowElephantsaresmartanimals.

2Elephantsaresmartanimals.Theycanplaysoccerormusic.Theycanalsodrawverywell.Peoplesaythat“anelephantneverforgets”．Elephantscanwalkforalongtimeandnevergetlost.Theycanalsorememberplaceswithfoodandwater.Thishelpsthemtolive.“they”refersto___________elephants“this”refersto______________________________________________.placeswithfoodandwaterelephantscanrememberReadingtaskReadPara.2carefullyandcompletethetasks.Whatcanelephantsdo?(Trueorfalse)1.Elephantscanplaysoccer,buttheycan’tplaymusic.2.Elephantscandrawpictures.3.Elephantsalwaysforgetthings.FTFWhatisthemeaningof“getlost”inthepassage?A.迷路B.口渴C.疲劳

Tips:Usetheinformationaroundthewordorphrasetohelpyouguessthemeaning!我们可以通过上下文猜测单词的意思。1.Whatcanelephantsdo?Theycan....playmusicplaysoccerdrawwellworkforpeople2.Whatdopeoplesayaboutelephants?Theycan....*canwalk____________andnever_______

foralongtimegetlost*rememberplaces________________withfoodandwater“anelephantneverforgets”Elephantsareindangerandwemustsavethem.3Butelephantsareingreatdanger.Peoplecutdownmanytreessoelephantsarelosingtheirhomes.Peoplealsokillelephantsfortheirivory.Todaythereareonlyabout3,000elephants(over100,000before)．Wemustsavethetreesandnotbuythingsmadeofivory.RememberthatMarch13thisThaiElephantDay.“their”refersto__________elephants’ReadingtaskReadPara.3carefullyandcompletethetasks.Whyareelephantsindanger?Becausepeoplekillelephantsfor________theirivory.people____________manytrees,elephantsarelosing___________cutdowntheirhomes.ThenumberoftheelephantsBeforeTodayonlyabout3,000100,000Howmanyelephantsarethere?Todaythereareonlyabout3,000elephants(over100,000before)．NowBeforeover100,000about3000Howcanwesaveelephants?Don’tcutdownsomanytrees.Don’tbuythingsmadeofivory.RememberthatMarch13thisThaiElephantDay.March13thisThaiElephantDay.2cReadthearticleagainandcompletethemindmap.

ImportanceinThailandfirstflaghad_____________________symbolof___________awhiteelephantonitgoodluckAbilitiescanplay______________canalso______wellcan_________placeswithfoodandwatersoccerormusicdrawrememberHowtosavethemdon’tcutdownsomany_____don’t_____thingsmadeofivory.___________isThaiElephantDay.treesbuyMarch13thFactsandfigurespeople________manytreespeoplekillthemfor__________todaythereare_______________________(over________before)cutdowntheirivoryonlyabout3,000elephants100,000Elephantsareingreatdanger.大象正处在很大的危险中。【学以致用】消防员常常处于很危险的境地。____________________________.大夫们说现在他脱离了危险。_______________________.人们在那条河里游泳是很危险的。____________________________.Firefightersareofteningreatdanger.Thedoctorssayhe’snowoutofdanger.

It'sdangerousforpeopletoswiminthatriver.danger为不可数名词，意为“危险”，(be)indanger表示“面临危险”。英语中，常用形容词big或great与danger搭配，表示“巨大的危险”。ingreatdanger意为“处于极大危险之中”,其反义词组为outofdanger“脱离危险”。danger(n.)危险→dangerous(adj.)危险的Peoplesaythat“anelephantneverforgets”.人们说“大象从不遗忘东西”。forget作动词,意为“忘记”,forget+名词/代词意为“忘记某物/某人”。forgettodosth.忘记要做的事情(未做)forgetdoingsth.忘记做了某事(做过但是忘了)【学以致用】

①别忘了关窗户。Don’tforget

thedoor.②汤姆忘记已经把教室的灯关了。Tomforgot

thelightsintheclassroom.tocloseturningoffElephantscanwalkforalongtimeandnevergetlost.大象能够长时间行走而且从不迷路。foralongtime长时间。“for＋时间段”表示某动作或状态持续一段时间。lost作为形容词，表示“走失的；迷路的；失散的”、“丢失的；遗失的”，常与系动词get或be构成短语：get/belost，表示“丢失；走失；迷路”。loseone'sway也意为“迷路”。【学以致用】

①真是倒霉！我的钥匙又丢了。

②你迷路了吧？请跟我来。

Whatbadluck!Mykeysarelostagain.Doyouloseyourway?Followme,please.Peoplecutdownmanytreessoelephantsarelosingtheirhomes.人们砍了很多树，所以大象正在失去他们的家园。cutdown砍倒，其后的宾语如果是名词，可以放在cut和down中间，也可放在down后面，但如果是代词，必须放在二者中间。cut的相关短语：cutoff切断，砍掉cutup切碎cutout省略cutin插嘴,打断cutsth.fromsth.从…切下/割下【学以致用】

①树对于我们有益处，不要砍伐它们。

②这儿的人们通常会砍伐树木造房子。

Treesarehelpfultous.Don'tcutthemdown.Peoplehereusuallycutdownthetrees(cutthetreesdown)tomaketheirhouses.Wemustsavethetreesandnotbuythingsmadeofivory.我们必须拯救树木,不买由象牙制成的东西。madeofivory“由象牙制成”,此处为过去分词短语作后置定语,修饰前面的名词things。bemadeof“由……制成”,可以看出原材料。bemadefrom“由……制成”,可以看不出原材料。【学以致用】

①毛衣常由羊毛制成。Sweatersareoften

wool.②尼龙是由空气、煤和水加工制成的。Nylonis

air,coalandwater.madeofmadefromSummary泰国标志之一一个...的标志忘记要做某事忘记做过某事走很长时间迷路处于巨大危险中砍倒失去家园由...制成（看得出原材料）oneofThailand'ssymbolsasymbolofforgettodosth.forgetdoingsth.walkforalongtimegetlostbeingreatdangercutdownloseone'shome(s)(be)madeofWhat:

savetheelephantswhy:cutdownlosehomekillfortheirrvoryelephantsImportanceinThailandAbilitiesFacts