Unit+2+Animals：Reading+A+ZOOS+CRUEL+OR+CARING 高中英语上外版必修第二册

ZOOS:CRUEL

OR

CARING?ReadingAUnit2

AnimalsWheredo

theseanimals

live?Howdo

theyprobably

feel?GettingstartedArgumentativewriting.How

many

partscan

the

text

bedivided

into?

What

iseach

part

about?Skimming04Theauthor’s

viewpoint.02Zoos

are

cruel.03Zoos

are

caring.01Lead

in

the

topic

Zoos:Cruel

or

Caring?causingpain

orsufferingWhat

is

the

typeof

the

text?parts.FourWhat

is

theauthor’s

attitude

towards

zoos?Theauthor’sattitudetowardszoosisthatzoosarea

good

thing

and

that

a

triptothezooisboth

educationaland

fun.Skimming

Zoos:Cruel

or

Caring?WhenI

waslittle,Iloved

going

tozoos.Now,at

the

age

of

20,

Istillenjoy

visiting

them.However,Iamaware

that

thereare

lotsof

people

whodon’tsupport

theseestablishments.A

placeor

typeof

organisationParagraph

1:Comprehension1.

Whydomany

people

think

that

zoos

arecruel?2.

What

is

the

greatest

concern

with

zoos?3.

What

are

thedifferences

between

azoo

and

awildlife

park?4.Whycan

atrip

to

the

zoo

beaneducationalexperience?5.

What

adjectives

and

adverbs

show

the

author’sattitude?

•Overall,

and

definitely.•Because

the

animals

areremovedfrom

theirnatural

habitats

and

theyare

kept

incages.•Animal

welfare.•Animals

don’t

have

to

hunt

for

food,

thereisn’t

enough

space

andanimals

must

adjust

todifferent

climates

andseasons.•Because

if

students

learn

aboutendangeredspecies

andsee

them

in

a

zoo,

they

aremore

likely

tosuppor

projectsdesigned

tosave

theseanimals

fromextinction.Paragraphs2-4:Comprehensiontheminazoo,

theyaremorelikely

tosupport

projectsdesigned

to

savetheseanimalsfromextinction.indangerof

being

harmed,

lost,

etc.2.Moreover,manyzoosattempt

toreplicate

ananimals’naturalhabitat:arangeof

materialsis

used

towhatcreate

aspace

thatissimilar

towouldbefoundin

the

wild.

makeordosomething

again

in

exactly

the

same

way3.Animals

that

livein

tropical

countries

are

typically

housedindoorsin

ComprehensionParagraph

3:warm,

heated

tanks

whichare

kept

at

a

temperaturesimilar

to

thatoftheirnatural

habitat.Extremely

hot1.Whenstudentslearn

aboutspeciesand

are

able

toseeendangeredOpinionAnanimal

kept

inazoo

will

lead

a

lifedifferent

fromananimal

that

lives

in

the

wild.Someanimalsbecomeunhappyinzoos.A

trip

to

thezoocanbeaneducational

experience.

/

A

trip

to

thezoocanraisestudents’

awareness

ofprotectingendangeredspecies.Manyzoosattempttoreplicateananimal’s

naturalhabitat.DetailAnimalsinzoos

don’t

have

to

hunt

for

food.Thereisn’t

enough

space.Students

aremore

likely

tosupport

animalprotection

projects.Tropical

animals

typically

livein

warm,

heated

tanks.ComprehensionComplete

the

table

bymakinginferences

about

theauthor’opinionstowardszoos

basedon

the

givendetails.factsWhatisyourattitudetowardszoos?Apartfromwhattheauthor

hasmentioned,whatotherinformationcanbe

used

to

supportyour

opinion?RoleplayStudent

AistheauthorandstudentBistheauthor’s

friend.Makeupadialogueaboutwhetherornotzoosare

a

good

thing

by

using

the

information

provided

in

theRole

playchart

and

brainstorming.Con

sidePro

sidevs.ChecklistThestudents

have

talked

about

thepros

andcons

of

zoos.Yes./No.

/To

someextent.They

haveprovided

relatedevidence

to

support

the

view.Yes./No.

/To

someextent.They

havepresentedconfidently.Yes.

/No./To

some

extent.Makeupadialogueaboutwhetherornotzoos

areagood

thing

by

usingtheinformationprovidedinthechartand

brainstorming.Pro

sidevs.Con

sidePresent