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课件网) Unit 2 Iconic Attractions Describe an iconic animal Lead in What iconic animals of China do you know pandas Yangtze River Dolphins Chinese golden monkeys Tibetan antelopes red-crowned cranes What type of text is it Expository essay Question and answer column How many animals are mentioned in the passage What are they What is most special about them kangaroo: koala: cute but _____ Tasmanian devil: _____ duck-billed platypus: _____ a symbol of the country cute but sensitive not so cute ,scary lay eggs but a primitive mammal Detailed Reading 1. When do baby kangaroos begin to spend less time with their mothers 2. Why shouldn’t you try to pet a wild kangaroo 3. What do koalas spend most of their time doing 4. Why has the government made it against the law to handle koalas 5. What two things about Tasmanian devils can bother people most 6. What do Tasmanian devils like to eat 7. What makes the way duck-billed platypuses give birth so different from the other mammals 8. What is the unique way used by duck-billed platypuses to find food Group Work 1. When do baby kangaroos begin to spend less time with their mothers 2. Why shouldn’t you try to pet a wild kangaroo 3. What do koalas spend most of their time doing 4. Why has the government made it against the law to handle koalas 5. What two things about Tasmanian devils can bother people most 6. What do Tasmanian devils like to eat 7. What makes the way duck-billed platypuses give birth so different from the other mammals 8. What is the unique way used by duck-billed platypuses to find food 1. When do baby kangaroos begin to spend less time with their mothers 2. Why shouldn’t you try to pet a wild kangaroo After they are about seven or eight months old and when they begin to jump. They can hit and kick very hard. 3. What do koalas spend most of their time doing They spend quite a lot of time eating, sleeping, and hanging onto tree trunks. 4. Why has the government made it against the law to handle koalas Interaction with humans can cause them a lot of stress. 5. What two things about Tasmanian devils can bother people most 6. What do Tasmanian devils like to eat The noise they make could wake the dead and they have a terrible smell. Their diet is mostly dead animals. 7. What makes the way duck-billed platypuses give birth so different from the other mammals 8. What is the unique way used by duck-billed platypuses to find food It lays eggs in a nest like a bird. It finds food in the water by using electrical sensors in its bill. Read the text again. How does the writer describe these animals Find at least three rhetorical devices the writer uses to arouse the readers’ interest. repetition hyperbole simile ...and that they are handled for only a limited time and on a limited frequency of occasions. They are about the size of small dogs and look like rather large black rats. The noise they make could wake the dead. This expresses the streng ... ...
