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课件网) Unit 8 Lesson 3 The elephants' journey home What animals do you like Why cute friendly lovely shy smart What do elephants eat？ Q1 What do you think of elephants？ Q2 cute friendly lovely smart An elephant is in danger. Help !!! [ de nd (r)] n.危险 To save the elephant, you have to finish three tasks(任务）! Welcome to Round 1 Welcome to Round 2 Finish reading the article Skimming Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand's symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck. Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that "an elephant never forgets". Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day. Who What The Reading tip: The first or the last sentence is usually the topic sentence（中心句） of the passage（文章）. _____What is an Elephant _____Come to Thailand _____Let’s Save the Elephants _____Elephants Are Good Pets Check ( √ ) the best title （题目）. √ Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck. Para.1 Careful reading Which one is the first flag of Thailand？ The white elephant is a symbol of royalty(皇室贵族) and high status(地位). Scanning Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “an elephant never forgets”. Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. Para.2 Underline（划线） things elephants can do. Careful reading Scanning soccer music draw walk get lost remember Elephants are in great danger. Save elephants !!! Para.3 The number is reducing(减少). Scanning Careful reading Facts and figures(数字） ·people _____many trees ·people kill them for _____ ·today there are_____(over _____ ）before. cut down their ivory about 3,000 100,000 But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants(over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day. Para.3 Scanning Careful reading But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about ... ...
