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课件网) Unit 5 Developing ideas (II) 情 境 导 入 Developing ideas (II) Look at the these pictures and answer the questions.Use the words and expressions to help you. Where can you see these animals now What happened to them What do you think are the reasons museum animal cut down human hunt die out 情 境 导 入 Free talk cut down If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it. 减少 If you cut down a tree, you cut through its trunk so that it falls to the ground. 砍倒 hunt When people or animals hunt or hunt something, they chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport. 猎杀 (野生动物); 打猎 die out If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely. 逐渐消亡,灭绝 单击此处添加标题文本内容 情境导入 新课探究 课堂小结 What is a dodo 渡渡鸟: 是鸽形目、鸠鸽科的一种已灭绝鸟类。体型可比拟天鹅,也有明显的两性异形。体长70-90厘米,体重17-28千克。是一种体形丰满的大鸟,全身覆盖着柔软的灰色羽毛,羽毛为棕色或灰色,雌鸟毛色较雄鸟浅。因为它们不会飞,雌鸟一次产下一颗卵,由雌鸟和雄鸟共同孵育。以水果和种子为食。 该物种是仅产于印度洋毛里求斯岛上一种不会飞的鸟,这种鸟在被人类发现后仅仅200年的时间里,便由于人类的捕杀和人类活动的影响彻底绝灭,堪称是除恐龙之外最著名的已灭绝动物之一。也是毛里求斯唯一被定为国鸟的已灭绝鸟类。渡渡鸟于1681年灭绝。 新 课 探 究 Developing ideas (II) Words and expressions dead /ded/ dodo / d d / as dead as a dodo museum /mju zi m/ island / a l nd/ ocean / n/ adj.死的,去世的 n.渡渡鸟 彻底死亡 n.博物馆,博物院 n.岛,岛屿 n.海洋,大海 单击此处添加标题文本内容 新课探究 情境导入 课堂小结 Words and expressions plenty / plenti/ friendly /'frendli/ peaceful / pi sf l/ arrive / 'ra v/ forest / f r st/ hunt /h nt/ soon /su n/ pron.丰富,充足,众多,大量 adj.友好的,友善的 adj.和平的,非暴力的 v.到达,抵达 n.森林,林区 v.打猎,猎杀 adv.不久,即刻,很快 单击此处添加标题文本内容 新课探究 情境导入 课堂小结 Words and expressions die /da / die out full /f l/ fantastic /f n't st k/ clam /kl m/ as happy as a clam v.死去,死亡 消失,绝迹,灭绝 adj.满的,满是……的 adj.较好的,吸引人的,有趣的 n.蛤,蛤蜊 非常高兴的,相当满足的 单击此处添加标题文本内容 新课探究 情境导入 课堂小结 Read the passage.What happened to dodos As dead as a dodo Are you looking at me Do you know me I'm a dodo! You may think I'm just a character in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Actually, there used to be thousands of us - for real. But now you can only see us in museums. A character: The characters in a film, book, or play are the people that it is about. (电影、书、戏剧中的) 人物 Because most readers now can only see a dodo in books, films or museums. 单击此处添加标题文本内容 新课探究 情境导入 课堂小结 We lived on an island in the Indian Ocean. In the happy old days, there was plenty of (充足的)food to eat. All the other animals were friendly(友好的). What a peaceful(宁静的,平静的) and safe life! However, in 1598, humans arrived. They cut down the tree ... ...