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课件网) Unit 5 Fantastic Friends Reading for writing 学习目标 01 02 03 To read a passage and learn about the story of dodos. To think and share how people's actions influence animals and what we can do to help them. To write a short paragraph about another extinct animal. Do you know Rare animals(珍稀动物) protect dying out 新课讲授 Look at the three pictures and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 1.Where can you see these animals now 2.What happened to them 3.What do you think are the reasons museum animal cut down human hunt die out What kind of animal is it DODO Hello! Let’s watch a video about DODO Task 1 Put the pictures in the write order. 2 4 1 3 Task 2 Read the passage. What happened to dodos However, in 1598, humans arrived. They cut down the trees and our lovely forest was gone. They hunted us because we were slow and couldn't fly. What's more, their pigs, cats and dogs ate our eggs. As a result, we soon died out. So today we are standing in museums around the world. When you see us, please remember our sad story. The world is full of fantastic animals. Please try your best to help them. Make them as happy as a clam, not as dead as a dodo. suggestions about helping animals the reasons why dodos died out happy old days an introduction to dodos We lived on an island in the Indian Ocean. In the happy old days, there was plenty of food to eat. All the other animals were friendly. What a peaceful and safe life! 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. Task 3 Complete the display board with the words and expressions from the passage. Dodos lived on an 1._____in the Indian Ocean. There was plenty of 2._____to eat and all other 3._____were friendly. 4._____arrived in 1598. They 5._____the trees and 6._____dodos. Their pigs, cats and dogs ate the dodos' 7._____. Dodos soon 8._____. island food animals Humans cut down hunted eggs died out 1、Why is the dodo “just a character” to some readers This is because dodos died out and people won’t see them in nature. 2、What does “as dead as a dodo” mean “As dead as a dodo” means completely dead. 3、Why does the writer use the two expressions at the end of the passage The writer uses them to show strong happiness and sadness. The contrast (对比) makes the different feelings much stronger. What’s more, “as dead as a dodo” is to echo the title and call on us to protect animals in need. Free talk and answer 1、die out 灭绝 (1) die out 灭绝;消失 不及物动词短语,后不接宾语,不能用于被动语态。 Why did the dinosaurs die out 恐龙为什么灭绝了 If people don't stop cutting down forests ,more animals will die out. 如果人们不停止砍伐森林,更多的动物将会灭绝。 (2) die〔不及物动词〕消失;灭亡;死去,死亡过去式为 died, 现在分词 为 dying. Some old art forms ar ... ...
