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课件网) Unit 6 Fantastic friends 第4课时 Reading for writing—Reflection Lead in What’s the video about Look at the pictures on the right 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 1 1.Where can you see these animals now 2.What happened to them 3.What do you think are the reasons In the museums. They died out(灭绝；消失). Trees were cut down and the humans over hunted the animals. Pre-reading What’s this animal 渡渡鸟： 该物种是仅产于印度洋毛里求斯岛上一种不会飞的鸟。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。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。 它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于1681年彻底绝灭，堪称是除恐龙之外最著名的已灭绝动物之一。 1.This passage is mainly about _____. the museum the island the bird “dodo” While-reading 2 Read the passage.What happened to dodos Read the passage, then match the main ideas with each paragraph. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Dodos’ happy old days. Introduction of dodos. Advice to people. The reasons why dodos died out. As dead as a dodo 1 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. Because most readers now can only see a dodo in books, films or museums. Why is the dodo “just a character” to some readers Read Paragraph 1 and answer the question. 2 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! 3 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. What happened to dodos Read Paragraph 2-3 and answer the question. no trees--no place to live no eggs--no future generation no lives-- the dodo population falls 4 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. Read Paragraph 4 and answer the question. What do “as happy as a clam” and “as dead as a dodo” mean as happy as a clam: 非常开心，满足，舒适。这个短语的完整形式是“as happy as a clam at high water”，意思是在涨潮时，蛤蜊可以自由地在沙滩上活动，因此非常快乐和满足。 as dead as a dodo: 形容某事物已经完全消失或绝迹，无法复活。 Complete the display board with the words and expressions from the passage. Dodos lived on an 1.___ ... ...
