Lesson17_精品课件

1、初中英语冀教版八年级下初中英语冀教版八年级下Unit3 Animals Are Our FriendsLesson17: Save the TigersPresentation2Language Points3Exercise4PresentationLearn some new wordsfurThey havent got much fur yet.doveThe is the symbol of peace.If youre ready to face danger or pain, you are brave.The firemen showed great courage in fi

2、refighting. They are brave.The shark is at the top of the sea food chain.If the stones are not in balance, they will fall.The man is cutting a tree.Be careful. Dont cut your fingers.We can cut the cloth with scissors.century fursymbol bravecourage chainbalance reasondisappear cutdecrease100yearsThin

3、k About ItlWhere can you usually see a tiger?lDo you think tigers need our help? Why or why not?Practice with the new wordscentury fur symbol brave courage chain balance reason disappear cut decrease1. We paper with scissors.2. Id like to know the why you love your pet dog so much.3. The plane flew

4、higher and higher till it in the sky.4. The tiger is the symbol of .5. The man jumped into the cold river and save the boy. 6. The number of the tigers in the wild quickly these years.7. Alan Turing made the first computer in the last .8. The _ on the bear is dark brown.9. The little girl wears a _

5、of roses on her hair. cutreasondisappearedbravedecreasescenturycouragefurchainListen and tick the correct answers. 1. “Save the tigers ” is . A.a group of volunteers B. a company C. a zoo2. Tigers are symbols of . A.Friendship and peace B. strength and courage C. danger and balance3. The number of t

6、igers in the wild is .A. not changing B. increasing C. decreasingABCRead the passage and answer the questions. 1.How did the number of tigers changing?2.What is the reason tigers are important to the environment?3.Why do people hunt and kill tigers?At the beginning of the 20th century, the number of

7、 tigers in the wild was around 100 000. But today that number has dropped to a few thousand.The tiger is at the top of the food chain. It helps keep the number of other wild animals in balance. Some people hunt and kill tigers for money. Practice with the new phrases 20th century, Texas red wolves l

8、ived in the land comfortably. But later in order to develop agricultural, a lot of American farmers opened up wasteland(荒地). They large forest . the environment was damaged in a very short time. The habitat(栖息地) of Texas red wolves was smaller and smaller. The ecology(生态) was not . Meanwhile, the de

9、velopment of animal husbandry(畜牧业) makes Texas red wolf became an enemy of the American farmers. The farmers have hunted them a lot. Until in 1970, the last Texas red wolf died in the bay near Texas. In the world, many species are of disappearing like Texas red wolves.At the beginning ofin balancecu

10、t downin dangeras wellas well cut down in danger in balance at the beginning of A.Tigers are in danger of going extinct.B.“Save the Tigers” is a volunteer group that hopes to stop the tigers from disappearing.C. Tigers are important to the environment.Read the lesson and match each paragraph with it

11、s main idea. Paragraph1Save the TigersParagraph2Paragraph3ACBRead the lesson again and find some sentences to support the main idea of each paragraph. Save the TigersParagraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3 “Save the Tigers” is a volunteer group that hopes to stop the tigers from disappearing. “Save the tiger

12、s”is a group of volunteers. These volunteers hope to save the tigers of the world. At the beginning of the 20th century, the number of tigers in the wild was around 100 000. But today that number has dropped to a few thousand.Paragraph1Tigers are important to the environment. Tigers live in the fore

13、sts of Asia. They usually have orange fur and dark stripes. Tigers are symbols of strength and courage. In many stories, they are brave. The tiger is at the top of the food chain. It helps keep the number of other wild animals in balance. For this reason, tigers are important to the environment.Para

14、graph2 Tigers are in danger of going extinct. In recent years, tigers have been in danger of disappearing. Some people hunt and kill tigers for money. People have cut down a lot of trees as well. As forests disappear, tigers lose their homes. The number of tigers in the wild is quickly decreasing an

15、d we must do something about it.Paragraph3Read the passage and find the main idea of eachparagraph with the sentences that support the main idea. The panda is one of the animals most in danger. Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly eat bamboo, and each panda needs

16、to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different reasons, so pandas have fewer and fewer places to live. Pandas dont have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation(情况) is becoming very serious.Paragraph1 Our government(政府) is working hard to sav

17、e pandas. There are more than 30 nature reserves(保护区) to protect pandas in China but these are not enough. The government made a new plan to help pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow better. Then pandas will have enough bamboo to eat and enough places to live. Pandas b

18、orn in zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves.Paragraph2 Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known animals in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature(世界自然基金会). The WWF works to protect all animals in danger, so the panda became the symbol of all anim

19、als in danger. There is still a long way to save the panda. Think of other animals in danger such as tigers, whales(鲸鱼) and elephants. We need to save the panda, and we need to save them, too.Paragraph3 other animals, too.Think about the outcome of the discussions and write it down. You may write ab

20、out:What animals do you help?How can you help?Where do you help?How can people join you?1.At the beginning of the 20th century, the number of tigers in the wild was around 100 000. 在二十世纪初期，野生老虎的数量大约是十万。 the number of是固定短语，意为“的数量”，后接可数名词复数，谓语动词要用单数。如： The number of students in our school has grown fr

21、om 1,000 to more than 1,500. Language points【注意】a number of为量词短语，意为“许多；大量”，相当于a lot of或lots of，中心词是该短语所修饰的可数名词复数，所以作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。 如：A number of students like playing computer games. 2. It helps keep the number of other wild animals in balance. 它可以帮助保持其他野生动物的数量平衡。 balance 在句中用作名词，意为“平衡；均衡”，常用短语be ou

22、t of balance，意为“不平衡”；keep in balance意为“保持平衡”；balance还作动词，表示“（使）平衡；（使）均衡”。如： You must learn to keep your balance in skating. 在滑冰时你必须要学会保持平衡。 3. In recent years, tigers have been in danger of disappearing. 近年来，老虎已经面临消失的危险。 danger意为“危险”，通常是不可数名词，表示做某事的危险或发生某情况的危险等，常用短语 be in danger (of)，意为“在危险中”。如： Is there any danger of fire? 有发生火灾的的危险吗？1. _ (长颈鹿) are the tallest animals on land.2. What beautiful _ (婚礼) clothes they are!3. Uncl