Unit 5
Why do you like pandas?
Section B
Period 1 (1a- 2c)
Test your memory!
lion
Japan
Australia
China
tiger
elephant
panda
koala
animals
What are the names of the animals?
Where are they from?
koala
Australia
giraffe
Africa
elephant
South Africa
panda
China
tiger
Asia
lion
South America
dolphin
Sea
penguin
South Pole
What do you think of these animals?
fast
slow
friendly
aggressive
scary
shy / cute
playful / smart
quiet
noisy
gentle
rude
cruel
lazy
busy
beautiful
ugly
1a Match the description words with the animals.
smart ______ 2. friendly _____
3.beautiful ______ 4. cute _____
5. lazy _____ 6. scary____
7. small _____ 8. shy _____
d
f
b
e
c
a
f
e
1b Listen and circle the description words you hear in 1a.
smart ______ 2. friendly _____
3.beautiful ______ 4. cute _____
5. lazy _____ 6. scary____
7. small _____ 8. shy _____

1c Listen again. What words do they use to describe the animals? Fill in the chart.
interesting, really smart
lazy
beautiful, kind of shy
kind of cute
1d Talk about the animals you know with your partner.
A: What animals do you like?
B: I like elephants. They’re cute. I like dogs, too.
A: Why?
B: Because they’re friendly and smart.
2a Check (√) the animals you think are in great danger.
_____lions ______ elephants _____ pandas
_____giraffes ______ koalas _____ tigers
√
√
√
How many animals in danger do you know? Can you tell me some?
Look at this pictures. Where do they live in China? How do we protect them?
2b Read this website article and check (√) the best title for it.
______ What Is an Elephant?
______ Come to Thailand
______ Let’s Save the Elephants
______ Elephants Are Good Pets
√
2c Read the article again and complete the mind map.
ELEPHANTS
Importance in Thailand
first flag had __________
symbol of ________
Facts and figures
people_______ many trees
people kill them for ______
today there are ________
(over__________ before)
Abilities
can play_______
can also ______well
can ________places
with food and water
How to save them
don’t cut down so many_______
don’t ______things made of ivory
________is Thai Elephants Day
a white elephant on it
good luck
soccer or music
draw
remember
cut down
ivory
about 3,000 in Thailand
100,000
trees
buy
March 13th
Language points
1. The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols.
大象是泰国的象征之一。
one of … ……中的之一
Robin is one of the members in my
family.
罗宾是我家的成员之一。
One of the apples is bad.
其中的一个苹果坏了。
2. People say that “ an elephant never forgets”.
人们说“大象从来不会忘记”。
大象的记忆力出众，我们人类望尘莫及。
因此大凡说到记忆力，英美人士往往用大象
进行比喻。例如：
Jack never forgets anything. He has a
memory like an elephant.
杰克从来不忘事，他的记忆力好得惊人。
forget to do sth. 忘记要做的事情
forget doing sth. 忘记做了某事
例如：
I forgot to bring my dictionary.
我忘了带我的字典了。
Have you forgotten helping me before?
你忘了你以前帮助过我吗？
Please don’t forget _____ the room while
I am away in Beijing.
A. clean B. to clean
C. cleaned D. cleaning
B
3. Elephants can walk for a long time and never
get lost.
1) lost 作为形容词，表示“走失的；迷路的；
失散的”、“丢失的；遗失的”，常与系动词get
或be 一同构成短语，表示“丢失；走失；迷路”。例如：
What bad luck! My keys are lost again.
真是倒霉！我的钥匙又丢了。
I got lost on my way here and had to ask the police for help.
2) lost 还经常直接用于名词之前，作定语修饰名词。例如：
a lost child 走丢了的孩子
the lost tourists 迷了路的游客们
a lost watch 被人遗失的手表
4. But elephants are in great danger.
但是大象面临巨大的危险。
(be) in danger 表示“在危险中”。例如：
Firefighters are often in great danger.
消防员常常处于很危险的境地。
英语中，常用形容词big或great 与danger搭配，表示“巨大的危险”。
(be) out of danger, 表示“脱离危险”。例如：
The doctors say he’s now out of danger.
大夫们说现在他脱离了危险。
5. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes.
因为人们砍倒许多树木，所有大象们失去了自己的家园。
cut down 砍倒，减少，降低，缩短
The little boy cut down the young tree with an axe.
小男孩用斧子砍倒了小树。
The doctor told me to cut down smoking and drinking.
医生告诉我减少吸烟和喝酒。
与cut有关的短语：
cut sth. from sth. 从…切下/割下
cut something away 切除，剪去
cut up 切碎
cut off 切断，停止
cut in 插嘴, 打断
cut through 穿过，克服，凿穿
cut across 穿过, 挤进，抄近道
cut out 省略，停止，切去
6. We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory.
我们必须拯救树木，拒买象牙制品。
made of … 表示“由……制作(制造)” .例如：
made of wood 由木头制成
made of glass 由玻璃制作。
当made of… 作定语限定修饰名词时，必须放在该名词之后。语法将其称作“后置定语”。例如：
a boat made of paper 一条纸叠的小船
things made of bamboo 竹制品；竹子做的东西
be made of, be made from, be made in,
be made into 与be made up of 的区别
例如：
My coat is made of cotton.
我的上衣是由棉花制成的。
Bread is made from wheat.
面包是由小麦制成的。
This kind of watch is made in Qingdao.
这种手表是在青岛被制成的。
His novel has been made into a film.
他的小说已经被制成电影。
This group is made up of 8 students.
这个小组是由8个学生构成的。
Do you know this table __________ (由……制成) bamboo?
is made of
脑筋急转弯
1. Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?
Because they don’t want to be hot-dog.
2. Where can a dog get another tail?
At a retail store.
3. Why do lions eat raw meat?
They don’t know how to cook.
4. What animals can jump as high as a tree?
All animals, for no trees can jump.
5. Lucky mouse fell off a 1000-step stair,
and was not hurt. Why?
He fell off the last step.
6. Why do giraffes have long neck?
Their heads are far from their bodies.
7. Why is peacock the best story-teller?
Because it always has a beautiful tail (tale).
8. Which animal eats with its tail?
All animals. No one takes off its tail while eating.
9. Which is the strongest creature in the
World?
Snail. It carries its house on its back.
Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕；一举两得。
Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。
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