TheamazinganimalsofAustralia

Unit2

Period4UsingLanguage(Ⅱ)DescribeaniconicanimalLead-in:WatchthevideoandcounthowmanyamazinganimalsofAustraliayoufind.Doyouknowtheirnames?Activity1:Review,Brainstorm&ActivateExploreAustraliaCanyounamesomeiconicfeaturesofAustralia?location:aboriginesTypicalAustralianfoodiconicsitesanimalsthesouthoftheequatorkoalas&kangaroospeople&CultureReview&BrainstormSundayroastmusic&instrumentSydenyOperaHouseKnowsomeinformationabouttheamazinganimalsinAustralia.Figureoutthestructureandlanguagefeaturesoftheessay.WriteapassagetodescribeaniconicanimalinChina.LearningObjectivesWhatarethefeaturesofthem?Let’sreadthepassageforinformation.CreaturesUniquetoAustraliaPlatypus/?pl?t?p?s/kangaroo/?k??ɡ??ru?/Tasmaniandevil/t?z?me?n??n?devl/coalaTheAmazingAnimalsofAustraliaQAQuestionandanswercolumn

Whatisthetexttype?A.ExpositoryessayB.NarrativeessayC.JournalismD.Argumentativeessayhavequestionandanswercolumn;provideaclear,focuseddescription/explanationofaparticulartopic,process,orsetofideasbutnottoproveapoint...topic(2)Matchthemainideaofeachpart.Part1 A.Theduck-billedplatypusofAustralia.Part2 B.CreaturesuniquetoAustralia.Part3

C.ThekangaroosofAustralia.Part4

D.ThekoalasofAustralia.Part5E.TheTasmaniandevilsofAustralia.

Appearance：Scantheparagraphaboutkangaroo,concludesomeaspectstodescribeananimal.Activity2:Readthetextcarefullyandtakenotes.Features:(appearance)Uniquenessn.獨特性Others:（babies）InteractionwithhumansKangaroo

Appearance：Uniqueness：Relationshipwithhumans：Babies：Q1:Australiahaslotsofuniqueanimals,butwhichanimalisasymbolofthecountry?cannot

,havea

.babykangaroosweigh

.To

inmother’spouch.hitand___________look

.cutewalkbackwardspouchstaysafeandwarm2gActivity2:Readthetextcarefullyandtakenotes.kickhard

Features:whattheylooklikewheretheylivewhattheyeatOthers:babieslifehabits...Uniqueness:theirdifferencesfromotheranimalsunusualorinterestingfactsInteractionwithhumansActivity3:Workingroups,usethisstructuretofigureoutthekeyinformationofotherthreeanimals.KoalaAppearance：uniqueness：Relationshipwithothers：Others：cutebut

.interactionwithhumanscan

.

governmentbeganto

.eating,

&

ontreetrunksReadQ2:Koalasarecute,andweseesomanypicturesofpeopleholdingthem.ButinmanyplacesinAustralia,itisagainstthelawtoeventouchthem.Canyouclarifythat?sensitivecausethemalotofstresssleepinghangingmakelaws

againsttouchingkoalasTasmaniandevil

Appearance：Diet：Relationshipwithothers：Others：Q3:So,we'vetalkedaboutsomecuteanimals.Whataboutanimalswhicharen'tsocute?

atnight,

whenfightingoreating---could

.aboutthesizeof

andlooklikerather

.

towardspeoplemostly

.smalldogslargeblackratsdeadanimalsnotviolent

hunt

loudcries/noise

wakethedeadDuck-billedplatypusAppearance：Uniqueness：Others：

likeaduck’s

inanestbutisa

,withaunique

.can

underthewater;use

tofindfood.Q4:Australiaalsohassomeanimalsthatmanypeoplehaveneverheardof,forexample,theduck-billedplatypus.Isthatsomekindofbird?noseandfeet

biologylayeggs

primitivemammalelectricalsensors

diveThisexpressesthestrengthandresolveoftheAustraliansasindividualsandasanation.

…andthattheyarehandledforonlyalimitedtimeandonalimitedfrequencyofoccasions.Thenoisetheymakecouldwakethedead.Theyareaboutthesizeofsmalldogsandlooklikeratherlargeblackrats.Analogyn.類比RepetitionHyperbolen.夸張SimileActivity4:Readthefollowingsentencesinthetextagain.Whatlanguagefeaturescanyoufindinthesesentence?Findsomerhetoricaldevicesthewriterusestoarousethereaders’interest.Pairwork:Lookatthepicturesanduserhetoricaldevices

todescribethemvividly.analogysimilerepetitionhyperbolesimilePandasareaboutthesizeofsmallbearsandlooklike__________________whentheyarerollingdownthegrass.Its_______lookslike_______________,andithas________________________like____________________________.blackandwhiteballseyesblackdiamondsblackpatches(n.補丁)onitseyeswearingapairofglassesShareyourformwithyourpartners.Whichaspectsshouldbeincludedwhenweintroduceananimal?whilewriting(summary)FeatureswhatdotheylooklikewheredotheylivewhatdotheyeatUniquenessRelationshipwithhumanOtherslifehabitsbabiesChinesesturgeon中華鱘goldenmonkey金絲猴CreaturesuniquetoChina

Writing—Adescriptionofaniconicanimal

本單元的寫作任務是標志性動物描寫。這種類型的文章屬于介紹類說明文，是對一種標志性動物進行說明或描述的寫作。

它通常要求抓住該動物的主要特征進行描述，寫作內容可以從外形、生活環境、生活習性等方面展開描寫，要求語言簡明扼要，通俗易懂，描寫詳略得當。假設你是李華，某國際英文雜志的IconicAnimals欄目正面向全球中學生舉行征文活動，請你寫一篇介紹大熊貓的英語短文應征。1.

簡要介紹；2.

主要習性和現狀；3.獨特/有趣之處。注意：1.

詞數：80詞左右；2.

可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。WritingTask一、審題1.文體：說明文。2.時態：一般現在時為主。3.人稱：主要為第三人稱二、謀篇及羅列要點Part1：tointroducethetopicanditsappearance；Part2：todescribeitshabitatandbehaviors；Part3：todepictitsuniquenessandsymbolicvalue短語①一提到中國代表性的動物，我首先想到的是熊貓。翻譯句子whenitcomestosth.comestoone’smindiconicanimals當談到…代表性的動物某人想到…WhenitcomestoChina'siconicanimals,thefirstthingthatcomestomymindispandas.Part1：tointroducethetopicanditsappearance；②作為世界上最受歡迎的動物之一，大熊貓主要以竹子為食，竹子幾乎占其飲食的99%。（定語從句）最受歡迎的…之一以…為食組成Asoneofthemostbelovedanimalsintheworld,pandasmainlyfeedonbamboo,whichmakesupalmost99%oftheirdiet.oneofthemostbeloved+n.sb./sth.feedsonsth.makeup短語Part2：todescribeitshabitatandbehaviors；③這些可愛的動物的另一個亮點是它們獨特的黑白毛皮，幫助它們適應周圍的環境。（-ing非謂語）可愛的另一個亮點是…獨特的黑白毛皮適應周圍的環境Anotherhighlightoftheseadorableanimalsistheirdistinctiveblackandwhitefur,helpingthemadapttotheirsurroundings.adorableAnotherhighlightof…is…distinctiveblackandwhitefuradapttothesurroundings短語Part2：todescribeitshabitatandbehaviors；④然而，棲息地的喪失和偷獵已經使大熊貓面臨威脅。棲息地喪失偷獵使…面臨威脅However,habitatlossandpoachinghaveputpandasunderthreat.habitatlosspoachingput…underthreat/短語Part2：todescribeitshabitatandbehaviors；⑤熊貓不僅是中國的國寶，而且還是和平大使。（倒裝句）國寶和平大使NotonlyisthepandaanationaltreasureofChina,butitalsoservesasapeaceambassador.nationaltreasurepeaceambassador短語Part3：todepictitsuniquenessandsymbolicvalue⑥因此，珍惜我們可愛的朋友對我們來說至關重要。珍惜對…至關重要Thus,it'sofpremierimportanceforustotreasureourlovelyfriends.treasurebeofpremierimportanceto…短語Part3：todepictitsuniquenessandsymbolicvalueWhenitcomestoChina'siconicanimals,thefirstthingthatcomestomymindispandas.Asoneofthemostbelovedanimalsintheworld,pandasmainlyfeedonbamboo,whichmakesupalmost99%oftheirdiet.Anotherhighlightoftheseadorableanimalsistheirdistinctiveblackandwhitefur,helpingthemadapttotheirsurroundings.However,habitatlossandpoachinghaveputpandasunderthreat.

NotonlyisthepandaanationaltreasureofChina,butitalsoservesasapeaceambassador.Thus,it'sofpremierimportanceforustotreasureourlovelyfriends.Possibleversion1:HOMEWORK1WriteadescriptionofaniconicanimalinChinaTibetanantelopesgoldenMonkeyred-crowned

cranes

Post-writing:Students’works

假如你是李華，你的英國筆友Tom對丹頂鶴非常感興趣，請你給他寫信介紹丹頂鶴。內容包括：1.介紹丹頂鶴的外貌及生活習性；2.介紹丹頂鶴的生存現狀--瀕危；3.發出倡議----保護丹頂鶴；

注意事項：1.詞數80左右；2.可適當增加細節使行文連貫；

__________________________________________________________________________HOMEWORK2Tips:red-crownedcranes丹頂鶴hasa“cap”ofexposedredskino