tree

ivory

water zooflag

cut danger

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forgetplace Thailand

2aCheck (√) the animals you think

are in great danger.

I think pandas are

in great danger.

___ lions ___ elephants ___ pandas

___ giraffes ___ koalas ___ tigers

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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

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Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand's symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck.

Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “ an elephant never forgets”. Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live.

But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 1000,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.

Read the article again then answer

the questions below.

1. Where are the students from?

_________________________

2. Are elephants smart animals?

__________________________

They’re from Thailand.

Yes, they are.

3. Why are elephants in great danger?

________________________________

________________________________

4. When is Thai Elephant Day?

________________________________

Because people cut down many trees

and they kill elephants for their ivory.

It’s on March 13th.

How to save themdon’t cut down too many ___don’t _____ things made of ivory._____ is Thai Elephant Day.

Abilitiescan play _____can also _____ wellcan ______ places with food and water

Facts and figurespeople ____ many treespeople kill them for ___today there are _____(over _______ before)

Importance in Thailandfirst flag had ______symbol of ________

2c Read the article again and complete the mind map.

ELEPHANTS

1. 通读全文，掌握文章的大意。 2. “ ”读题目要求。第一方框为 大象的重要性 ；第

“ ”二方框为 有关大象的一些实事及其特征 ；第“ ” “三方框为 大象的能力 ；第四方框为 如何挽

”救大象 。根据这几方面的内容再回到短文中去寻找答案。

3. 可知第一段末尾的两句说明了大象的重要性。 第二段叙述了大象的一些能力；第三段叙述了一些有关大象的事实；如何挽救大象也应根据第三段的内容来填写。

Facts and figurespeople ________ many treespeople kill them for _____today there are ___________________ (over ________ before)

Importance in Thailandfirst flag had ____________________symbol of _________

a white elephant on it

good luck

cut down

ivory

only 3,000elephants

100,000ELEPHANTS

How to save themdon’t cut down too many ______don’t _____ things made of ivory.___________ is Thai Elephant Day.

Abilitiescan play ________ ______can also _____ wellcan __________ places with food and water

ELEPHANTS

soccer or music

draw

remember

treesbuy

March 13th

1. one of + 名词复数形式 “意为 ……之”一

Jack is one of my friends.

杰克是我的朋友之一。【注意】 “当 one of + ”名词复数形式 作主语 时，当作整体看，用单数。

One of the lions is from Africa.

狮子中的一只是来自非洲。

2. get lost 迷途；迷路The little girl can’t find her home. She

gets lost.

小女孩找不到家了，她迷路了。 3. be in (great) danger

处于（极大）危险之中。The boy falls into the lake. He’s in

great danger.

小男孩落入湖中，他处于极大危险中。

4. cut down 砍伐Don’t cut down trees. 不要砍伐树木。

5. over （数量）超过； 在……之上

Over one hundred people are in the

library.

有超过一百人在图书馆里。There’s a small bridge over the river.

在河上面有一座小桥。

1. 我们挽救五十多只猫。 We saved ____ fifty _____.

2. 狗是我所喜欢的动物之一。 Dogs are ____ of my favorite _______.

3. 长城是中国的象征。 The Great Wall is a _______ of ______. symbol China

over cats

one animals

4. 一头大象能走很远的路且不会迷路。 An elephant can walk ___ a long ____

and _____ ____ ____.

5. 扬子鳄处于极度危险之中。 Yangtze crocodiles ___ __ _____ ______.

for way

never gets lost

are in great danger

1. Mr. Lin jumped into the river to ____ the boy.

2. The British ____ is in red, white and blue. 3. The letter “V” is a ______ of victory(胜利 ).4. Don’t ____ wild animals. They’re our

friends.kill

save

symbolflag

flag, kill, place, save, cut down, over, forget, symbol

选词填空。

5. They have to _________ the apple tree.

6. Don’t ______ to take your schoolbags ━

home.

━ OK, Mr. Brown.

7. _____ six hundred students goes to school

by bike.

8. A park is a good _____ for fun.

cut down

forget

Over

place

1. Remember the new

words and expressions

learned in this period.

2. Ask Ss to retell the

article according to the

map in 2c.