TheamazinganimalsofAustraliaU2DescribeaniconicanimalBeforereadingDoyouknowthefavoriteanimalsinAustralia?BeforereadingKangarooKoalaTasmaniandevilDuck-billedplatypusWhatarethefeaturesofthem?Let’sreadthepassageforinformation.WhilereadingReadthetextinPart1andanswerthefollowingquestions.1Appearance：Uniqueness：Relationshipwithothers：Babies：lookcutecannotwalkbackwardsbabykangaroosweigh2g.,staysafeandwarminmother’spouch.notforpettingCoalaAppearance：Uniqueness：Relationshipwithothers：Others：WhilereadingReadthetextinPart2andanswerthefollowingquestions.1cutebutsensitiveeating,sleepingandhangingstressgovernmentbegantomakelaws

againsttouchingkoalas.Tasmaniandevil

Appearance：Diet：Relationshipwithothers：Others：WhilereadingReadthetextinPart3andanswerthefollowingquestions.1aboutthesizeofsmalldogsandlooklikeratherlargeblackrats.

mostlydeadanimals

notviolenttowardspeople……Duck-billedplatypusAppearance：Uniqueness：Others：WhilereadingReadthetextinPart4andanswerthefollowingquestions.1noseandfeetlikeaduck’slayeggsinanestbutisaprimitivemammal,withauniquebiologycandiveunderthewater;useelectricalsensorstofindfood.AfterreadingReadthetextagain.Howdoesthewriterdescribetheseanimals?Findatleastthreerhetoricaldevicesthewriterusestoarousethereaders’interest.2例句修辭手法...andthattheyarehandledforonlyalimited

timeandonalimitedfrequencyofoccasions.Theyareaboutthesizeof

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bird,it’sreallyaprimitivemammal,

withauniquebiology.repetitionsimilehyperbolesimileCanyounamesomeiconicanimalsofChina.PandaYangtzeRiverDolphinGoldenMonkeySouthChinatigerRed-crowncraneDescribeaniconicanimalinChinaReadingforwritingWriteadescriptionofaniconicanimalinChina.31.Ingroups,discusstheaboveiconicanimalsinChinaandmakenotes.Forexample:wheretheylivewhattheyeatwhattheylooklikehowtheyaredifferentfromotheranimalshowtheyinteractwithpeopleanyotherunusualorinterestingfactsaboutthem2.

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writeadescriptionofoneoftheseanimals.

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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。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，請你用英語寫一篇短文應征，介紹一種中國特有的動物。注意：詞數120左右I.審題寫作訓練1.確定文體：2.主體時態：3.主體人稱：本文為說明文。本文應以一般現在時為主。本文的主要人稱應為第三人稱。II.謀篇Para1：介紹動物的外形；Para2：描述動物的生活環境、生活習性；Para3：動物的獨特或者有趣之處。Para1：介紹動物的外形。（一）引入話題★

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...III.應用Para2：描述動物的生活環境、生活習性等。★...livesin...andmainlydepends/feedson...★Theyspend...time(in)...★...likeswetandwarmplaces,because...★Thetruthisthattheyare...thantheylook.★Theycanbefoundin...,wheretheyhaveeasyaccessto...★Apartfrom...,...isevenmoreeye-catchingwhendoing...★...isanendangeredanimalinChina,whereitusedtohaveawidedistribution.Para3：描寫動物的獨特或者有趣之處。★Itis...thatmakes...unique.★Comparedwith...,...doeshave...★InChina,itrepresentsgoodfortune.★Itisdifferentfromothersinmanyaspects,suchas...★Thehistoryof...isadramaticspecies-survivalstory.★Theunique/mostattractive/specialthingabout...isthat...★Servingasapeaceambassador,...havebeensenttoothercountriesasgifts.PandaWhentalkingabouticonicanimalsinChina,thefirstthingthatcomestomymindisdefinitelythegiantpanda.

Thepandaisoneoftherarestanimalsintheworld.ItisalargeanimalwithblackandwhitefurandlivesinthemountainsofChina.People’s“blackeyes”arecomparedtopanda’seyes.Lookingquietandlovely,itcanactuallybefierce.Whenitroars,thenoiseislikeatrainpassingthroughatunnel.Doyouknowhowmuchitlovesbamboo?Anadultpandaeats10-18kilogramsofbambooeachday.Anditspends12-16hoursadayfindingandeatingbamboo.

Servingasapeaceambassador,pandashavebeensenttoothercountriesasgifts,wheretheyhavereceivedawarmwelcome.Possibleversion1:MiludeerHaveyoueverheardofthemiludeer?Itiscommonlycalled“Sibuxiang”inChinaasitpartlysharesphysicalcharacteristicswithfouranimals:horse,deer,cattleanddonkey(驢).

Itisakindofgiantgrass-eatinganimal.Theadultmalemiludeercanweighasmuchas250kilograms,beastallas1.3metersandaslongastwometers.Theylivetogetherandalsofeedonthesoftpartsoftrees.Themiludeerisanendangeredanimal.InChina,itrepresentsgoodfortune.

Thehistoryofthemiludeerisadramaticspecies-survivalstory.BeforetheydisappearedinChina,someweretakentoBritainandsurvived.Luckily,in1983thefirstmiludeerwasreturnedtotheNanhaiziMiluPark,20kilometerssouthofBeijing,wheretheyarebeingwellprotectedandcaredfor.Nowthenumberofthemiludeerisincreasingsteadily.Possibleversion2:

Red-crownedcrane

InChina,thered-crownedcraneisregardedaver