SectionB1a-2c

Unit5Whydoyoulikepandas?

SectionB1a-2c

Unit51a

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2、1969年，亞洲生存著6000只老虎，如今不到1700只。

3、大猩猩被稱為亞洲大型人猿的唯一代表，如今只剩下2500頭。

4、非洲犀牛如今只剩下200頭，而20年前有2萬頭。

5、200年前北美野牛達7500萬頭，如今僅存500頭。

6、在過去25年中，大象的數量下降了90%。

7、馬達加斯加島上的指猴僅存9只。

8、得克薩斯洲的紅狼只在美國的動物園中有3只。現在世界有1200種動物瀕于滅絕Whyaretheyendangered?indangerWhyaretheyendangered?climate[?kla?m?t]氣候changefoodshortclimate[?kla?m?t]氣候changefoodPollutionHumanBehaviorhuntforfoodPollutionHumanBehaviorhuntfoCrocodile/krɑ:k?da?l/鱷魚thepolarbear北極熊whalesSiberiantiger西伯利亞Peoplekillthemfortheirfurwhichcanbemadeintobagsandfurcoats，earring

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__________________________TheelephantisoneofThailand'ssymbols.Elephantsaresmartanimals.Butelephantsareindanger.Readthearticlequicklyandfindoutthetopicsentenceineachparagraph（速讀課文，找出每段的中心句。）.１.Fastreading

溫馨提示同漢語一樣，英語的短文中每段也有中心句—TopicSentence。它們大多在句首，有時也在文章的中間出現，有時需要自己去概括。觀察本文這三段的中心句是在哪里出現的？Paragraph1__________________Readthearticleagainthenanswerthequestionsbelow.Wherearethestudentsfrom?

_________________________2.Areelephantssmartanimals?__________________________They’refromThailand.Yes,theyare.3.Whyareelephantsingreatdanger?________________________________________________________________4.WhenisThaiElephantDay?________________________________Becausepeoplecutdownmanytreesandtheykillelephantsfortheirivory.It’sonMarch13th.ReadthearticleagainthenanElephantsImportantinThailandAbilitiesHowtosavethemFactsandfiguresElephantsImportantinThailanReadParagraph1andanswerthequestion（細讀第一段，回答下列問題.）

WhyareelephantsimportantinThailand?２.CarefulreadingTheyareimportantbecause:itisoneofThailand’s_________.it’sasymbolof____________.thefirstflaghad____________onit.symbolsgoodluckawhiteelephantReadParagraph1andanswerth__________or_________.also_______verywell._______foralongtimeandnever________.also__________placeswithfoodandwater.drawWhatcanelephants

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can:__________or_________.also__Theyareingreatdangerbecause:Whyareelephantsingreatdanger?peoplekillelephantsfor________.theirivoryReadParagraph3andanswerthequestion（細讀第三段，回答下列問題.）.people_________manytrees,soelephantsarelosing_________.cutdowntheirhomesTheyareingreatdangerbecauTosavethem,we:can’tcutdownsomany________can’t______thingsmadeofivory.rememberthat__________isThaiElephantDay.

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Readthearticleagainandcompletethemindmap.ELEPHANTSImportanceinThailandfirstflaghad__________symbolof________Factsandfigurespeople_______manytreespeoplekillthemfor______todaythereare________(over__________before)Abilitiescanplay_______canalso______wellcan________placeswithfoodandwaterHowtosavethemdon’tcutdownsomany_______don’t______thingsmadeofivory________isThaiElephantDayawhiteelephantonitgoodlucksoccerormusicdrawremembercutdownivoryabout3,000inThailand100,000treesbuyMarch13th2cReadthearticleagainandDon’tcutdownsomanytrees.HowtosavethemStopbuyingthingsmadeofivorylearnmoreaboutendangeredanimals.stopkillingorhuntingthembuildahappyhomefortheanimalsSavewaterandplantmoretreesDon’tcutdownsomanytrees.HHello.Wearestudents_____Thailand,andwewant______theelephants.Theelephantisoneof__________.Ourfirst___adawhiteelephant_____it.Thisis_______goodluck.Elephantsare_____animals.Theycanplaysoccer___music.Theycan____draw_____.People_____that“anelephantnever_____”.Elephantscanalsoremember_______foodandwater.Thishelpsthem_____.Butelephantsare________.People_____manytreessoelephants______their____.Todaythereare____about3,000elephants(____100,000before).Wemust_____thetreesand_____things______ivory.RememberthatMarch13this________.Hello.Wearestudents_____ThWhydoweneedtosavetheanimals?Therearelotsofanimalsindangerallovertheworld,suchaspandas,elephants,whales,andsoon.Whyaretheyindanger?Becausewekillthemfortheirmeatormoney.Ifeelsorryforthem.Humans(人類)andanimalsarefriends.Wemustn'thurtthem.Weshouldbefriendlytothem.Weshouldtryourbesttoprotectthem.Weneedtostopcuttingdownthetreesormakingwaterdirty.Weshouldleavethemlotsofforestsandland.Theylikeairandenoughsunlight.Weneedtohelptheanimalsliveinpeace.Let'ssavethem.Weshouldliveinpeace(和平相處).Whydoweneedtosavetheani給他們恬靜的湖泊給他們恬靜的湖泊給他們美麗的森林給他們美麗的森林給他們廣袤的草原給他們廣袤的草原【課堂練習】一.將下列短語和句子翻譯成英語。savetheelephants__________

2.killelephantsfortheirivory______________3.oneofThailand’ssymbols______________4.beingreatdanger________________5.cutdowntrees___________________6.getlost__________________二翻譯下列句子。大象能行走很長時間并且從不迷路。Elephantscan_____foralongtimeandnever________.2.大象也能記住有食物和水源的地點。Elephantscanalsorememberplaces______waterandfood.挽救大象泰國的象征之一walk為取象牙殺死大象處于危險的境地砍伐樹木迷路getlostwith【課堂練習】一.將下列短語和句子翻譯成英語。挽救大象泰國的象()1.Jackis______myfriends.A.some