Unit11 Animals_ppt
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Unit 11 Animals
Part A
Communicative Function Making
Suggestions
In daily life we are often
approached by our friends or relatives for advice.
In return we
make suggestions to them as to
what they should do. In other words, we put
forward an idea for
them to consider. In
this exercise we are going to focus on various
ways of making suggestions
in English.
Now listen to the recording and complete the
conversation.
A: Linda, I want to buy Tom a
pet for his birthday. What shall I give him? Could
you give
me some suggestions?
B: Why
don’t you buy him a dog? Dogs are so friendly.
A: Yes, I know. But he has got a dog.
B:
How about a rabbit? Rabbits are lovely.
A:
But Tom doesn’t like rabbits.
B: Have you
thought about buying him a bird?
A: He hates
birds.
B: Then you can buy him some tropical
fish. They are pretty.
A: That’s a good idea.
Where can I get them?
B: The market. Shall we
go right now?
A: All right.
Useful
Expressions for Making Suggestions
Don't you
think we should (take the dog for a walk)?
Shall we (get some dog food from that store)?
Why don't we (buy Johnny a pet for a gift)?
Why don't you (leave your dog to your
neighbor while you're on holiday)?
Why not
(feed the cat now)?
How about (buying some
tropical fish)?
What about (building a hutch
for the rabbit)?
You'd better (clean up the
rabbit hutch).
If I were you I'd (go and buy
a parrot in the market).
Have you thought
about (having a dog for company)?
I was
wondering if you’d ever thought of (buying Jimmy
some gold fish for his birthday).
I think it
might be a good idea to (buy him a pet mouse. He
was born in the year of the rat).
Listening Strategy
Detecting Liaison in
Connected Speech
In connected speech words
are not spoken separately. The final consonant of
a word is often
linked to the first vowel of
the next word. This is called liaison. Liaison
occurs most often with the
sound r. When a
word ending with
the sound r is usually
pronounced as a link.
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Listen to the recording and supply the missing
words in the following blanks.
1.
Nowadays more and more people keep animals like
dogs and cats as pets.
2. Some people would
be interested in a dog care center.
3. An
average day at Dog Ma costs a dog owner about 25
dollars.
4. This is a big help for those dog
owners who do not drive.
5. Dogs are friendly
but they need to be fed and taken out for a walk
every day.
6. Grandma doesn’t want a bird for
a pet because birds make a lot of noise and a lot
of mess.
Part B
Pre-listening
Task
Questions for Discussion
You
are going to talk about animals and pets. Read the
following questions and discuss them with
your
partner.
1. Do you or your family keep pets?
Why or why not?
2. What animals or birds do
you think are good as pets?
3. What are the
positive effects of having a pet to the owner?
(Consider, for example,
companionship, the
healing power of pets.)
4. What is the
negative side of keeping animals as pets?
5.
What do people do with their pets when they are
away from home?
6. Do you have any solution to
the problem?
7. Have you ever heard of Dog Ma?
Can you guess what Dog Ma stands for?
Demo:
2. What animals or birds do you
think are good as pets?
I think the best
animal we can keep at home is cat. A cat,
especially a white cat, is my
favorite. Cats
are relatively clean and quiet. They don’t eat
much and they are clever. What’s more,
the
owners don’t have to walk their cats in the early
morning when most people are still sleeping
in
bed. So we often see people walk their dogs in the
morning, but never see anyone walk their
cats.
4. What is the negative side of keeping
animals as pets?
As the saying goes,
there are always two sides to a coin. The bad
thing about keeping a pet
is that the owner
has to spend a lot of time and sometimes money on
the pet. A pet can cause
different kinds of
trouble, too. As it is an animal after all and you
cannot always expect it to
understand or keep
the rules of human beings. Another bad thing is
that, when animals become
people’s pets, they
lose their freedom.
Language Focus
Here are some useful sentences and
structures that you might find handy in discussing
the
above questions:
I've got a dog cat
hamster turtle at home. It's cuddly a cute
little thing and just like my
friend.
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I love my dog cat for it never
bothers me always listens and never answers back.
My pet is a good companionmakes me
laughhelps me make friends with other people with
petskeeps me fit because I have to take it out
for walksgives me unconditional love.
My dog
is intelligent clever loyal reliable quick to
sense my anger or sorrow.
I couldn't help
crying feeling really sad when my dog went
missing fell ill got hurt.
Pets are good
company, especially for lonely old people to help
people kill loneliness.
It's relaxing
watching tropical fish swimming in the tank.
People are spending a great deal of money on
their pets every year.
Keeping pets costs
time and money. I can't afford either.
Some
owners never clear away their pets’ feces in
public places, which, as a result, have
polluted our environment.
Pet dogs and
cats can transmit might be a vehicle of disease
to human beings.
I don't think it's right to
cage birds, chain dogs and keep cats locked inside
the house.
People feel sorry to leave their
pets alone at home when they go on holiday a
business trip.
People ask their next door
neighbor friends relatives to look after their
pets when they are
away.
Listening
Tasks
A Passage
Dog Ma
Word Bank
furry n. covered with fur 毛茸茸的
guilty a. suffering from a sense of
guilt 内疚的，自责的
average a. ordinary,
usual 平常的，普通的
extra a. additional
额外的
overnight a. for or during the night
在夜间
dog day-care center a place where dogs
are sent to be taken care of when their owners are
away or at work, usually during the day宠物狗日托中心
Rebecca 丽贝卡(女子名)
Script
Dog Ma
Washington D.C. is a city where
people in politics, law and business work more
than eight
hours each day. Hundreds of
thousands of dog owners hate to leave their dogs
alone every
workday. So they take their furry
friends to a dog day-care center in the Washington
area. There
the dogs play with other dogs and
the workers. They also play with toys and they can
rest in
comfort.
Rebecca was a
successful high level official at a big company
but she did not find her job
very satisfying.
Her working hours kept getting longer and longer.
She felt very guilty about
leaving her two
dogs inside the house for long periods of time.
She knew she was not the only dog
owner in
Washington in this situation. She felt other
people would be interested in a day-care
center for dogs. So in 1998 Rebecca left her
company and opened Dog Ma near the United States
Capitol Building. Since then the business has
grown to include one part-time and four full-time
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workers. One worker lives at
the center.
On a normal day, about 30 dogs
are at the center. About 25% of them are younger
than one
year old. An average day at Dog Ma
costs a dog owner about 25 dollars.
Dog Ma
also offers extra services. Dogs can stay
overnight when their owners go out of town.
Owners can pay to have their dogs washed and
their fur and nails cut. The center also offers
dog
training and even transportation to and
from the center. That is a big help for those dog
owners
who do not drive.
Language and
Culture Notes
1. Background information
Westerners like keeping animals, especially dogs,
as pets. Dogs are
considered very good and
loyal companions to their owners. Stories abound
about how they
bravely saved their owners in
dangerous and difficult situations and what
healing power pets can
have. However, dogs
need to be fed and taken out for a walk several
times a day. It is very
difficult for owners
who work long hours to take care of their pets.
Some owners in American
cities employ
professional dog walkers to take their dogs out
for exercise and recreation. These
people
often have five or even ten dogs at one time on
leashes. Dog owners also feel sad to leave
their pets at home while they go on holiday.
So the idea of a day-care center for dogs has
caught
on and business at such centers is
booming.
2. The Capitol Building The building
that houses the U.S. Congress
3. furry friend
Referring to the dog. “Furry” means covered with
“fur”, which is the thick, short,
soft hair of
certain animals such as dogs and bears.
Exercise 1: Listening for general
understanding
Listen to the recording once
and choose the right answers to the questions you
hear.
1. What is Dog Ma?
a. A center
which accepts stray dogs sent by warm-hearted
people.
b. A center where dogs are taken care
of when their owners are away or at work.
c. A
center where dogs are trained according to their
owners' requirements.
d. A center where a dog
can do whatever it likes so long as its owner has
paid.
2. What can you learn from the passage?
a. Dog Ma seems to have a long history.
b. Dog Ma seems to be a state-owned business.
c. Dog Ma seems aimed at people with a good
income.
d. Dog Ma seems to be located in the
country.
Exercise 2: Listening for
details
Listen to the recording again and
decide whether the following statements are true
(T) or false
(F).
1. Rebecca is called Dog
Ma because she is like a mother to dogs who need
to be taken care of.
( F )
2. Rebecca had
two dogs and she sent them to a day-care center
for dogs during workdays.
( F )
3. Rebecca
opened Dog Ma because she was not very successful
in her career. ( F )
4. Most of the dogs sent
to the center are over one year old. ( T )
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5. There are now five workers at
the center and each one usually takes care of 30
dogs a day.
( F )
6. In Washington
D.C. some people often work extra hours and don't
have much time to stay with
their pets. ( T )
Speaking Tasks
Pair Work
Listen to the conversations and repeat after
the recording. Practise the conversations with
your
partner, playing the role of A or B. Then
work with your partner to create your own
conversations
by replacing the underlined
parts with your own words.
Conversation
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A: It must be very difficult for dogs to
live in cities.
B: 1) Why's that?
A:
Well, most of them are locked up in apartments
when their owners are away.
B: 2) That's true.
But there must be 3) a lot of excitement for them
sometimes too, when they are
taken out for a
walk. All the people in the streets, and the other
pets, and all the interesting
smells,
especially from restaurants…
A: 4) You're
making me hungry... Yeah, but I think all dogs
would really prefer to be 5) running
wild, and
chasing smaller animals.
B: 6) Yes, exactly.
It's their nature.
A: I've heard that in major
American cities, many people employ walkersto take
their
dogs out for some exercise.
B: 7)
Some people do use dog walkers, yes. I've seen
that. One person walking along with five
or
ten dogs at one time on leashes.
A: 8) It must
be quite a sight
Substitution 1
1.
Why do you think so What makes you say so?
2.
Quite true You’re right.
3. much fun happy
moments
4. You make me think of food You make
my mouth water.
5. running around in open
spaces
6. Definitel.y
7. Right, some
people actually hire people to walk their dogs.
8. It must be quite something to look at That
must be quite a spectacle.
Conversation 2
A: Hi, Carol. What are
you reading?
B: Oh, Hi, Tom. I’m reading 1) an
interesting article about pets. It says there are
actual medical
benefits from owning pets. 2)
Can you believe it?
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A: Well,
from my experience I know 3) watching tropical
fish swimming in a tank can make you
feel so
relaxed.
B: Mmm, that’s true—the gentle
movements, the lovely colors. But medical tests
have shown
that people’s blood pressure
actually goes down when they talk to their pets.
A: Well, animals—especially dogs—give such
unselfish love. 4) So it’s no surprise. you feel
relaxed when you talk to your dog.
B:
Yes, dogs are 5) terrific companions.
A: Sure.
Does the article say anything about the downside
to owning a pet?
B: Well, it does mention that
having a pet 6) can limit your freedom.
A:
Quite true. 7) You don't want to go out and leave
your pet alone at home.
B: Certainly not. I
guess it's almost like having another child to
take care of.
A: Well, sometimes you have to
8) give up a little freedom to get affection.
Substitution 2
1. an amusing a
fascinating
2. Do you think it’s true Are you
aware of that?
3. it is very relaxing to watch
a tropical fish swimming in a fish tank
4. So,
it’s only natural that
5. wonderful friends to
people
6. may make it difficult for you to
travel
7. You’d feel bad to leave your pet all
by itself at home.
8. make some sacrifice to
win love
Part C
Additional Listening
A Passage The Missing Cat and the
Injured Dog
Listen to the passage and
choose the right answers to the questions you
hear.
1. What is the main idea of the two
true stories?
a. Dogs are cleverer than cats.
b. Pets often go missing.
c. Humans should
not let their pets out of their sight.
d.
Humans care greatly for their pets.
2. Why is
the cat missed by so many people at the college?
a. He is very popular with teachers and
students.
b. He belongs to the president
of the college.
c. He is a wise and
knowledgeable cat.
d. He is often seen
wandering on campus.
3. How long has the cat
been missing?
a. Three days.
b.
Three weeks.
c. Six months.
d.
Not for long.
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4. Where was
the dog when his master contacted the animal
hospital?
a. He was already at Ford’s
home.
b. He was nowhere to be found.
c. He was lying in the road with his bones broken.
d. He was already at the hospital.
5.
How seriously was the dog injured?
a. His
right leg was broken.
b. His back was
covered in bruises.
c. He had a few
bruises but there was nothing serious.
d.
He suffered a heavy loss of blood.
Script
The Missing Cat and the Injured Dog
Animals, especially cats and dogs, are often
kept as pets and they can be very good friends of
humans. Here are two true stories about a cat
and a dog.
At Jesus College, Cambridge
University, concerns are growing for the safety of
a pet cat
which has gone missing.
Students and lecturers of the college have not
seen college cat Benson for three weeks. The
600 students at the college have been asked to
search their rooms and keep an eye open for him.
The grey and white cat has become an
institution at the college. He is officially a
member of the
college, an honor which includes
dining rights. He is well known for wandering in
and
interrupting tutorials.
A spokesman
for the college says appeals for help in tracing
Benson have not produced any
information. He
urges anyone who might see the cat to contact the
college.
In Lexington, Kentucky, a dog,
named Jo Jo, was hit by a car. His master Steve
Ford searched
frantically for him but Jo Jo
was nowhere to be found. Ford called the local
animal hospital to tell
them that Jo Jo had
been injured and that he was going to bring him in
if he could find him. That's
when he found out
Jo Jo was already there.
After the
accident, Jo Jo apparently ran about a mile from
Ford's home to the animal hospital.
He
suffered bruises but no broken bones.
Movie Time
Watch a video clip. After
watching it, choose the right answer to each of
the following questions.
Word Bank
Tarzan 电影中小男孩的名字 （婴儿时期被遗落在丛林，被丛林中的猿养大。）
Kala 电影中抚养Tarzan长大的母猿
menace n. 威胁
comfy adj. 舒服的
chuckle vi. 轻轻地笑
giggle vi. 咯咯笑
ape n. 猿
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outrun vt. 比……跑得快
Zugor
电影中丛林中一个怪物，所有动物都很怕它。
ghost story 鬼怪故事
count on 依靠，指望
better off 幸福
yawn vi. 打哈欠
trunk n. 树干
twisted adj. 扭曲的
Script:
-
Are you all right?
- Are you hurt? Let me see.
- What is the matter with you? He's only a
baby.
- I don't want you playing with that one
any more.
- He's going to get somebody hurt.
- Poor Kala. He's a menace.
- To all of
us.
- Come on, time for bed.
- Let's
see now ...
- There. How's that? Comfy?
-
It's great, Mom.
- I've got your nose.
[chuckling]
- I've got your toes.
-
[chuckling] Mom, stop.
- I'm too big for
-
Uh-oh. I think one is missing.
- Maybe you're
hiding it in ...
- ... here.
- [giggling]
Mom, stop.
- Stop. No, really ...
- Mom,
stop it.
- Tarzan, what's wrong?
- Tarzan?
- I'm not a good ape. I can't outrun the
Zugor.
- The Zugor?
- You know there's no
such thing.
- That's just an old ghost story.
- But if he was real, he'd get me.
- I'm
too slow.
- [chuckles]
- I'll tell you
what. If the Zugor ever comes for you, I'll save
you. You can count on it.
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-
But, then you'd be in danger because of me.
Everyone would be better off if I just wasn't
around.
- Come with me. I want to show you
something.
- [yawning]
- This tree used to
stand here all by itself.
- What happened to
it?
- One day there was a big storm, and the
wind pulled on the tree, until finally it blew
over.
But now, look over here. This is the
strongest tree in the jungle, because it has many
trunks, all
working together, lifting the
leaves into the sky. And look, the trunks are all
different. Some are
thin, some thick, some
twisted, some straight.
- That one looks fat.
- [laughing]
- It does, doesn't it?
[Kala] But they all help make the tree strong,
strong enough to weather any storm. Like a
family.
- Like our family?
- That's
right.
- You need your family, Tarzan, and
your family needs you.
- Nobody needs me.
- I do. And I always will.
- Now, where is
that missing toe?
Exercise
1. What
can be inferred about Tarzan from the video clip?
a. Tarzan often hurt some ape babies.
b.
Some apes were not friendly to Tarzan.
c.
Tarzan didn’t like to play with apes.
d.
Tarzan often made mistakes.
2. What
upset Tarzan?
a. He was afraid he might bring
danger to his mom.
b. He was treated badly by
apes.
c. A monster in the jungle was looking
for him.
d. He often made his mother unhappy.
3. What was the feature of the big tree?
a. The tree was evergreen.
b. The tree
was big enough to protect apes.
c. The tree
was strong because of many trunks.
d. The
tree had strange appearance.
4. What did
Kala try to teach Tarzan?
a. The jungle
monster was not real.
b. Tarzan was a member
of ape family.
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c. Tarzan
needed to learn not to hurt apes.
d. Apes were
in great need of Tarzan’s help.
Time to
Talk
Look at these pictures and describe them
one by one.
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1. A girl and a dog:
keep a dog as a pet
good friend companion, spend a lot of time with
the dog, learn
something from a dog, a dog can
help its owner do many things;
things to do
for a dog: feed clean train take care of it,
take the dog for a walk, find it
worthwhile
(值得) to take the time and trouble
2. An
old man and his sheep:
raise sheep for a
living, keep a large number of sheep, treat his
sheep as his children, different
colors sizes
ages;
sheep-raising as an industry, many uses
for sheep wool milk
3. Dinosaurs (恐龙):
lived long, long millions of years ago, no
people then, huge animal, … times as big as a
present-day horse;
different types of
dinosaurs: on land in water, ate plants meat,
killed other animals, died
out (绝迹), see
dinosaurs in pictures in movies such as “The
Jurassic Park” (侏罗纪公园),
fossils of dinosaurs
in museums
Demos:
1. A girl and a dog
are sitting on the door step of a house. I think
the girl keeps the dog as a pet
and a good
friend. She finds the dog to be a fine companion
and spends a lot of time with it. The
girl can
learn something from the dog. The dog can help the
girl do many things too.
To keep a dog as a
pet, one has to do quite a few things for it. One
has to feed it, clean it, train
it and take
care of it in many other ways. Still, many people
find it worthwhile to take the time and
trouble for their pets.
2. The old man is
looking at his sheep with love. He raises sheep
for a living. He works hard to
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keep a large number of sheep and, in a
way,he treats them as his children. We can see
different
colors and sizes of sheep. The sheep
may be of different ages. Sheep-raising is a major
industry in
the Northwest of China. There are
many uses for sheep wool and milk.
3.
Dinosaurs were huge animals that lived millions of
years ago. There were no people then.
Looking
at the picture, we can see that the biggest
dinosaur is about thirty times as big as a
present-day horse. There were different types
of dinosaurs. Some lived on land and others lived
in
water. Some ate plants. We call them plant
eaters. Others killed other animals and ate their
meat.
They are called meat eaters. As time
went by, the earth changed and the climate
changed, but the
dinosaurs did not change fast
enough and they gradually died out. Now we can see
dinosaurs in
pictures and in movies such as
Jurassic ParkWe can also see fossils of dinosaurs
in
museums.
Part D
Test Your Listening
A Passage
Listen to the passage and choose
the right answers to the questions you hear.
When animals make long journeys across places
where there is no food or shelter, such as
deserts or oceans, it is very important that
they should be able to find their way accurately.
Birds find their way by the stars at night,
and by the sun during the day. People thought that
this was impossible. Then some scientists made
an experiment. They put some migrating birds in
cages inside a planetarium. When the operator
turned the artificial sky round, the birds began
to
fly to the sides of the cages. Every time
he moved it, the birds moved to a new position.
Scientists
discovered that they always flew
toward the direction in which they would have
flown if the sky
had been real. This proved
that they could see the stars and respond to them.
Many animals, especially birds, have a very
precise sense of time, which is called their
for a long time, they must go at last, to
complete their migration in time. In such
conditions, they
are able to steer by
following the magnetic field of the earth. We
could say that they have their
own special
compass inside them, which tells them the right
direction to go.
Most migrating animals
travel in groups, sometimes in very large numbers.
This makes it
more likely that they will find
the right way, especially when the group has
experienced animals
which have made the
journey before.
1. What is the passage
mainly about?
a. How animals find their way
in migration.
b. What scientists did to
discover the truth about how birds find their way
in migration.
c. Why some animals like to
travel in groups.
d. What
2. What was proved by the experiment mentioned
in the passage?
a. Birds could tell the
difference between the real sky and the artificial
sky.
b. Birds have a built-in clock inside
them.
c. Birds could see the stars and would
move when the stars change positions.
d.
Birds always flew towards the south.
3.
What do migrating birds do if cloudy weather lasts
for a long time?
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4.
a.
They set off on their long journey, relying on
their internal clock.
b. They put off their
long journey until the weather clears.
c. They
follow experienced birds which have made the
journey before.
d. They follow the magnetic
field of the earth for direction.
How do most
migrating animals travel?
a. They travel in
family groups.
b. They travel on clear days
and nights.
c. They travel together in large
numbers.
d. They travel independently.
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