Unit1 Beagle Patrol.pptVIP

Beagle Patrol Unit 1 Teaching Objectives Students are about to: Practice English listening skills Practice the skimming and scanning skills Learn the process of training a detector dog Learn some useful expressions and words Get to know basic knowledge of dogs Section I Background Information The dog was the first domesticated animal and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and pet animal in human history. Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship, and, more recently, aiding handicapped individuals. This impact on human society has given them the nickname mans best friend in the Western world. In 2001, there were estimated to be 400?million dogs in the world. Dogs are generally trained to detect the following target groups: fresh plant material dried plant material fruits vegetables eggs all meat products excluding fish seeds cheese bees soil,etc. 1. Have you ever seen a detector dog 2. What do detector dogs do 3. How are they trained For more information about dogs, please go to /guides/dogs/dogs.html Warming Up on page 2 Section 2 Watch and Listen The Description of A Process When…,first,…After…,he… then, he… First,…Second,…Third,…Finally,… Firstly,…Secondly,…Thirdly,…Finally,… To start with,…then…at last,… Listen and Repeat 1. Things don’t always go so smoothly for Stockton though. 2. You’ve got to work with me. I’m your partner, remember? 3. So what does it take to be a “detector dog”? 4. They’ve got to have real good food drive because they work for food. 5. Even after they eat a big dinner, they’re still ready to eat some more. Section 3 – Reading Skimming and Scanning Language in Use fragrance， odor， flaour， smell， perfume， scent， incenseFragrance 较正式的典雅用词，常指花妆品、花朵和香料等发出的令人感到新鲜、愉快的香味。Odor 书面中性词，侧重气味本身的本质，既可指令人愉快的气味，也可指令人作呕难闻气味。Flaour 指影响嗅觉、味觉的香气或香味，多用于指食物等独特的味。Smell 普通用词，与odor很相近，中性词。可指好闻或不好闻或中性气味。Perfume 书面用词，指强烈、浓厚天然或人工制造的香