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Unit Ten: Animal Stories Text A Background Information Some birds are very smart. Ravens, for instance, have the ability to solve difficult problems, such as figuring out how to steal fish from a fisher. Happiness, sadness, anger, fear, love, hate -- emotions play an important role in our lives. Many animals also have emotions including stress. Sometimes stress causes serious health problems to animals. Chimps appear to show an awareness of death. They become very sad when family members die. Chimps and dolphins are highly social animals and are more likely to have consciousness. Group Discussion 1.Do you keep a pet? Why do you think pets mean so much to some people? 2.Do you believe animals have intelligence? Do you have any stories of animal intelligence? Part Division of the Text The text can be divided into three parts: Part 1 (Paragraphs 1-3): Part 1 tells us how Pat Myers began to have a pet parrot with the name of Casey. Part 2 (Paragraphs 4-11): Part 2 depicts that Casey can speak properly on many occasions. Part 3 (Paragraphs 12-16): Part 3 tells us that Casey can finally express love to Pat Myers. Further Understanding 1. Why did Pat Myers begin to keep a pet? She had been kept in her apartment for a year because of a serious illness, so she began to keep a pet as a companion. 2. Was Casey quick at learning to express love to Pat Myers? No. When Pat Myers tried to teach him how to express love, he failed to learn it quickly. It was after Pat was away from home for a long time that Casey learned to express love. Useful Expressions birds of a feather 趣味相投者（常带贬义） as light as a feather 轻如羽毛 parrot fashion 鹦鹉学舌般地 beg off 请求免除（义务、责罚等） turn a blind eye to 假装没看见，熟视无睹 do more harm than good 弊大于利 do no harm 没有坏处 in training 处于良好竞技状态；正在进行训练 in safety 安全地 get a handle on sth 理解某事；控制局面 Vocabulary 1. suggest Patterns: suggest sth suggest doing sth suggest + that-从句 Idiomatic Expression: suggest itself (to sb) 浮现在（某人）脑海中 Grammar Note: sugges