新概念3 第1课 A puma at large 详细教案.docx

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 13 A puma at large 课前明确学习要求： 一定要预习！生词课前背。课文课前听。 认真准备背诵、听写。 认真完成仿写练习，学会用。Do you understand it? Do you know how to use it? 积极词 Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw a large cat only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people complained of cat-like noises at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside. Step1 Lead in 注：(上课视情况简化或拓展) Today we’ll talk about a story about a puma. Do you know puma? Have you ever seen a puma? What are pumas like? (large, look like big cats/cat-like, eat meat/animals like rabbits, deer etc, run fast; can climb the trees; don’t attack people/human being unless they are cornered) Have you ever been to Beijing Zoo? What