冀教英语八下Lesson 17 Save the Tigers课件.ppt

1. Learn the words in Lesson 18 by heart. 2. Read the text in Lesson 18 and underline the useful phrases. Lesson 17  Save the Tigers century fur symbol courage brave chain n. 世纪 n. （兽类的）毛 n. 标志，象征 n. 勇气，胆量 adj. 勇敢的，无畏的 n. 链子；链条 Words and expressions balance reason disappear kill cut decrease n. 平衡，平稳 n. 原因，动机，理由 v. 消失，失踪 v. 杀死 v. 砍，切，剪，割 v. 使……变小；减少 Words and expressions 在……之初 下降到；跌至 食物链 保持平衡 处于危险状态 把……砍到，减少 （除某事或某人外）还，也 at the beginning of…, drop to, food chain, in balance, in danger, cut down, as well To use the following words and expressions correctly: century, courage, brave, reason, kill, cut, at the beginning of…, drop to, food chain, in balance, in danger, cut down, as well objectives Where can you usually see a tiger? 2.Do you think tigers need our help? See the video of a report. There are currently six types of tigers: the Bengal tiger, the Siberian tiger, the Sumatran tiger, the Malayan tiger, the Indochinese tiger and the South China tiger. the Bengal tiger the Siberian tiger the Sumatran tiger the Malayan tiger the Indochinese tiger the South China tiger How many tigers was there at the beginning of 20th century？ Read and Answer: Read and Answer: Where do tigers live in? food chain Read and Answer: Why do some people hunt and kill tigers? 1. At the beginning of the 20th century, the number of tigers in the wild was around 100 000. 在二十世纪初期，野生老虎的数量大约是十万只。 the number of意为“……的数量”，跟复数名词连用作主语时，中心词是number，谓语动词要用单数。 a number of表示“许多”，相当于many，修饰可数名词复数。作主语时，谓语动词用复数。number前可用large，small等修饰，表示程度。例如： The number of students in our class is 50. The number of pages in this book is 60. A number of students are planting trees on the hill. 2. But today that number has dropped to a few thousand. 但是现在，数量已经下降到几千只。 a few thousand表示“几千”。当hundred, thousand前面是基数词one, two, three…a few, many时，其后不加s。当hundred和thousand后面加s时，需要跟of修饰可数名词复数。例如： There are three thousand students in our school. Thousands of students a