新目标英语七年级下Unit5SectionB2a-2c.ppt

unit 5 Why do you like pandas? Section B By Sumei (2a—2c) What animals do you like? Koalas cute Pandas interesting elephants friendly 2a Check (﹄)the animals you think are in great danger ____lions ____elephant ___pandas ____giraffes ____koalas ____tigers Let’s discuss! What do you think when you see the pictures? 2b: Read the article and check the best title for it. ____What Is an Elephant? 大象是什么？ ____Come to Thailand 到泰国来 ____Let’s Save the Elephants 让我们拯救大象 ____Elephants Are Good Pets 大象是很好的宠物 Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailands symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck. Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “ an elephant never forgets”. Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day. Answer these questions below 1.What do students from Thailand want to do? They want to save the elephants. 2.What animal is one of Thailand’s symbols? Elephants. 3.What can they do? They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well… 4.Why are they in great danger? Because people cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. people kill them for their ivory. 5.When is Thai Elephant Day? March 13th Key words： save [seiv]? v.救，救助 symbol [ ′simbl]? n.象征 flag [fl?ɡ]? n.旗； forget[f?(r)′ɡet]?v.忘记；遗忘 get lost迷路 place[pleis]? 地点；位置 water[′w?:t?] n.水 danger[′deind??(r)]?n.危险 be in (great)danger处于（极大）危险之中 cut[k?t]v