新广州牛津版八年级（下册）Unit6reading.pptVIP

* * * Unit 6 Module 3 Animals Period 1 Getting ready Reading (I) Pets Getting ready 1 Look at the cartoon and answer the questions. What do you know about …? 2 A1 Do you know any fun facts about animals? Decide whether the following sentences are True (T) or False (F). 1 Cats can taste sweets. T / F T / F T / F T / F T / F 2 Chocolate can make dogs sick. 3 Dolphins sleep with both eyes closed. 4 When a rabbit is happy, it clicks its teeth. 5 Dogs may feel unhappy if they are not taken out for a walk. A2 In pairs, discuss the following questions. 1 Do you have a pet? What is it? What is it like? 2 If you do not have a pet, do you want one? Why or why not? 3 Why do people keep pets? Give some reasons. 3 Before you read Look at the pictures, the title, the introduction and the sub-headings of the article on page 83. Then answer the following questions. *3 Why is keeping a pet dog a good idea? *4 Why is keeping a pet dog a bad idea? 1 What do you think the article is about? 2 Who likes keeping a pet dog and who does not? Is keeping a pet dog a good idea or not? Emma Matt Keeping pet dogs is not a good idea. Keeping pet dogs is a good idea. Head to Head Head to head 2 Read what Emma says about keeping pet dogs. What adjectives does she use to describe pet dogs? Find supporting details from the article. cute responsible noisy faithful clever active cute responsible faithful We can learn responsibility from keeping dogs. A dog will love you faithfully and bring you lots of happiness for many years. Dogs are really cute. Keeping pet dogs is a good idea. Emma Dogs are really cute. We can learn responsibility from keeping dogs. A dog will love you faithfully and bring you lots of happiness for many years. Young people can learn how to care for others by keeping dogs. It’s nice to hold them in our arms. We have to feed, train, and play with them and this helps us become more responsible p