初三英语下学期The-Seagulls-of-Salt-Lake-City.pptVIP

The seagulls of Salt Lake City JEFC(III) Supplementary Reading The seagulls of Salt Lake City JEFC(III) Supplementary Reading sea Pre– task: monument seagull locust valley Pre– task: Read the passage and find the answers: What did the men do when they arrived at the valley? 2. Did the seagulls eat their crops or not? What did they eat? The city was founded. a hundred years ago Fill in the blanks according to the time: A group of people arrived here. at that time _________________ _________________  _________________. They built houses. They made their farms. They planted their crops. One day The locusts came down and started eating the crops. They tried to fight against the locusts, but failed. The seagulls had come to eat locusts. They ate up millions of locusts. The crops were saved. People built up a monument with seagulls on top of it. people seagull crops people (in a short while) locust city people Seagull– “the robber” New York is a famous city in the world. But now it is also a city with a lot of rubbish. Several years ago, more and more litters were poured into the sea , so it has formed a big “dustbin” near the city. To our surprise, many seagulls regarded the “big dustbin” as their new home and stayed here during the night. In the daytime, they flew into the houses of the citizens(居民)and “stole” the delicious food from their kitchens(厨房). It is well known that seagulls are very friendly and faithful to the men and they should fly in the sky over the sea.But why do they live in the dustbin and stole the food from the city? What happened to the seagulls? ?????????????????????????????????? /smclub/picture.htm While-task: Discuss and answer the questions: Why don’t the seagulls catch fish in the sea but rob the food in the city instead? 2. Do you think it will only do harm to the seagulls or