Revision 1 Which animal do you like best

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我最喜欢大熊猫，因为它们 是漂亮的黑白相间的动物。 1. Which animal do you like best? I like giant pandas best. 2. Why do you like them best? Because they are beautiful black-and-white animals.

14. 大熊猫Giant pandas 1. 人人喜欢大熊猫；大熊猫平静而安详， Everyone likes giant pandas. Giant pandas are quiet and peaceful. 吃竹笋和竹叶； They eat bamboo shoots and leaves. 2. 世界上现仅有大约一千只大熊猫，数目越来越少； Now, there are only about a thousand giant pandas in the world. Their number is going down. 3. 大熊猫生活的地方正在变为农田， Their living areas are becoming farmlands. 而且人们也为取其皮毛而猎捕它们； Also, people hunt them for their fur. 如此下去，世界上很快将再无大熊猫。 If this continues, there will soon be no giant pandas in the world.

1. 熊猫宝宝名叫“希望”， The baby panda is called Xi Wang. 出生时重约 90克， When she was born, she weighed about 90 grams. 每天吃母奶； She drank her mother’s milk every day. 6个月时，开始吃竹笋和竹叶； When she was six months old, she started to eat bamboo shoots and leaves. 2. 可悲的是，大熊猫在野外很难存活； Sadly, it is difficult for giant pandas to survive in the wild. 假如人们砍掉树和森林，大熊猫将无生存之处； If people cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live. 3. 我们应当尽力保护它们。 We should try our best to protect them.

词汇: 根据句意及所给首字母填空. 1. The c_______is called ‘a ship or boat of the amel desert’. ebra 2. Let’s go across the road at the z______ crossing. 3. Most people are afraid of the w______. olves They like eating meat. 4. I read the story “The Hare and the T____. ’ ortoise emale 5. We often use ‘she’ to refer to a f______.

ion 6. Have you seen the cartoon ‘The L ______ King? onkey 7. A m____is very good at climbing trees. ear 8. A polar b____ is white and lives in the north pole. 9. A g_______ iraffe is an African animal with dark spots on a yellow skin and a long neck and legs. quirrel 10. A s_______has a long soft tail and lives in the tree.

angaroo 11. A k_____lives in Australia and has a pocket in front. anda 12. A g______ p______lives only in China iant and its favourite food is the bamboo. 13. There is a d_______ show in the Undersea World. olphin 14. A t_____ lives in the forest or iger the mountain and eats small animals. 15. The hunter likes to kill a b______ for ear its fur and paws.

1. 看起来很美味 look delicious 2. 第一次走出她的家门 go outside her home for the first time 3. 长成一只健康的大熊猫 grow into a healthy giant panda 4. 一天长达 14个小时 for up to 14 hours a day 5. 没有住的地方 have nowhere to live 6. 处于危险之中 (be) in danger take …. away 8. 采取下列措施 take the following action(s) encourage sb. to do sth. 9. 鼓励…做… 7. 把…拿走

live in the wild 11. 生活在野外 12. 将某人单独留下 leave sb. alone / by oneself/ on one’s own keep doing sth 13. 一直做某事 14. 让/保持某人一直做某事 keep sb. doing sth. 15. 挣很多钱 make a lot of/ much money 16. 阻止某人做某事 keep/stop/prevent sb. from doing sth. 17. 生活区的丧失 (the) loss of living areas 18. 用它们的骨头制成药 make medicine from their bones(看不出原材料) 19. 用纸做成一个箱子 make a box out of paper (看出原材料)

20. 以团队形式一起劳动 work as a team 21. 以家庭形式生活 live as a family / live in family groups 22. 砍下…(代词放中间) cut… down 23. (数量)变得越来越少 get smaller and smaller 24. 采取行动做某事 take action(s) to do sth. 25. 在四个月大的时候 at four months (old) 26. 又生了一个婴儿 have another baby 27. 保持某人安全并远离危险 keep sb. safe from danger=protect

28. 直立行走 walk upright 29. 跑走另一条路 run the other way 30. 步行穿过雨林 walk through a rainforest 31. 一次去北京动物园的参观 a visit to Beijing Zoo 32. 一份关于野生生物的报告 a report on wild animals 33. 独自生活 live alone=live by oneself =live on one’s own

34. 好的视力、听力和嗅觉 good eyesight, hearing and smell 35. 由动物皮毛制成的衣服 clothes made of animal fur 36. 失去某人的生命（死） lose one’s life = die 37. 开发新的农田 make new farmland 38. 继续做某事 continue to do sth/ doing sth

Language points 1. act –action (n. ) take action to do sth take the following actions active (adj) take an active part in do sth actively (adv) 2. courage(n) have (no) courage to do sth encourage (v) sb to do sth

3. lose (v) – lost-lost lose one’s way lose a game lose one’s life get /be lost adj: lost a lost child n: loss the loss of because of the loss of living areas mourn the loss of a great beauty

Use ‘because’ or ‘because of ’ to give reasons. A lot of wild animals can’t survive in the wild because They lose their living areas. Rules because of the loss of living areas. Sentence / Noun(phrase)/pronoun because + ______________ because of +Sentence ______________ Noun (phrase) / Noun(phrase)/pronoun / Pronoun

1. because和because of的意思都是：因为， 由于。 但是在用法上又有不同。 because： 后加从句。 She doesn‘t go to school because she is ill. 她没来上学因为她生病 了。 because of：后加代词/名词/动词的ing形 式。 She doesn't go to school because of her illness. Because of working too hard, he was ill.

More examples Unit 4 1. Some wild animals may die soon because they are losing homes 2. The wild animals can’t find enough food because of the heavy snow. 3. Because wild animals are our friends on earth, we are trying our best to protect them when they are in danger.

Conditional Sentences(条件状语从句） If hunters catch a giant panda, they will kill it for its fur. soon there will be no giant pandas in the world. If we do nothing, If–clause (一般现在时） If-clause(从句) Rules Main-clause(一般将来时） comma , Main-clause(一般将来时） Main clause（主句） . If–clause (一般现在时） , We need a __________( comma, full stop) after simple present tense simple future tense the ‘if’-clause when it is the first part of a sentence. 一般现在时 一般将来时

Unit 4 1. If a polar bear is hungry, it will catch fishes in water. 2. If tigers live in the wild, they will hunt for their own food. 3. If no one buys animal fur, hunters won’t kill animals. 4. If we don’t protect the animals, they will die.

Unit 4 protect ( not protect) giant 1. If we don’t ______ pandas, (die). willthey die 2. If you go(go) to Beijing Zoo, you will see _______(see) a dolphin show. 3. If we don’t buy (not buy) tiger fur, hunters will not kill ______(not kill) tigers. 4. Wild animals will not survive(not survive) if we ______(not help). do not help

Reading Fill in blanks with proper forms. reading read) the story of Xi Wang, we After _______( growth all know the ____(grow) of a giant panda. importance We also know the ____(important) of protecting ____(protect) them. They are in great_____(dangerous). danger We can take the following _______(follow) actions. We must grow more bamboos _______(bamboo) and build more reserves _______(reserve). We should encourage to kill hunters not ____(not kill) them and leave encourage farmers to ______(leave) the giant

Translation: 1. 许多野生动物面临危险. Many wild animals are in danger. 2. 一千克是 1000克. A kilogram is 1000 grams. 3. 英语老师总是鼓励我课堂多发言. The English teacher always encourages me to speak more in class.

4. 我们一定要采取下列措施学好英语. We must take the following actions to learn English well. 5. 如果农民砍伐树木森林话, 大熊猫就无处可 住了. If farmers cut down trees and forests, giant pandas will have nowhere to live. 6. 在一开始时, 我并不喜欢数学. At the very beginning, I didn’t like maths. 7. 乌龟能活到 150岁. Tortoises can live up to 150 years.

8. 可惜得是, 对野生动物来说在野外生存很 困难. Sadly, it’s difficult for wild animals to survive in the wild. 9. 她第一次在学校图书馆借书. She borrowed some books from the school library for the first time. 10. 这些孩子将来要独自在外国生活. These children will live in foreign countries on their own in the future.

Homework • Dictate the words and phrases. • Finish the passage “My favourite animal”.