【正文】 rs for a deaf person. Like people, animals have lives. Why don39。s tail is broken off, it can usually grow a new one. ? A bird called Swift spends all it39。s largest bird of prey, weighing as much as 12kg. It has a wingspan of about 3 meters. ? Blue whales are the biggest, heaviest living creatures. They can grow up to 30 meters long. ? The sawfish is found in the warm oceans. It has a long, flat snout with toothed edges. As the fish moves along, it swings it39。s mouth is closed you can see it39。 1012: P79) Around the world Ask students to read the passages by themselves, and then finish the following exercises. Show the following. Fill in the blanks. 1. The largest animal in the world is ________. It lives in ________ and eats ________ for food. 2. The wild Bactrian camel lives in _________ and ________. It is the _________ in the world with two humps. 3. Many ________ live in India but you can find them in other counties as well. There are many elephants which ________ for people. Writing First ask students to discuss in small groups to decide which animal they want to write about. Find out about the animal. Then write one or two short paragraphs about it. Sample version: Gray bats Gray bats only weigh up to half an ounce. Their wings measure about inches across. Gray bats live in groups in caves. Most gray bats live in caves in Alabama, northern Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. The caves are usually found near a river or lake. During the day, gray bats sleep. At night, they eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes or other pests in one hour. There are about 2 million bats, but their numbers bee smaller because their living place are being smaller and some died from eating insects which is killed by pesticides. Step VI Homework Ask students to 1. finish activities 11—12 in Workbook on page 147. 2. summarize what they have learned in the module. Teaching resources 教學(xué)資源庫 I. Animals are in danger! All around the world there are species of animals that are about to bee extinct disappear for ever. We need to do something to stop this happening. If we go on using nature as thoughtlessly as we have been doing, there will soon be nothing left. So nature has to be looked after carefully. Amazing Facts ? The world39。 Around the world 給學(xué)生介紹了幾種瀕臨滅絕的動物，同時也提供了寫作范文。活動 3 要求根據(jù)活動 2 進行對話練習(xí)?；顒?4—5 要求學(xué)生根據(jù)文章回答問題和填空?；顒?6 學(xué)習(xí)英語中句子的意群；活動 7 根據(jù)提示進行問答練習(xí)。 Unit 1 通過聽、讀、說訓(xùn)練，初步學(xué)習(xí)動詞不定式。在此基礎(chǔ)上，學(xué)生可以根據(jù)自己的建議制定更合理的動物 保護措施；模塊同時通過該話題還復(fù)習(xí)了一般現(xiàn)在時、現(xiàn)在進行時、一般過去時、一般將來時的用法?；顒?3—5 聽讀包含談?wù)搫游锏膶υ挷⑼瓿苫卮饐栴}、填空及造句等任務(wù)。其中活動 1—5要求學(xué)生首先自己談?wù)摯笮茇埖那闆r，然后閱讀文章并找出各段主題句 , 最后練習(xí)運用不定式造句。其中活動 2 要求學(xué)寫不定式的句子并根據(jù)情況正確使用不定式?；顒?9要求用所給詞匯完成短文，以進一步鞏固課本內(nèi)容。 8: P78) Listening Ask students to choose the correct words and then listen and check and pay attention to the different usages of set phrases. Then read the conversation together. Show the following. 1. want to do sth. 2. It’s + adj. of sb. to do sth. 3. Let’s do sth. Then check the answers. Speaking T: Work in pairs and roleplay the conversation between Katy and Samantha in Activity 2. Then try to make a similar one by yourselves. Sample conversation: S1: Hi, Bob speaking. S2: Hi, Bob. It’s Jim. Do you want to see a football match tonight? S1: Oh, it’s very nice of you to invite me. What are the two teams? S2: England and France. The exciting thing is to guess who will be the winner. S1: Oh, that sounds good. What time does it start? S2: At four o’clock. Let’s meet at half past three. S1: OK. See you then. S2: OK. Listening Then go on with activity 8. First ask students to guess what will be talked about. Then play the tape and get the students to listen and answer the questions. Check the answers with the class. Step III Reading and writing (Around the world: P76。s fastest animals on land. They can run up to 100km/h over short distances. ? The giraffe is the tallest mammal in the world. It can grow over 5 meters tall. It has long neck so that it can reach the leaves high up in the trees. ? Beetles are the biggest insect group. ? Insects are found all over the world, even in the frozen lands and the deserts where other animals find it hard to live. ? Butterflies and moths have tiny scales that cover their bodies. The scales are made up of thousands of tiny hairs. ? The difference between a crocodile and an alligator is that when crocodile39。s heaviest snake is Anaconda, found in South America and Trinidad. It can weigh up to 150kgs. It strangles its prey by coiling round it. ? Some monkeys use their tails like hands to grip on to things. ? Camels can stay many days without food and water. They have wide, hairy feet to stop them sinking in the sand, and their nostrils can close to keep out the dust. ? Badgers can see well in the dark and have strong sense of smell. ? The Andean condor is the world39。s on. ? An animal called tarsier can turn its head round to look behind it without moving its body. ? Some birds, such as the reed warbler, can sing two tunes at a time. ? Giraffes have 45centimeter long black tongue which they can use to clean their ears. Strange but true ? Lions sleep up to 20 hours a day. ? Gorillas sleep in nests which they build in tree tops. ? Blue whale babies weigh up to 7 tonnes at birth. ? Crickets have ears positioned on their knees. ? Puffer fish puffs its body to scare away the enemies. ? Salmon live in the sea, but they return to breed in river where they were born. ? A female cod can lay up to 9 million eggs. ? Snakes never close their eyes at any time. ? Chameleon lizards can look in two directions at the same time. ? If a lizard39。t mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal: the dog! This description shows the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can bring joy to people39