【導讀】本模塊以“Animalsindanger”為話題，以學習動詞不定式的用法為主線，介紹了當前瀕臨滅絕,需。要人類保護的動物的情況,并重點介紹了大熊貓的保護情況。其中活動1要求將所給動物詞匯與對其特征的?；顒?要求根據(jù)錄音判斷所談?wù)摰膭游锛盀l臨滅絕的動物。的對話并完成回答問題、填空及造句等任務(wù)。活動6學習英語中句子的意群；活動7根據(jù)提示進行問答。要求學生首先自己談?wù)摯笮茇埖那闆r，然后閱讀文章并找出各段主題句,最后練習運用不定式造句?；顒?要求學生根據(jù)一段介紹大熊貓目前生活狀況的短文。Unit3對“動詞不定式”的功能項目進行綜合訓練，并在此基礎(chǔ)上學寫關(guān)于瀕臨滅絕的動物的情況?；顒?要求用所給詞匯完成短文，以進一步鞏固課本內(nèi)容。幾種瀕臨滅絕的動物，同時也提供了寫作范文。出了寫作方法及步驟。

　　

【正文】 merica 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 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 saw from side to side, wounding and killing small fish which then it eats. It doesn39。t harm humans. ? The chameleon can change its colour very quickly depending on the colour of the thing it39。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。s tail is broken off, it can usually grow a new one. ? A bird called Swift spends all it39。s time in the air. It only es down to breed. ? Flamingoes are pink because their bodies take the colour of shrimps they eat. ? Elephants spend 23 hours a day eating. ? No two zebras have exactly the same pattern of stripes. ? Squirrels sometimes wrap their bushy tails around their body to keep themselves warm. ? Sailors have been known to have mistaken the basking whales for islands and try to land on them. ? A chameleon can alter its colour depending on its mood. ? It takes an elephant calf 6 months how to use its trunk. ? Flies take off backwards. ? The giraffe has 7 neck bones exactly the same as humans. ? Dolphins and whales talk to each other whistling. ? The humming bird is the only bird that can fly backwards. ? Rare African gorillas are sometimes killed to use their hand to make ashtrays. ? The rare kakapo parrot lays one egg every four years. II. People and Animals I am Sun Meng. I am a junior high school student. I like animals. I like many kinds of animals: pige ons, dogs, goats, monkeys and elephants are my favorites. Some of them are very clever, and some of them are very beautiful. In a word, they have different characteristics. I like to go to the zoo, because I can see animals there. I usually buy food for them, and I think I know what they like. I like to feed the elephants best. They like eating bananas. In their presence, I feel we are one big, harmonic family. In America, when people say man39。s best friend, they don39。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。s lives. Dogs can be taught to bee the “eyes” for a blind person or ears for a deaf person. Like people, animals have lives. Why don39。t we bee good friends? In the world, some kinds of animals are in danger of being extinct. Let39。s protect animals from now on! III. Animal protection Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history. Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger. Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more. Animals are more than just beautiful or interesting. They are more than just a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animals can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks, the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied quickly. Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animals or plants on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing. 注釋 : 1. feather ，翎毛，箭羽 2. balance 3. hawk ，隼 4. multiple ，繁殖 multiply multiple choice 5. forbid ，不許；阻止，妨礙 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇正確答案 1 Animals are important to us mainly because _____. A. they give us a source of food B. they are beautiful and lovely C. they keep the balance of nature D. they give us a lot of pleasure 2 What has happened to the animals on the earth? A. Hundreds of kinds of animals are gone forever. B. Many kinds of animals have died out. C. About 170 kinds of animals have disappeared forever. D. All kinds of animals are in danger. 3 Why do people kill animals? A. They kill animals for something they need. B. They kill animals