Module Three PETS

Text Man’s four-legged Friend

Name the pets

Word match a person who takes care of sheep group of sheep, goats or birds of the same kind a part of an act in a play(film) to bring up, to train cause sb to have a disease flock shepherd scene infect breed

the smell left by an animal a deadly virus disease causing madness in dogs a police officer who investigates crimes a vehicle with two or four wheels to follow the footprints or marks of rabies scent cart detective track

Column 1 1. Dogs-part of man’s family 2. Dogs-dangerous killers 3. Dogs-wonderful trackers 4. Dogs-man’s working mates 5. Dogs-excellent guards Column 2 Paragraph A Paragraph B Paragraph C Paragraph D Paragraph E Skim the text, and match the conclusions

smelling out enemies blind guide pulling carts guards tracking the scents used in sports pets performers police work Para. A&B What can dogs do in our daily life?

Para. C If you have a dog you love as a pet, you ______ some of your life with it. The dog lives in your home, keeps you _____ and goes on trips with you. Dogs rely on their excellent _____ of smell to tell things apart. This _____ sense helps man and dogs themselves _____ _____ a lot of difficulties. share Listen to Para. C and complete the following sentences and answer a question. company sense sharp get over

Q: Do dogs have difficulty telling things apart? Why or why not? No. Because they have sharp sense of smell. This sharp sense helps man and dogs themselves get over a lot of difficulties.

Para. D Rearrange the following events according to what actually happened in the story. 3. In 1925, a detective was thinking hard about how to catch a thief, so he trained a dog, Sauer. 4. Suddenly he found Sauer had disappeared. 1. In fact,Sauer was working alone. 2.At last, Sauer caught the thief with the sharp sense of smell after covering a distance of 160 kilometres. Story 1 Para. D 3…4…1…2

Para. D Rearrange the following events according to what actually happened in the story. 4. The couple were surprised to find that he had covered a distance of some 3,200 kilometres. 1.Six months later Bobbie turned up at the family alone. 2. And he had travelled back through the Rocky Mountains in the depths of winter. 3. In 1923 a couple lost their dog Bobbie while they were travelling Story 2

trackers/ detectives blind guide working mates dogs excellent guards hunters performers pets family members man’s friends ?? ? What roles do dogs play in human life?

Para.E According to a report in China, people die of rabies every year in our country. Surprising statistics

trackers/ detectives blind guide working mates dogs excellent guards hunters performers pets family members man’s friends ??? killers

4. How do we prevent the disease that is carried by dogs? Questions: We should go to a doctor at once if we have been bitten by a dog. 1. Will the friendliest dog bring death with its bite? Why? Yes, it will. Because it has been infected with a terrible disease. 2. How does the disease pass on? It passes on by a bite from an infected dog at any stage. 3. When an infected person shows symptoms, death is certain to follow shortly, isn’t it? Yes, it is.

Whole text comprehension: true or false The sheepdog of Robin is looking at the flock of sheep. In a way, dogs are man’s friends and working partners. If we keep a dog as a pet, we can share our life with it. Dogs have difficulty telling things apart. Bobbie, trained by the detective, caught a thief by its sharp sense. The disease, rabies, is passed on by a bite from an infected dog at an early stage. If we are bitten by a dog, we should go to a docror at once. T T T T F F F

What’s your opinion? Well, I don’t like pets… I like keeping a dog as pet,because…

Assignment: 1.Read the text for several times after the tape 2. Complete C1 and C2 on page 67