21st century practical College English Unit 4 I Like Animals

Let’s look at some pictures!

kitten cat

dog puppy

penguins panda

Puppy and kitten’s love

It rained cat and dog.

Animal Rights Movement & Animal Rights Activists  organized efforts opposing use animals for research, food and clothing  People who defend animal rights.

Let’s have a discussion  Do you like animals?  What is your favorite animals?  Why do you like animals?

2. Why does the writer say that animals are honest? Because they don’t pretend to be someone they are not; they don’t fake their feelings. 3. According to the writer, how do animals treat the environment? Animals take from the environment only what they need; they don’t abuse the environment. Read the text and find the answers to the questions 1.Why does the writer like animals? How did her family expect her to answer this question? She likes animals because they are honest. Her family expected her to say that she likes animals because they are clever and fun to play with.

The writer says they don’t do those things because it’s counter-productive; her sister thinks it’s because they don’t know how to do them. 4.What difference lies between the writer and her sister as to why animals don’t do those harmful things mentioned earlier? 5. How does the writer’s cousin explain that animals live a freer life than humans? Her cousin thinks it’s because animals don’t think.

6.According to the writer, what do we humans do to animals? We exploit, use and eat them. We do to them any cruel act we can think of. 7. What is the conclusion that the writer draws about animals? Animals are honest and the best this planet has to offer. 8.Do her family members disagree with her? How did they respond to her talk? No. They responded positively to her talk and added more stories showing animals are lovable.

Read again and find out the structure of the text I like animals

Read text-1 Read Text A again and complete the following table Paragraph Topic Sentence Supporting Details I like animals because they are honest. They don’t pretend to be ; they don’t fake. I like animals because they only take out of life what they need. They don’t their environment, their water and the air they breathe. They don’t build and use them against others — particularly members of. someone they’re not _________________ abuse _____ pollute ______ their feelings ___________ weapons of mass destruction ________________________ their own species Reading Analysis _______________

Read text Paragraph Topic Sentence Supporting Details They don’t dwell on, nor plan to live some day ; they live, this moment, fully, completely, and purely. I like animals because they don’t do to themselves or others the things we do to them. Animals are the most creatures on earth. Our prejudice enables us to and them and to them. We do to them any cruel act we can think of. they live their lives with so much more freedom than humans live theirs __________________ ________. I like animals because in the future __________ today _____ victimized________ things of the past ______________ use ____ exploit ______ eat ___

Read text Paragraph Topic Sentence Supporting Details I like animals becauseThey don’t say one thing and They are honest. Now, if humans could only be like animals. The conversation actually rolled into shared stories of animals they’d known, stories of animal and, their and. they are not hypocrites ___________________. do another _________. humor _____ intelligence __________ loyalty ______ innocence _________ Now retell the story by using the information in the table you have completed.

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Topics for discussion  Animals — not humans — are the best this planet has to offer  What rights do you think animals should have?

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