5. tree ivory waterzoo flag cut danger

6. symbol kill save forget place Thailand

7. 2a Check ( √ ) the animals you think are in great danger. I think pandas are in great danger. ___ lions ___ elephants ___ pandas ___ giraffes ___ koalas ___ tigers √

8. 2b Read this website article and check ( √ ) the best title for it. What Is an Elephant? Come to Thailand Let’s Save the Elephants Elephants Are Good Pets √

9. Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand's symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck. Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that “ an elephant never forgets”. Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live. But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 1000,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.

10. Read the article again then answer the questions below. 1.Where are the students from? _________________________ 2. Are elephants smart animals? __________________________ They’re from Thailand. Yes, they are.

11. 3. Why are elephants in great danger? ________________________________ ________________________________ 4. When is Thai Elephant Day? ________________________________ Because people cut down many trees and they kill elephants for their ivory. It’s on March 13th.

12. How to save them don’t cut down too many ___ don’t _____ things made of ivory. _____ is Thai Elephant Day. Abilities can play _____ can also _____ well can ______ places with food and water Facts and figures people ____ many trees people kill them for ___ today there are _____ (over _______ before) Importance in Thailand first flag had ______ symbol of ________ 2c Read the article again and complete the mind map. ELEPHANTS

13. 1. 通读全文，掌握文章的大意。 2. 读题目要求。第一方框为 “ 大象的重要性 ” ；第 二方框为 “ 有关大象的一些实事及其特征 ” ；第 三方框为 “ 大象的能力 ” ；第四方框为 “ 如何挽救 大象 ” 。根据这几方面的内容再回到短文中去寻 找答案。 3. 可知第一段末尾的两句说明了大象的重要性。 第二段叙述了大象的一些能力；第三段叙述了 一些有关大象的事实；如何挽救大象也应根据 第三段的内容来填写。

14. Facts and figures people ________ many trees people kill them for _____ today there are ___________ ________ (over ________ before) Importance in Thailand first flag had ________ ____________ symbol of _________ a white elephant on it good luck cut down ivory only 3,000 elephants 100,000 ELEPHANTS

15. How to save them don’t cut down too many ______ don’t _____ things made of ivory. ___________ is Thai Elephant Day. Abilities can play ________ ______ can also _____ well can __________ places with food and water ELEPHANTS soccer or music draw remember trees buy March 13th

16.  1. one of + 名词复数形式 意为 “…… 之一 ” Jack is one of my friends. 杰克是我的朋友之一。 【注意】当 “one of + 名词复数形式 ” 作主语 时，当作整体看，用单数。 One of the lions is from Africa. 狮子中的一只是来自非洲。

17.  2. get lost 迷途；迷路 The little girl can’t find her home. She gets lost. 小女孩找不到家了，她迷路了。  3. be in (great) danger 处于（极大）危险之中。 The boy falls into the lake. He’s in great danger. 小男孩落入湖中，他处于极大危险中。

18.  4. cut down 砍伐 Don’t cut down trees. 不要砍伐树木。  5. over （数量）超过； 在 …… 之上 Over one hundred people are in the library. 有超过一百人在图书馆里。 There’s a small bridge over the river. 在河上面有一座小桥。

19. 1. 我们挽救五十多只猫。 We saved ____ fifty _____. 2. 狗是我所喜欢的动物之一。 Dogs are ____ of my favorite _______. 3. 长城是中国的象征。 The Great Wall is a _______ of ______. symbol China over cats one animals

20. 4. 一头大象能走很远的路且不会迷路。 An elephant can walk ___ a long ____ and _____ ____ ____. 5. 扬子鳄处于极度危险之中。 Yangtze crocodiles ___ __ _____ ______. for way never gets lost are in great danger

21. 1. Mr. Lin jumped into the river to ____ the boy. 2. The British ____ is in red, white and blue. 3. The letter “V” is a ______ of victory( 胜利 ). 4. Don’t ____ wild animals. They’re our friends. kill save symbol flag flag, kill, place, save, cut down, over, forget, symbol 选词填空。

22. 5. They have to _________ the apple tree. 6. ━ Don’t ______ to take your schoolbags home. ━ OK, Mr. Brown. 7. _____ six hundred students goes to school by bike. 8. A park is a good _____ for fun. cut down forget Over place

23. 1. Remember the new words and expressions learned in this period. 2. Ask Ss to retell the article according to the map in 2c.