My Favorite Animal

Contents

Warm-up Activities

Brainstorming

Evaluation

Assignments

Warm-up Activity

Listen to part of a conversation What are the questions and how

does the candidate answer them?

Describe your favorite animalYou should say:What the animal is How you know about itWhat you know about itWhy you like this animal so much.

Listen again and summarize.

It will obey you if you understand it.

They are not lazy animals like cows.

They eat hay and some grass,

They will behave well

if you treat them properly...

because I think it's a graceful animal.

hardworking and humble.

a horse is most beautiful and fun.

Brainstorm

Lion Panda Elephant Horse

Practice

Describe the animals with their

habits and characteristics

Examples:

Lion is fierce. It’s king of the prairie.

Elephant has a really long trunk.

Horse is a hardworking animal.

Characteristics of animals

1.Very tender

2. Huge with a long trunk

3. Has sharp teeth

4. Is hardworking

5. Eats lots of bamboo

6. Has a good memory

7. Is proud and fierce ( 凶猛 )

8. Has a long tail

9. Is always popular at zoos

10. Has sharp claws

11. Is very lazy

12. Has thick fur

13. Eats leaves

14. Hunts deer

15. Is a domestic animal

16. Is nearly extinct

17. Represents China;

mascot ( 吉祥物 )

18. Can be ridden

19. Is lovable

20. Is popular with children

Lion Panda Elephant Horse

Wild Animals Dangerous or Endangered?

extinction 灭绝 ecosystem 生态系统 endangered species 濒危物种 animal rights 动物的权利 poach 偷猎 natural habitat 自然栖息地 conservation 保护

Animals Vanished

Endangered species

Grant Panda 熊猫

Tibetan antelope 藏羚羊

Golden Monkey 金丝猴

Manchurian tiger 东北虎

Siberian tiger （西伯利亚虎）

Why are the animals endangered?

Reasons: Habitat are destroyed by natural forces and human acti

vity.

Hunted and killed

Human activities

Deforestation

Pollution

Pestisides

Hunting

Human beings KILL animals

beautiful furs

decoration

sculpture

medicine

delicious dish

hunt for fun

How can we save them?

Save the animals from human being’s greedy appetite.

Stop hunting the precious survivors of the endangered animals.

Contribute to nature reserves. Restore natural habitats for the threatened

species. Protect environment and buy environmental

friendly goods. Save the animals, save the world, save

ourselves.

Pets

Rabbits

Mammal

size: thirty centimeters long

distinctive: long ears & hind legs

run fast, escape from predators,

eat plants,

gentle

Advantages of keeping Pets

For company

Spark an interest in

Forms of life

Sense of responsibility

Care for

Feed properly

Cherish life

Evaluation

extinction

ecosystem

endangered species

natual habitat

conservation

behave

train them properly

humble

fierce

thick fur

domestic animal

mascot

Assignments

Sentence making

Make sentences with the words we’ve learned today.

Group debate

Make a debate on the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets.

Make a speech

Make a speech, urging people around you to join in the protection of animals.