Unit 15 We’re trying to save the manatees!
Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)
Structures: Review of structures
Target language: I think that animals should not live in zoos. I disagree with you. I feel that zoos provide clean and safe places for endangered animals to live.
Vocabulary: manatee, cheetah, kangaroo, chimpanzee, recycle, aquatic, habitat, gentle, aggressive, playful, furry, gray, enormous, strong, spotted, underwater, mangrove, vegetation, swamp, save, environment, educate, public, politely
Learning strategies: Classifying, Listening for specific information
Section A
Goals
●To review structures learned
●To listen and talk about animals
Procedures
Warming up by learning about animals
Animals are living things. Plants can make their own food or
energy from the light of the sun, but animals can't do this.
Animals have to eat plants or other animals to get energy to live.
Some animals eat only plants. We say that these animals are herbivores. Some animals eat onlymeat. We say that these animals are carnivores. Some animals eat both plants and meat. We say that these animals are omnivores. Plants can't move around, but most animals can move around. Animals are divided into groups.
1a Looking and describing
On page 118 in the picture you will see a zoo with animals and visitors. Now choose adjectives listed in the box to describe the six animals.
African elephants

Chimpanzees

Kangaroos
Manatees

Cheetahs
Polar bears
enormous

noisy
playful
gentle,
shy

spotted,
fast

Furry,
aggressive
1b Listening and circling
Victor and Ginny are talking about animals. They are describing them with many different words.
Now listen to their talk and circle the words used in 1a to describe the animals.

Tapescript
Boy: Hey, Ginny. What’s that big, furry animal in the pond?
Girl: It’s a polar bear, Victor. They’re kind of aggressive.
Boy: Are they? Looks like they really love water.
Girl: Uh-huh.
Boy: And what do you call those big, gray things in the water?
Girl: They’re called manatees.
Boy: What?
Girl: Manatees. They’re very gentle and very shy.
Girl: They’re cheetahs. The cheetah is the fastest animal on earth
1c Doing groupwork
We humans are animals, too. So we are like animals in some ways. Now in groups of four, you are going to think of an animal that is the same as you are in some ways. Then you are to describe the animal and the others are to guess its name.
A: I am like this animal because I am strong and intelligent. I like water, and I like to eat vegetables.
B: You’re like an elephant.
A: No.
B: You’re like a manatee.
A: Yes!
A: I am like this animal because I am heavy and enormous. I like forests, and I like to go around the mountain.
B: You’re like a chimpanzee.
A: No.
B: You’re like an elephant.
A: Yes!
A: I am like this animal because I like spotted clothing and I run the fastest in my school.
B: You’re like a manatee.
A: No.
B: You’re like a cheetahs.
A: Yes!
2a Listening and matching
A boy is asking a man about animals he likes.
Tapescript
Boy: Can you tell us about the manatees, please?
Man: Sure. We’re trying to save them.
Boy: Why? Are they endangered?
Man: Yes. There used to be a lot of manatees, but now there aren’t very many of them.
Boy: Do you know how many there are?
Man: At this point, there are only about 2, 500 in the U.S. In 1927, it was discovered that they were endangered. Since then, the government has passed laws to protect them.
Boy: Where do they live?
Man: Their favorite habitat is the water under the trees in mangrove swamps.生词表:

review [ri´vju:]   v.&n.复习；回顾；检查   (初中英语单词)

enormous [i´nɔ:məs]   a.巨大地，很，极   (初中英语单词)

educate [´edjukeit]   vt.教育；培养；训练   (初中英语单词)

learning [´lə:niŋ]   n.学习；学问；知识   (初中英语单词)

energy [´enədʒi]   n.活力，精力；能力   (初中英语单词)

circle [´sə:kəl]   n.圆圈 v.环绕；盘旋   (初中英语单词)

intelligent [in´telidʒənt]   a.聪明的；理智的   (初中英语单词)

elephant [´elifənt]   n.象   (初中英语单词)

environment [in´vaiərənmənt]   n.郊区；周围；条件   (高中英语单词)

specific [spi´sifik]   a.具体的；特有的   (高中英语单词)

trying [´traiiŋ]   a.难堪的；费劲的   (英语四级单词)

aggressive [ə´gresiv]   a.进攻的；侵略的   (英语四级单词)

vegetation [,vedʒi´teiʃən]   n.植物；生长   (英语四级单词)

victor [´viktə]   n.&a.胜利者(的)   (英语四级单词)

disagree [,disə´gri:]   vi.不同意   (英语六级单词)

playful [´pleifəl]   a.爱玩耍的；幽默的   (英语六级单词)