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 lion Japan Australia China tiger elephant panda koala animals lionJapanAustraliaChinatigerelephantpandakoalaanimalsIt has a very long nose，，sharp teeth and big ears.It is the biggest animal on land(陆地上陆地上).It’s an elephant.They are elephants. Look at the follow pictures .Predict(预测预测) what you will read about. But I’m in great danger now. I’m in great danger now. 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 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thailand Elephant Day. 1.2.3.A.What is an elephant?B.Come to Thailand .C.Let’s save the elephants.D.Elephants are good pets.Fast Reading1.Choose the best title (标题标题)for this article____cReading tip 1(阅读策略阅读策略): The first sentence（句子（句子) of the article (文章文章) often tells us the main idea(主要意思主要意思) of the article.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3C. The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols.B. Elephants are smart animals.2.Find the topic sentences(中心句中心句).Reading tip 1(阅读策略阅读策略):You can often find the topic sentence from the first sentence or the last sentence of the paragraph or sometimes in the middle.Fast ReadingParagraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 32.Find the topic sentences(中心句中心句).A. Elephants are in great danger.2.Find the topic sentences(中心句中心句).Thailand2.Thailand’s first flag had3.It’s a symbol of1.It is one of Thailand’sgood luck.1.Why is the elephant important in Thailand?on it.a white elephantCareful Reading: Para.1Becausesymbols.symbol(象征象征) the flag of Thailand nowthe first flagElephants are smart!They can play __________ or__________.They can remember _______with food and _____.“an elephant never ________”They can _____very well They never _________. They can ______ for a long timedrawforgetswalkget lostplaceswaterCareful Reading: Para.2 soccermusic A.疲劳的疲劳的 B.迷路迷路 C.遗失东西遗失东西Reading tip 2: Use key words(关键词关键词) to scan(浏览浏览) the passage. It can help us find the answer quickly. 运用关键词浏览文章运用关键词浏览文章, 会帮我们快速找到答案。

会帮我们快速找到答案Elephants are______________. Careful Reading: Para.3We must ____the trees.We must not _____the things _______ ivory.in great dangercut downlosingkillivoryforsavebuymade ofWhy?How to save? People ____________ many trees, so they are ______ their homes. People ______ elephants ______their ________.They are losing their homes.They are losing their families.据泰国《世界日报》报道，野生大象和人工饲养的大象数目都在急剧减少，如果再不采取有效的保护措施，大象将在大象将在10年内从泰国彻底消失年内从泰国彻底消失3,000over 100,000Elephants are in great danger!!!超过超过save the treesDon’t buy things made of ivory. Don’t kill elephants!1.The elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols.2.Elephants are smart animals.3.Elephants are in great danger.（（2C））复述复述Why are so many kinds of animals in danger?kill kill dogs dogs forfor their _______ their _______ tigers _______ tigers _______ elephants ———— elephants ————furfur（皮毛）（皮毛）（皮毛）（皮毛）meatmeat（肉）（肉）（肉）（肉）ivoryivory（象牙）（象牙）（象牙）（象牙）Let’s think!Can we kill animals like elephants and pandas?Can we destroy (破坏破坏) their “house”?What can we do for animals?Let’s read and imitate（模仿）（模仿）!----WritingAnimalspandasFromChinaImportance one of China’s symbolsDescription wordscute, shyCanclimb（爬) the trees, swimIn great dangeronly about 1,500 pandasWhycut down a lot of bamboo(毛竹), lose their homeskill pandas for their fur (皮毛）How can we save pandas save bamboomustn’t buy things made of furLet’s Save the Pandas Hello, we are students from China, and we …Don’t eat them.Don’t kill them.Don’t hurt(伤害伤害) them.We live in the same small world.To love animals is to love ourselves (我们自己我们自己).Writing Tips:ReasonsWhy?SituationHow?One animal in dangerSolutionsWhat?Homework：1. Write a website article to help to save endangered animals.2. Hand in an English hand-written newspaper-------“No sale, no killing.”Good Bye。