文档介绍：The First Period
Section A
Unit 15 We are trying to save the manatees!
Let’s go to the zoo.
What animals can you see in the zoo?
Name
Food
Description
gray gentle enormous
Furry white
aggressive
spotted fast
aggressive
cheetah
elephant
polar bear
Name Food
Description
Gentle furry
white and black
tiger
panda
chimpanzee
fast
furry
aggressive
playful
furry
noisy
zoo
gentle
slow
large
shy
kangaroos
manatee
brown
fast
Listen
Listen and match the words with definitions.
2a
2. mangrove swamps
endangered
4. aquatic feed
3. habitat
a. the place where something lives
b. there aren’t very many of them
c. underwater plants and vegetation
d. a place where trees grow in water
Kind of animal
manatee
Numbers
Habitat
Reason why they are endangered
Description
Listen
Listen plete the chart.
2b
2500 in the .
the water under the trees in mangrove swamps.
*swamps polluted.
* not enough food.
*large,10 feet long,
*weighs 1000 pounds
Pairwork
A : How big are manatees?
B : They’re about l0 feet long
And they weigh about 1 000 pounds.
A: Where do manatees live?
B: They live in the water under the trees in mangrove swamps.
A : Why are manatees endangered?
B : Because some swamps have been polluted. And there isn’t enough food for all the manatees, either.
Pairwork
A: 1________________________________?
B: I’ve just been to the natural museum.
A: 2___________________________________?
B: We saw a lot of endangered animals, like manatees, pandas,
chimpanzees (黑猩猩)and so on.
A: 4__________________?
B: Because people have done something bad to them and they’re
dying out.
A: That’s a really bad thing. But 5_____________________________?
B: Yes, I think we can do something to help. We can tell people
how important these animals are.
A: I agree with you.
Where have you been
What did you see
Why
can we do something to help