He eats like a bird. She’s always as busy as a bee. Never teach fish to swim. Love me, love my dog. It rains cats and dogs.

clever helpful useful lovely cute friendly honest keep us company save one’s life brave …

Dogs can understand gestures. hand command /kə5m ɑ :nd/ 命令

earthq uake / 5\:Wkw eIk/ bury / 5 ber I / (v.) 埋 ruin / 5 ru:In/ (n.) 废墟

drowning /5draJnIŋ / (n.) 溺水的

Picture Talk What’s the relationship between the man and the dog? Does he treat his dog as a family member? treat…as 把 … 看作 raise /re I z/ (v.) 饲养、抚养

/breIv / / 5EJnE/ /reIz/ /tri:t / / 5\:Wkwe Ik/ /5berI / / E5tAk/ brave owner raise treat earthquake bury attack

brave a 勇敢的；无畏的 owner n 所有人 ; 业主 ; 物主 raise v 饲养 ; 抚养 ; 提高 treat v&n 款待, 请客 ; 对待 treat … as n 把 … 看作, 视为 earthquake n 地震 in honour of 为纪念；为了向表示敬意 bury v 埋；埋葬 attack n 进攻；攻击；袭击

1. The dog ______ a drowning （溺水的） boy when it was little. 2. The _______ of the dog is Captain Shields. 3. When 911 ______ happened, the dog hurried to the World Trade Center Ruins. （废墟） 4. He told people how he ________ the dog. 5. The dog helped to save a lot of people in the ___________. 6. _____________ of the brave dog, the Guinness Book of World Records （《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》） named him the most celebrated （著名的） dog in the world. 7. The dog ________ because of long hours of hard work. owner die attack save in honour of earthquake raise saved owner attack raised earthquake In honour of died ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Read the first paragraph and decide whether the following statements are T or F. 1. Bear could understand gestures in both languages. 2. Shields was a dog. 3. The Captain told people how he took care of Bear. T F T Can you use one word to describe Bear? clever What kind of person was Captain Shields?

Read the second paragraph and complete the table. TimeEvent Age: _______________ saved _____________ __________________ Later __________________ _____________________________________ a year and a half a drowning boy saved people in earthquakes on the morning of September 11, 2001 worked all night to find the people buried in the ruins

1. What kind of dog was Bear? 2. Bear was not only brave, he was but also very hard-working. Which fact shows he’s hard-working? 3. Why does the writer use “he” to describe Bear? Read the second paragraph again and answer the questions.

The long hours of hard work made Bear become u_________. He was t________ than before. On September 23, 2002, Bear died. After his d________, he was named the most f_________ dog in the world. Read the two paragraphs and fill in blanks with the first letter given. nhealthy hinner eath amous

1. a twelve-year-old dog 2. both clever and brave 3. how to raise a dog 4. treat …as… 5. in fact 6. save a drowning boy 7. work all night 8. hurt one’s health Translate the phrases into English

Now you will be given two minutes, read the whole passage again and try to memorize Bear’s Story as many as you can.