1. For or Against Keeping Pets Teacher: Wuyanyan Class Four,Grade Eight

2. Farmer Brown’s got one big dog, Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. One big dog and two small puppies, Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Farmer Brown’s got three big cats, Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow. Three big cats and four small kittens, Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow. Farmer Brown’s got five big cows, Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo. Five big cows and six small calves, Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo.

3. Farmer Brown’s got seven big ducks, Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. Seven big ducks and eight small ducklings, Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack. Farmer Brown’s got nine big sheep, Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. Nine big sheep and ten small lambs, Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.

4. Match the words and expressions in Column A to those in Column B A B ( ) 1. be in favour of A. besides ( )2. lonely B. one thinks ( )3. keep sb. company C. lately ( )4. be friendly to D. give reason for or against a statement ( )5. in one’s opinion E. unhappy for being alone ( )6. argue F. be with sb. ( )7. what’s more G. showing kindness to ( )8. recently H. support H E F G B D A C

5. Complete the following sentences 1. Pets are friendly to people. Our teacher says _______________________________. 2. Walking a dog is good exercise. We know _______________________________. 3. People should donate the money to the poor. I think ________________________________________ 4. Keeping pets will spend too much money. The old lady thinks ______________________________________. 5. He won’t be back in two hours. She says ________________________________. that people should donate the money to the poor. that keeping pets will spend too much money that he won’t be back in two hour s that pets are friendly to people that walking a dog is good exercise

6. 6. Can dogs save people’s lives when they are in danger? I wonder _____________________________________________. 7. Are dogs good for people’s health? She asks the teacher _____________________________________. 8. Does your sister also like sports? He wants to know ________________________________. 9. Did the farmer use chemicals? Jane asks the farmer ________________________________. 10. Has the boy seen the film? I have no idea ________________________. if dogs can save people’s lives when they’re in danger if/whether your sister also likes sport if/whether dogs are good for people’s health if/whether the farmer used chemicals if the boy has seen the film

7. Look at the pictures and answer the following questions. 1.What are the students in these two pictures doing? They are having a debate. 2. What’s their topic? The topic is Whether we should encourage people to keep pets. 3. What’s the boy’s opinion in keeping pets? He is in favour of keeping pets. 4. What’s the girl’s opinion? She is against keeping pets.

8. Reasons for keeping pets: I’m ___________ keeping pets because pets are _________ to us. When we feel _______, they can ______________. When we are in danger, they can _______ us. Besides, cats and dogs are also __________________. _____________ is good _________. Therefore ( 因此 ) ， we should ___________ people to keep pets. in favour of friendly tolonely keep us company save good for our healthWalking a dog exerciseencourage

9. Reasons against keeping pets: 1.People spend too much ________ on ____. They should _______ the money to ___________. 2. Pets are ______ and _____. 3. Some dogs even ____ people. They are ________. moneypets donatethe poor dirtynoisy bite dangerous

10. Judge T or F ( )1. The students had a discussion yesterday. ( ) 2.They argued about whether we should encourage people to keep pets. ( )3. A recent newspaper report says that pets are good for people’s health. ( )4. The report says that walking a dog is good for people. F T T T ————— debate

11. ( )5. Some people think that we should donate money to the poor. ( )6. They also think that some pets are dirty and noisy. ( )7. Both sides had enough reasons. ( )8. It was easy for the judges to decide the winners. ( )9. The students have learned from this debate the advantages and disadvantages in keeping pets. T T T F T _____ difficult

12. Fill in the blanks Yesterday we had a debate. We argued about ________________________________________. Some students are in favour of ____________. In their opinion, pets are friendly to us. They can __________________ when we feel lonely. What’s more, a recent newspaper report says that dogs are good for people’s health because __________________________. whether we should encourage people to keep pets keeping pets keep us company Walking a dog is good exercise

13. However, other students were against keeping pets. They think that people spend ___________________. In their opinion, people should _______________________. In addition, some pets are ________ and ________________. Some dogs even _________. _________________. too much money on pets donate the money to the poor very dirtymake a lot of noise bite peopleThey are dangerous

14. Extension activity: Do you keep pets at home? Why or why not? Give us your reasons.

15. Whether you are for or against keeping pets, in my opinion, to love animals is the most important. They can help us in many ways. They are useful helpers. What’s more, to love animals shows our love and responsibility( 责任感 ). It makes us warm-hearted. So even we see a homeless( 无家可 归 ) animal, we should give it a helping hand. In one word, animals are our human beings’ friends, we should take good care of them!

16. Homework: 1.Learn the text by heart 2.What’s your opinion about keeping pets? Give us your reasons