1. My Favorite Animal

2. Contents
Warm-up Activities
Brainstorming
Evaluation
Assignments

3. Warm-up Activity Listen to part of a conversation
What are the questions and how does the candidate answer them?
Describe your favorite animal
You should say:
What the animal is
How you know about it
What you know about it
Why you like this animal so much.

4. Listen again and summarize.
It will obey you if you understand it.
They are not lazy animals like cows.
They eat hay and some grass,
They will behave well
if you treat them properly...
because I think it's a graceful animal.
hardworking and humble.
a horse is most beautiful and fun.

5. Brainstorm
Lion Panda Elephant Horse

6. Practice Describe the animals with their habits and characteristics
Examples:
Lion is fierce. It’s king of the prairie.
Elephant has a really long trunk.
Horse is a hardworking animal.
Ask one student to describe panda

7. Characteristics of animals
Lion Panda Elephant Horse
1.Very tender
2. Huge with a long trunk
3. Has sharp teeth
4. Is hardworking
5. Eats lots of bamboo
6. Has a good memory
7. Is proud and fierce (凶猛)
8. Has a long tail
9. Is always popular at zoos
10. Has sharp claws
11. Is very lazy
12. Has thick fur
13. Eats leaves
14. Hunts deer
15. Is a domestic animal
16. Is nearly extinct
17. Represents China;
mascot (吉祥物)
18. Can be ridden
19. Is lovable
20. Is popular with children

8. Wild Animals Dangerous or Endangered?
extinction 灭绝
ecosystem 生态系统
endangered species 濒危物种
animal rights 动物的权利
poach 偷猎
natural habitat 自然栖息地
conservation 保护

9. Animals Vanished
Manny the mammoth， Sid the sloth，Diego the sabre

10. Endangered species Grant Panda 熊猫 Tibetan antelope 藏羚羊
Golden Monkey 金丝猴
Manchurian tiger 东北虎
Siberian tiger （西伯利亚虎）

11. Why are the animals endangered?
Reasons:
Habitat are destroyed by natural forces and human activity.
Hunted and killed
Human activities
Deforestation
Pollution
Pestisides
Hunting

12. Human beings KILL animals
beautiful furs
decoration
sculpture
medicine
delicious dish
hunt for fun

13. How can we save them?
Save the animals from human being’s greedy appetite.
Stop hunting the precious survivors of the endangered animals.
Contribute to nature reserves.
Restore natural habitats for the threatened species.
Protect environment and buy environmental friendly goods.
Save the animals, save the world, save ourselves.

14. Pets Rabbits Mammal size: thirty centimeters long
distinctive: long ears & hind legs
run fast, escape from predators,
eat plants,
gentle

15. Advantages of keeping Pets
For company
Spark an interest in
Forms of life
Sense of responsibility
Care for
Feed properly
Cherish life

16. Evaluation extinction ecosystem endangered species natual habitat
conservation
behave
train them properly
humble
fierce
thick fur
domestic animal
mascot

17. Assignments Sentence making
Make sentences with the words we’ve learned today.
Group debate
Make a debate on the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets.
Make a speech
Make a speech, urging people around you to join in the protection of animals.