第43/731期初一课件

李 晶 晶

Elephants get lost (P6)

While reading

Last year, a group of elephants made a decision (决定): go north! After months of traveling, they made it 500 kilometers away from their home in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. And it seems that they are not going to stop their trip anytime soon.

The elephants covered a distance of about 500 kilometers.

be … (distance) away from some place距离某地…远

It is not very far away from my home.它离我家不远

decision /dɪˈsɪʒn/ (n.) 决心

make a decision

decide/dɪˈsaɪd/ to do 决定做

It seems that +从句 看起来好像

 

“Asian elephants often stay within certain areas. It’s very rare (罕见的) to see them travel such a long way,” said Chen Mingyong, a life science professor at Yunnan University.

Find an important fact on the page. Make a sentence that is linked with so or because.

Asian elephants often stay within certain areas. So It’s very rare (罕见的) to see them travel such a long way./

It’s very rare (罕见的) to see them travel such a long way  because Asian elephants often stay within certain areas.

 

“Asian elephants often stay within certain areas. It’s very rare (罕见的) to see them travel such a long way,” said Chen Mingyong, a life science professor at Yunnan University.

Asian /ˈeɪʒn/ n.亚洲人adj.亚洲的,亚洲人的

Asia /ˈeɪʒə/ n.亚洲

That Asian stopped me and asked if I was Chinese.
那个亚洲人拦住我，问我是不是中国人。

rare= unusual

such a/an + 形容词 + 可数名词单数 = so + 形容词 + a/an + 可数名词单数。such a diligent student 如此勤奋的学生。

 

“Asian elephants often stay within certain areas. It’s very rare (罕见的) to see them travel such a long way,” said Chen Mingyong, a life science professor at Yunnan University.

   Scientists are still not sure why they are doing this.

 

What does the underlined word “this” refer to?

A. Traveling a long way.

B. Living in a certain area.

C. Eating crops in fields.

D. Following their instincts.

 

Scientists are still not sure why they are doing this. Some believe it’s because they are looking for better food. According to Zhao Huaidong from the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

 

be sure+ (that)/wh-从句  肯定，确信

make sure弄清，查明

 

look for 寻找,强调过程或动作

find 找到，强调结果

find out查明，弄清，经过研究、计算、探询得到结果

 

according to= due to= because of  由于、因为

 

Another possibility, according to Chen, is that they have lost their way. Some scientists also believe that they are traveling due to migratory instinct (迁徙本能).

 

possibility /ˌpɒsəˈbɪləti/ n.可能性

possible /ˈpɒsəbl/ adj. 可能的；合理的；合适的

 

lose one’s way 迷路

 

migratory /ˈmaɪɡrətɔːri/ adj. 迁移的；流浪的

migrate  /maɪˈɡreɪt/  v. 移动

instinct  /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ n. 本能，直觉；天性

 

Recent solar (太阳的) activity has changed Earth’s magnetic field (磁场). This might make the elephants think that they should migrate.

 

magnetic  /mæɡˈnetɪk/  adj. 地磁的

field /fiːld/ n. 领域,场

make+宾语+do

Our English teacher often makes us retell the texts.

make+宾语+adj.

The news made him happy.

 

Further reading

  Read the passage and answer the questions.

 

Protecting the animals

   During their long journey, the 15 elephants have already damaged (破坏) 561,333 square meters of crops and caused economic losses (经济损失) of nearly 6.8 million yuan. But since they enjoy Class-A protection in China, the same as the giant panda, we need to protect them.

   To ensure the safety of both humans and the elephants, people have fed them tons of food to guide them away from towns and cities. Seventy-six police cars and trucks and nine drones (无人机) have been used to keep an eye on the elephants. Scientists also suggest that we should use harmless fences (栅栏) to guide them on their way home.     

1. Can you name any other animals that are under class-A protection in China?

Panda, elephant, Siberian Tiger（东北虎）

2. What was the total amount of economic losses that were cause by the elephants?

Nearly 6.8 million yuan.

3. What did people do to guide elephants away from towns and cities？

They fed them.

4. 翻译划线句子:

七十六名警车、卡车和九个无人机被用来监视大象。

 

Post-reading

Pretend that you are an elephant and write a dialogue with your partners about your migration.