TEENS 初三20-21学年第35期总第653期教案

王珊

 

 

Picking out monkeys (P6)

 

 

I. Warm up

1. Are you good at remembering people’s faces?

 

2. How can you tell people apart?

 

3. What about monkeys?

 

 

II. Reading

Pre-reading

Look at the title and predict what we are going to read in the article?

 

 

Careful reading

Part I

Read the first paragraph and choose the correct answer.

1. What problem do scientists face while studying monkeys?

A. How to mark them.

B. How to tell them apart.

C. How to understand their behavior.

D. How to use facial recognition technology.

B

 

Part II

Read Paragraphs 2-6 and fill in the blanks.

Read Paragraphs 2-6 again and answer the question.

2. Which of the following is TRUE about facial recognition technology for monkeys?

A. It needs to be connected to cameras to work.

B. It works better than human facial recognition.

C. It was developed by a research team in Shanxi province.

D. It requires a database of about 700 to 800 pictures of monkeys.

A

 

Part III

Read Paragraphs 7-8 and answer the following questions.

1. Which is more complicated, the facial recognition technology for monkeys or for humans?

 

2. What does the underlined “these factors” refer to?

 

3. What are the difficulties of using facial recognition technology for monkeys?

 

 

III. Word in use

                                                                    

Complete the sentences using the given words and phrases.

tell…apart  thanks to  connect with  set up  compared with

 

1. ________ libraries, people can still borrow books.

2. The internet allows us to ________ old friends, even those who are far away.

3. It is difficult to ____ the twins ____.

4. They have ________ their own news agency.

5. _________ apes and monkeys, we have greater intelligence.

 

1. Thanks to
2. connect with
3. tell apart
4. set up

5. compared with

 

IV. Post-reading

What is the passage mainly about?

A. A scientific study of snub-nosed monkeys on Qinling Mountain.

B. The use of facial recognition technology for studying monkeys.

C. The difficulties of using facial recognition technology for monkeys.

D. Different ways to identify snub-nosed monkeys on Qinling Mountain.

B

 

Further thinking

How would you tell different animals apart if you had to study them in the wild? Make a plan and discuss it with your partners. Would your plan work?

 

 

V. Language points

Learn the following useful phrases.

 

 做标记

 数以千计

 和…相似

 成功率

 与……合作

以相同的方式

 

 

It is difficult to take high-quality pictures and videos of them, which are needed to improve the system

 

It is +  adj.+ (for sb.)+to do sth.

 

Eg: It was difficult for Jim to finish the paper on his own.

    It is important for students to be on time.

 

The technology ( that is used to identify monkeys) uses their facial features to create a database that includes every monkey.

 

长难句辨析：

that 在这里引导的是定语从句，指代的内容是前面所讲的 “the technology”。

 

It is difficult to take high-quality pictures and videos of them, which are needed to improve the system

 

长难句辨析：

which 在这里引导的是非限制性定语从句，指代的内容是前面的 high-quality pictures and videos of them” 。