2021-2022学年度第43期总第873期
Elephant goes home (page 4)
江苏省新沂市中学  张蕊
I. Lead-in:Think and talk
Have you heard about Molly?
Look and talk
What happened to Molly?
What kind of life did Molly live in the zoo?

II.Prediction Read and guess
Elephant goes home
Where is the elephant’s home ?
Why did the elephant leave its home?

III. Read for structure  
The structure of the passage

Part 1  Paras. 1-2     ___Introduce ____the topic

Part 2  Paras. 3-4  Molly leaving home to another __zoo__

Part 3  Paras. 5-7 Authorities’ __responses_____ to complaints

Part 4  Paras. 8-9 Elephants’ aggressive _____behavior____

Part 5  Para. 10  ___Sending_____ Molly home benefits all

IV. Read for details  
Part 2:
1. Molly was born in  _____the Kunming Zoo________ in Yunnan.
2. Molly was loved and called ____Little Princess____.
3. Molly was sent to another zoo in ___Henan_______ province.

Part 3:
4. What did internet users do after the zoo responded?
They took to social media platforms Xiaohongshu and Weibo to join the “Save Molly” campaign.  
5. Why was Molly returned to Kunming?
The Kunming Zoo had better living conditions.

Part 4:
6. What can happen to elephants if raised in captivity?
Animals raised in captivity can easily turn aggressive.
7. When can things turn deadly?
When the elephants decide they’ve had enough of the tricks and shows, things can turn deadly.
8. How many people have been killed and injured in the last decade?
According to a report by World Animal Protection, in the last decade captive elephants have killed more than 17 people and seriously injured over 21 people in Thailand.

Part 5:
9. Who will benefit from the decision?
Molly, zoo workers and visitors.

V. Language study
Can you find these expressions in the text?

Finally, on May 16, authorities and zookeepers responded to the complaints they had received and returned Molly to her original home in Kunming, which had better living conditions.
最后，在5月16日，当局和动物园管理员回应了他们收到的投诉，并将莫莉返回到昆明原来的家里，那里有更好的生活条件。
这是个复合句。含有两个定语从句，一个限制性定语从句“they had received”，句中的动词动作在responded之前发生，故用过去完成时；另一个非限制性定语从句是“which had better living conditions”。
过去（完成）时态练习：
1.Tom___went____ (go) out after he ____had made_____ (make) a phone call.
2.I ___had turned_____ (turn) off the lights before I ___went___ (go) to bed.
3.Paul __said____ (say) he _____had read____ (read) the book twice.
4.I waited until he _____had finished______ (finish) his homework .

定语从句练习：
1. Is this museum ____ some German friends visited last Wednesday?
A. that   B. where    C. in which    D. the one√
2. We are living in an age ____ many things are done on computer.
A. which    B. that    C. whose      D. when√
3. Some of the roads were flooded, _____ made our journey more difficult.  
A. which√    B. it       C. what        D. that

Discussion
What can we do to protect animals?