Unit14ZoologyGoals◆Talkaboutanimalsandanimalbehaviour◆Practisedebating◆Integrativelanguagepractice◆WriteanargumentativeessayPeriod4Let’sreadandwrite!(PRIMATES)Goals◆Talkaboutanimalsandanimalbehaviour◆WriteanargumentativeessayProceduresStep1:ListeningandreadingaloudHello,everyone.Thismorningwearegoingtoreadandwrite!FirstreadaloudtotherecordingofthetextPRIMATESonpage124.Talkaboutanimalsandanimalbehaviour.Payattentiontothepauses,thepronunciationandtheintonationwhilelisteningandreadingaloud.Step2:CopyingdownexpressionsAsisknown,languageismadeupofwordsandexpressions.So,whynotreadthearticleandwritedownallthoseexpressionswhichareusefultoyou!AboutPrimatesTherearemore300speciesofprimatesintheworld—fromhumansandapestomonkeysandprosimians(premonkeys).SeveralprimatespecieshavebeendiscoveredinBrazilandMadagascarinrecentyears.Thesmallestprimateisthepygmymouselemur,whichcanfitinthepalmofyourhand.Thelargest—thegorilla—canweighmorethan400pounds.Mostprimatesliveinwarmclimates,andmostdependonforestsfortheirsurvivalStep3:Writinganarticle.Chooseoneofthetopicsonthetextbookandwriteashortessayinwhichyoustateandsupportyouropinions.HelptheendangeredprimatesTherearemillionsofcreatureslivingonourplanet.Mostofthetime,wegetalongwellwitheachother.However,sometimesweareverysadatthescenethatsomepreciousanimalsareindangerbecauseofhumanbeings’activities.用心爱心专心115号编辑UsefulexpressionsfromPRIMATESlivingcreatures,belongto,agroupof…,suchas,haveopposablethumbsandtoes,makeandusetools,haveasenseof…,dependon,bedividedinto…,tendto,havedevelopedbrains,givebirthtoyoung,makeadistinctionbetween…and…,liveingroups,inadvancedways,facialexpressions,warnsb.ofdanger,keepintouch,becoveredwithblackhair,besimilarto,evenif,feaston…,becloseto…,conductmanyexperiments,trainsb.todosth.,solveproblems,beof(great)importance,inthewild,adapttoachangeableenvironment,use…todo…用心爱心专心115号编辑