Unit5BirdwatchersPeriodTwoReading(Ⅰ)Teachingobjective:1.Toinfergeneralmeaningfromtitleandcontext2.Toguessthemeaningsofwordsfromcontext3.ToreviseandexpandvocabularyinthecontextofwildlifeandconservationTeachingprocedures:Step1FreetalkStep2Askthestudentstoreadthereadingbythemselvesandtrytoanswerthequestionswiththeirpartners⑴.WhatisanaturereserveinChina?⑵.Wherecanbirdsfindfoodeasily?⑶.WhatdosomebirdsgotoZhalongfor?⑷.WheredothebirdsinZhalonglive?⑸Aretherealotofred-crownedcranesinotherpartsoftheworld?Step3Somenewwords1.providev.提供，供给Providesthtosb或providesbwithsth，如：ChinaprovidedalotoffoodtoIraq.中国给伊拉克提供了许多食物。或者ChinaprovidedIraqwithalotoffood.2.rareadj.稀罕的，珍贵的It’sararediamond.（宝石）3.farmn.农场，农庄farmern.农场主，农民onthefarm在农场上4.importancen.重要性importantadj.IknowtheimportanceoflearningEnglish.我知道学习英语的重要性。Step4:Languagepoints1.innorth–eastChina=inthenortheastofChina在中国的东北部注：一个特定的行政区域应这样表达：NorthChina华北SouthChina华南EastChina华东不表示行政区域只表示方位则不必大写。如：southernChina中国的南部northernChina中国的北部2.all(the)gearround意为“一年到头”“终年”如：Iambusyalltheyearround.It’sspringalltheyearroundinKunming.Heisonbusinessalltheyearround.类似的短语还有：alldaylongallnightlongallwinterlong3.stay可作名词，意为“逗留”。如：Didyouenjoyyourstaythere?I’llgothereforashortday.stay可作不及物动词，意为“逗留”“停留”“暂住”。如：PleasestayheretillIreturn..Don’tstayoutlate.4.living,alive和live都可作形容词，意为“活的”，但在用法上有所不同。a.living作前置定语，可指人或动物。如：livingthingslivingwritersb.live作形容词时读作/l/，指“活”的动物或“实况转播”。如：livefishalivefootballmatchc.alive通常作补语或后置定语。如catchthefishalivefindhimalive注：alivetliving作表语时可互相替换。如：Myfirstteacherisstillliving/alive.5.rareadj.意为“罕有的”“稀少的”“稀薄的”“珍贵的”如：It’sveryrareforhertoarrive/ate.Thiskindofbirdisbecomingrare.Theaironthetopofthemountainisrare.Thisisararebook.Rarelyadv.属于否定副词，意为“不常地”“很少地”，相当于seldom如：Herarelycomeslate.It’srareforhimtocomelate.6.makespacefor…意为…给……让出空间，其中space可替换成room,space和room都意为“空间”如：Whentheoldmangotorthebus,theymadespace/roomforhim.注：指“一个空间”时用aspace,而aroom是“一个房间”如：Doyouhaveaspareroom?7.lessandless后接不可数名词或者接形容词或副词的原级，表示“越来越少”或“越来越不……。如：Thereislessandlesslivingspaceontheearth.Thelakeisbecominglessandlessbeautifulbecauseofpollution.注：lessandless的反义词为moreandmore（越来越多）。当修饰可数名词复数时用fewerandfewer（越来越少）。如：Therearefewerandfewerwildanimalsintheworld.Step4:Homework完成《当》P118～120教后感：
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