1、UNIT 2 ICONIC ATTRACTIONS To read a passage about the amazing animals of Australia and learn to describe an iconic animal To be able to use rhetorical devices to arouse readers interest in your writing Watch the video and count how many amazing animals of Australia you find. Do you know their names?
2、THE AMAZING ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIARead the text and then answer the questions.1. When do baby kangaroos begin to spend less time with their mothers?2. Why shouldnt you try to pet a wild kangaroo?After they learn to jump and learn to be independent.After this phase, they go out to try their legs. After
3、 they learn to jump, they gradually spend less time with their mother and learn to be independent.Because kangaroos can hit and kick very hard.Kangaroos may look cute, but encounters with them dont always end so well. Kangaroos can hit and kick very hard, so please folks, if you see some kangaroos,
4、remember theyre not for petting!3. What do koalas spend most of their time doing?4. Why has the government made it against the law to handle koalas?They spend most of their time eating, sleeping, and hanging onto tree trunks.They spend quite a lot of time eating, sleeping, and hanging onto tree trun
5、ks, so interaction with humans can cause them a lot of stress.They spend quite a lot of time eating, sleeping, so interaction with humans can cause them a lot of stress. Because of this, in the interest of animal protection, as well as public safety.Because interaction with humans can cause them a l
6、ot of stress.5. What two things about Tasmanian devils can bother people most?6. What do Tasmanian devils like to eat?Tasmanian devils hunt at night, , but you may hear their loud cries when they are fighting or eating. The noise they make could wake the dead. Frightening! They are about . They also
7、 have a terrible smell!The frightening noise they make and their terrible smell.Their diet is mostly dead animals.They like to eat dead animals.7. What makes the way duck-billed platypuses give birth so different from the other mammals?8. What is the unique way used by duck-billed platypuses to find
8、 food?While it may lay eggs in a nest like a bird, , with a unique biology. Its eggs hatch after about ten days, and then the baby platypus nurses from its mother like other mammals.They lay eggs like a bird, hatch the eggs, and then nurse the baby platypus like other mammals.The platypus doesnt use
9、 its senses of sight or smell to find food. It has a capacity to find food in the water by using electrical sensors in its bill. They find food in the water by using electrical sensors in its bill. Read the text again. How does the writer describe these animals? Find at least three rhetorical device
10、s the writer uses to arouse the readers interest.euphemism 委婉语委婉语irony 反语反语 pun 双关双关rhetorical question 反问反问repetition 重复重复 alliteration 头韵头韵 simile 明喻明喻metaphor 暗喻暗喻metonymy 借喻借喻 allusion 引喻引喻personification 拟人拟人hyperbole 夸张夸张 rhetorical devicesSuggested answers: The noise they make could wake the
11、dead. They are about the size of small dogs and look like rather large black rats. While it may lay eggs in a nest like a bird, its really a primitive mammal, with a unique biology. Its nose looks like a ducks bill, and it has feet like a ducks so it can dive under the water. Do you know whats reall
12、y strange about a platypus?hyperbole 夸张夸张 simile明喻明喻rhetorical question 反问反问simile明喻明喻simile明喻明喻Write a description of an iconic animal in China.Brainstorm a list of four iconic animals in China. giant panda大熊猫大熊猫Chinese sturgeon中华鲟中华鲟golden monkey金丝猴金丝猴Tibetan antelope藏羚羊藏羚羊Do some research and mak
13、e notes. For example: where they live what they eat what they look like how they are different from other animals how they interact with people any other unusual or interesting facts about themTake pandas for example habitat: in Sichuan food: bamboo appearance: black and white; cute difference from
14、others: mainly live on bamboo; a very low birth rate interaction with people: other unusual or interesting facts: Using your notes, write a description of one of these animals. Remember to use some rhetorical devices to make your writing vivid and interesting.Exchange your draft with a partner. See
15、whether the writer does a good job of describing the animal. Take your draft back and revise it using your partners comments.Present your description to the rest of your class.One possible versionThe giant panda Of all the animals, I like giant pandas best. The giant panda, whose home is in Sichuan
16、Province, is known as the national treasure of China. Pandas live in the beauty of nature where they can enjoy their lives happily. Giant pandas are very beautiful animals with black and white fur like big cats. They usually eat bamboo shoots and leaves and live in bamboo forests, where they can cli
17、mb trees and play games. I like pandas because they are so lovely!But the population of giant pandas is getting smaller and smaller. Many hunters kill them for their fur and farmers change the nature reserves to make more farmlands. I think giant pandas need our help and protection. We should take actions to protect pandas and let them live in the wild happily. Polish your writing. Complete Activity 3 on Page 69.
