英語（牛津版）八年級下冊EnglishUnit5SavetheendangeredanimalsMorepracticeWatchavideo:《一個真實的故事》旁白:有一個女孩，她從小愛養(yǎng)丹頂鶴,在她大學畢業(yè)以后，她仍回到她養(yǎng)鶴的地方,可是，有一天她為救那只受傷的丹頂鶴滑進了沼澤地，就再也沒有上來歌詞：走過那條小河，你可曾聽說，有一位女孩，她曾經(jīng)來過；走過這片蘆葦坡，你可曾聽說，有一位女孩，她留下一首歌。為何片片白云悄悄落淚?為何陣陣風兒輕聲訴說?還有一群丹頂鶴，輕輕地輕輕地飛過。有一位女孩，她再也沒來過只有片片白云為她落淚，只有陣陣風兒為她訴說，還有一群丹頂鶴，輕輕地輕輕地飛過。Listentothesong“Thestoryofthered-crownedcrane”徐秀娟（1964—1987）女，1964年10月16日出生于黑龍江一個養(yǎng)鶴世家。徐秀娟小時候常幫著父母喂小鶴，潛移默化中也愛上了丹頂鶴。1987年9月16日為尋走失的天鵝溺水犧牲，被追為烈士，譽為“中國第一位馴鶴姑娘”。以她的事跡譜寫的歌曲《一個真實的故事》曾被廣泛傳唱。Thestoryofthered-crownedcraneHaveyoueverheardofthesong“Thestoryofthered-crownedcrane”?ItisaboutagirlcalledXuXiujuan.XiujuanwasborninZhalong,HeilongjiangProvince(省)in1964.Herfather’sjobwastolookafterred-crownedcranes.Xiujuanstartedhelpingherfatherwhenshewasyoung.Shesoonshowedagreatloveforthesewhitebirds.Shebecamegoodatraisingthem.WhenXiujuanwas21,shegotajobatanaturereserveinJiangsuProvince.Sheenjoyedtakingcareofthebabycranes.Ifabirdbecamesick,shetookgoodcareofitandstayedwithiteverydayuntilitwasstrongenoughtoflyagain.InSeptember1987,oneofthebirdswentmissing.Theworkersinthenaturereservelookedeverywhere,butnoonecouldfindit.Xiujuanwasveryworried.Shelookedforitdayandnightfortwodays.Onthesecondnight,whileshewaslookingforthemissingbird,shefellintoariveranddied.Shewasonly23.Later,asongwaswritteninmemoryofXiujuan.ThoughXiujuandiedyoung,peoplealwaysrememberherwhentheyhearthesongorseeared-crownedcrane.1.Thesong“Thestoryofthered-crownedcrane”isaboutXu

Xiujuan.()2.Xu

XiujuanworkedinHeilongjiangProvince.()3.Xu

Xiujuanwasbornin1987.()4.Xu

Xiujuandiedbecauseoflookingforamissingred-crownedcrane.()Judgethesentencesaccordingtothearticle:TFFTXuXiujuanwasbornin______.Inherearlyyears,Shehelped__________lookafterred-crownedcranes.Sheshowedagreatloveforthecranesandshewasgoodat_______thecranes.In1985,shebecamea_____________inJiangsuProvince.Sheenjoyedtakingcareofthe___________.In1987,onebird____________，theworkerscouldn'tfindit.XuXiujuanwasworriedandlookedforitfortwodays.Butshe_______ariveranddiedattheageof_____.Later,a_____waswritteninmemoryofXuXiujuan.Readthearticleagainandfillintheblanks.1964herfathernaturereserve

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Readthestoryandanswerthequestionsbelow.1HowdidXuXiujuantakecareofthered-crownedcranesatthenaturereserveinJiangsuProvince?Ifabirdbecamesick,shetookgoodcareofitandstayedwithiteverydayuntilitwasstrongenoughtoflyagain.2WhathappenedtoXuXiujuaninSeptember1987?3Whywasthesong“Thestoryofthered-crownedcrane”written?Shefellintoariveranddiedwhileshewaslookingforthemissingbird.ItwaswritteninmemoryofXuXiujuan.StudyskillsUsingreferencebooks(4):Usingadictionary(II)Adictionarynotonlytellsyouthemostcommonmeaningofaword,italsotellsyou:?howtospellandsaytheword;?ifitisanoun,averb,etc.;?ifthewordhasmorethanonemeaning;?howwemightuseitinasentence.Ingroups,lookatthedictionarypagebelowandanswerthequestionsonpage79.1Howmanydifferentmeaningsof“can”aregiveninthedictionary?________________________________________2Whatarethetwopronunciationsoftheword?________________________________________3Whyaresomewordsinitalics?________________________________________4Whatdotheabbreviations“v”,“n”,“sing.”,“C”,“BrE”and“AmE”mean?____________________________________________________________________________________________________Eight.Theyare/k?n/and/k?n/.Becausetheyareexamples.Theabbreviation“v”means“verb”;“n”means“noun”;“sing.”means“singular”;“C”means“countablenoun”;“BrE”means“BritishEnglish”;“AmE”means“AmericanEnglish”.5Whatdothewords“informal”and“slang”mean?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6Whatidiomsaregiven?________________________________________Theword“informal”means“suitablefornormalconversationandwritingtofriendsratherthanforseriousspeechandletters”;“slang”means“veryinformallanguageandexpressions”.Theidiomsare“nocando”and“acanofworms”.

Useyourdictionarytoanswerthefollowingquestions.Compareyouranswerswithyourclassmates’.1Whatisthepronunciationof“record”asaverb?Whatisitasanoun?/’rek?:d//ri’k?:d/2WhatistheBritishEnglishpronunciationof“vase”?WhatisitsAmericanEnglishpronunciation?/va:z/./veis/or/veiz/3Fromyourdictionary,findanexamplesentencefortheword“trip”.(Possibleanswer)Wewentonatriptothemountains.4WhatistheAmericanEnglishfor“autumn”?Fall.5Whatdoes“room”meanasacountablenoun?Whatdoesitmeanasanuncountablenoun?Asacountablenoun,itmeans“apartofabuildingthathasitsownwalls,floorandceilingandisusuallyusedforaparticularpurpose”.Asanuncountablenoun,itmeans“emptyspacethatcanbeusedforaparticularpurpose”.6Whatdoestheidiom“l(fā)etthecatoutofthebag”mean?Itmeans“totellasecretcarelesslyorbymistake”.WWFTheWorldWideFundforNature(WWF)wasfoundedin1961.Itwascalledthe“WorldWildlifeFund”inthepast.Itusesapandaasitslogo.TheWWFisanimportantenvironmentalorganization.Itaimstobuildafuturewherepeopleliveinharmonywithnature.Itworksonaround1,300projectsinover100countries,andhas5millionsupporters.Culturecorner名稱：世界自然基金會(WorldWideFundForNature)組織性質(zhì)：獨立性非政府環(huán)境保護組織成立時間：1961年4月29日總部：瑞士格朗宗旨：保護世界物種多樣性Answerthequestionsaccordingtothearticle:1.WhenwasWWFfounded?2.WhatdoesWWFaim?3.HowmanyprojectsdoesWWFworkon?In1961.Itaimstobuildafuturewherepeopleliveinharmonywithnature.Around1,300projects.聽說照料變得擅長……對...表現(xiàn)出極大地熱愛自然保護區(qū)喜歡做某事(好好地)照顧hearoflookafterbecomegoodatshowagreatlovefornaturereserveenjoydoingsth.take(good)careof和……待在一起丟失；失蹤尋找日日夜夜掉進為了紀念……staywith…gomissinglookfordayandnightfallintoinmemoryofWehavereadthestoryaboutthered-crownedcrane.2.Andwehave

learnedhowtousereferencebooks(4)adictionary.一、根據(jù)中文意思完成句子。1.你曾經(jīng)聽說過這個故事嗎？ _________________________thisstory?2.他小時候就對繪畫表現(xiàn)出極大的熱愛。 He___________________________drawingwhenhewasyoung.3.去年我爺爺生病時，我奶奶夜以繼日地照顧他。 Whenmygrandpagotsicklastyear,mygrandma______________himdayandnight.4.那個男孩在兩年前失蹤了，并且再也沒回來過。 Theboy____________twoyearsagoandnevercameback.Haveyoueverheardofshowedagreatlovefortookcareofwentmissing5這只虎仔由一只狗媽媽照顧。Thebabytigeris________________byamotherdog.6他寫了一首詩，紀念妻子。Hewroteapoem_____________________hiswife.7我們學校有近8,000名師生。

Thereare_______________8,000teachersandstudentsinourschool.8你真好，把字典借給了我。

____________________________youtolendmeyourdictionary.lookedafterinmemoryofclosetoItisnice/kindof二、單詞拼寫。1Mostanimalsinthew____cannotliveaslongasthoseinzoosbeca