PetsandusUnit8Keepingpetshastensofthousandsofyearsofhistory.Howdidpeoplestarttokeeppets?Let’sexplorethehistoryofkeepingpetsaroundtheworld.Listenandread.Task1Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?A.Catsanddogsarethemostpopularpetsallthetime.B.Peoplehavekeptdifferentpetsindifferentperiods,andtherelationshipbetweenpeopleandpetshasbecomecloser.C.Onlyrichpeoplecouldkeeppetsinthepast.D.RinTinTinisoneofthemostfamousdogsinhistory.ThehistoryofkeepingpetsReadandsummarizethekeyeventsineachperiod.Task22000BCE–500CE500–15001700–1900Today1920s_______________werepopularinancientEgypt;catswereseenas__________________________.Unusualpetslike_______________________alsoexisted.Petswereasignof_____________.Commonpeople______keptpetsforfun.Japanesekept__________.Peoplekept___________pets(birds,frogs,snakes).Cats____________thehousebeforelate19thcenturyandbecamecommon_____________early20thcentury.Adognamed____________wentontostarinnearly30filmsandbecameoneof______________dogsinhistory!Overtheyears,therelationshipbetweenpeopleandpetshasgrown______.Petsaretreatedas______globally.familywealth/powerfirefliesrarelyCatsanddogsluckywithmagicalpowerscrocodilesandelephantsallkindsofstayedoutsideRinTinTinthemostfamouscloserP127

2housepetsNotesBeforemoderntimes,peopleuseddogsforhuntingandfarmwork.Dogsgenerallydidnothaveaneasylife,andthatiswhywehavesayingssuchas“toleadadog’slife”or“assickasadog”.Nowadays,dogsaretreatedmorelikefamilymembers,andpeopleoftensaythattheyare“man’sbestfriend”.toleadadog’slife過著困苦、悲慘、不幸福的生活assickasadog病得很重；病得厲害搞清楚帶來好運……的象征普通大眾各種各樣的吸引……的注意繼而成為……充滿自豪TranslatethefollowingexpressionsintoEnglish.Task31.搞清楚2.帶來好運3.……的象征4.普通大眾5.各種各樣的6.吸引……的注意7.繼而成為8.充滿自豪

findoutbringgoodluckasymbolofcommonpeopleallkindsofcatchtheeyeofgoontobefullofprideCompletethesentenceswiththewordsandthephrasebelow.Changetheformifnecessary.Task4catchtheeyeofmagicalprideservantwealth(1)Animalswith_________powersarecommoninfairytalesacrosstheworld.(2)Mycattakesgreat________inhisshiny,blackfurandalwayscleansitcarefully.(3)Theeconomicreformshavebrought_______toChinesefarmers.(4)Myfriendoftentakesherdogtothepark.Oneday,herdog________________aphotographerandhetooksomephotosofit.(5)Thekingorderedhis________tolightacandleintheroom.magicalpridewealthcaughttheeyeofservantP127

3Trytoretellthehistoryofpetsaccordingtothepictures.2000BCE–500CE500–15001700–19001920sToday......YourideasWhichofthepetsinthearticledoyouthinkisthemostunusual?Why?Shareyourideaswiththeclass.PetsandusUnit8Bytheendofthislesson,youwillbeableto??????????knowaboutthebiologicalcharacteristicofparrotsmimickinghumanspeechanddiscussrelatedreasons.tounderstandhowtotrainaparrottotalkthroughreadingthearticle;Whatdoyouknowaboutparrots?Whataretheircharacteristics?smartgoodatmimicking(模仿)longlifespan(壽命)Doyouwanttokeepaparrotasyourpet?Why?Parrotsareveryintelligentbirds,andtheycanevenlearnhowtotalk.Let’sfindouthowtotrainaparrottosaywords.keptaspetsforcenturiesReadandanswer.Whycanweteachparrotstotalk?Becausetheyareintelligentandhavetheabilitytomimichumanspeech.Readthearticleabouthowtoteachparrotstotalkandcorrectthestatements.P1281(1)Giveyourparrotatreatbeforeyoustarttoteachasimpleword.(2)Parrotsonlyspeakafteralongtrainingsession,sobepatient.(3)Saythewordonceandwaitpatientlyforyourparrottorepeat.(4)Teachasmanywordsasyoucanifyourparrotlooksinterested.134theabilitytodo做……的能力寧靜的地方明亮而積極的聲音moveonto繼續(xù)牢記別管它ParrotTrainerDividestudentsintopairs.Onestudentactsastheparrottrainer,andtheotheractsastheparrot.Thetrainerusesthestepsfromthearticleto"train"theparrottosayasimpleword(like"hi").Afterafewminutes,havesomepairsperformtheirrole-playinfrontoftheclass.Theclasscanthencommentonwhetherthetrainerfollowedthecorrectsteps.Findoutwhysomebirdsareabletomimichumanspeechandshareyourfindingswithyourclassmates.GroupworkParrotshavespecialvocalmusclestogeneratecomplexsounds.Parrotshaveadvancedbrainstructureswhichallowthemtomimichumanspeechwithaccuracy(準確性)....Whenkeepingparrots,remembertocheckiftheyarelegallypermittedpet