Unit 5 Save the endangered animals第 5 课时——写作课后拓展例文呈现栏目导航课时过关朗读下列文章，组内讨论关于某种濒危动物的写作方法和步骤。 Asian elephant fact file Appearance Asian elephants are huge and grey. They weigh up to 5,400 kilograms and are 3.2 metres tall at the shoulder. Home Asian elephants live in the grasslands and forests of South-East Asia. Food Asian elephants usually eat grass, leaves and fruit. Behaviour Asian elephants often move in large groups. Life In the wild, Asian elephants may live for up to 60 years, but most do not live that long. Why in danger People are cutting down forests. They are also killing them for their teeth. It is important for us to protect them. 熟记本单元常用写作句型： 1．They are strong enough to protect themselves. 它们足够强壮能保护自己。 2．People are cutting down forests, so the pandas are losing their homes. 人们砍伐森林，所以大熊猫正在失去家园。 3．It is cruel of them to do so. 他们这么做是很残忍的。 4．A giant panda can eat as much as 30 kilograms of bamboo a day. 大熊猫一天能吃多达 30 千克的竹子。 5．They need to eat a lot to stay healthy, so they spend more than 12 hours a day eating. 它们需要吃很多东西来保持健康，所以它们一天花超过 12 个小时的时间吃东西。 6．It is important for us to protect them. 对我们来说保护它们很重要。 7．Pandas like to live on their own. 大熊猫喜欢独自生活。 请以“Saving Tigers”为题，为某中学生英文报专栏写一篇 80 词左右的征文稿，内容要点如下： 1．老虎独居，食肉； 2．濒危动物，现在世界上仅存大约 3200 只老虎，数目日趋减少； 3．老虎处境危险的原因； 4．保护老虎的建议。 【写作指导】 ◆审题： 1．根据本单元所学到的内容：谈谈世界上的濒危动物之一——老虎，结合所学句型，广泛思考，进行描写，点明老虎的现存数量等。动笔前要围绕要点组织材料，确定时态，人称等问题。可以按上述四点的步骤去一一阐述。 ...
