新目标九年级Unit15新目标九年级Unit15Unit15We’retryingtosavethemanatees!SectionAPeriod23aWhythewriterisopposedtozoos?1.Zoosareterribleplacesforanimalstolive.2.Theanimalsarekeptintinycagesandhardlymoveatall.3.Theyareonlygivenfoodonceaday.3bWhat’s“AnimalFriend”opinionaboutthezoo?Hethinksthatthezooisanimportantplacefortheanimals.Anditislikealivingtextbookforyoungpeople.Debate:Doyouthinkzoosaregoodforanimals?Whatdoyouthinkofthiskindofzoo?Isitagoodplacetoprotectanimals?Cagetiny极小的zoosprovidecleanandsafeplacesforendangeredanimalstolive.Debate:Doyouthinkzoosaregoodforanimals?Ithinkthat…..Iagreewithyou.Ibelievethat….Idisagreewithyou.Ifeelthat….Iagreethat….UsefulexpressionsIdisagreewithyou.Ifeelthatzoosprovidecleanandsafeplacesforendangeredanimalstolive.Ithinkthatanimalsshouldnotliveinzoos.ProsConsbeveryimportantplacesbelikelivingtextbooksprovide….for…educateIfwedon’tsupportourzoos,….urge…todo…beonlygivenfoodonceadayhardlymoveatallbekeptintinycagesbesuitableforterribleplacesbeagainstbuilding…Firstlyzoosareplacesforpeopletoseemanydifferentkindsofanimalsfromallovertheworld.Secondly,zooslookaftertheanimalsverywell.Thirdly,zoosprotesttheanimalsandkeepthemhealthy.Pros:SummaryThefoodinthezoosisnotnatural.Intheforesttheycanfindthefoodbythemselves.Mostanimalsarekeptinsmallcages.Mostcagesarenotclean,either.Cons:1.I’mwritingtosaythatIamagainstbuildinganewzooinourtown.against介词,反对,违反,与……相反(=opposite)如:Aremostpeopleagainsttheproposal?大多数人反对这项提议吗?Languagepointsagainst介词还有触,碰,倚,靠的意思。如:Putthepianothere,withitsback,againstthewall.把钢琴放在那里,背靠着墙。Beagainstdoingsth.反对做某事,反义词组是befordoingsth,赞成某事如:Allthepeoplearoundtheworldareagainstcloninghumanbeings.全世界的人民反对克隆人类。Allofusareforpeaceandagainstwar.我们都赞成和平,反对战争。2.I’vevisitedalotofzoosinmylife,andIhaveneverseenoneIlikedoronethatwassuitableforanimalstolivein.(1)besuitableforsbtodosth.表示“适合某人做某事”,这里suitable是suit的形容词形式,表示“合适的”。如:Thiskindofbambooisnotsuitableforpandastoeat.这种竹子不适合给熊猫吃。Thisdresssuitsyouverymuch,butunfortunatelyitdoesn’tfityou.这套女装款式非常适合你,只可惜大小不合适。(2)tolivein在此处作animals的后置定语。英语中动词不定式短语做名词定语,放在后面。如:Thereisnothingforustoworryabout.我们没有什么可以担心的。3.Theanimalsarekeptintinycages.动物被关在极小的笼子里。tiny=little很小的,带有感情色彩.区别,thetinycountry国家小(含可爱的意思)asmallcountry小国家(与largecountry相对应)alittleboy爱怜之意,(不含身材矮小)tiny和little常做定语,一般不做表语,small既可以做定语,也可以做表语。little还可表示“一点点的”,修饰不可数名词。如：Thereisalittlemilkinthebottle.瓶里有一点点的牛奶。4.Iwassurprisedtofindhardlyanyonethere.我非常惊讶地发现在那几乎没有人。surprised在这里是过去分词做形容词。常用词组:besurprisedatsth.对某事感到惊讶besurprisedtodosth.很惊讶地做某事insurprise惊奇地Toone’ssurprise使某人惊奇地surprise=amaze使……惊讶surprising惊讶的(侧重指事物本身具有的特点)如:Hiswordssurprisedme.他的话使我大吃一惊。Itissurprisingnews.它是一个令人惊讶的消息。5.Theyprovidehomesformanyendangeredanimals,andhelptoeducatethepublicaboutcaringforthem.(动物园)他们为许多濒危的动物提供了家,也有助于教育众人来关心这些动物。providesb.withsth.providesthforsb.提供给某人某物Thefirmprovidedmewithacar.公司给我一辆汽车。Canyouprovidedaccommodationfor...
