1.talk about animals2.have seven bones in its long neck 在它的长脖子里有七根骨头 in the back of elephants’ feet3.have a very long neck with seven bones 有七根骨头的一个长脖子4.live on the ground, in trees or in water5.eat little or nothing for months in cold winter 在寒冷的冬天吃的很少或几乎不吃6.live in dry places 住在干燥的地方 live in the desert 住在沙漠里7.smell (v.) things well = have a good smell (n.) 嗅觉很灵敏 smell flowers 闻花 smell (link v.)+ adj smell good / nice / bad look/ smell/ feel/ sound/ taste + adj8.live without water for a long time 没有水生活很长时间9.We can’t live without water or air. Tom got up late this morning, so he went to school without (having) breakfast. He went out without telling me.10.Thank you for your help = Thanks for helping me. Thank you for your e-mail = Thanks for e-mailing me. = Thanks for sending e-mails to me.11. know / learn / read about 知道、了解或读过有关某事物的情况 know more (a lot, much, a little, little) about animals know about amazing things 12.It’s + adj + that = It’s + adj + for sb + to do It’s amazing / surprising that a snail has 10,000 teeth. = It’s amazing/ surprising for a snail to have 10,000 teeth. It’s exciting that we will go on a trip to the zoo.= It’s exciting for us to go on a trip to the zoo. It’s healthy that my mother exercises every day.= It’s healthy for my mother to exercise every day. It’s interesting that a camel can live without water for a long time. =It’s interesting for a camel to live without water for a long time.13.be surprised to do sth 很吃惊地做某事 be surprised at / to hear sth 听到某事很吃惊 We were surprised to meet him in the street yesterday. I was surprised to know that a ...