英语教案－A doctor for animals

　　A. the station was named Sealab II      B. the stations depth was 205 feet

　　C. ten men were in the underwater team  D. the men spent fifteen days at the station

　　5. For all his chores, the dolphin

　　A. wore a plastic harness    B.   carried a waterproof tube

　　C. carried a line           D.  carried tools

　　6. The signal for the dolphins rescue chore was a

　　A.  shout  B. bell     C. buzzer  D. whistle

　　7. The purpose of the line the dolphin took was to

　　A. save the aquanaut from drowning   B. lead the aquanaut back to the others

　　C. help the aquanaut to guide the dolphin  D. carry a light to the aquanaut

　　8. The author suggests that this modern example makes old tales about dolphins seem

　　A. more truth than fiction      B. more fiction than truth

　　C. half truth and half fiction    D. entirely fiction

参考答案：

　　1.  C    2. B   3. C    4.  D    5. A    6. C    7. B    8. A

Swallows

简介

　　(1) 本文简单介绍了燕子的生活习性。

　　(2) 对小动物的介绍一般都是从细节到它的生活习性。

　　There are different kinds of swallows. Some swallows make their homes in the sand; others build their nests under the roofs. They make their nests of earth and grass.

　　It takes them several days to build a nest. They have to work in the early morning. The swallow lays five or six eggs at a time. The mother bird sits on them, and the father bird watches by her side and gives some food to her.

　　You must not think that when swallows fly over your head, they arent working. No! Life is work to them. The young swallows eat a lot and they are busy catching the insects for them. So they have to work from early morning till late at night. At last the young birds can fly well, but the old ones cant rest. They began to think about their second family, for they have two broods every season.

　　When the second brood can fly, too, its time to think about going to the warmer countries, and when spring comes, theyll return.

1．注解

　　(1) swallow n. 燕子

　　(2) nest n. 巢

　　(3) roof n. 屋顶

　　(4) lay v. 产（卵）

　　(5) insect n. 昆虫

　　(6) brood n. 一窝所孵的幼雏

2．．思考题

　　(1) Can you see swallows easily now? Why?

　　(2) In what way can we protect (保护) this kind of animal?

教学建议（二）

关于写作训练的教学建议

　　本单元第60课的第4项是写作训练。主要是叙述父母的职业。根据本单元关于动物的主题，这里建议写作内容可选择以动物为主题。

　　动物是人类的朋友，我们应当爱惜它们。人与动物和平相处，世界会变得更加美好。由于近几年保护动物的呼声日益高涨，各国各地区分别开辟和划分大片土地作为野生动物园，从此，野生动物有了属于自己的家园，动物的数量和种类都相应增加。为了便于人们观赏海洋动物，了解海底世界，海洋馆也应运而生。

　　请就此题材写一篇短文，描写你参观海洋馆的情况，及个人对此的感受。

[分析与引导]

　　此篇短文类似于游记，要求写出时间、地点、人物、事件、经过和观后感受。应按照时间的先后顺序写，内容要详略得当，突出重点，特别是在“人与自然”这方面应有所体现，尽力表达人与动物和平共处的和谐之美，使读者有身临其境之感，引起共鸣。

[范文与点评]

　　A visit to the world under the sea

　　Have you ever been to the world under the sea ? I have been there once.

　　It was a sunny morning. I with my father went there on a bus. It was a little far from my home. It took us about two hours to get there. After getting the tickets, we went in.

　　First, we went into a large hall. There I saw a pond with several dolphins. We were told that there would be a performance in ten minutes, so we found a good place for watching. Soon a beautiful girl came out and the performance began. The dolphins performed very well and all the people there watched carefully and such words as Wonderful, Great, Good, Cool could be heard again and again.

　　Then, we came to the touching pool. There were some small fish in it and visitors could touched them with their hands softly. And the girl working there explained their names to us. It was not easy to touch them in my life , so I played there for a long time. It was very interesting.

　　At last, when it was nearly the lunch time, it was the time for another performance of all kinds of fish and a diver. At this time many fish came here for their lunch and the diver gave them their food. The diver was a young beautiful girl and she said Hello to us with her hands. It was difficult for her to feed the fish because some of them were dangerous, especially sharks. I was worried about her all the time, but the girl did it easily and well. We could see that she had become a good friend of sharks and many other animals. We felt very excited and thanked her a lot.

　　It was a good visit and it was a good lesson for me, too. People and animals are good friends and we should live together well. I shou