1、优质文档优质文档Unit 15 Were trying to save the manatees!讲解1 语言目标Debate an issue2 重点词汇save gentle furry enormous playful aggressive gray spotted African strong mangrove swamp habitat aquatic feed underwater vegetation foot weigh pound against suitable tiny cage educate public urge recycle stuff material pul
2、l bottle glue roof discard tile fence can inspiration spare politely environmentcare for pull down be made from3 关键句型Were trying to save the manatees! I am like this animalTheyre about 10 feet long and they weigh about 1, 000 pounds. I dont think so. I disagree with you. Recycling paper is easy. But
3、 its hard to stop riding in cars. 4 语法复习现在进行时，一般现在时，一般过去时及 used to 的用法，被动语态和现在完成时。课前学习提示一、词汇 1 save seivvt. try doing sth. 尝试着做某事。【例】 （1）They tried to solve the problem. 他们尽力解决这问题。（2）They are trying using another method. 他们正试用另一种方法。注 try ones best=do ones best 是“竭尽全力”的意思，后跟不定式。【例】 （1）Ill do/try my b
4、est to do the work well. 我将一定把工作做好。（2）You should try/do your best to improve your spoken English. 你应当尽量提高你的英语口语能力。（3）He did his best to run faster, but he failed. 他尽最大努力跑得更快，但还是失败了。2 Youre like an elephant. 你像一头大象。be like “像一样” ，有时用 look like“看起来像” 。like 是介词；like 作动词优质文档优质文档用是“喜欢” 。【例】 （1）Your daugh
5、ter looks like a basketball player. 你的女儿看上去像篮球运动员。（2）Thats just like him. 他就是这种人。（3）I cant tell what a spaceship is like. 我说不上来宇宙飞船是什么样子。（4）He doesnt like tomatoes. 他不喜欢吃西红柿。3 Ive visited a lot of zoos in my life. 我一生中参观过许多动物园。in ones life“一生，一辈子” ；a lot of=lots of。【例】 （1）Lei Feng did lots of good d
6、eeds for the people in his life. 雷锋一生中为人民做了许多好事。（2）They have saved a lot of animals in their lives. 他们一生中救了大量的动物。4 The animals are kept in tiny cages and can hardly move at all. 动物被关在小笼子里, 几乎一点都不能动。hardly 不是 hard 的副词形式，它的意思是“几乎不” ，是个否定含义的词，务必要与hard 区别开。【例】 （1）He hardly ever goes to bed before midnig
7、ht. 他难得在午夜前睡觉。（2）I could hardly believe my eyes when he suddenly appeared. 他突然出现时，我几乎不敢相信自己的眼睛。（3）The loaf is as hard as a brick. 这块面包硬得像块砖头。（4）He isnt afraid to take on hard jobs. 他不怕承担困难的工作。（5）The teacher worked hard to prepare his lecture. 老师努力备课。优质文档优质文档（6）He looked hard at me all the while. 他一直
8、紧盯着我。5 I dont think so. 我不这样认为。I think so. 我认为是这样。so 在此是代词，代替上文的句意，否定常用 not。以下是英语的习惯用法：I think so. I dont think so. I am afraid so. I am afraid not. I hope so. I hope not. I believe so. I dont believe so. /I believe not. 6 They wont have enough money to take care of so many fine animals. 他们没有足够的钱来照看
9、这么多好的动物。enough 修饰形容词或副词时要后置；enough 后跟不定式表示能够做某事。take care of=look after。【例】 （1）He has enough time to do the work. 他有足够的时间做这项工作。（2）Three comrades are quite enough for the job. 有三位同志干这件事就够了。（3）We have enough to do to finish the job on time. 要准时完成这件事，我们还得大大努力。（4）He is alway s ready enough to help us. 他
10、总是很自愿的帮助我们。（5）His job is to take care of the Diesel engine. 他的工作是管柴油机。（6）Here, let me take care of the cleaning. 来，让我来打扫吧。（7）You must look after yourself well. 你必须照顾好你自己。（8）The children must be looked after well. 优质文档优质文档孩子必须照看好。7 I stopped using them last year. 我去年就不用他们了。stop doing sth. 是“停止做某事” ，而
11、 stop to do sth. 则是“停下来去做某事” 。【例】 （1）We must never stop studying English. 我们要不停地学习英语。（2）The baby stopped crying when he saw his mother. 那孩子看见他妈妈就不哭了。（3）Were so tired. Lets stop to have a short rest. 我 们太累了，咱们停下来休息一会儿吧。（4）He stopped to talk with me. 他停下来和我说话。8 I agree with you. 我同意你的看法。agree 是“同意，取得一
12、致的意见”的意思。agree 作及物动词时，后常跟名词，不定式或 that 从句。其可单独使用，也可和介词 to, with, on 等连用，agree on 用在被动结构中，以事物作主语时，表示“（某事）是大家同意的”意思，on 有时可省略。【例】 （1）Can we agree the price?我们能不能商定一个价格？（2）I agree that your suggestions is quite good. 我认为你的建议非常好。（3）I really cant agree with you. 我实在不能同意你的意见。（4）We agreed on the date for the meeting. 我们对开会的日期取得了一致的意见。（5）After a short time, the program was agreed (on). 过了一会儿，这项计划大家都同意了。（6）He has agreed to our plan for the holiday. 他已同意了我们的假期计划。9You have probably never heard of Amy Winter before.
