Does your best friend have

four legs?

• swine flu 猪流感• precaution n. 预防措施• step up 走上； ( 使 ) 增加， ( 使 ) 加快

速度• quarantine n. ( 人或动物生病之后被隔离

的 ) 检疫期； vt. 对…进行检疫隔离 • infect vt. ( 受 ) 传染； 污染； 影响 • panel n. 专门小组 • intensify vt. & vi. ( 使 ) 增强 , ( 使 ) 加剧

• 猪流感： Swine influenza virus ， SIV

• What Is Swine Flu? 猪流感是什么 ?

• Can Swine Flu Spread From Person to Person? 猪流感会在人群之间蔓延吗 ?

• Do Humans Get Swine Flu? 人会得猪流感吗 ?

• What are the Symptoms of Swine Flu? 猪流感的征兆时什么 ?

• Have there Been Previous Swine Flu Outbreaks? 以前有过猪流感爆发吗 ?

Give short response

• Good idea!

• That’s good.

• I see.

• That’s right.

• Exactly!

• Is that so?

• And?

• Are you sure?

• No kidding!

• Me too.

• You bet!

Give praises

• Great!• Good job!• Well done!• Good for you.• Brilliant!

• Wonderful• Marvelous• Superb• Excellent• Splendid• Good boy

Make recommendations

• You should get one too. I highly recommend it.

• You should buy one as well. I think it’s wonderful.

• How about this one?• I have an idea.• Tell you what.• Let’s do …• I suggest you …• Just think about it.

a. Divide the class in two parts: the pros and the cons.

Debate

b. Give 10 minutes to students to prepare.

Are pets good for mankind?

a. Pets are good company, especially to lonely old people. They can help people kill loneliness.

Reference

b. Besides providing mere companionship, pets teach us to love and be loved.

Pros:

c. Often a cat or dog can comfort us at times when human words don’t help.

Debate

d. Pets can communicate with human beings. They are quick to sense anger and sorrow.e. People keep pets for emotional rather than economic reasons. It’s relaxing to watch tropical fish swimming in the glass tank.

Debate

a. Keeping pets costs time and money. It is just a waste of time and resources.b. Pets and children often fight over care and love in the family.

Cons:

c. If every family owns one pet, a campaign should be launched against the overpopulation of pets.

Debate

d. The growing number of pets has caused serious hygiene 卫生 and environmental problems. Pets can excrete 分泌物 at public places freely, which is a problem that cannot be solved.

e. Pets are animals. They should be seen in their natural habitat rather than in the homes of human beings. It’s against nature to cage birds, chain dogs and keep cats locked inside the house.

Debate

Idioms about dogs:

Love me ,love my dogEvery dog has his dayA dog’s breakfast/dinnerTreat sb like dirt/a dog(a case of )Dog eat dogA dog in the managerLead a dog’s lifeRain cats and dogs

animals Chinese western

dragon King, emperor,

royalty

A symbol of evil monster

owl A sign of bad luck

Wise and solemn

turtle/

tortoise

Longevity,

insulting

A slow-moving ,

not very attractive creatures

bat Good ,fortune,

happiness

An image of an ugly and blood-sucking animal

• Similar Sayings in the Two Languages

• as fat as a pig 胖得像猪• make a monkey out of somebody 把某

人当猴耍• as happy as a lark 像百灵鸟一样快乐

• Sayings Containing Different images of Animals in English and Chinese

• 落汤鸡 a drowned rat• 蠢得像头猪 as stupid as a goose• 吹牛 talk horse• 害群之马 a black sheep• 狐假虎威 donkey in a lion’s hide• 像蜜蜂一样勤劳 as industrious as an ant

As timid as a rabbitAs strong as a horse/an ox You chicken!As wise as an owlAs blind as a batAs sly as a foxAs slippery as an eelAs busy as bees

Assignment:

1. Do you have a pet? Tell stories about your pet to the class.

Assignment:

2. Do you want to keep a pet? Why or why

not?