教师活动

学生活动

Step1:教师教授新单词.

Step2:Ask the students to listen to the audiotape, and fill in the blanks:

1.     One of the world’s first    1 was in Egypt about 3 500 years ago.

2.     No      people could go.

3.     When he             .

4.     He       in Italy.

Step2:Ask the students read the text loudly and look for the sentences:

1. One of the world’s first zoos was in Egypt about 3 500 years ago.

2. Egypt is famous for its pyramids.

教师讲解语法:1.ago和before的区别.

2.be famous for/ as…One of the world’s first zoos was in Egypt about 3 500 years ago.大约在3 500年前,世界上最早的动物园之一就在埃及.

ago做副词表示从现在算起的以前;before作副词可表示从过去某一时刻算起的以前。如:

I met him three days ago.

before 后接 “时间点”, 可用于任何时态.如:

She got to the office before five o’clock.

Egypt is famous for its pyramids.埃及以它的金字塔闻名于世.

be famous / well-known for “以……著名，闻名”

be famous as “著名的……”

Step4:Ask the students read the text silently, and answer the questions:

Such as:

1.     Where was one of the world’s first zoos?

2.     What kinds of animals did the zoo keep in small cages?

3.     Who went to the zoo to see the animals?

4.     When did China build its first zoo?

5.     Do you like the new kind of zoo open?

Step6: Let’s do it.

Step7: Homework

复述课文.

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学生仔细的阅读课文,在了解文章内容的基础上完成以下各题.