Adam talking to the serpent; suggests the beginning of human history;
Homework
1. Practical writing: Write an envelop for “A letter from a puppy”
2. Study card, P46, “Vocabulary Test”
Difficult Sentence
Somehow in history we went from animals as a source of food and raw material to animals as beasts of burden and then to animals as emotional companions.
Gap Filling
Part
Paragraph ? -- ?
One
1
Main Idea
Animals have meant different things to human being in history
Two
2 -5 The reasons of keeping pets
Three
6
People have their own reasons for keeping pets
THANK YOU
raw material:
the natural substances from which something is made e.g. Coal and oil are important raw materials
beasts of burden:
an animal (such as a horse or donkey) which carries things for people
boil down to:
to lead to or to mean, leaving out the unnecessary parts e.g. What he said can boil down to following points.
Language Points
Adam the 1st man, was tempted to disobey God & began man’s fall into evil King kong climbing the Empire State Building; suggests modern times;
课程：读写
演示题目
Why we have pets?
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Warm-up Do you have a pet ?
Warm-up
What problems can pets cause?
Warm-up
Why do people keep pets?
Task Read & Answer
1. What did animals mean to human being in history? 2. According to the author, why do people keep pets? 3. Do all people have the same reason for keeping pets?
food and raw material beasts of burden
emotional companions
Review
Food &raw material Beast of burden Emotional companionship
1.What did animal mean to
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2.According to the writer, why do
people keep pets?
for companions for work, for service valuable team member
Word Bank
somehow
for some reason that is not clear, or unknown yet