21st century practical College English

Unit 4

I Like Animals

Let’s look at some pictures!

kitten

cat

dog

puppy

penguins

panda

Puppy and kitten’s love

It rained cat and dog.

Animal Rights Movement & Animal Rights Activists

organized efforts opposing use animals for research, food and clothing

People who defend animal rights.

Let’s have a discussion

Do you like animals? What is your favorite animals? Why do you like animals?

2. Why does the writer say that animals are honest?

Because they don’t pretend to be someone they are not; they don’t fake their feelings.

3. According to the writer, how do animals treat the environment?

Animals take from the environment only what they need; they don’t abuse the environment.

Read the text and find the answers to the questions

1.Why does the writer like animals? How did her family expect her to answer this question?

She likes animals because they are honest. Her family expected her to say that she likes animals because they are clever and fun to play with.

The writer says they don’t do those things because it’s counter-productive; her sister thinks it’s because they don’t know how to do them.

4.What difference lies between the writer and her sister as to why animals don’t do those harmful things mentioned earlier?

5. How does the writer’s cousin explain that animals live a freer life than humans?

Her cousin thinks it’s because animals don’t think.

6.According to the writer, what do we humans do to animals?

We exploit, use and eat them. We do to them any cruel act we can think of.

7. What is the conclusion that the writer draws about animals?

Animals are honest and the best this planet has to offer.

8.Do her family members disagree with her? How did they respond to her talk?

No. They responded positively to her talk and added more stories showing animals are lovable.

Read again and find out the structure of the text

I like animals

Read Text A again and complete the following table.

1-4

5-9

Paragraph Topic Sentence Supporting Details

I like animals because they are honest.

They don’t pretend to be ; they don’t fake .

I like animals because they only take out of life what they need.

They don’t their environment, their water and the air they breathe. They don’t build and use them against others — particularly members of .

someone they’re not _________________

abuse _____ pollute ______

their feelings ___________

weapons of mass destruction ________________________

their own species

Reading Analysis

_______________

10-13

14

Paragraph Topic Sentence Supporting Details

They don’t dwell on , norplan to live some day ; they live , this moment, fully, completely, and purely.

I like animals because they don’t do to themselves or others the things we do to them.

Animals are the most creatures on earth. Our prejudice enables us to and them and to them. We do to them any cruel act we can think of.

they live their lives with so much more freedom than humans live theirs

______________________________________________________________.

I like animals becausein the future __________

today _____

victimized________

things of the past ______________

use____exploit______

eat___

15

16-18

Paragraph Topic Sentence Supporting Details

I like animals because They don’t say one thing and They are honest.

Now, if humans could only be like animals.

The conversation actually rolled into shared stories of animals they’d known, stories of animal and , theirand .

they are not hypocrites ___________________.do another _________.

humor _____intelligence __________loyalty ______innocence _________

Now retell the story by using the information in the table you have completed.

大规模杀伤性武器 用不着 耽于

Translation

Topics for discussion

Animals — not humans — are the best this planet has to offer

What rights do you think animals should have?

Thank you!