Animals in danger教案
strange but true
lions sleep up to 20 hours a day.
gorillas sleep in nests which they build in tree tops.
blue whale babies weigh up to 7 tonnes at birth.
crickets have ears positioned on their knees.
puffer fish puffs its body to scare away the enemies.
salmon live in the sea, but they return to breed in river where they were born.
a female cod can lay up to 9 million eggs.
snakes never close their eyes at any time.
chameleon lizards can look in two directions at the same time.
if a lizard's tail is broken off, it can usually grow a new one.
a bird called swift spends all it's time in the air. it only comes down to breed.
flamingoes are pink because their bodies take the colour of shrimps they eat.
elephants spend 23 hours a day eating.
no two zebras have exactly the same pattern of stripes.
squirrels sometimes wrap their bushy tails around their body to keep themselves warm.
sailors have been known to have mistaken the basking whales for islands and try to land on them.
a chameleon can alter its colour depending on its mood.
it takes an elephant calf 6 months how to use its trunk.
flies take off backwards.
the giraffe has 7 neck bones exactly the same as humans.
dolphins and whales talk to each other whistling.
the humming bird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
rare african gorillas are sometimes killed to use their hand to make ashtrays.
the rare kakapo parrot lays one egg every four years.
ii. people and animals
i am sun meng. i am a junior high school student.
i like animals. i like many kinds of animals: pigeons, dogs, goats, monkeys and elephants are my favorites. some of them are very clever, and some of them are very beautiful. in a word, they have different characteristics.
i like to go to the zoo, because i can see animals there. i usually buy food for them, and i think i know what they like. i like to feed the elephants best. they like eating bananas. in their presence, i feel we are one big, harmonic family.
in america, when people say "man's best friend", they don't mean another person. instead, they are talking about a lovely animal: the dog! this description shows the friendship between people and animals. dogs and other pets can bring joy to people's lives. dogs can be taught to become the “eyes” for a blind person or "ears" for a deaf person.