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????? ????? Unit 14
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Speaking
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Lead-in
Elephant
Giraffe
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Horse
Kangaroo
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Monkey
Lion
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Panda
Tiger
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Do you like animals? And why?
  • A Yes. Because animals are our
  • good friends. They can share
  • my joy and sorrow. Besides,
  • they never give away my secrets.
  • I can tell them anything that I
  • cant tell the other people.

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  • B I like animals, as well. They are
  • very clever. When we human
  • beings meet with some
  • difficulties, they can help us a lot
  • and try to smooth them away. If
  • we feel lonely sometimes, they
  • are our good companions.

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Free talk
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  • Three lion cubs have been put in the same
    cage with four tiger cubs with an aim of
    fostering intimacy among them in Jinan Wildlife
    World, capital of east Chinas Shandong Province,
    Thursday, Jan 6, 2005.

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  • Japanese Macaque monkeys have a relaxing
    moment as they dip in a hot spring in the
    snow-covered mountains at Jigokudani Wild Monkey
    Park in Yamanouchi in Central Japan. About 250
    monkeys living in two groups inhabit the nearby
    mountains and are fed in the park.

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  • A dog stands on a surfboard as its owners
    wait for yachts competing in the Americas Cup
    sailing competition to leave Viaduct Harbour in
    Auckland, New Zealand.

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  • Now you can have a free talk about the
    three pictures. You can say whatever you like.

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Warming up
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  • From the given pictures, we can learn that
    animals are just like our human beings. They can
    speak, feel and even do something as we do.

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Speaking
Should animals be kept in zoos or nature parks?
  • A We think that animals should be
  • kept in zoos or nature parks.
  • Because the environment is
  • becoming worse and worse. Plants
  • are fewer and fewer so that

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  • animals in the wild will not have enough food
    and places. Second, some animals are dangerous to
    us. They may hurt people. So its better to keep
    them in the zoos or nature parks, where we have
    some special workers or animal-keepers to take
    good care of them.

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  • B I dont agree with you. We
  • think that animals should not be
  • kept in the zoos or nature parks.
  • Because animals belong to nature.
  • Only in the wild can they become
  • stronger and stronger. On the
  • other hand, keeping animals in

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the wild can keep the balance
of the eco-system, which does the
world good.
  • C Animals live in a forest. They
  • have to hunt food and find
  • habitats for themselves. But its
  • reported that more and more

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trees are cut down. Some animals no
longer have their homes. Its better to
keep them in the zoos.
  • D If we keep animals in the zoos,
  • they may not be used to the life
  • there. They are locked in large
  • cages or houses without freedom.
  • And some visitors may hurt

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  • them. Thats terrible. However,
  • in the nature they can live a free,
  • quiet and happy life. I think its
  • good for them to live in comfort.

A But in the wild its easy for animals to
be in danger. Some poachers want to kill
them for money.
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B Why dont we make laws to protect
animals?
  • C Our government has made laws.
  • But many people still hunt or kill
  • animals at the risk of breaking
  • the law in order to get enough
  • money to satisfy their so-called

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  • happy life. So its wise to keep
  • animals in zoos or nature parks.
  • Only in this way can they be
  • protected.
  • D Dont you find that animals in the
  • zoos become lazier and lazier?
  • They neednt run for food. Every

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  • day they eat, then stand or lie there to be
    watched by visitors. When they see people, they
    feel unhappy even frightened. So let them out in
    the wild.

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Do human beings have the right to kill animals?
  • A We think that human beings have
  • no right to kill animals. As we
  • know, animals are our friends.
  • We cant live without them.
  • Second, animals have feelings.
  • They also know the happiness

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  • and sadness. If you do them good, they will do
    you a favour. For example, a dog can protect you
    from danger when you meet with some trouble. They
    are equal to humans. We cant kill them only to
    meet our appetites.

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  • B We know that humans are higher
  • than animals. Thats to say, we
  • are higher than other animals.
  • Therefore, we have the right to
  • kill other animals to save
  • ourselves if necessary. For
  • instance, we need new drugs to

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  • treat diseases, which should be
  • tested on animals first such as
  • rats and rabbits. Without testing
  • on animals, its dangerous for
  • people to use new drugs.

C Though humans are higher than animals,
how can we live without these so-called
inferior animals?
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  • I cant simply imagine what the world would be
    like if all the animals were killed by cruel
    people. At that time, children will not know what
    animals are. Lonely people will have no loyal
    friend a pet to talk with. When people are in
    danger, no one or no animals can

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help them out of the trouble. I
think the world will not be as
colorful as it is now.
  • A We should restate our view. That
  • is We have rights to kill animals,
  • not to kill all of them. As you say,
  • we cant live without animals.
  • Surely, we cant live with so

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  • many animals. Too many animals will take up
    much room and eat too much food or plants. On the
    other hand, they will do harm to people around
    the world. We all know that there are many
    meat-eating animals. If we dont kill them, they
    will kill us. Its terrible.

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  • B Imagine that you were animals,
  • and humans would kill you, what
  • would you do? Were you willing
  • to be killed? Of course not, Im
  • sure. Animals also have feelings,
  • they can feel pain. They have their
  • wives, their beloved children and

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  • their friends. They have their
  • colorful world. They want to lead
  • a happy and comfortable life. We
  • cant destroy their happiness and
  • kill them.

C Dont you eat fish, meat, chicken, beef
and so on from animals? If you do, you are
also killing animals.
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  • D Fish, pigs and chicken are
  • domestic fowls which are kept
  • specially for peoples eating. They
  • are quite different from wild
  • animals.

A In our opinion, animals are just
animals. They have no thoughts, no
dreams and no creation,
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while human beings have. Its no
wrong to kill them.
  • B Animals are living things. We
  • should respect life and respect
  • animals. Respecting animals
  • means respecting ourselves.
  • Therefore, we have no right to
  • kill animals.

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Do animals have feelings?
  • A We think that animals have
  • feelings. We often see that if we
  • take a baby animal away from
  • his mother, the mother will shout
  • at the people and even hurt
  • humans to bring her baby back.
  • So animals have feelings. They
  • love and hate just as humans do.

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  • B I dont think so. Mother saves
  • her baby just by instinct. Every
  • living thing has such kind of
  • instinct. In my opinion, animals
  • have no feelings. Because
  • animals often fight each other
  • and kill each other in order to
  • get some delicious food.

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  • C If you often watch TV programme
  • named Animal World,
  • you will find that a great many
  • animals have fixed spouse. Like
  • humans, animals also fall in love,
  • form a family and have their own
  • babies. The baby animals are well
  • looked after and protected from

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  • enemies by their parents when seeing that
    harmonic family. I still remember a report that
    when an elephant was killed by a hunter, a lot of
    elephants came together to look for the hunter.
    The hunter had to run as fast as possible, at
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  • he hid himself into a big house, but the
    elephants howled and knocked at the house with
    their tusks. Finally, the hunter was killed by
    them. Dont you think that animals have feelings
    now?

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  • D But we also learn that some
  • animals kill their babies and eat
  • them. Do you think kind-hearted
  • animals can eat their babies? Do
  • they really have feelings? In the
  • opinion of me, these animals do
  • that not because they are bad, but
  • because they have no feelings.

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  • A What you said sounds reasonable.
  • Id like to ask you a question
  • why do people keep pets? If
  • animals have no feelings, why
  • can people become friends with
  • animals?

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  • B Keeping pets is just some peoples
  • hobby. This doesnt show animals
  • have feelings. Its often reported
  • that pets hurt their masters. So
  • keeping pets is a waste of time and
  • feelings.

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  • C Whatever you say, we still hold
  • the view that animals have feelings.
  • I remember that in a national
  • college entrance examination
  • paper, there is a testing exercise
  • that asks the students to write an
  • article about a dog named Ah Fu
  • who saved a girl picking flowers

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  • beside a river. It means that animals have
    feelings, especially when humans are in danger.
    On the other hand, in films and literature
    animals are described as wise, friendly and kind.
    They can help people out of trouble. They are so
    lovely. If we all think animals have

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  • feelings at bottom, we can protect
  • them well with our hearts. And
  • the world will become more and
  • more beautiful and peaceful.
  • D Animals are humanized in the
  • films and books. Although they
  • are important in our daily life, we
  • cant refuse the fact that animals
  • have no feelings.

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Is it right to teach animals tricks?
  • A I dont think its right to teach
  • animals tricks. First, animals are
  • wildlife. They should run in the
  • forest, play with their companions
  • and enjoy themselves as they like.
  • Second, its dangerous for people
  • to train animals.

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  • B Im afraid I dont agree with you.
  • Teaching animals tricks is
  • necessary, for animals tricks can
  • make much money and give us a
  • lot of fun. Besides, teaching
  • animals tricks does no harm to
  • animals.

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  • C Its impossible that tricks do no
  • harm to animals. Some tricks are
  • dangerous for animals. For
  • example, a horse jumps down
  • into water from a 20-meter-high
  • board. The horse takes a risk of
  • losing his life. Its too cruel of the
  • people to do so.

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  • D Anyhow, not all tricks are
  • dangerous. By training or taming,
  • for one thing, animals can
  • become wise and understand
  • people better. For another, they
  • can make humans happy and
  • satisfy our curiosity and admire
  • their courage and bravery.

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  • A But training animals is not an
  • easy job. Its too dangerous. Its
  • reported that a zoo-keeper was
  • hurt by a crocodile when he was
  • teaching it how to trick. Its
  • really not a good idea to teach
  • them tricks.

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  • B Time is limited. There is no
  • agreed result now. We cant agree
  • with each other. Perhaps we can
  • stick to our own ideas. If possible,
  • we can go to ask some animal
  • experts for some good advice.
  • Maybe we can learn a lot from

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  • them. After that, we can continue to talk and
    debate about the topic. OK?

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English idioms
1.cold fish ?????,?????? 2. go to the
dogs ? ???? 3. smell a rat
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  • 5. have a bee in ones head
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  • 6. monkey business
  • ????,?????
  • 7. do the donkey work
  • ?????????
  • 8. kill two birds with one stone
  • ?????

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Homework
  • Make more speaking practice debating in
    pairs or groups.
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