Unit 5

Does your best friend have four legs?

新视野大学英语 视听说教程 2

• Identifying special quantities

• Giving short responses; praising; making recommendations

• Talking about animal and other theme-related topics

Aims

•Do you keep pets?

Warming up

Why do you keep pets?

cute /lovely

keep us companyuseful

make us appear fashionable

I can sing songs!

Word Tips• yell• freezer

Question• Why did the parrot suddenly change his

attitude?

Listening in (1)Task 3 (NHII, P63)

Now listen to the first part of the passage again and fill in the blanks with the missing information.

• A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had __________ and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of this bird’s mouth was _______. John tried every method to change the bird’s attitude by constantly saying polite words, playing ________, and anything he could think of to ______________.Nothing worked. Finally, John got fed up and he yelled at the parrot. And the bird ________. John shook the parrot, and the bird got angrier and _________. Finally, in a moment of _________, John put the bird in the refrigerator ______.

a bad attitude

rude

soft musicset a good example

yelled back

ruder desperationfreezer

Why don’t you keep pets?

•You are not just my ________; you’re my primary _________...

• You are not just my ________; you’re my primary _________...

ownercaregiver

Listening in (2)

1. Task 2 (NHII, P62) Put the cat out!

2. Task 2 (NHII, P72) 100 percent polar bear

1. Put the cat out Listen to the passage and arrange the following events

in the order they happened. (P62)

• ___ The husband went back to chase the cat out because he did not want their cat to have free run of the house.

• ___ The couple was going to celebrate the wife’s birthday.

• ___ The cat shot back into the house when the couple was going to the taxi.

• ___ The wife told the driver a lie.• ___ The husband put the cat out.• ___ The husband got into the car.

• What would the driver probably think about the wife’s mother?

2. 100 percent polar bear

Listen to the passage and mark the statements T (true) or F (false). (P72)

• __ The son polar bear wanted to know whether he was 100 percent polar bear.

• __ The father said that he himself was 1 percent brown bear.• __ The son bear would feel hurt if he should be told that he

was not a pure polar bear.• __ After the son asked the same question three times, the

father lost patience.• __ The son cannot possibly be a 100 percent polar bear

because he was afraid of cold.

Viewing & Listening

Chandler

Phoebe

Rachel

Joey

RossMonica

• Question• Is Chandler fond of dogs? Why or why not?

• Word tips• needy• jumpy• scare • allergic (allergy)

needy jumpywhat they are thinking

scares

They are _________, they are ________, and you can’t tell __________________, and that _________ me a little bit.

Speaking

• Student A: You want to keep a pet. Try to

persuade your mother /father into buying you one.

• Student B: You don’t like keeping pets. Explain to your kid why you don’t want him/her to keep the pet.

• cute /lovely• entertaining• useful• keep us company• make us appear fashionable

• time-consuming• needy• jumpy• scary• cause allergy symptoms

• I’d like to… / I want to…

• I think it’s a good /great /fantastic idea to …

• I think we’d better….

• There are more advantages than disadvantages.

• I’m against the idea.

• I don’t agree with you. / I don’t think so.

• I think we’d better not …

• There are more disadvantages than advantages.

• How to talk to your dog?

(Video-watching & Questions & Retelling)

• Animal testing

• (Video-watching & Questions & Presentation)

Getting further

How to talk to your dog?

Hi, there!

Word tips • coo• Fido• increment• doleful• plea• apprehensive• sniff• on all fours

Questions

• What do you need if you want to talk to your dog?

• How many tips are mentioned? What are they about?

• What do we need?

• How many steps are mentioned? What are they about?

Consistency and a basic knowledge of dog body language.

1.Be consistent.

2.Give one-word commands.

5.Watch your tone.

4.Learn how to read your dog.

3.Watch your body language.

6.Speak his language.

Now watch the video clip again

Chances are, when you’re cooing to Fido, all he’s hearing is, “Blah, blah, blah.” Stop annoying everyone around you—and learn to speak his language.

Step 1: Be consistent

Be consistent with the meaning you want to ＿ ＿ ＿ ＿ to the word you use. For example, when you say, “Fido, down,” decide in advance if it’s going to mean, “Get off Aunt Ethel,” or, “Lie down.”

Step 2:  Give __________ commandsGive commands one at a time, in one-word increments, such as “Come,” “Sit,” and “Down.” If you say, “Fido, come sit down,” he’s not going to know what the heck you want him to do.

Step 3:  Watch your body languageWatch your body language, because your dog will ＿ ＿ ＿ ＿ that message, not what you’re saying. If you’re visibly tense, it won’t matter if you’re saying, “I love you.” Fido will ＿＿＿＿ you’re troubled and he’ll become anxious, too.

Step 4:  Learn how to read your dogLearn how to read your dog. It’s a common ＿＿＿＿＿＿ that a dog’s doleful stare is a sign of adoration or a plea for food. Actually, it’s an act of aggression. Fido’s not begging for food; he’s demanding it!

Step 5:  Watch your toneWatch your tone when speaking to your dog. For example, use your high-pitched, “What fun we’re going to have!” voice when you’re entering the vet’s office. If you sound apprehensive, you’ll just ＿＿＿＿ him, no matter how nurturing your words.

Step 6:  Speak his languageSpeak to your dog in his language. To say “hello,” ______ toward his nose. To bid adieu, swish your hand downward and turn your back. Tell him it’s time to play by getting on all fours and patting the ground.

Chances are, when you’re cooing to Fido, all he’s hearing is, “Blah, blah, blah.” Stop annoying everyone around you—and learn to speak his language.

Step 1: Be consistent

Be consistent with the meaning you want to ＿ ＿ ＿ ＿ to the word you use. For example, when you say, “Fido, down,” decide in advance if it’s going to mean, “Get off Aunt Ethel,” or, “Lie down.”

Step 2:  Give __________ commandsGive commands one at a time, in one-word increments, such as “Come,” “Sit,” and “Down.” If you say, “Fido, come sit down,” he’s not going to know what the heck you want him to do.

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one-word

Step 3:  Watch your body languageWatch your body language, because your dog will ＿ ＿ ＿ ＿ that message, not what you’re saying. If you’re visibly tense, it won’t matter if you’re saying, “I love you.” Fido will ＿＿＿＿ you’re troubled and he’ll become anxious, too.

Step 4:  Learn how to read your dogLearn how to read your dog. It’s a common ＿＿＿＿＿＿ that a dog’s doleful stare is a sign of adoration or a plea for food. Actually, it’s an act of aggression. Fido’s not begging for food; he’s demanding it!

process

sense

misconception

Step 5:  Watch your toneWatch your tone when speaking to your dog. For example, use your high-pitched, “What fun we’re going to have!” voice when you’re entering the vet’s office. If you sound apprehensive, you’ll just ＿＿＿＿ him, no matter how nurturing your words.

Step 6:  Speak his languageSpeak to your dog in his language. To say “hello,” ______ toward his nose. To bid adieu, swish your hand downward and turn your back. Tell him it’s time to play by getting on all fours and patting the ground.

scare

sniff

Retelling

Based on the video clip, now please give an oral summary on how to talk to dogs.

ANIMAL TESTING

CT scan

antibiotics

MRI

vaccination

What are the speakers’ viewpoints on animal testing?

Video watching

Is it acceptable to have animal testing?

Presentation Get prepared for an oral presentation on the topic of

animal testing. Your presentation should include the following aspects:

1. how you feel about animal testing

2. why animal testing should be stopped /kept

Assignments

• Listening skills (NHII, P60)

• Further listening and speaking (NHII, P71-P73)