新标准初中英语七年级上(2012版)--Module 6-Unit 2

Unit 2 The tiger lives in Asia.
第二单元 老虎生活在亚洲。
Reading¹ and vocabulary²
阅读与词汇
Activity 3 Read the passage and complete the table.
活动3 读文章，完成表格。
Animals
动物
The elephant lives in Africa and in Asia.
大象生活在非洲和亚洲。
This elephant lives in Africa.
这头大象生活在非洲。
It eats plants, leaves, bamboo³ and a little fruit, but it doesn't eat meat. It likes water.
它吃植物、树叶、竹子和少量的水果，但是它不吃肉。它喜欢水。
There are only about 1,800 pandas in China and about 200 of them lives in zoos.
中国只有约1800只熊猫，其中约有200只生活在动物园里。
The panda eats about 30 kilos of bamboo a day, as well as plants and leaves.
一只熊猫每天约吃30千克竹子，还有植物和树叶。
This black and white animal is the favourite of people all over the world.
这只黑白相间的动物是全世界人的最爱。
The zebra is an African⁴ animal. Like the panda, it's black and white.
斑马是非洲的动物。像熊猫一样，它也是黑白相间的。
It eats plants and leaves, as well as grass, but the zebra doesn't eat bamboo.
它吃植物和树叶，还有草，不过斑马不吃竹子。
The tiger lives in Asia. It's a very large animal and usually lives alone.
老虎生活在亚洲。它是一种非常大的动物，而且通常独自生活。
It likes water and is good at swimming.
它喜欢水，而且擅长游泳。
It's strong and catches many kinds of animals for food.
它很强壮，捕食许多其他种类的动物为生。
Monkeys live in Africa, Asia and America.
猴子生活在非洲、亚洲和美洲。
There are about 200 kinds of monkeys.
大约有200种猴子。
Monkeys eat meat, leaves, fruit and even eggs!
猴子吃肉、树叶、水果，甚至还吃鸡蛋！

1 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

2 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。

3 bamboo   

n.竹；竹子；adj.用竹子制的

参考例句：

• She sometimes uses a bamboo as a stick.她有时用竹竿当手杖。
• People use bamboo to build houses.人们用竹子建造房屋。

4 African   

adj.非洲的 n.非洲人，非洲居民

参考例句：

• He was a tall,well-dressed African.他是一个高个子、穿着很好的非洲人。
• Egypt is an African country. 埃及是一个非洲国家。