高三英语教案 Unit 14 Zoology [Reading & Integrating skills]

eg._________me ,there were ten other people at the meeting. (Besides, Apart from)
eg. The doctor told me nothing ______to stop smoking. (but)
eg. Last night I did nothing _____ watch TV. (but)

Integrating Skills

Step 1 Lead in
Which group do the zoologists place human Beings? Primates.
Primates include other mammals such as apes and monkeys, and they share certain characteristics.
Step 2 Fast reading
1 What are the key features found in primates? (Para 1)
2 Do you think it is possible to teach chimpanzees to use language and do other things that we consider typically human? Why or why not? (Para 6)
3.Can you name some key features found in primates?
Their hands and feet can grasp and often have opposable thumbs and toes.
4. Which two groups are the primates divided?
Higher primates and lower primates. Or new world primates and old world primates.
5. What are the differences between apes and monkeys?
Apes have no tails, nearly all monkeys do; apes tend to be larger and walk more upright; apes use sight more than smell. Apes also have more developed brains and give birth to fewer young.
6. What do primates use to express themselves and communicate?
They use facial expressions, body language and sounds to express themselves and they can even use colour and smell to communicate.
7. Why the experiments may not tell us much about how chimpanzees think and what they are able to do?
The reason is what the chimpanzees are trained to do is not natural to them, nor does it make much sense to the animals.
Step 3 Careful reading
Scan the passage and complete the chart below:
Types Characteristics and examples
Primate hands and feet can grasp and often have opposable thumbs and toes;
have a better sense of touch and the primate brain is larger.
Other animals not good at holding, moving, and using objects;
have a weak sense of touch and small brain.
Higher primates Large size of brain, such as human beings and apes.
Lower primates Small size of brain.
Monkeys Have tails, small and walk less upright.
Apes not tail, larger and walk more upright, use sight more than smell, developed brain.
Now world primates Bigger and spend more time on the ground, such as monkeys, apes and humans
Suggested answers to Ex 1 on Page 126
Primates
Primates have hands and feet that can grasp or thumbs and toes that are opposable. Primates also have a highly developed sense of touch and a brain that is larger—compared to body size—than that of other animals.
Other animals
Other animals have smaller brains compared to their body size.

Higher primates
Larger brains
Lower primates  Smaller brains

Monkeys
Most monkeys have tails; monkeys are smaller and doesn’t walk upright as apes; their brains are less developed.
Apes
Apes have no tails; apes tend to be larger and walk more upright; apes use sight more than smell; an ape’s brain is more developed; apes have fewer young

New world primates
The group includes, among others, the spider monkey and the night monkey. New world primates are usually small and live in trees
Old world primates
The group includes monkeys, apes and humans. Old world primates are bigger and spend more time on the ground.

Suggested answers to Ex 2 on Page 126
Higher primates, such as chimpanzees, are genetically very similar to human beings. They walk like us (upright) and have hands and feet that can grasp. Chimpanzees and other higher primates also behave in “human” ways: they live in groups, they communicate with each other, and they use tools to find and eat food. However, these similarities do not mean that higher primates necessarily think like humans or are able to do what humans do, such as the solve problems and use human language. Some primates, such as chimpanzees, also still have opposable toes, but human beings don’t.
Step 4 Discussion
Do you think it is possible to teach chimpanzees to use language and do other things that we consider typically human? Why or why not?
Step 5 Language points
1.That means that primates are better than other animals at holding, moving and using objects.
better than other animals是比较级表最高级的用法.
(1) 比较级+than+any other+单数名词 He is taller than any other boy in his class.
(2) 比较级+than+all the other +复数名词 He is taller than all the other boys in his class
(3) 比较级+than +anyone else He is taller than anyone else
2. Notably
(1) adv.值得注意的;愿意地;引人注目地;显然
Many members are notably absent from the meeting.
(2) 尤其地;特别地 Many members were absent, notably the vice-chairman.
3. Compared to (with)与……相比较 Compared to (with) her mother, she is tall.
compare…with…把……和……做比较 compare…to… 把……比作……
beyond/past/without compare无比的;无双的
4. feast on 或feast…on…宴请(某人),款待;尽情地吃 He feasted his friends on turkey.
We feasted all evening on the best food and drink.

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