Transcript Animal Helpers

Unit 8
I’ll help clean up the city parks.
Discuss
Do you often write letters?
Can you tell me how to write
a letter?
How is a letter different from
an article?
1. letters need addresses
2. letters need greetings at beginning
and end
3. letters use informal language
1. Who wrote this letter?
Liz Smith
2. What does “ Lucky” mean in the title?
It’s the name of a dog.
3. What’s “Animal Helpers”?
It’s an organization to help disabled
people.
4. What kind of person is the writer?
He is a disabled person.
5. Why does Liz Smith write this letter?
He wants to thank Miss Li for sending
money to Animal Helpers
Do you know what the following
letters stand for?
n
v
adj
adv
pron
prep
conj
noun
名词
verb
动词
adjective
形容词
adverb
副词
代词
pronoun
preposition
介词
conjunction
连词
3a
Find examples of each part of
speech in the reading.
Nouns: money, animal, helpers, people
lucky, organization…
Pronouns: I ,you, it, my, who, that…
Verbs: like, thank, send, set (up), fill…
Adjectives: disabled, blind, deaf, normal…
Adverbs: easily, well, last year, at once…
Prepositions: for, with, of…
Conjunctions: but, and, because, or…
Exclamations: You see, Lucky!
Find three examples of phrasal
verbs from the reading. Use them
to make sentences of your own.
set up 建立，成立
eg. An organization to set up to help
disabled people.
cheer up 为…加油；
eg. I’ll cheer our football team up
in the next match.
run out of 用光，耗尽
eg. I am afraid we’ve run out of petrol.
Use information in the letter to
make true sentences by matching the
different parts.
SUBJECT
VERB
Miss Li
can fetch unable to move
well.
money to “Animal
trains
Helpers”.
Liz Smith
OBJECT/
PREDICATE
Lucky
donated
animals like Lucky.
“Animal
Helpers”
is
things for disabled
people
Find out the new words in the
letter.
Dear Miss Li,
I’d like to thank you for sending
money to “Animal Helpers”, an
organization set up to help disabled
people. For sure, you have helped
make it possible for me to have
“Lucky”, who has filled my life with
pleasure. Let me tell you my story.
Being blind, deaf, unable to walk, or use
your hands easily is something that most
people cannot imagine. But there are
many people who face these challenges,
and I am one of them. Because I can’t use
my arms or legs well, normal things like
answering the telephone, opening and
shutting doors, or carrying things have
always been difficult for me.
Then one day last year, a friend of
mine said that she would like to help
me out. She said she would talk to
“Animal Helpers” to see if it would be
possible for me to get a specially
trained dog. she also thought a dog
might cheer me up. I told her that I
love animals, and that I’d love to
have a dog.
After six months of training with a dog
at “Animal Helpers”, I was able to bring
him home. My dog’s name is “Lucky” –
a good name for him because I feel very
lucky to have him. You see, I’m only
able to have a :dog-helper” because of
your kind donation!
How does Lucky help me, you might
ask? Well, he has been trained to
understand different instructions. For
example, I say, “Lucky! Fetch my
book,” and he does it at once. He is
very clever, and understands many
English words, even some difficult
ones like “upstairs”.
Lucky is an amazing dog. I’ll send you a
photo of him if you like, and I could
show you how he helps me too one day.
And so I thank you again for supporting
“Animal Helpers”. It is very important
that this organization does not run out of
money. Your donation is greatly
appreciated and the money is well used
to help disabled people like me.
Best wishes,
Liz Smith
Write a short reply to Liz Smith.
1.Offer to help her more.
2.Say why you are able to help.
3.Say what you could do to help.
Dear Liz,
I was so happy to receive your letter.
Thank you very much for writing to tell me
about Lucky. I would really love to come and
visit you one day and see how Lucky helps
you. I’d also like to help you some more
because I have some extra time at the
moment. Perhaps I could help you at home,
or do some work for “Animal Helpers” . I
enjoy watching them train the animals too.
I’ll call them one day soon.
Here is my phone number…