UsingLanguage(Ⅱ)Describeaniconicanimal选必四Unit2Period4

learningobjectives:1.tograspthewordsusedtodescribeaniconicanimal2.towriteanessayaboutdescribinganiconicanimalfromseveralaspects3.tobroadenawarenessofsomeuniqueanimalsinAustralia

kangaroo/?k??ɡ??ru?/AustraliahaslotsofuniqueanimalsCanyouguessthenameoftheseamazinganimalsaccordingtofollowingdescription?ThisanimallivesinAustraliaandjumpsveryhighwithitsstronglegs.2.Ithasalong,thicktailtohelpitbalancewhenmoving.3.Itcarriesitsbabyinaspecialpocketonitsbodycalledapouch.

kangaroo/?k??ɡ??ru?/Whenitcomestokangaroo,isitasymbolofAustralia？readthetextinp19and20tofindtheanswer.

Australiahaslotsofuniqueanimals,butwhichanimalisasymbolofthecountry?Ithastobethekangaroo,asithasawidedistributionthroughoutthecountry.Itsatoughanimalthathastosurviveinadifficultenvironment.Also,itcannotwalkbackwards,soitisalwaysmovingforwards.ThisexpressesthestrengthandresolveoftheAustraliansasindividualsandasanation.Babykangaroosweighonlytwogrammesatbirth.Theythenfindtheirwayintotheirmotherspouch—akindofpocket—tostaysafeandwarm.Theysleepanddrinkmilkinthattemporary,protectedenvironmentuntiltheyareaboutsevenoreightmonthsold.Afterthisphase,theygoouttotrytheirlegs.Aftertheylearntojump,theygraduallyspendlesstimewiththeirmotherandlearntobeindependent.Kangaroosmaylookcute,butencounterswiththemdontalwaysendsowell.Kangarooscanhitandkickveryhard,sopleasefolks,ifyouseesomekangaroos,remembertheyrenotforpetting!这正体现了澳大利亚人无论作为个体还是整个民族，都具备勇往直前的力量与决心。Howlongdobabykangaroosstayintheirmotherspouch?Analogy

KangarooAppearance：Uniqueness：Relationshipwithothers：Babies：cannot,havea.babykangaroosweigh.To