For or Against Keeping Pets

Teacher: WuyanyanClass Four ,Grade Eight

Farmer Brown’s got one big dog, Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

One big dog and two small puppies, Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

Farmer Brown’s got three big cats, Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.

Three big cats and four small kittens, Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.

Farmer Brown’s got five big cows, Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo.

Five big cows and six small calves,Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo.

Farmer Brown’s got seven big ducks, Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.

Seven big ducks and eight small ducklings,Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack.

Farmer Brown’s got nine big sheep, Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.

Nine big sheep and ten small lambs,Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba.

Match the words and expressions in Column A to those in Column B

A B( )1. be in favour of A. besides( )2. lonely B. one thinks( )3. keep sb. company C. lately( )4. be friendly to D. give reason for or against a statement( )5. in one’s opinion E. unhappy for being alone( )6. argue F. be with sb.( )7. what’s more G. showing kindness to( )8. recently H. support

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Complete the following sentences

1. Pets are friendly to people. Our teacher says _______________________________.

2. Walking a dog is good exercise. We know _______________________________.

3. People should donate the money to the poor. I think ________________________________________

4. Keeping pets will spend too much money. The old lady thinks ______________________________________.

5. He won’t be back in two hours. She says ________________________________.

that people should donate the money to the poor.

that keeping pets will spend too much money

that he won’t be back in two hours

that pets are friendly to people

that walking a dog is good exercise

6. Can dogs save people’s lives when they are in danger? I wonder _____________________________________________.

7. Are dogs good for people’s health? She asks the teacher _____________________________________.

8. Does your sister also like sports? He wants to know ________________________________.

9. Did the farmer use chemicals? Jane asks the farmer ________________________________.

10. Has the boy seen the film? I have no idea ________________________.

if dogs can save people’s lives when they’re in danger

if/whether your sister also likes sport

if/whether dogs are good for people’s health

if/whether the farmer used chemicals

if the boy has seen the film

Look at the pictures and answer the following questions.

1.What are the students in these two pictures doing?

They are having a debate.

2. What’s their topic?The topic is Whether we should encourage people to keep pets.

3. What’s the boy’s opinion in keeping pets?

He is in favour of keeping pets.

4. What’s the girl’s opinion?

She is against keeping pets.

Reasons for keeping pets:

I’m ___________ keeping pets because pets are _________ to us. When we feel _______, they can ______________. When we are in danger, they can _______ us. Besides, cats and dogs are also __________________. _____________ is good _________. Therefore (因此 ) ， we should ___________ people to keep pets.

in favour offriendly to lonelykeep us company

savegood for our health Walking a dogexercise encourage

Reasons against keeping pets:

1. People spend too much ________ on ____. They should _______ the money to ___________.

2. Pets are ______ and _____.

3. Some dogs even ____ people. They are ________.

money petsdonate the poor

dirty noisy

bite dangerous

Judge T or F( )1. The students had a discussion yesterday.

( )2.They argued about whether we should encourage people to keep pets.

( )3. A recent newspaper report says that pets are good for people’s health.

( )4. The report says that walking a dog is good for people.

F

T

T

T

—————debate

( )5. Some people think that we should donate money to the poor.( )6. They also think that some pets are dirty and noisy.

( )7. Both sides had enough reasons.

( )8. It was easy for the judges to decide the winners.

( )9. The students have learned from this debate the advantages and disadvantages in keeping pets.

T

T

T

F

T

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difficult

Fill in the blanks

Yesterday we had a debate. We argued about ________________________________________.

Some students are in favour of ____________. In

their opinion, pets are friendly to us. They can __________________ when we feel lonely.

What’s more, a recent newspaper report says

that dogs are good for people’s health because __________________________.

whether we should encourage people to keep pets

keeping pets

keep us company

Walking a dog is good exercise

However, other students were against keeping pets. They think that people spend ___________________.

In their opinion, people should _______________________. In addition, some pets

are ________ and ________________. Some

dogs even _________. _________________.

too much money on pets

donate the money to the poor

very dirty make a lot of noise

bite people They are dangerous

Extension activity:

Do you keep pets at home? Why or why not? Give us your reasons.

Whether you are for or against keeping pets, in my opinion, to love animals is the most important. They can help us in many ways. They are useful helpers. What’s more, to love animals shows our love and responsibility(责任感 ). It makes us warm-hearted. So even we see a homeless(无家可归 ) animal, we should give it a helping hand. In one word, animals are our human beings’ friends, we should take good care of them!

Homework:1.Learn the text by heart2.What’s your opinion about keeping pets? Give us your reasons