Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,1,Unit Four,Towards a Better Society,Warming-up questions: What is this picture about? Do you have a sense of security? See the vedio and talk more.,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,2,Think about It,Listen to the following passage and try to fill in the missing information.,At the peak of East Africas (1) _ poaching in the 1970s and early 1980s, Mount Elgon National Park escaped the (2) _of elephants for their tusks that plagued other areas of Kenya. By 1986, all this had changed. Elephant (3) _ in Elgon had fallen from more than (4) _ to possibly 50. Poaching was rampant, with chainsaws, (5) _ and possibly even (6) _ being used to kill for tusks sometimes (7) _ These tusks are very (8) _ one pair is worth more than (9) _ times what an African farmer or factory worker earns in a year. Mount Elgons elephants were on the edge of (10) _.,Dying for Their Tusks,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,3,Think about It,Listen to the following passage and try to fill in the missing information.,At the peak of East Africas (1) _ poaching in the 1970s and early 1980s, Mount Elgon National Park escaped the (2) _of elephants for their tusks that plagued other areas of Kenya. By 1986, all this had changed. Elephant (3) _ in Elgon had fallen from more than (4) _ to possibly 50. Poaching was rampant, with chainsaws, (5) _ and possibly even (6) _ being used to kill for tusks sometimes (7) _ These tusks are very (8) _ one pair is worth more than (9) _ times what an African farmer or factory worker earns in a year. Mount Elgons elephants were on the edge of (10) _,ivory,extensive killing,numbers,1,200,automatic weapons,anti-tank guns,as short as a pencil.,valuable,three,extinction.,Dying for Their Tusks,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,4,In-class Activities,Task 1 Describe the Picture,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,5,Task 2 Duel in the Coffin Canyon,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,6,After-class Activities,Passage for Recitation,The TrojansHorse,Many, many years ago there was a war between the Greeks and the Trojans. The Greek ships sailed up to the city of Troy. When the Trojans saw the Greek ships, they closed the gates of the city and stayed behind the walls. The Greeks attacked the city many times, but could not take it. Then one of the Greeks thought of a plan. The Greeks made a big wooden horse, and the leaders of the Greek army hid inside the horse. In the morning the Greeks burned their camp and sailed away. Only the big wooden horse remained in front of the gates.,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,7,After-class Activities,Passage for Recitation,The TrojansHorse,But the Greek ships did not sail far. The ships stopped at a place near Troy, where the Trojans could not see them. At first the Trojans wanted to burn the horse but a Greek prisoner said: “Dont burn the horse. Bring it into Troy. It will bring luck to the city.”,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,8,After-class Activities,Passage for Recitation,The TrojansHorse,Then the Trojans brought the wooden horse into the city. The next day was a holiday in Troy. All the people danced and drank to celebrate it. At night all the Trojan soldiers fell asleep. The Greek ships came back to Troy in the night. The leaders of the Greek soldiers came out of the wooden horse and opened the gates of the city. The Greek army came into the city, killed many Trojans and took the city.,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,9,Enjoy a Poem,Thanks for Everything,For all that God in mercy sends; For health and children, home and friends, For comfort in the time of need, For every kindly word and deed, For happy thoughts and holy talk, For guidance in our daily walk, For everything give thanks!,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,10,Enjoy a Poem,For beauty in this world of ours, For verdant grass and lovely flowers, For song of birds, for hum of bees, For refreshing summer breeze, For hill and plain, for streams and wood, For everything give thanks!,Thanks for Everything,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,11,Enjoy a Poem,For sweet sleep which comes with night, For the returning mornings light, For the bright sun that shines on high, For the stars glittering in the sky, For these and everything we see, O Lord, our hearts we lift to thee. For everything give thanks!,Thanks for Everything,Senior Oral English Course Unit Four,12,Hotel California On a darkness highway, cool wind in my hair. Warm smell of colitas using up through the air. Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shining light, my head grew heavy and my night grew dimmer I had to stop for the night. There she stood in the doorway, I head the mission ball and I was thinking to myself, this could be heaven or this could be hell. Then she light up a candle she sho