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Pet Dogs: To Keep or Not to Keep, That Is the Question

Explore the debate on keeping pet dogs through the conflicting opinions of Emma and Matt. Learn about the benefits and drawbacks, such as loyalty, responsibility, barking, and cleanliness. After reading, engage in a group discussion on robotic dogs versus real dogs. Prepare for a debate by gathering facts to support your stance. Enhance your understanding of different perspectives on pet ownership.

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Pet Dogs: To Keep or Not to Keep, That Is the Question

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  1. Unit 6 Pets Reading

  2. Warming up

  3. Do you have a pet? What is it? • 2) If you have no pets, do you want one? • Why or why not?

  4. Pre-reading Look at the pictures, the title, the introduction and the sub-headings of the article on page 83. Then answer the questions below.

  5. 1. What do you think the article is about? • 2. Who likes keeping a pet dog and who does not? • 3. What does the title “head to head” mean? The article is about if it is a good idea to keep pet dogs. Emma likes keeping a pet dog and Matt does not. Emma and Matt have different ideas on keeping pet dogs. They argue (争论) with each other.

  6. I think it’s a good idea to keep pet dogs. Opinion cute and faithful bark at strangers and keep our home safe Keeping dogs can help us become responsible people. Fact 2 Fact 1 Fact 3 faithful adj. 忠诚的 stranger n. 陌生人 responsible adj. 有责任感的

  7. Opinion Fact 1 Fact 2 Fact 3

  8. While-reading First Reading D1 Read the following statements and decide whether they are F (Facts) or O (Opinions). • According to my mum, this helps us become more • responsible people. F/O • 2. A dog will love you faithfully and bring you lots of happiness • for many years. F/O • 3. Nearly all dogs bark at strangers. F/O • 4. Keeping pet dogs is not a good idea. F/O

  9. Second Reading D2 Emma and Matt have given us many reasons to support their opinions. Read the article again and complete the notes below. Emma’s opinion: keeping pet dog is a good idea Emma’s reasons: Dogs are (1)____________________________. People can learn (2)_________________________________. Young people can learn how to(3)___________________________. Dog will love you faithfully and bring you lots of happiness for(4) ______________. really cute responsibility from keeping dogs care for others by keeping dogs many years

  10. Matt’s opinion: keeping pet dog is not a good idea Matt’s reasons: Pet dogs leave their (5) _______ everywhere, and they need to be washed often. Dogs are (6)_________. Most dogs bark at (7)______________. Not all dogs are (8)____________. A small number of pet dogs even (9)_____________________. People keep their dogs in (10)___________________. The dogs cannot run free. Owning dogs can be (11)_________________. hair noisy strangers friendly attack people small spaces expensive

  11. opinion opinion facts facts 议论文结构：opinion-facts-opinion

  12. Third Reading C1 Guess the meaning of the words in italics. cute feed Nearly common have no choice but to

  13. Post-reading Group discussion Google invented a kind of robot dog. Positive side(正方):It is good to keep a real dog. Negative side(反方):It is good to keep a robot dog. Find some proper facts to support your opinions.

  14. Homework 收集辩论赛的方法和流程，并准备好辩论词， 做好辩论赛的准备。

  15. Self-assessment（课堂教学评价） How well do you know these important points? Tick in the blank.

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