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牛津上海版 英语 八年级 第二学期
Unit 5
Episode 1
A:高台跳水
Cartoon talk
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How can you eat that rubbish, Hi? It must taste horrible!
Ahh! Lovely!
What is Hi doing in the cartoon?
What does Lo think of what Hi eats?
What is Lo drinking?
What does Lo think of what he himself drinks?
What does Hi probably think of Lo?
What does this cartoon make us think about?
He is eating a pizza.
He thinks it is horrible.
He is drinking oil.
He thinks it is lovely/tasty.
He thinks that Lo must be crazy.
(Students’ own answers.)
What do you know about …?
A1 Look at the cartoon again. Which sense is Lo talking about?
Taste.
A2 Taste is just one of the five senses. Do you know the other four?
Our five senses:
hearing
smell
sight
taste
touch
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B1 Match the five senses with the pictures.
a
b
c
d
e
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hearing
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smell
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sight
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taste
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touch
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B2 Answer these questions.
Which of the body parts above is often called ‘the window to the soul’?
Which of the body parts above helps us keep our balance so that we do not fall down?
Which of the body parts contains a drum?
Which sense sometimes stops working when you have a cold?
Which sense uses your tongue?
Which sense covers your whole body?
the eye
the ear
the ear
smell
taste
touch
e
f
g
h
ef = gh
Can you always believe what your senses tell you?
Look at the following. Which lines are longer, ab or cd, ef or gh?
a
b
c
d
ab = cd
B4 Look at the centre of the picture for 30 seconds. What happens? Can you tell the reason?
B3 Which circle is bigger? The green one or the purple one?
They are of the same size.
B5 Do the objects in these pictures really exist?
sight
/saɪt/
n.
the ability to see
The disease has affected her sight.
He has very little sight in his right eye.
soul
/səʊl/
n.
the spiritual part of a person
There was something deep in her soul.
balance
/'bæləns/
n.
a situation in which different things exist in equal, correct or good amounts
Try to keep a balance between work and relaxation.
Athletes need a good sen