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Section B (1a-1d)
Unit 7 What’s the highest mountain in the world?
(Period 4)
Free talk
What’s your favorite animal?
dog
cat
rabbit
bird
monkey
panda
dolphin
giraffe
elephant
koala
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Can you guess what my favorite animal is?
Guessing game
It is very huge.
It has two big ears.
It has a long nose.
3
Can you guess what my favorite animal is?
Guessing game
It is very cute.
It is from China.
It is black and white.
cm (=centimeter/centimeter)
weight
birth
at birth
up to
adult
厘米
v. 重量是……;称……的重量
n. 出生;诞生
出生时
到达(某数量、程度等);至多有;不多于
adj. 成年的;成人的
n. 成人;成年动物
Make sentences to describe the elephant and the panda.
Look and say
Elephant
- is 350 cm tall
- weighs 5,000 kilos
- eats 150 kilos of food a day
This elephant is 350 cm tall. It weighs 5,000 kilos and eats 150 kilos of food a day.
Make sentences to describe the elephant and the panda.
Look and say
Panda
- is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs)
- weighs 100 kilos
- eats 10 kilos of food a day
This panda is 150 cm tall when it is standing on two legs. It weighs 100 kilos and eats 10 kilos of food a day.
Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.
1a
Elephant
- is 350 cm tall
- weighs 5,000 kilos
- eats 150 kilos of food a day
Panda
- is 150 cm tall
(standing on two legs)
- weighs 100 kilos
- eats 10 kilos of food a day
Example sentence:
This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
(200 cm taller/shorter, weigh much more/less, eat much more/less, eat many times more)
Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.
1a
This elephant is 200 cm ______ ______ this panda.
This panda is 200 cm ______ ______ this elephant.
150 cm tall
350 cm tall
VS
taller than
shorter than
Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.
1a
This elephant weighs ______ ______ than this panda.
This panda weighs______ ______ than this elephant.
100 kilos
5,000 kilos
VS
much more
much less
Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.
1a
This elephant eats ______ ______ than this panda.
This panda eats ______ ______ ______ than this elephant.
10 kilos of food a day
150 kilos
of food a day
VS
much more
many times less
Read the following numbers.
one hundred
sixteen
100
twenty
16
20
50
fifty
one hundred and twenty
zero point one
120
zero point two
0.1
0.2
150
one hundred and fifty
Listen and check (✓) the numbers you hear.
1b
_____ 100 _____ 16 _____ 20 _____ 50 _____ 120 _____ 0.1 _____ 0.2 _____ 150
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✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
1.At birth, a baby panda is about ______ to ______ kilos.
2.At birth, a baby panda is about ______ cm long.
3.A baby panda is not black. It is ______ and it has no ______.
4.A panda can live up to ______ to ______ years.
Listen again and complete the sentences.
1c
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pink
0.2
15
0.1
teeth
20
30
Listen again and complete the table.
Baby pandas Adult pandas
Weight
Length
Color
Others
about 0.1 to 0.2 kilos
about 100 kilos
about 150 cm
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about 15 cm
pink
black and white
can’t see, has no teeth
live up to 20 to 30 years
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Teacher: Do you have any questions about baby pandas?
Boy 1: Are they much smaller than an adult panda?
Teacher: Yes. When they’re born, they only weigh about 0.1 to 0.2 kilos.
Boy 1: Wow, that’s small! I know an adult panda weighs many times more than
a baby.
Teacher: That’s right. And the adult pandas weigh around 100 kilos.
Boy 2: What about the size of a baby panda? How small is it?
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Listen and read.
播放教材1c音频
Listen and read.
Teacher: At birth, it’s only around 15 cm long, but an adult panda is around
150 cm long.
Girl: Is a baby panda also black and white?
Teacher: No, you would never guess! A baby panda is pink and it cannot see.
It also doesn’t have any teeth.
Girl: How long can pandas live?
Teacher: They can live up to 20 to 30 years.
Pair work
Try to make cards for the adult panda and the baby panda. You can use the cards in 1a as examples. Then work in pairs and compare the adult panda with the baby panda.
Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.
1d
A: A baby panda cannot see.
B: An adult panda weighs many times more than
a baby panda.
1.weighs 5,000 kilos 重达5 000千克
weigh 动词,意为“重量是……;称……的重量”。
e.g. How much did you weigh last time? 你上次体重是多少?
Weigh this package for me, please. 请给我称一下这个包裹。
e.g. It is about 20 kilos in weight. 这东西重约20千克。
My mother is trying to lose weight. 我妈妈正在努力减肥。
拓展
weigh 的名词形式为 weight,意为“重量”,是不可数名词。常用短语:put on weight 意为“增重”;lose weight 意为“减肥”。
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2.This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
这头大象比这只熊猫重许多倍。
many times more than 意为“比……许多倍”,是倍数的表达方式之一。其中,time 用作可数名词,表示“倍数”。
e.g. This building is three times taller than that one.
这座楼比那座楼高三倍。
注意
表示“两倍”用 twice,表示“三倍及以上”则用“基数词+ times”。
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2.This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
这头大象比这只熊猫重许多倍。
英语中常用的倍数表达法
归纳
①“A+谓语动词+倍数+形容词/副词的比较级+than+B”表示“A比B……多少倍”。
e.g. He runs three times faster than his brother. 他跑得比他弟弟快三倍。
②“A+谓语动词+倍数+as+形容词/副词的原级+as+B”表示“A是B的多少倍……”。
e.g. His father is twice as tall as he. 他父亲的身高是他的两倍。
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2.This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
这头大象比这只熊猫重许多倍。
英语中常用的倍数表达法
归纳
③“A+谓语动词+倍数+the height/weight/length/size ...+of+B”表示“A的高度/重量/长度/大小……是B的多少倍”。
e.g. This hill is four times the height of that small one.
这座山的高度是那座小山的四倍。
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3.At birth, a baby panda is about 0.1 to 0.2 kilos.
出生时,熊猫幼崽大约0.1到0.2千克。
at birth 意为“出生时”,在句中常作时间状语,相当于时间状语从句“when ... was/were born”。其中,birth 用作不可数名词,意为“出生;诞生”。
e.g. At birth, most babies weigh between 6 and 8 pounds.
=Most babies weigh between 6 and 8 pounds when they were born.
大多数婴儿出生时的体重在6到8磅之间。
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4.A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years. 熊猫能活20到30年。
up to 意为“到达;至多有;不多于”,常用于数词之前,表示达到某种程度或某一数量,相当于 as far as。
e.g. Our football team played up to its best last night.
我们的足球队昨晚发挥出了最高水平。
There are up to 2,000 students in our school.
我们学校有多达两千名学生。
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cm、weight、birth、at birth、up to、adult
词汇
This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
表达事物之间的倍数关系
·When they’re born, they only weigh about 0.1 to 0.2 kilos.
·At birth, it’s only around 15 cm long, but an adult panda is
around 150 cm long.
·A panda can live up to 20 to 30 years.
描述动物
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Find out some facts about 3 other animals, and make comparisons among them.
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