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Unit 5
Animal friends
Understanding cultures
Interesting animals
1.获取和梳理本篇说明文的内容,了解世界上奇异的动物,提取四种奇异动物的的特征,形成信息结构图。(学习理解)
2. 通过介绍四种奇异动物的习性和特征,意识到保护动物的重要性,从而激发热爱动物的情感。(应用实践)
3.运用本课所学句型,结合信息结构图,运用相关语言表达方式,学习用准确的语言描述某种奇异的动物。(迁移创新)
Objectives
1. Can you guess their names?
2. What kind of animal do you like best? Why?
giraffe
monkey
lions
tiger
Lead-in
Fast Reading
1. Read the passage and finish the Task-Based Reading.
1) ______________keeps palla cat warm in the cold.
2) long-nosed monkeys shake their noses because they are ___________________.
3)Which country’s national bird is the kiwis?
_____________________________
4)Why does flying fish fly out of the water?
_____________________________________
5) Which interesting animal do you like?Why?(开放题)
Thick coat
happy or excited
New Zealand.
Because they can avoid enemies.
Careful Reading
2. Read the passage again and match each picture to its introduction. Then complete the animal cards.
Name: Pallas cat
Where do they live?
_______________________
What makes them interesting?
_________________________
Name: Kiwi
Where do they live?
___________________________
What makes them interesting?
____________________________
They live in western China.
Their furs make them interesting.
They live in New Zealand.
Their sound make them interesting.
Name: Long-nosed monkey
Where do they live?
________________________What makes them interesting?
_________________________
Name: Flying fish
Where do they live?
______________________________
What makes them interesting?
_______________________________
They live in southeast Aisa.
Their noses make them interesting.
You can see them allover the world
They can flap its wings and look like birds.
Imagine and talk about your interesting animal in the future. Have your own animal. Talk with your partners.
1. What does your animal look like?
2. Why do you have the animal?
3. Where do they live?
4. What makes them interesting?
Group Work
Imagine and talk about your interesting animal in the future. Have your own animal. Draw a picture and then write a passage to introduce it to us.
1. What does your animal look like?
2. Why do you have the animal?
3. Where do they live?
4.What makes them interesting?
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Writing
1. The Pallas cat is about the size of a house cat.
the size of 意为“……的尺寸”。
eg: I am surprised by the size of the new apartment.
2. The coat keeps it warm.
keep+sb./sth.+adj.意为“使某人处于一种什么样的状态”。eg: Her grand children keep her young.
拓展:keep doing让某人一直做
keep sb. from doing 阻止某人做某事
Language Points
3. Kiwis can be as big as chickens.
as... as... 意为“和……一样……”。
基本结构为:
as +形容词/副词+as +名词/代词
eg: He was as hardworking as his sister.
Does Mary dance as well as Lily.
4. It can jump out of the water and flap its wings.
jump out of 意为“跳出……”。
eg: During an earthquake, do not jump out of high buildings because it is very dangerous.
地震期间,不要从高楼跳下,因为这样很危险。
5. Like all birds, they lay eggs.
like在这里是一个介词,意为“像……”,经常搭配的短语有be like、look like、feel like 等。
eg:He looks like a child.
5. Like all birds, they lay eggs.
lay /leɪ/ v. 产( 卵);放置
易错点: lie 与lay
原形 过去式 过去分词 现在分词
lie v. 躺 lay lain lying
lay v. 放置;产(卵) laid laid laying
lie v. 说谎 lied lied lying
6. It flies out of the water to avoid enemies.
avoid /ə'vɔɪd/ v. 避免;避开
avoid sth. 避免某事 avoid doing sth.避免做某事
eg: Learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones. 惩前毖后。
7. When the monkeys are happy or excited, they shake their noses.
excited /ɪk'saɪtɪd/ adj. 激动的;兴奋的
excited 通常用来修饰人。be excited about/ at... 由于……而兴奋;对……感到兴奋
eg:We were quite excited about/at the news of victory.
我们对胜利的消息感到非常兴奋。
shake /ʃeɪk/ v. 摇动;抖动
常构成的短语有:
shake hands with sb. 与某人握手
shake one’s head 摇头
eg:He took off his coat and shook it.
他脱下他的外套抖了抖。
Jane shook hands with her friends.
简和她的朋友们握手。
1. Mike failed to finish his homework on time, so he tried to avoid _______ his teacher.
A. meet B. to meet C. to meeting D. meeting
2. You may ________ it on the table.
A. lay B. laid C. lie D. lain
3. You can see this kind of animal_______the world.
A. round B. around C. all D. over
D
A
B
Exercise
4. He can’t sing _______ that pop singer.
A. as good as B. not as good as
C. as well as D. not as well as
5.I keep _______ the same mistakes.
making B.to make
C.made D.makes
C
A
基础型作业:
1.Read the lesson fluently.
2. Recite the words and expressions in lesson 6.
实践型作业:Interview your classmates or your friends about their imaginary animals and write a passage to share with us.
Homework
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