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Unit 2 More than fun
Developing ideas
Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:
1. know how to find the main idea in a news report;
2. learn to express cause and effect;
3. talk about what you have learnt about knowledge from
your hobbies.
Look and Say
What is the girl doing?
She is watching birds.
Lead in
Many hobbies can give us knowledge.Take bird-watching for example. People watch wild birds in nature, and get to know their names, looks and habits. Today, there are more and more bird-watchers.
Look at the pictures, can you guess what happened?
Can you describe the pictures?
A bird hurt
Put the bird in the hands
Help the bird take off
The bird took off and they were happy
Listen to the school news report and choose the best title.
a There's a new kind of bird at school.
b A student helped a bird at school.
c Students watched birds in the teaching building.
Learning to learn
Listening for the main idea The main idea is the most
important information in a passage. In a news report, the
key information usually comes at the beginning.
Look at the sentences, then try to guess what words you can use to fill in the blanks.
Listen again and complete the timeline.
A brown bird flew into
the teaching building.
It fell on the ground, and could
not 1.________again.
Many students tried to help but
they just 2._______do anything.
Hu Nianzu 3._________the bird
carefully. Then he held up the bird
to the 4.________.
The birds 5._________off his
hands and flew away!
take off
looked at
window
couldn’t
jumped
There is an interview for Hu Nianzu.
Look at the pictures and the given information, then try to guess what words you can use to fill in the blanks.
Question 1
Why couldn't the bird fly?
Hu Nianzu's answer:
These kinds of birds have got weak 1.________. They need to take off from a 2.________ place.
Question 2
How does Hu Nianzu's hobby bring him
knowledge?
Hu Nianzu's answer:
Dad took me to the 3._________to watch
birds every summer holiday. I also read
books about birds. This helped me find
4.___________birds. I made a poster for the
school's nature 5.__________just last week.
Question 1
Why couldn't the bird fly?
Hu Nianzu's answer:
These kinds of birds have got weak 1.________. They need to take off from a 2.________ place.
Listen to the interview and complete the interviewer’s notes.
legs
high
Question 2
How does Hu Nianzu's hobby bring him
knowledge?
Hu Nianzu's answer:
Dad took me to the 3._________to watch
birds every summer holiday. I also read
books about birds. This helped me find
4.___________birds. I made a poster for the
school's nature 5.__________ just last week.
forests
different
club
Listen again. Then talk about how Hu Nianzu expresses cause and effect.
Learning to learn
Expressing cause and effect A cause is a reason, and an effect is a result. In a dialogue, speakers often use expressions like because, so and as a result to show cause and effect.
Role-play
Work in pairs and discuss the knowledge from different hobbies.
Useful expressions
We can learn ... because..
So ...
As a result, ...
Reading is a good hobby.
It can give us knowledge.
What knowledge can we
get from reading?
We can get some life skills ...
Example
Free Talk
Talk about what you have learnt about knowledge from hobbies.
Pronunciation
Read the words. Which pronunciation does each group of words contain?
teaching eat seat meat
deep keep feet tree
me we he she
it into sit fit kid ship
carefully happy baby busy sunny
/iː/
/ɪ/
/i/
/iː/
/ɪ/
[ɪ]
VS
[i:]
Summary
“ea” “ee” “e”makes the sound _____.
“i” makes the sound _____.
“y” can make the sound _____ .
/iː/
/ɪ/
/i/
Listen and repeat.
/iː/
/ɪ/
/i/
hobby party sunny sorry
need week read teacher
is window holiday miss
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