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Unit 2
Lesson 11
Plant a Plant!
Amazing Plants
1. To listen, read and understand the passage about some amazing plants.
2. To learn some useful words and expressions.
3. Be able to talk about the four amazing plants.
Objectives
Words: egret, eastern, shy, tightly, fossil , southwest, living.
Phrases: eastern Asia, close up, open up, When it comes to…, along with,
in the middle of, a living fossil
How many plants can you name?
Do you know these plants?
雏菊
daisy
lotus
荷花
living adj. 活着的
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Free talk
Look at the pictures about sports and talk about the following questions:
1. Do you like sports?
2. What’s your favourite sport? Why?
T: Sport has an important effect in our lives. Do you like sports?
Ss: Yes.
T: What’s your favourite sport?
S1: Basketball.
T: Why?
S1: Because...
...
T: Well done! This class we will talk about sports.
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tightly adv. 紧紧地;坚固地
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Free talk
Look at the pictures about sports and talk about the following questions:
1. Do you like sports?
2. What’s your favourite sport? Why?
T: Sport has an important effect in our lives. Do you like sports?
Ss: Yes.
T: What’s your favourite sport?
S1: Basketball.
T: Why?
S1: Because...
...
T: Well done! This class we will talk about sports.
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rose
polar tree
willow
morning glory
shy adj. 害羞的
比较级: shyer \ shier,
最高级: shyest \ shiest
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Free talk
Look at the pictures about sports and talk about the following questions:
1. Do you like sports?
2. What’s your favourite sport? Why?
T: Sport has an important effect in our lives. Do you like sports?
Ss: Yes.
T: What’s your favourite sport?
S1: Basketball.
T: Why?
S1: Because...
...
T: Well done! This class we will talk about sports.
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Words and expressions
n. 白鹭
adj. 东方的,东部的
adj. 害羞的,胆怯的
adv. 紧紧地,牢固地
n. 化石
adj. 西南的
adj. 活着的
egret
eastern
shy
tightly
fossil
southwest
living
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1. Let’s learn the new words and expressions: baseball, volleyball, boring, exciting, relaxing, score, already, matter, What’s the matter, hurt, enjoyable, Olympics, stadium, miss, mind, plenty, plenty of
T: Today we’ll learn a new unit about population. Before that, let’s learn the new words and expressions in Unit 1.
(1) Learn the new words and expressions by reading aloud together.
(2) Let Ss stand up and read the new words and expressions one after another, and correct their pronunciation.
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Amazing plants
飞鸭兰
西番莲
Reading
number the sentences.
When you touch this kind of plant, it
closes up tightly.
This plant can live as long as 1500
years. It really is a fossil.
Look at these flowers! They look like
flying egrets!
This amazing tree laughs when the
wind blows.
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2. Work on Activity 1.
(1) Ask Ss to go through the words in the box and check the meaning of the words.
(2) T plays the recording and asks Ss to listen and number the sports as they hear them.
(3) Check the answers as a class.
(4) Ask Ss to match the pictures with the words in the box.
(5) Elicit the answers as a class.
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Fill in the blanks with the correct words. The first letter is given.
1.Don’t t________ the dish! It’s very hot!
2.China is a country in e _____ Asia.
3.He was too s___ to talk to others.
4.She cut her hair very short and everyone was s________ by her new look.
5.Danny held the monkey bar _________.(tight)
ouch
astern
hy
urprised
tightly
A flying flower?
Look at this plant. Its flowers look like egrets. What are egrets?They are a kind of bird. Because this plant’s flowers look like flying egrets, people call it the egret flower. It grows in eastern Asia.
Isn’t it beautiful?
看起来像
call sb. + 名词 把某人称为……
东亚
Why people call the plant the erget?
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Can a fossil be alive?
Look at this plant. It grows in the southwest of Africa. Like most plants, it has roots. But it has only two leaves and a stem. Its two leaves continue to grow for its whole life. Does it look old? This plant can live as long as 1 500 years, so people call it a living fossil.
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Language points
1. Isn’t it beautiful? 它难道不漂亮吗?
此句为否定疑问句,英语中否定疑问句通常表示惊异、反问、失望、责难等语
气,也可用于赞美美好的事物(相当于一个特殊的感叹句),还可用于提出建
议或邀请等。
对于否定疑问句的回答应根据事实作答。如果事实是肯定的,用“Yes+肯定结
构”来回答;如果事实是否定的,用“No+否定结构”来回答。
单击此处编辑母版文本样式
第二级
第三级
第四级
第五级
※ Aren’t you supposed to clean the room? 难道你不该去打扫房间吗?
※ Won’t you have a cup of tea? 你不喝杯茶吗?
※ —Isn’t he coming this evening? 难道他今天晚上不来吗?
—Yes, he is. 不,他来。/ No, he isn’t. 对,他不来。
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人们开始和树一起笑。
People begin ________ ________ ________ ________ the tree.
to laugh along
with
它生长在非洲的中部。
It grows ________ ________ ________ ________ Africa.
in the middle of
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Language Points
1. Isn’t it beautiful?
Yes, it is.
No, it isn’t.
不,它漂亮。
是的,它不漂亮。
否定疑问句:be动词/助动词/情态动词等的否定形式+主语+其他
回答:yes +肯定,“不”;no+否定,“是”
根据实际情况回答
--- Don't you come from London?
--- ___________. I am from Washington.
No, I don't
是的,我不。
难道它不漂亮吗?
---Can’t you speak Chinese?
---____________.I learnt it at 6 years old.
Yes, I can
不,我能。
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Can plants be shy?
We all know that people can be shy. But how can a plant be shy?When something touches this plant’s leaves, they close up tightly. After a few minutes, the leaves open up again. This plant is fun for small children to play with.
合起来,收起来
张开,打开
How can the plant be shy?
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Let’s Do It!
1. Listen and number the sentences.
□When you touch this kind of plant, it closes up tightly.
□This plant can live as long as 1 500 years. It really is a fossil.
□Look at these flowers! They look like flying egrets!
□This amazing tree laughs when the wind blows.
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1. When something touches this plant’s leaves, they close up tightly.
当有东西碰到这种植物的叶子时,它们就会紧紧地合拢起来。
◉ close up 合起来,收拢
反义短语 :open up 张开,打开
※ Before you come in, close up your umbrella, please.
请在进来前收起你的雨伞。
※ Did you see that these leaves opened up just now?
刚才你看见这些叶子张开了吗?
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① close up “合起来;收起来”
这些花在夜里合上。(译)
__________________________________
② tightly adv. “紧紧地;牢固地”
These shoes are much too __________.
请紧紧地抓住我的手。(译)
Please hold on to my hand tightly.
反义词:open up
tight
The flowers close up at night.
tight adj.
当有东西碰到这个植物的叶子时,它们紧紧地合起来。
2. When something touches this plant’s leaves, they close up tightly.
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2. Read the lesson and fill in the table.
Plant Place Feature
South America , China and other countries. When something touches its leaves, they close up tightly. After a few minutes, they open up again.
Eastern Asia
This plant's flowers look like flying egrets.
Plant Place Feature
The middle of Africa
If the wind blows, this amazing tree “laughs”.
The southwest of Africa
It has only two leaves and a stem . This plant can live as long as 1 500 years.
1. When it comes to laughing, this tree is really funny.
当提到笑的时候,这种树很有趣。
◉ when it comes to...结构中to是介词, 后可接名词、代词或动词的-ing形式作宾语。
※ When it comes to French, I know nothing.
提到法语,我一窍不通。
※ When it comes to fishing, John is an expert.
谈及钓鱼, 约翰是个专家。
◉ tightly 紧紧地,牢固地
※ The girl held her father’s hand tightly.
女孩紧紧地拉着她父亲的手。
◉ tight 紧的
※ These trousers are a bit tight.
这条裤子有点紧。
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1. Fill in the blanks with the correct words. The first letter is given.
1.Don’t t_______ the dish! It’s very hot!
2.China is a country in e________ Asia.
3.He was too s_____ to talk to others.
4.She cut her hair very short and everyone was s__________ by her new look.
ouch
astern
hy
urprised
Thank you!
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