内容正文:
Animals Are Our Friends
UNIT
3
Lesson 14 Amazing Animals
2
Objectives
To know about the four kinds of amazing animals
To learn to make animal information cards
To use the following words and expressions correctly:
mouse, lay (laid, laid), shake (shook, shaken), avoid, be famous for, up to
Boys and girls, have you mastered all the words, phrases and sentence patterns you learned in the last lesson?
Now let's check it out. Click on the audio below to start the dictation.
Long-nosed monkeys live in Southeast Asia. They are famous for their large noses. Their noses are as big as eggplants! When the monkeys are happy or excited, they shake their noses. That’s funny!
There are a lot of amazing animals in the world. Some people like to have amazing animals as pets. ...
New words
long-eared
jerboa
mouse
kiwi
lay
long-nosed
adj. 长耳的
n. 跳鼠
n. 老鼠;鼠标 mouse-mice
n. 几维鸟
v. 产(卵);放置 lay-laid-laid
adj. 长鼻子的
Think About It !
Look at the pictures. Do you know the names of them?
Now let’s learn about them.
eggplant
shake
flap
avoid
be famous for
up to
n. 茄子
v. 摇动;抖动 shook-shaken
v. 鼓翼而飞;拍打 flapped-flapped
v. 避开;躲避
因……出名
达到
Let’s do it!
1. Listen to the passage and write true (T) or false (F).
1. Jerboas have long ears and look like mice. ( )
2. Jerboas’ front legs are longer than their back legs. ( )
3. Jerboas are good at jumping. ( )
4. They live all over Europe. ( )
T
T
F
F
Words and Expressions
long-eared
jerboa
mouse
kiwi
lay
adj. 长耳的
n. 跳鼠
n. 老鼠,鼠标
n. 几维
v. 产(卵),放置
long-nosed
eggplant
shake
flap
avoid
adj. 长鼻子的
n. 茄子
v. 摇动,抖动
v. 鼓翼而飞; (使某物)拍打
v. 避开,躲避
2. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
1.The ________ didn’t see the cat nearby. It ran out the cave and was caught by the cat.
2.In summer, he likes to go to the beach. He enjoys walking on the ________.
mouse
sand
lay wings enemy avoid mouse sand
Let’s do it!
3.These days, more and more people are raising chickens, not only because chickens are great pets, but also because they ________eggs.
4.Birds use their ________to fly.
5.The driver had to stop suddenly to ________ an accident.
6.Man has no greater ________ than himself.
lay
wings
avoid
enemy
Language point 3
Their ears are much longer than their heads.
much用作副词,主要表示程度,意为“非常;很;更加”,后接形容词或副词的比较级,表示“……很多”。
e.g. There’s much rain this year. 今年雨水多。
e.g. Tom is much taller than Jim. 汤姆比吉姆高很多。
much/mʌtʃ/adv . 非常,很 adj.大量的
remind sb.(not) to do sth. 提醒某人( 不要) 做某事
e.g. Please remind me to join in the English party on Saturday.
请提醒我参加周六的英语聚会。
remind 后也可接that 从句。
e.g. He reminded me that I should do it at once.
他提醒我应该立刻去做这件事。
2. With their long ears, they also remind people of rabbits.
remind sb. of sth.
意为“就……提醒(某人);
“使(某人)想起……”。例如:
He reminded me of his elder brother.
This picture often reminds me of my childhood.
3. Their ears are much longer than their heads.
much+比较级表示“……得多”。例如:
She is much younger than Lucy.
Tom thinks English is much more interesting than math.
Language point 4
When the monkeys are happy or excited, they shake their noses.
excited /ɪk'saɪtɪd/ adj. 激动的;兴奋的
e.g. We were quite excited about/at the news of victory.
我们对胜利的消息感到非常兴奋。
be up to sb
① It's up to you whether you take the job or not.
② As before, it's up to you to provide the caption.
由某人决定
要不要这份工作由你自己决定。
像以前一样,由您来提供一个标题。
根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
1. 这座别墅以古老的风格而闻名。
The villa is ______ _________ its old style.
2. 这种树能长到25英尺高。
This kind of tree can grow ______ _____ 25 feet.
famous for
up to
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excited 通常用来修饰人。
be excited about/at...由于……而兴奋;对……感到兴奋
e.g. We were excited about the exciting news.
我们对这个令人激动的消息感到很兴奋。
4. They are famous for their large noses.
be famous for 意为“因……而著名”。
be famous as 意为“作为……而著名”。例如:
Suzhou is famous for silk.
Moyan is famous as a writer.
5. It can jump out of the water and flap its wings up to 70
times a second.
up to表示程度或数量,意思是“多达,达到……
程度或数量”。例如:
The hotel can live up to 500 guests.
Up to ten people can sleep in this tent.
THINK ABOUT IT
Can you name some animals you have never seen before?
What animals do you think are amazing? Why?
Longeared jerboas look like mice . With their long ears, they also remind people of rabbits .Their ears are much longer than their heads . They live in the deserts of Asia . On the sand, they jump like kangaroos!What a cute animal!
找出文中四种动物的名字,生活地和特征
Language point 5
It can jump out of the water and flap its wings up to 70 times a second.
be up to sb. 是某人 的责任;由某人来决定
e.g. It’s up to you to make a decision. 由你来作出决定。
up to 达到;是……的职责;取决于……
e.g. The height of the tower is up to 100 meters.塔的高度达到了100 米。
Language point 6
It flies out of the water to avoid enemies.
后常跟名词或动词的-ing形式作宾语,一般不接不定式作宾语。
avoid sth. 避免某事
avoid doing sth.避免做某事
e.g. Learn from past mistakes and avoid future ones. 惩前毖后。
avoid/ə'vɔɪd/v. 避开;躲避
Kiwis are birds,but they can’t fly. Kiwis can be as big as chickens. Like all birds,they lay eggs—big eggs. People call them Kiwis because they make the sound:keee—weee. Kiwis live in New Zealand and are a national animal of the country. Do you like them?
Longnosed monkeys live in Southeast Asia . They are famous for their large noses . Their noses are as big as eggplants!When the monkeys are happy or excited,they shake their noses . That’s funny!
1. The bird usually ________(lay) its eggs in other birds' nests.
2. It's very important to teach kids ________ (avoid) road accidents.
3. The second story is ________________ (interesting) than the first.
4. The ________(mouse) have eaten up all of the food in the kitchen.
5. When the waiter asked Tony if he wanted anything else, he just ________(shake) his head.
Ⅰ. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。
lays
to avoid
more interesting
mice
shook
1. 这些老照片使我想起了我的童年。
These old pictures _______ me _____ my childhood.
2. 李明做事和他爸爸一样认真。
Li Ming does everything _______ ______ _______ his father.
3. 爱迪生因众多的发明而闻名。
Edison is _______ ______ many inventions.
4. 这个女孩长得像她妈妈。
The girl _______ ______ her mother.
5. 参加运动会的学生人数多达200。
The number of students taking part in the sports meeting was _______ ______ 200.
II. 根据汉语意思完成下列句子,每空一词。
remind of
as carefully as
famous for
looks like
up to
1. Can you talk about the amazing animals
from this lesson?
2. Can you talk about other amazing animals
to your friends?
Have you ever seen an amazing animal? Share it with your classmates.
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