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冀教版八年级英语下册
Unit 2 Plant a Plant! Lesson 11 Amazing Plants
Lesson 11 Amazing Plants
egret
eastern
shy
tightly
fossil
southwest
living
n. 白鹭
adj. 东方的;东部的
adj. 害羞的
adv. 紧紧地;牢固地
n. 化石
n. & adj. 西南(的)
adj. 活着的
Words & expressions
living adj. 活着的
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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n. 白鹭
adj. 东方的;东部的
adj. 害羞的
adv. 紧紧地;牢固地
n. 化石
n. & adj. 西南(的)
adj. 活着的
Words & expressions
egret
eastern
shy
tightly
fossil
southwest
living
tightly adv. 紧紧地;坚固地
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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shy adj. 害羞的
比较级: shyer \ shier,
最高级: shyest \ shiest
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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egret
eastern
shy
tightly
fossil
southwest
living
n. 白鹭
adj. 东方的;东部的
adj. 害羞的
adv. 紧紧地;牢固地
n. 化石
n. & adj. 西南(的)
adj. 活着的
Words & expressions
Words
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
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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Are they amazing?
Have you ever heard about any special plants?
Let`s look at a few special plants.
Listening and Reading
Listen and 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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4
1
3
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
Isn’t it ____?
Habenaria Radiata(白鹭花)
name: the egret flower
place: eastern Asia
feature:
The flowers look like flying egrets.
because
Thank you!
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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Let’s read and fill in the table.
plant feature feeling place
It grows in___________ Africa.
The ____ of this tree has a _____ in it. If the wind blows, the tree “_________”.
South America, China, and other countries
When something touches its leaves, they _________
_____. After a few minutes, they _________ again.
This plant is ____ and ______.
When it comes to laughing, this tree is really funny.
What will she do along with the laughter?
This plant is ______.
People feel _______.
fruit
hole
open up
shy
fun
the middle of
surprised
close up
tightly
laughs
funny
This plant is ___.
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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open up 张开;打开
1) Several customers were waiting when I
arrived to open up the shop.
我到店里开门时,几个顾客已在等侯。
2) Open up your heart to meet each challenge.
打开你的心去迎接每一个挑战。
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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Where do they grow?
添加小千岁兰图片,学生观察并描述。半大的,带根部的,成年的,对比来看,猜测生长地、猜测生长时长和名字。布置阅读任务。Let’s see who is right.填空。 应用内化:Now What do you know about it? 设置一个讲述的情境。呈现另一个真实的千岁兰,学生猜测生长时长。(得用现在完成时)说感受及原因。
place: the ___________of Africa
look: It has ____, two______, a ______.
Its two leaves continue to
grow for ___________.
feature: It can live as long as ______ years,
so people call it ____________.
southwest
its whole life
1 500
a living fossil
Welwitschia Mirabilis(千岁兰)
roots leaves stem
Read and fill the plant tag.
Why is it amazing?
Let’s discuss.
“but” “so”
添加小千岁兰图片,学生观察并描述。半大的,带根部的,成年的,对比来看,猜测生长地、猜测生长时长和名字。布置阅读任务。Let’s see who is right.填空。 应用内化:Now What do you know about it? 设置一个讲述的情境。呈现另一个真实的千岁兰,学生猜测生长时长。(得用现在完成时)说感受及原因。
When it comes to…当提到…; 就…而论
1) When it comes to laughing, this tree is really funny.
2) _________________ actors, Xiaoshenyang is quite funny.
3) ________________ singers, TFboys are very popular.
When it comes to
When it comes to
1. in the middle of 在……中间; 在……中部
1) On my way home, I saw an old man lying _____________________.
一个老人躺在马路中间。
2) What's ______________________ ?
It's a seed. 苹果中间是什么? 是核。
in the middle of the road.
in the middle of an apple
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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This plant can live as long as 1 500 years, so people call it a living fossil.
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?
title
beginning
place
look
feature
effective(有效的)
attractive(吸引人的)
vivid (生动的)
A fossil can be alive.
Homework
Write a passage about one of the amazing plants. (50-100 words)
Task tips:
What is it? Where does it live? What does it look like? Why do you think it is amazing?
2. a living fossil 活化石
1) This tortoise can live as old as 10,000 years, so people call it a living fossil.
这种龟可以存活长达一万年,所以人们把它称作活化石。
2) 大熊猫素有动物“活化石”之称。
The giant panda is known as “a living fossil”.
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