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第 1 课 时 (1a—1d)
Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals
Section A
What can plants and animals do?
单词:moss, redwood, cheetah
能听懂含有最高级的描述神奇的动植物的对话
Learning Goals
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能将含有最高级的词语与不同的动植物进行匹配,并描述其独特之处
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What’s your favourite animal or plant?
What are their features?
Warming up
Plants can make food and animals
can move and adapt to different environments, which are both amazing.
What makes plants and animals amazing?
BIG Question
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1. What do you see in the picture?
2. What do you think of when you see the picture?
In the picture, I see some flowers and bees. The bees are on the flowers.
When l see the picture, l think of how bees help plants grow. It's really amazing.
Look at the plants and animals. Use the words
in the box to talk about them.
beautiful big fast heavy large long old small tall short
1a
beautiful big fast heavy large long old small tall short
moss
/mɒs/
n. 苔藓
1a
Look at the plants and animals. Use the words
in the box to talk about them.
beautiful big fast heavy large long old small tall short
blue whale 蓝鲸
Look at the plants and animals. Use the words
in the box to talk about them.
1a
beautiful big fast heavy large long old small tall short
redwood tree红杉树
/ˈredwʊd/ n. 红杉;红木
Look at the plants and animals. Use the words
in the box to talk about them.
1a
beautiful big fast heavy large long old small tall short
cheetah
/ˈtʃiːtə/ n. 猎豹
Look at the plants and animals. Use the words
in the box to talk about them.
1a
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Listen to the conversations and number the plants
and animals in 1a in the order you hear them.
1b
Conversation 1
Emma: Hi, Yaming. What are you doing?
Yaming: Hi, Emma. I’m starting a test on animals and plants.
Emma: Sounds fun. Let’s take it together.
Yaming: OK. First question. What’s the largest animal in the world?
Emma: It’s the blue whale, right?
Yaming: Right. It’s also the heaviest animal on earth. Next question. Which animal runs the fastest?
Emma: Oh wait! I just read about it. The cheetah runs the fastest.
Yaming: Right again! And I think it’s the most beautiful animal in the world.
Emma: I completely agree with you.
Conversation 2
Yaming: Now let’s answer the questions about plants. What is the oldest plant in the world?
Emma: Hmm, I’m not sure. Do you have any idea?
Yaming: Well, I think moss is one of the oldest plants. It appeared on earth around 470 million years ago...Oh, look here. I’m correct!
Emma: Interesting! Let’s go on!
Yaming: Which kind of tree is the tallest in the world?
Emma: The redwood tree, right?
Yaming: Yes! I hope I can see some one day.
Listen again. Match the words with the plants and animals in 1a. Some have two answers.
moss:
blue whale:
redwood tree:
cheetah:
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A B
F
C E
1c
Ask and answer questions about the plants and animals in 1a.
What’s amazing about the blue whale?
It’s the largest / biggest animal in the world.
1d
What’s amazing about the moss?
It’s small but can grow in many different places.
What’s amazing about the redwood tree?
It’s the tallest tree in the world.
What’s amazing about the cheetah?
It runs the fastest among all land animals.
1. I’m starting a test on animals and plants.
我要开始一场关于动植物的测试。
on 〔介词〕关于;有关
She wrote a book on cooking. 她写了一本关于烹饪的书。
【辨析】about与on
on 强调专业性、学术性或严肃性,内容通常是系统的、深入的,涉及理论、研究或专门领域。about 侧重日常性、通俗性或泛泛而谈,内容更偏向非正式的内容。
She told me a story about her pet dog. 她给我讲了一个关于她宠物狗的故事。
Language points
2. What’s the largest animal in the world?
世界上最大的动物是什么?
largest是large的最高级形式。最高级前面一般会有定冠词the进行修饰。
形容词和副词的最高级一般分为规则变化和不规则变化。规则变化如下:
构成方法 最高级
单音节词和部分双音节词 一般情况下,最高级词尾加-est tallest;shortest;fastest
以字母e结尾的词,最高级词尾加-st largest;latest
重读闭音节词尾只有一个辅音字母时,先双写该辅音字母,然后最高级词尾加-est biggest;fattest;thinnest
以“辅音字母+ y”结尾的双音节词,先把y改为i,然后最高级词尾加-est easiest;heaviest;earliest
多音节词和部分双音节词 词前加most构成最高级 most beautiful;most popular
不规则变化如下:
原级 最高级
good / well best
bad / badly worst
many / much most
little least
far farthest
furthest
(1)“one of + 限定词 + 复数名词 / 代词”表示 “…… 中的一个”,
强调在整体中选取一个个体。
Li Ming is one of my friends.
李明是我的一个朋友。
This is one of the best books I’ve ever seen.
这是我看过的最好的书之一。
3. Well, I think moss is one of the oldest plants.
嗯,我认为苔藓是最古老的植物之一。
(2)one of 结构作主语时,要注意主谓一致,谓语动词应用单数。
One of the students is from the UK.
这些学生中有一个来自英国。
One of these books has a missing page.
这些书中有一本缺页了。
(3)one of 常与 形容词最高级 连用,构成“one of the + 形容词最高级 + 复
数名词”,表示 “最…… 的…… 之一”。
The Great Wall is one of the greatest wonders in the world.
长城是世界上最伟大的奇迹之一。
一、根据句意及汉语提示填写单词
1. The cheetah is the _______(最快的) animal on land.
2. These trees are the _______(最高的) trees in the world.
3. Moss is one of the _______(最古老的) plants on Earth.
4. The blue whale is the __________(最重的) animal in the ocean.
5. The __________(红杉) forests are home to some animals.
fastest
tallest
oldest
heaviest
redwood
Practice
二、翻译句子
1. 这座山是我们国家里最高的山。
This mountain is the highest mountain in our country.
2. 蓝鲸是世界上最大的动物。
The blue whale is the largest animal in the world.
3. 蜂鸟是世界上最小的鸟类。(hummingbird)
The hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world.
4. 这个花园里的玫瑰是我见过最美丽的。
The roses in this garden are the most beautiful I have ever seen.
1. Review the new words of this lesson.
2. Preview Pronunciation—2e.
Homework
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