Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals（第5课时）Section B 3a～3c（课件） 2025-2026学年人教版（2024）八年级英语上册

第五课时 3a-3c Section B How are plants and animals connected with us? Amazing Plants and Animals Amazing Plants and Animals Unit 4 八上RJ Learning goals Learning goals 01 01 ①阅读有关蓝鲸的文章并完成相应问题。 ②学习新词语: ocean、except、tiny、lively、the Arctic Ocean。 ③学习写有关蓝鲸的文章。 学习目标 Pre-writing Pre-writing 02 02 The blue whale is the largest and heaviest animal on earth. It can weigh as much as 200 tons. Many people like watching blue whales swim, and they think it is one of the most beautiful things to see. Blue whales live in all oceans except the Arctic Ocean. They eat a lot, but they eat some of the tiniest animals in the ocean. A blue whale can eat around four tons of these a day. 3a Read the text and complete the table. The Blue Whale 5 Blue whales can live up to 90 years. When a blue whale dies at sea, it becomes food for many kinds of animals living in and around the sea. This food lasts for over a year and it helps to create a lively and healthy ecosystem. Blue whales play an important role in our world, so we must protect them. 6 This food lasts for over a year and it helps to create a lively /'laɪvli/ and healthy ecosystem. Blue whales play an important role in our world, so we must protect them. Blue whale facts Weight Where they live Food How long they live Importance in nature as much as 200 tons in all oceans except the Arctic Ocean some of the tiniest animals in the ocean live up to 90 years help to create a lively and healthy ecosystem 7 While-writing While-writing 03 03 3b Imagine you are a blue whale. Use the first person to rewrite the first paragraph. Hello everyone! My name is Billy the Blue Whale. I am ________________________________________________ I’m heavy, but I __________________________________ I live in _________________________________________ I can eat ________________________________________. 9 3c Complete your passage about the blue whale based on the text in 3a. 10 写作指导 本文假设你是蓝鲸并进行自我介绍。因此，时态应用一般现在时。 可以从外形、生活习性、食物、在生态系统中的重要性等方面进行描述。 注意正确运用形容词或副词的最高级形式来表达。 11 One possible version  Hello everyone! My name is Billy the Blue Whale. I am the largest animal on earth. I’m heavy, but I love swimming in the deep, cold ocean. I live in the ocean, where I can freely move around and explore. My favourite food is krill and small fish. I can eat around four tons of food in one day to keep my huge body strong and healthy. 12 Post-writing Post-writing 04 04 Useful expressions 1. ... is one of the most ... 2. as... as... 3. ... live in ... 4. ... can eat ... 5. ... plays an important role in... Write about a plant or an animal that you are interested in. Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you. 14 Language points Language points 05 05 1. Blue whales live in all oceans except the Arctic Ocean. 蓝鲸生活在除北冰洋以外的所有海洋中 。 (教材 P39 3a) except /ɪkˈsept/ prep.除……之外；除了 【辨析】except, but与besides except “除……之外”，强调所排除的内容不包括在内，含有“减去”的意思。 but “除……之外”，常用于nothing、all、 anything、anyone、everything、everyone等词之后。 besides “除……之外(还)”，包括besides后面的内容，含有“加上”的意思。 16 Last weekend, all of us went for a picnic except Tom because he was ill. 上周末，除了汤姆，我们都去野餐了，因为他病了。 There is no one here but me. 这里除了我没有别人。 Besides working as a teacher, she also writes poems in her spare time.除了当教师外，她在业余时间还写诗。 17 2.This food lasts for over a year and it helps to creat a lively and healthy ecosystem.这些食物足够维持一年以上，有助于创造一个生机勃勃的健康生态系统。( 教材 P39 3a) lively /ˈlaɪvli/ adj.精力充沛的；生机勃勃的 【辨析】lively, alive, live与living 18 lively 生气勃勃的； (色彩)鲜艳的 修饰人或物 常作定语或表语 alive 活着的 修饰人或物 常作表语或补语 live 活的 读作/laɪv/ 修饰人或物 一般作前置定语 living 活着的 修饰人或物 常作定语 19 She is a lively girl and popular with everyone. 她是个充满活力的女孩子，很受大家欢迎。 The colour of the clay works is lively. 这些陶土作品的色彩很鲜艳。 This is a live/living fish.=This fish is alive. 这是一条活鱼。 20 Homework Homework 06 06 3月3日是世界野生动植物日，你校英文报社正在征集保护动物方面的文章。请你根据以下提示写一篇介绍金丝猴的英语短文投稿，并呼吁大家保护金丝猴。 名称 金丝猴(golden monkey) 居住地 中国西南部 寿命 至多30岁 食物 树叶、野果、昆虫(insects)等 濒危原因 人类砍伐森林，猎杀它们来获取它们的皮毛(fur) 要求：1.内容应包含表格中的所有内容，可适当发挥； 2.词数不少于80。 22 Blues 58656.0 $The blue whale. The blue whale is the largest and heaviest st animal on earth. You can weigh as much as two hundred tons. Many people like watching blue whales swim, and they think this is one of the most beautiful things to see. Blue walls live in all oceans, except the arctic ocean. They eat a lot, but they eat some of the tiny st. Animals in the ocean. A blue, White can eat around four tons of these a day. Blue whales can live up to ninety years. When a blue whale dies at sea, IT becomes food for many kinds of animals living in and around the sea. This food lasts for over a year and helps to create a lively and healthy ecosystem. Blue whales play an important role in our world, so we must protect them.