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Unit 2
More than fun
Developing ideas
Listening and speaking
Activity 1 Free talk
What is your hobby!
a. listening to music
b. reading
c. writing
d. drawing
e. running
f. riding a bike
g. bird-watching
h. playing basketball
i. play football
j. playing the guitar
k. playing the piano
l. other hobbies
Why do you like...?
Many hobbies can give us knowledge. Take bird-watching for example. People watch wild birds in nature, and get to know their names, looks and habits 习惯. Today, there are more and more bird-watchers 观鸟者.
What is the girl’s hobby?
Bird-watching (观鸟).
Why does she love bird-watching?
Activity 2 Lead-in
/ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ 知识
Because she... /Because bird-watching...
Activity 3 Predict
How do they feel?
What happened ?
Worried.
Happy.
Activity 4 Listen and choose
Listen to the school news report and choose the best title.
a There's a new kind of bird at school
b A student helped a bird at school
c Students watched birds in the teaching building
The main idea is the most important information in a passage. In a news report, the key information usually comes at the beginning.
What can we know from the title?
main idea
A member from the school bird-watching club helped the bird. Yesterday afternoon, a brown bird flew into the teaching building. It fell on the ground and couldn’t take off again. Many students tried to help, but they just couldn’t do anything. Then Hu Nianzu, a student from Class 2, Grade 7, came. He looked at the bird carefully. Then he held up the bird to the window. And the bird jumped off his hands and flew away. Why couldn’t the bird fly before but could this time? Let’s hear the following interview with Hu Nianzu.
Then he held up the bird to the 4. _______. The bird 5. ________ off his hands and flew away!
Activity 5 Listen and complete
Many students tried to help but they just 2. ________ do anything.
Hu Nianzu 3. ____ ____ the bird carefully.
A brown bird flew into the teaching building.
It fell on the ground, and could not 1. _____ _____ again.
take off
jumped
couldn’t
looked at
window
Guess answers before listening
Then he held up the bird to the 4. _______. The bird 5. ________ off his hands and flew away!
/iː/
/ɪ/
/i/
teaching
into it his this
carefully
Activity 6 Listen and think
Many students tried to help but they just 2. ________ do anything.
Hu Nianzu 3. _____ ____ the bird carefully.
A brown bird flew into the teaching building.
It fell on the ground, and could not
1. _____ _____ again.
take off
jumped
couldn’t
looked at
window
Pay attention to the sounds of the letters in green.
Why could Hu Nianzu help the bird?
Activity 7 Listen and take notes
Question 1
Why couldn’t the bird fly?
Hu Nianzu’s answer:
These kinds of birds have got weak 1________.
They need to take off from a 2________ place.
Question 2
How does Hu Nianzu’s hobby bring him knowledge?
Hu Nianzu’s answer:
Dad took me to the 3________ to watch birds every summer holiday. I also read books about birds. This helped me find 4________ birds. I made a poster for the school’s nature 5________ just last week.
legs
high
forest
different
club
Guess answers before listening again
Activity 8 Listen and think
Question 1
Why couldn’t the bird fly?
Hu Nianzu’s answer:
These kinds of birds have got weak 1________.
They need to take off from a 2________ place.
Question 2
How does Hu Nianzu’s hobby bring him knowledge?
Hu Nianzu’s answer:
Dad took me to the 3________ to watch birds every summer holiday. I also read books about birds. This helped me find 4________ birds. I made a poster for the school’s nature 5________ just last week.
legs
high
forest
different
club
family support
personal efforts
school activities
knowledge
B: Because it was a swift. These kinds of birds have long wings but weak
legs, so they can’t take off from the ground. They need to take off from a
high place.
In a dialogue, speakers often use expressions like because, so and as a result to show cause and effect.
effect
Why could Hu Nianzu help the bird?
n. 褐雨燕,一种体型较小但飞行速度极快的鸟类
cause
Activity 9 work in pairs
What is your hobby?
Why do you like...?
My hobby is ....
I like/love/enjoy...
Because I can
It helps/makes me... So...
My... As a result,..
I can learn ...because..
So ...
As a result, ...
a. listening to music
b. reading
c. writing
d. drawing
e. running
f. riding a bike
g. bird-watching
h. playing basketball
i. play football
j. playing the guitar
k. playing the piano
l. other hobbies
Share your story about hobbies!
Activity 10 Share and evaluate
Checklist
Structure 结构 What & Why
Content 内容 Cause & effect
Language 语言 (1) using because to show cause
(2) using so, as a result to show effect
(3) using different words or expressions to show stories
Performance 表现 Confident and fluent
How many stars can you get?
Homework
1.基础型作业
Share 分享 Hu Nianzu’s story or your story about hobbies to your classmates.
2.实践型作业
Interview 采访 one of your teachers’ stories about hobbies and take notes with the target language.
3.拓展型作业
Search for 搜索 more stories
about hobbies online and share them with us through tablet.
Choose your homework!
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