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Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals
Lesson 6 (Section B 3a–3c)
Watch and answer
What does this video talk about?
1.The blue whale is the largest animal on earth.
What do you know about the blue whale?
2.Baby whales gain about 200 pounds a day
3.Its tongue is as weigh as an elephant
4.Their loudest sound can be heard up to 1,000 miles away
Read the text and complete the table.
3a
Blue whale facts
Weight
Where they live
Food
How long they live
Importance in nature
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
up to 90 years
When a blue whale dies, it becomes food for many animals and it helps to create a lively and healthy ecosystem.
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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
up to 90 years
When a blue whale dies, it becomes food for many animals and it helps to create a lively and healthy ecosystem.
Retell the text based on the table.
weight
Where
Food
importance in nature
How long they live
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.
Read and learn
在地球上
多达,达到……之多
adj. 极小的;微小的
Language points
one of + the + adj.最高级+可数名词复数译为:最……之
It is + adj (+for sb) + to do sth
(对某人来说)做某事来说是……
except prep.除……之外
exception n. 例外
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.
Language points
live up to活到……岁;达到……的寿命
达到;符合(期望)
adj. 精力充沛的;生机勃勃的
扮演一个重要的角色
die vi.死亡
death n.死亡
dead adj.死的;去世的
deadly adj. 致命的
many kinds of 许多种类的
different kinds of 不同种类的
all kinds of 各种各样的
a kind of 一种
play a(n) (+adj.) role/part in …
在……中发挥(adj.)作用
Passage Analysis
1
weight
people’s preference
living environment
feeding habit
2
lifespan
role in ecosystem
importance
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 love ________
__________________________________________________________________
_______________________.
I live in ___________________________.
My favourite food is ________________
_________________
I can eat __________________________.
My weight is as much as
swimming
most beautiful things to see
all oceans except the Arctic Ocean
some of the tiniest
around four tons of them a day
animal on earth.
the largest and heaviest
200 tons.
in the ocean. Many people like watching
me swim, and they think I am one of the
animals in the ocean.
人称由第三人称变成第一人称
语言: 个别句子需要变化结构
3b
第一人称
Imagine you are a blue whale. Use the first person to rewrite the first paragraph.
3b
Hello everyone! My name is Billy the Blue Whale. I am __________
_______________________________________________________I’m heavy, but I __________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
I live in ________________________________________________
_________________________________ I can eat ______________ _______________________________________________.
the largest
and heaviest animal on earth. I weigh as much as 200 tons.
love swimming, and many people like watching me
swim. They think it’s one of the most beautiful things to see.
all oceans except the Arctic Ocean. My favourite food is
of these a day
some of the tiniest animals in the ocean.
around four tons
第一人称
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.
Read the second part of 3a and find out the words that refer to the blue whale.
How to use the first person to rewrite the second paragraph?
Complete your passage about the blue whale based on the text in 3a.
3c
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① We can live up to 90 years.
① Blue whales can live up to 90 years.
② When a blue whale dies at sea, it becomes food for many kinds of animals living in and around the sea.
③ This food lasts for over a year and it helps to create a lively and healthy ecosystem.
④ Blue whales play an important role in our world, so we must protect them.
Complete your passage about the blue whale based on the text in 3a.
3c
② When I die at sea, I become
food for many kinds of animals
living in and around the sea.
④ We play an important role
in the world, so people must
protect us.
13
We can live up to 90 years. When I die at sea, I become 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. We play an important role in the world, so people must protect us.
Read and check
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weight
Where
Food
importance in nature
How long they live
Summary
1.人称: 由第三人称变成第一人称
3.内容要点: 要点不能省略或者遗漏。
3.语言: 个别句子需要变化结构
when rewriting an article
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