Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals Section A (1a～1d )课件 -2025-2026学年人教版八年级英语上册

Section A (1a-1d ) Amazing Plants and Animals Learning Objectives 1. 学生能够掌握 moss（苔藓）、blue whale（蓝鲸）、redwood tree（红杉树）、cheetah（猎豹）等词汇；理解听力对话内容，精准提取关于动植物特征（如最大、最快等）的关键信息。(学习理解) 2.能运用所学词汇和句型，描述 1a 中动植物的特点；通过听力练习（1b、1c ），提升听力理解与信息匹配能力；借助 1d 问答环节，熟练用英语交流动植物的 “amazing” 之处。 (应用实践) 3. 引导学生迁移课堂知识，思考并分享生活中其他 “amazing” 动植物，探讨动植物与人类生活的关联，增强保护自然的意识。(迁移创新) Lead in Amazing Quiz Blast 神奇小测试大爆炸 1. Which animal can sleep for three years? A. Cat （猫） B. Snail （蜗牛） C. Dog （狗） 2. Which plant can eat insects? A. Rose （玫瑰） B. Sunflower （向日葵） C. Venus flytrap （捕蝇草） 3. Which animal has three hearts? A. Elephant （大象） B. Octopus （章鱼） C. Tiger （老虎） 4. Which plant can move quickly to catch prey? A. Mimosa （含羞草） B. Pitcher plant （猪笼草） C. Cactus （仙人掌） 5. Which animal can fly backwards? A. Eagle （老鹰） B. Hummingbird （蜂鸟） C. Sparrow （麻雀） Amazing Natural History Museum Boys and girls! Welcome to the Natural History Museum! Today, we’ll visit the ‘Amazing Plants & Animals Zone’. Let’s explore more amazing plants and animals! Read and guess It lives in the ocean. It has a huge body and is the largest and heaviest animal on earth. No other animal in the sea can be bigger than it. What is it? blue whale On land, it runs like a flash. It can reach a speed that makes it the fastest runner among all land animals. It has a beautiful spotted(有斑点的) coat. Guess what it is! cheetah This is a very ancient plant. It looks tiny and soft, like a green carpet on the ground. It appeared on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, being one of the oldest plants. What could it be? moss It’s a giant on land. It has large ears and a long trunk. It is the largest land animal, using its strong body to show its power. Name it! elephant Among trees, it stands tall and proud. It grows to an amazing height, being the tallest tree in the world. Its thick trunk can be as wide as several cars. What tree is it? redwood tree Natural History Museum Now it’s your turn to talk about the amazing plants and animals. 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 blue whale:___________ redwood tree:____ cheetah:_____________ I think redwood tree is very tall. I think moss is really small and old. Natural History Museum There is an interesting test on animals and plants . Emma and Yaming are talking about it. Let’s listen. Listen to the conversations and number the plants and animals in 1a in the order you hear them. 1b moss blue whale redwood tree cheetah 1 3 4 2 1b Listen again. Match the words with the plants and animals in 1a. Some have two answers. A. heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful D. oldest E. fastest F. tallest The is the plant/animal on earth/in the world. A. heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful D. oldest E. fastest F. tallest Observe the words carefully. What can you find? superlatives Moss is the oldest plant on earth. The blue whale is the largest and heaviest animal on earth. Redwood tree is the tallest tree in the world. Cheetah runs the fastest and is the most beautiful animal in the world. Listen and fill in the blank. Emma: Hi, Yaming. What are you doing? Yaming: Hi, Emma. I’m starting a test on __________________. Emma: Sounds fun. Let’s take it together. Yaming: OK. First question. What’s __________ animal in the world? Emma: It’s the __________, right? Yaming: Right. It’s also ___________ animal on earth. Next question. Which animal runs __________? Emma: Oh wait! I just read about it. The _______ runs the fastest. Yaming: Right again! And I think it’s ________________ animal in the world. Emma: I completely agree with you. animals and plants the largest the heaviest the fastest cheetah blue whale the most beautiful 听力策略：信息匹配 Conversation 1 Listen to conversation 2 and fill in the blanks. Yaming: Now let's answer the questions about plants. What is plant in the world? Emma: Hmm, I'm not sure. Do you have any idea? Yaming: Well, I think 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 in the world? Emma: The , right? Yaming: Yes! I hope I can see some one day. the oldest moss the tallest redwood tree Conversation 2 Natural History Museum Now, let's continue our museum journey. Work with your partner, one is a museum visitor, and the other is the guide. Pair Work Natural History Museum What’s the largest animal in the world? The blue whale is the largest / biggest animal in the world. What’s amazing about the moss? It’s the one of the oldest plants. It appeared on earth around 470 million years ago. ... ... Natural History Museum Do you know more about amazing plants and animals? Let's work in groups and prepare some posters for the museum! Think Wondermother Wonder mother Wonder mother Wonder mother Wonder mother Wonder mother Wondermother Wondermother Wondermother Group work: Prepare some descriptions for the poster! It is the fastest animal on land. It can run as fast as a car on a highway! Superlatives + Explanation 最高级 + 解释 It is the fastest animal on land. It can run as fast as a car on a highway! It is one of the oldest plants in the world. It appeared on Earth over 470 millions years. Hummingbird 蜂鸟 Ostrich 鸵鸟 Venus flytrap 捕蝇草 Rafflesia 大王花 smallest bird 5 cm long lighter than a coin lagest/biggest bird can’t fly strong legs run fast fastest plant close its leaves less than a second heaviest flower weigh - a big dog Try to use superlatives! Did you use superlatives correctly? Did you use superlatives in sentences? Did you speak loudly and clearly? Was your pronunciation（发音） and intonation good? rabbit dog panda cat rose tiger blue whale cheetah sunflower moss giraffe redwood tree bee butterfly snail Love them, love ourselves. 通过本课时的学习，学生能够： a. 制作“动植物最高级特征”卡片或宣传海报，左侧画简笔画，右侧用英文标注最高级描述，不少于 4 张。 b. 自选短视频为“神奇动植物”片段配音，需包含 2 个最高级句型，提交配音视频。 Homework Let’s watch Lavf58.20.100 Lavf58.20.100 Lavf57.83.100 $