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

Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals Look and Share 1. What do you see in the photo? 2. What do you think of when you see the photo? Flowers and bees. Nature is really amazing！Bees are helping the flowers grow. rape flower 油菜花 pollination 授粉 Look and Share What makes plants and animals amazing? ► Plants can make their own food! . ►Animals can move around—some run fast, some fly high, and some swim deep in the sea. ? BIG Question ►Both plants and animals have unique ways to live. They work together to keep nature balanced. Section A What can plants and animals do? Animal Riddles Challenge! It’s a super giant in the ocean. It has the largest size among all animals in the world and is really heavy～ It’s a speed - demon on the grassland. It runs so fast that even the wind can’t catch up! blue whale cheetah /weɪl/ /'tʃiːtə/ It’s a ‘living fossil’ plant on Earth. It showed up about 470 million years ago. It’s a ‘giant tree’ in the forest. It can grow so tall that it seems to reach the clouds. It’s one of the world’s tallest trees! Plant Riddles Go On! moss redwood tree /mɒs/ /'redwʊd/ Do you remember how to name the animals or plants in the pictures below? cheetah blue whale redwood tree moss moss blue whale redwood tree cheetah beautiful   big   fast   heavy   large   long   old   small  tall  short What’s amazing about the ______? It’s ______. Look at the plants and animals. Use the words in the box to talk about them. 1a Let’s use another way to talk about animals and plants. The tiger is large. but the lion is larger than the tiger. The elephant is the largest of the three. They are large animals. These animals can run fast. The ostrich runs fast. The antelope runs faster. The cheetah runs the fastest. The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world. Dawn Redwood 水杉 Ginkgo银杏树 moss苔藓 They are old plants Dawn Redwood is old. Ginkgo is older. The moss is the oldest. fast-faster-the fastest old-older-the oldest large-larger-the largest heavy-heavier- the heaviest beautiful-more beautiful-the most beautiful When comparing three or more things, we can use the superlative form of adjectives. 最高级 oldest happiest most popular best ◆ the best the oldest (the) hardest tallest the most outgoing 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 3 1 4 2 听力策略：关键词捕捉 D. oldest A. heaviest B. largest F. tallest C. most beautiful E. fastest Listen again. Match the words with the plants and animals in 1a. Some have two answers. 1c moss blue whale redwood tree cheetah A. heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful D. oldest E. fastest F. Tallest 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 and fill in the blank. 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 _________ plants. It appeared on earth around __________ 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 redwood tree, right? Yaming: Yes! I hope I can see some one day. the oldest 听力策略：关键词捕捉 (数字) Conversation 2 470 million the tallest moss blue whale redwood tree cheetah What’s the ______（形容词最高级） animal/plant in the world? It’s the______ . Ask and answer questions about the plants and animals in 1a. 1d A. heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful D. oldest E. fastest F. Tallest ______ is ______（形容词最高级） animal in the world. Lavf58.20.100 www.17zuoye.com 本音频通过一起作业网听力材料制作工具生成 111888.0 $