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Unit 8 Our Blue Planet
Function & Pronunciation
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学习目标
To listen and learn about the origin and importance of water.
Learn the correct pronunciation of letter - combinations such as al, ar, wa, ch/tch, dge/g, gu, gh, ght.
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Read sentences using rising and falling tones and master the rules of rising and falling tones
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Part 1
Function
Let's save water
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It’s water.
Guess what it is according to the descriptions.
It covers about 71% of our earth.
It covers about 70% of our body.
We can’t live without it.
We drink it every day.
What is it
?
Lead-in
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Pre-listening
Activity 1 Pair work
Look at the pictures and talk about where water comes from.
sea
rain
ice
river
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While-listening
Activity 2
Listen to the conversation and answer the question.
What are Xiao Ya and her mom talking about?
They are talking about water.
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Water is __________. It is under the ground, in the ________ and in the sky. On sunny days, water goes up into the sky and forms ________. We need to drink water every day and we also use a lot of water in our life. The earth is a blue planet. It is full of water. But we can only use about ________ of the water on it. We need to save every ________ of water.
everywhere
ocean
clouds
1%
drop
While-listening
Activity 3
Listen again, and then complete the summary.
be full of = be filled with 装满
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Water is under the ground, in the ocean and in the sky. ( )
Water can go up into the sky and form clouds. ( )
We need little water in our life. ( )
We can only use 2% of the water on the earth. ( )
T
T
F
F
a lot of
1%
Read the converssation and mark T or F.
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Read the conversation and pay attention to the pronunciation.
Xiao Ya: Mom, where does water come from?
Mom: There is water everywhere. It's under the ground,in the ocean and in the sky.
Xiao Ya: But I can't see any water in the sky.
Mom: It's in the air. On sunny days,water goes up into the sky and forms clouds.
Xiao Ya: I see. As we all know, water is very important to us.
Mom: Yes. We need to drink water every day.
Xiao Ya: We also need to use a lot of water in our life.
Mom: That's right. It's lucky that we have a lot of water on the earth.
Xiao Ya: Yes. Just because of this, we call the earth a blue planet.
Mom: But we can only use about 1% of the water on the earth. The rest is all
sea water or ice.
Xiao Ya: That is very little water. Let's save every drop of water.
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Xiao Ya: Mom, where does water come from?
Mom: There is water everywhere. It’s under the ground, in the ocean and in the sky.
Xiao Ya: But I can’t see any water in the sky.
Mom: It’s in the air. On sunny days, water goes up into the sky and forms clouds.
Xiao Ya: I see. As we all know, water is very important to us.
Mom: Yes. We need to drink water every day.
Xiao Ya: We also need to use a lot of water in our life.
Mom: That’s right. It’s lucky that we have a lot of water on the earth.
Xiao Ya: Yes. Just because of this, we call the earth a blue planet.
Mom: But we can only use about 1% of the water on the earth. The rest is all
sea water or ice.
Xiao Ya: That is very little water. Let’s save every drop of water.
Activity 3 Take some notes.
=here and there 到处
= as we know 众所周知
因为
call sb/.sth.+n. 把某人/某物称为......
每一滴水
上升
be important to... 对......重要
one percent
little +不可数名词 几乎没有
a little + 不可数名词 一点儿
few + 可数名词复数 几乎没有
a few + 可数名词复数 几个
because 和 because of 因为
because + 句子
because of +名词/代词/动名词
I didn't buy it it was too expensive.
I didn't buy it its price.
I will stay at home it is raining now.
I will stay at home the heavy rain.
because
because of
because
because of
1. Where is water from?
2. How important is water to us?
3. Why do we need to save water?
Post-listening
Activity 4 Pair work
Talk about the questions and make up a new conversation about water.
Part 2
Pronunciation
Phonetic symbols (/ɔ:/ /ɔ:l/ /ɑ:/ /wo/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/ /g/ /f/ /t/) & Intonation
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Some children walk down from the bridge.
At the river they start to watch.
They always want to catch a fish.
So they sit down and make a wish.
Right then, they see one large enough.
Guess what! They catch it and laugh!
Pronunciation
Phonetic symbols (/ɔ:/ /ɔ:l/ /ɑ:/ /wɒ/ /tʃ/ /dʒ/ /g/ /f/ /t/) & Intonation
Activity 1
Listen to the chant. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the colored letters.
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Listen and read the sounds and words aloud.
Activity 2
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Activity 3
Listen and circle the word with a different sound in each group.
1. /ɔ:l/ always talk also 2. /ɑ:/ part around large
3. /tʃ/ chair school teach 4. /dʒ/ bridge orange guess
5. /g / gun guest age 6. /f/ high laugh tough
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Activity 4
1. Look at this river on the map.
2. Are there any people in the desert?
3. Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth.
4. What about making a poster about saving water?
5. Water comes from rivers,lakes and oceans.
Read the sentences aloud and mark the last word with a rising tone ( ) or a falling tone( ), and then listen and check.
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What's your name? How do you get there?
1.陈述句(一般用降调)
I like Beijing. He's unhappy.
2.一般疑问句(用升调)
Are you sure? Do you like it?
3.特殊疑问句(用降调)
Intonation 语调
指说话时音调的高低变化,它对表达句子的意义、情感和态度起着至关重要的作用。
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4.列举或者选择(先升后降)
I like apples, bananas and grapes. (列举)
Do you like coffee or tea? (选择)
5.话还没有说完(先升后降)
I like this skirt, but it is too expensive.
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Mom, where does water come from?
As we all know, water is very important to us.
Just because of this, we call the earth a blue planet.
How important is water to us?
Let’s save every drop of water.
Read the sentences and pay attention to the intonation.
Practice
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We learned:
some facts about water.
to pronounce the words with al, ar, wa, ch/tch, dge/g, gu, gh, ght in them correctly.
to read the sentences with a rising tone or a falling tone coherently.
We can:
make up a conversation about why water is so important to us.
Summary
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词语运用
1. We need _________(drink) a lot of w_____ every day to keep healthy.
2. Water ______ (go) up into the sky and _________(form) clouds ______
sunny days.
3. We should save every ______ (滴) of water _______ (because/because of)
it's very important.
4. The earth is a ______ (蓝色的) planet because there is _________(许多)
water on it.
5. _______________(众所周知),water is important _____ us.
to drink
ater
goes
forms
on
drop
because
blue
much
As we all know
to
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I can
listen and learn about the origin and importance of water
make a conversation and talk about saving water
say the vowel and consonant sounds and use intonation
Reflection
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Share your ways to save water with your best friends.
Read the conversation of activity 3 on page 22 and pay attention to pronunciation and intonation.
Homework
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