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Amazing nature
Unit 5
Listening & Speaking
What do animals look like?
What can animals do?
1. Let’s watch a video about animals.
After watching, please answer the questions:
What do animals look like?
What can animals do?
What do animals look like?
Some are ..., some are ...
colourful
with patterns
some are big, some are small
What can animals do?
fly through the air
swim through the water
run fast
climb up trees
change the way they look
What do you think of animals?
amazing, surprising, wonderful ...
Where can you see animals?
What can animals do? some ... some ...
fly through the air, swim through the water, strong and run fast, climb up trees, change the way they look/colours
What do you think of animals? amazing, surprising, wonderful.
Where can you see animals?
Natural History Museum of China
American Museum of Natural History
Natural History Museum in London
butterfly specimens
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dinosaur fossils
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[ˈfɒsl]
leopard specimens
[ˈlepəd]
What can you see in natural history museums?
2. Where can you see animals? mountains, forests, zoos, farms.
If you want to learn some knowledge about animals, where can you go? --- museums.
There are natural history museums around the world, such as ....
What can you see in these museums?
We can see ...specimen, .... we can learn knowledge.
Today, let’s go to museums and explore the world of amazing animals!
3. Today let’s go to museums and explore the world of amazing animals!
Listen to the ad and choose the main idea.
a There’s a new exhibition in a museum.
b A new natural history museum has opened.
c Children should go to the natural history museum.
d The exhibition will last from April to June.
an ad
4. Here is an ad from a museum. Let’s listen and choose the main idea.
A new exhibition
Name of the exhibition
Amazing 1 ____.
Activities
* Learn about amazing 2_________ and 3_______.
* Join in 4______ guided tours.
Opening dates
From 5____ of April to 15th of 6______.
Opening hours
From 7______ to 5 pm, closed on 8__________.
Ticket price
9_____ pounds
life
animals
plants
free
1st
June
9 am
Monday
five
5. What information does the ad tell us?
Let's listen again and complete the details of this ad.
7. There are free guided tours in the museum. What is a guided tour?
Follow me!
lungfish
Why is it amazing?
8. Now, let’s follow the guide and learn about one amazing animal.
9. What animal is it? Why is it amazing? It has legs...It can walk on the land .... It can live without water. ....
* In the 5____ season, they go into the wet earth and 6______.
* In the 7_____ season, they go back into the 8______.
Features
Abilities
Living habits
Introduction to lungfish
It is from 1______.
It has 2______.
It can breathe 3___.
It can live 4________ water for months.
Place
Africa
lungs
air
without
dry
sleep
rainy
water
now let’s listen to the guide’s introduction and complete the fact file about the animal.
First, pay attention to the introduction part.
Research on lungfish
Scientists study lungfish’s 1________ and behaviour.
Discoveries
* 2________ developed from fish.
* Long ago, some fish left the 3____. They grew lungs and 4_______ on the land. Lungfish are like those fish.
bodies
People
sea
walked
Then, pay attention to the research part.
Host: Welcome to Amazing Life. Let’s look at this fish from Africa. It has lungs and can breathe air. It can live without water for months. So, its name is Lungfish. OK, next let’s ...
Boy: Sorry, but could you explain a little more? How do lungfish stay alive?
Host: In the dry season, they go into the wet earth and sleep. And in the rainy season, they go back into the water.
Boy: Thanks.
Host: Let’s look at these pictures. Scientists are doing research on lungfish. They study their bodies and behaviour.
Girl: Excuse me, why do they study lungfish?
Host: Scientists believe that people developed from fish, so this study can help humans understand themselves. Now let’s ...
Boy: Sorry, sir. Did you say people developed from fish?
Host: Yes. Long ago some fish left the sea. They grew lungs and walked on the land. Lungfish are like those fish.
Boy and girl: Wow!
polite
curious
interested in amazing life
eager to learn something
It is important to keep curious and asking questions. But pay attention, don’t interrupt people in the middle of a sentence and in a polite way.
What do you think of the boy and the girl?
While listening to the guide, what questions do the boy and the girl ask?
They are .... polite, curious, interested in amazing life, eager to learn something.
Tip: It is important to keep curious and asking questions. But pay attention, don’t interrupt people in the middle of a sentence and in a polite way.
* In the 5____ season, they go into the wet earth and 6______.
* In the 7_____ season, they go back into the 8______.
Features
Abilities
Living habits
Introduction to lungfish
It is from 1______.
It has 2______.
It can breathe 3___.
It can live 4________ water for months.
Place
Africa
lungs
air
without
dry
sleep
rainy
water
How does the guide introduce lungfish.
He tells us the .... place, features....
* In the ... seaon, they go into the ... and ...
* In the ... season, they go ...
Features
Abilities
Living habits
Introduction to lungfish
It is from ...
It has ...
It can breathe ...
It can live ... for ...
Place
Let's introduce lungfish to others.
earthworm
sensitive plant
chameleon
What other amazing animals do you know?
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What other amazing animals do you know?
earthworm
Features
Abilities
Place
It lives in wet soil.
It is long and thin, like a little snake.
* If you cut it into two, it won’t die. One piece can grow into a new earthworm. It is able to protect the soil.
Living habits
It eat dead leaves.
What other amazing animals do you know?
sensitive plant
Features
Abilities
Place
It grows in forests, fields, grasslands ...
It has small green leaves, like feathers.
The flowers are pink and soft.
It can protect itself.
When you touch its leaves, they will close up quickly.
What other amazing animals do you know?
chameleon
Features
Abilities
Place
It lives in warm places, like rainforests.
It has big eye, a long tail and colourful skin.
It can change colours to hide itself or show its mood.
[kəˈmiːliən]
What other amazing animals do you know?
earthworm
sensitive plant
chameleon
[kəˈmiːliən]
It lives in ...
It is ..., like ...
If you ..., it won’t ...
One piece can ...
It can ...
It eat ...
It grows in ...
It has ..., like ...
The flowers ...
It can ... When you ..., they will ...
It lives in ..., like ...
It has ...
It can ... to ... or ...
Please introduce one of these amazing lives.
What other amazing animals do you know?
了解
自然奇观
在……中
持续
from A to B
从……到……
What other amazing animals do you know?
来自全世界
票价
What other amazing animals do you know?
事实档案
……的介绍
呼吸空气
潮湿的土
关于……的调查
行为
develop
打扰
What other amazing animals do you know?
1. Let’s watch a video about animals.
After watching, please answer the questions:
What do animals look like? some ... some. ..
big, small, colourful, with patterns
What can animals do? some ... some ...
fly through the air, swim through the water, strong and run fast, climb up trees, change they way they look/colours
What do you think of animals? amazing, surprising, wonderful.
2. Where can you see animals? mountains, forests, zoos, farms.
If you want to learn some knowledge about animals, where can you go? --- museums.
There are natural history museums around the world, such as ....
What can you do in these museums?
We can see ...specimen, .... we can learn knowledge.
3. Today let’s explore the amazing world of animals!
4. First, let’s visit the Museum of Natural Science
Here is an ad from the museum. Let’s listen and choose the main idea.
5. Let's listen again and complete the details of this ad.
What does the ad tell us? (先自己说,再选)
Name of the exhibition: Amazing Life
Activities/ Content:
Learn about amazing animals and plants from all over the world.
Join in ________ guided tours
Opening dates:
The exhibition will start on the 1st of April and end on the 15th of June.
From the _______ of April to the 15th of ____________.
Opening hours: From 9 am to 5 pm, closed on _____________.
Ticket price: Five pounds
6. Now, let’s introduce the exhibition to our friends and invite them to go with us: There is a new exhibition in the Museum of Natural Science.
7. There are free guided tours in the museum. What is a guided tour?
8. What will we explore with the guide?
amazing life : animals/plants
9. What amazing animals do you know? Do you remember the animals in the video? watch them again.
10. Now, a guide will introduce an amazing animal to us. (picture). What animals it? Why is it amazing? It has legs...It can walk on the land .... It can live without water. ....
Know let’s listen to the guide’s introduction and complete the fact file about the animal.
Fact File about ________________
Introduction to it:
Place: It is from ___________.
Features: It has _____________.
Abilities: It can breathe ________________. It can live ____________ water for months.
Living habits: In the ________ season, they go into the wet earth and ___________.
In the ___________ seasons, they go back into the ____________.
Research on lungfish:
Scientists study lungfish’s ______ and behaviour
Discoveries:
__________ developed from fish.
Long ago, some fish left the ____________. They grew lungs and ___________ on the land. Lungfish are like those fish.
What do you think of the girls and boys here?
They are .... polite, curious, interested in amazing life, eager to learn something.
Tip: It is important to keep curious and asking questions. But pay attention, don’t interrupt people in the middle of a sentence and in a polite way.
When we introduce a kind of amazing life, we can talk about its ....
Now, here are some amazing lives. What are they?
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