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Unit 5
Amazing nature
Developing ideas
(listening and speaking)
初中英语 / 外研版 / 七年级下册
学习目标
能听懂关于博物馆展览和肺鱼习性的听力材料,准确获取并记录关键信息;能在语境中理解并记忆 lungfish, lung, scientist, develop, land, breathe 等核心词汇。 (学习理解)
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能运用所学结构和信息,口头描述肺鱼的神奇生存技能,并解释其研究意义; 能在模拟对话中,运用 Excuse me 或 Sorry 等表达,有礼貌地打断并提问。(应用实践)
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能以小组为单位,运用本课学到的介绍方法,讨论并介绍另一种神奇的生物,分享自己对自然奇迹的理解和感受。(迁移创新)
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Lead in
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Pre-listening
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While-listening
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Post-listening
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Summary
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Language points
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Exercises
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Homework
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Contents
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Lead in
What animal is this?
Look and say
Where does it live?
It's a mudskipper.
It lives in the mud near the water.
/ˈmʌdˌskɪpə/
弹涂鱼;跳跳鱼
/mʌd/
泥;泥土;泥浆
What amazing thing can it do?
It can jump and walk on land.
Watch and say
What do you think of the nature?
I think nature is full of amazing life.
Today, we are going to explore amazing life from nature.
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Pre-listening
A butterfly
Dinosaur fossils
A leopard specimen
[ˈspesɪmən]
标本;样品;样本
[ˈfɒslz]
化石(复数形式)
[ˈlepəd]
豹;豹子
specimen
What can you see in the pictures?
Let’s say
Where can you see them?
Let’s read
Where can you learn about natural wonders??
We can learn about them in natural museums.
[mjuˈziːəm] 博物馆
Let’s think
It’s a place to learn interesting facts.
It’s full of exhibitions.
It can show both history and culture.
What is a museum like?
/ˌeksəˈbɪʃn/ 展览; 展览会
Natural History Museum in London
American Museum of Natural History
National Natural History Museum of China
Let’s match
Which natural history museum do you like best?
What do you want to know before going to a museum?
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While-listening
Before listening, try to predict what the ad is about.
n. 展览
n. 博物馆
自然历史博物馆
Name / Theme(主题) 首字母大写
Content
Opening hours
Activity
Ticket price
When listening to an ad, we should focus on:
Let’s think
Event(事件)
Let’s Listen
Life
animals
9 am
Mondays
10 am
5/five
What’s the main idea of the ad?
There's a _________________ in a museum.
new exhibition
Listen carefully and complete the poster.
Listening text:
A new exhibition is coming to the Museum of Natural Sciences. The name of the exhibition is Amazing Life. Here, you can learn about amazing animals and plants from all over the world.The exhibition will start on the first of April and end on the fifteenth of June. The museum is open between 9 am and 5 pm. It is closed on Mondays. There are free guided tours between10 am and 11 am. The ticket for the exhibition is five pounds. Come along and see the wonderful natural world!
A guide is having an introduction of this fish for students.
Let’s watch
Name: _____________
Kind: Fish
Special skills:
Fun fact:
Lungfish
can breathe with________
can live on ________
can live without water for a long time
It’s a living fossil.
Let’s learn
lungs
land
/ˈfɒsl/
化石
Look through Activity 3 and make pre-listening predictions.
n.
v.
n.
v.-ed
n.
n.
Listen to the conversation and complete the fact card.
air
sleep
water
bodies
sea
walked
Listening text:
Guide: 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...
Visitor 1: Sorry, but could you explain a little more? How do lungfish stay alive?
Guide: In the dry season, they go into the wet earth and sleep. And in the rainy season, they go back into the water.
Visitor 1: Thanks.
Listening text:
Guide: Let’s look at these pictures. Scientists are doing research on lungfish. They study their bodies and behaviour.
Visitor 2: Excuse me. Why do they study lungfish?
Guide: Scientists believe that people developed from fish. So this study can help humans understand themselves. Now, let’s...
Visitor 1: Sorry, sir. Did you say people developed from fish?
Guide: Yes. Long ago, some fish left the sea. They grew lungs and walked on the land. Lungfish are like those fish.
Visitors: Wow!
Let’s learn
How does the guide introduce the lungfish?
Origin
Special skills
Living habits
Research focus
Research results
What should we say when we want to ask questions?
Guide: 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...
Visitor 1: Sorry, but could you explain a little more? How do lungfish stay alive?
Guide: In the dry season, they go into the wet earth and sleep. And in the rainy season, they go back into the water.
Visitor 1: Thanks.
Guide: Let’s look at these pictures. Scientists are doing research on lungfish. They study their bodies and behaviour.
Visitor 2: Excuse me. Why do they study lungfish?
Guide: Scientists believe that people developed from fish. So this study can help humans understand themselves. Now, let’s...
Visitor 1: Sorry, sir. Did you say people developed from fish?
Guide: Yes. Long ago, some fish left the sea. They grew lungs and walked on the land. Lungfish are like those fish.
Visitors: Wow!
Learning to learn
Interrupting politely
When someone explains something, you might want to ask a question. You can interrupt politely with Excuse me or Sorry. Don’t interrupt people in the middle of a sentence.
1) How did the visitors ask questions without being rude?
They used "Sorry" or "Excuse me" to interrupt politely.
2) Why is this important?
Because it is polite.
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Post-listening
The lungfish is amazing. It lives in _______. It can _____________ and live ____________ for months. In the dry season, it goes into ________________and sleeps. I think it's amazing because it has both ________ and gills (鳃) , and it can survive in very hard conditions.
Work in pairs and use the completed fact card to introduce the lungfish.
Africa
breathe air
without water
the wet earth
lungs
What are they?
What do you know about them?
Let’s say
Work in pairs. Ask and answer about another amazing life.
You may follow the frame.
A: Hi, do you know about...?
B: Yeah, ... is an amazing animal.
A: Why?
B: They have... It helps them...
A: Oh, cool! Can I ask you something?
B: Sure.
A: Do... live in...?
B: Yes, they do. They...
A: Thanks for telling me! ... is / are really amazing.
A sample
A: Excuse me, what’s that plant over there?
B: It’s a sensitive plant. It’s really cool. It moves when you touch it.
A: Really?
B: Yeah, actually it can close its leaves like a hand
when something touches it.
A: Wow, that’s amazing! May I ask something?
B: Sure.
A: Why does it do that?
B: It’s a way for the plant to protect itself.
A: Thanks for telling me. I didn’t know plants could be so smart!
/s/ science animals, plants, start, scientists
/z/ museum amazing, closed, tours
/θ/ month thanks, think, earth
/ð/ the this, they, their, those
Listen and read the words then pay attention to the phonetics.
1. /s/ 清辅音,舌尖靠近上齿龈,气流从舌齿间挤出,声带不振动。
常见字母/字母组合:
s: science, start, see, bus, maps
c: (在 e/i/y 前): nice, city, pencil, Lucy
ss: class, glass, miss, grass
2. /z/ 浊辅音,口型与/s/相同,但声带振动。
常见字母/字母组合:
z: zoo, zero, amazing, size
s: (在元音或浊辅音后): museum, his, is, these, tours, animals
3. /θ/ 清辅音,舌尖轻触上齿,气流从舌齿间挤出,声带不振动。
常见字母组合:
th (通常在实词中): month, thanks, think, earth, three, tooth, thin
4. /ð/ 浊辅音,口型与/θ/相同,但声带振动。
常见字母组合:
th(通常在虚词、代词中): the, this, that, those, these, they, their, mother, father
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Summary
1. What amazing life did we learn about today? (Lungfish)
2. What makes it so amazing? (It has lungs, can live without water...)
3. When we want to ask a question, what can we say?" (Excuse me / Sorry)
4. Nature is wonderful. We should keep exploring.
What we have learnt today
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Language points
1.Which natural history museum do you like best? 你最喜欢哪个自然历史博物馆?
natural [形容词]
①自然的;天然的 常用作定语。
例:There are many secrets in the natural world. 在自然界中有许多秘密。
【小试身手】 Everyone loves __________ food now. 现在人人都喜欢天然食品。
②正常的;预料中的
例:It's natural for parents to worry about their children. 父母担心孩子是正常的。
natural
【拓展】 nature [名词] 自然界,大自然
例:I love the beauty of nature. 我喜欢大自然的美丽。
【真题链接】
根据括号中所给汉语提示填空。
Yangzhou is rich in and ____________cultural resources.(自然)
natural
2. Scientists study their bodies and behaviour.
科学家研究它们的身体和习性。
(1)scientist [可数名词] 科学家是以后缀-ist结尾的表示职业的名词。 常见的以-ist结尾的职业名词还有pianist(钢琴家);artist(艺术家);violinist(小提琴手)等。
例:She wants to be a scientist when she growsup.她长大后想成为一名科学家。
【真题链接】用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。
Tu Youyou is one of my favourite ________________(science).
scientist
(2)behaviour [不可数名词] 行为,举止
例:His behaviour at the party was very polite.
他在聚会上的举止很有礼貌。
【拓展】 behave [动词] 表现,举止
例:We should behave politely in public.
我们在公共场合应该举止礼貌。
3. People developed from fish. 人类是从鱼进化而来的。
develop[动词] (使)成长, (使)发展
例:Seeds need water and sunlight to develop.
种子需要水和阳光才能生长。
Chicago developed into a big city in the late1800s.
19世纪末,芝加哥发展成了一个大城市。
Sports can develop bodies and minds. 体育运动能发展身心。
【拓展】 ①develop的形容词:
developed 发达的 developing 发展中的
例:America is a developed country. 美国是一个发达国家。
Our country is a developing country. 我们国家是一个发展中国家。
②development [名词] 发展;发育;成长
【小试身手】
With the ______________ of technology, many people use smartphones every day.
随着科技的发展,许多人每天都使用智能手机。
development
4.They grew lungs and walked on the land. 它们长出了肺,并且在陆地上行走。
land
① [不可数名词] 陆地, 与sea(海)相对。
on the land 在陆地上 by land 经陆路
【小试身手】This animal lives on the _________ . 这种动物生活在陆地上。
②[不可数名词] (耕作的) 土地
【小试身手】Farmers work hard on the ________. 农民们在土地上辛勤劳作。
③[不及物动词] 着陆;降落反义短语为take off (起飞)。
【小试身手】The plane _________ safely. 飞机安全着陆了。
land
land
landed
5. Sorry, but could you explain more about it?
对不起,但是你能多解释一下它吗?
Could you(please)+ 动词原形? 你能......吗?
是表示请求的句子,其否定形式是“Could you (please) + not + 动词原形?。
句中 could 表示请求,不表示过去,只表示语气更委婉。
肯定回答常用"Yes, sure/Sure./Certainly./Of course./No problem./With pleasure.";
否回答常用"I'm sorry, I can't./Sorry, Ican't./Sorry, I'm afraid I can't./I’m sorry, but..."
例:---Could you(please ) finish your housework? 你能做完家务吗?
---Yes, sure. 是的,当然可以。/Sorry,Ican’t. 抱歉,我不能。
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Exercise
一、单项选择
( )1. What is the name of the new exhibition?
A. Amazing Life B. Amazing Nature
C. Wonderful World D. Museum of Natural Sciences
( )2. When does the exhibition end?
A. On the first of April B. On the fifteenth of June
C. On the first of June D. On the fifteenth of July
( )3. How much is the ticket for the exhibition?
A. Ten pounds B. Nine pounds C. Five pounds D. Free
( )4. What do lungfish do in the dry season?
A. They go back into the river. B. They leave the land.
C. They grow lungs and walk. D. They go into the wet earth and sleep.
A
B
C
D
一、单项选择
( )5. Why do scientists study lungfish?
A. Because lungfish can live without water.
B. Because they want to help humans understand themselves.
C. Because lungfish are from Africa.
D. Because lungfish can breathe air.
B
二、用括号内单词的适当形式填空
1. Lungfish have two ________ (lung). They can breathe air with them.
2. Many __________ (scientist) are doing research on amazing animals.
3. Long ago, some fish __________ (develop) lungs and walked on the land.
4. A lungfish __________ (breathe) air when it comes out of the water.
5. In the rainy season, the earth becomes __________ (wet) and the lungfish go back into the river.
lungs
scientists
developed
breathes
wetter
三、根据汉语意思完成句子
1. 肺鱼可以离开水生存数月。
Lungfish can _________ _________ _________ for months.
2. 在旱季,它们钻入湿泥土中睡觉。
In the dry season, they ________ ________ the _________ _________ and sleep.
3. 雨季来临时,它们回到河里。
When the rainy season comes, they _________ _________ _________ the river.
4. 科学家们研究它们的行为来了解进化。
Scientists _________ _________ ____________ to learn about evolution.
5. 很久以前,一些鱼离开海洋,长出了肺。
Long ago, some fish left the sea and _____________ _________.
live without water
go into
go back into
study their behaviour
developed lungs
wet earth
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Homework
基础作业:
Listen to the recording and read along 3 times. Copy the key vocabulary and sentences.
进阶作业: Write 3-5 sentences to introduce the lungfish, using the fact card.
拓展作业:
Search online for another amazing animal and make a short fact card for it (name, where from, why amazing).
Thank you for listening!
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