Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals-【教材笔记】2026-2027学年八年级上册英语课前预习笔记（人教版·新教材）

UNIT 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 神奇的植物和动物 What makes plants and animals amazing? BIG 什么使植物和动物如此神奇？ Question In this unit,you will 在本单元，你将 1.talk about some amazing plants and animals. 1.谈论一些神奇的植物和动物。 2.use superlatives to compare more than two things 2.使用最高级比较两个以上的事物。 3.讨论植物、动物和我们的生活之 3.discuss the connection between plants,animals, 间的联系。 and our lives. 4.探讨为什么植物和动物对我们是 4.explore why plants and animals are important to 重要的。 us 看一看并分享 Look and share 1.你在这张照片中看到了什么？ 1.What do you see in the photo? 2.当你看到这张照片时，你想到了 2.What do you think of when you see the photo? 什么？ Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 43 A What can plants and animals do? 植物和动物能做什么？ 1 Look at the plants and animals.Use the words 1©看这些植物和动物。用 in the box to talk about them. 方框中的词来谈论它们。 beautiful big fast heavy large 漂亮的大的快捷的重的大的 long old small tall short 长的老的小的高的矮的 moss: blue whale: 苔藓： 蓝鲸： redwood tree: cheetah: 红杉树： 猎豹： Listen to the conversations and number the ⑥听对话，按你听到的顺 plants and animals in la in the order you 序给1a中的植物和动物 hear them. 编号。 D【参考答案】（从左至右，从上至下）3142 Listen again.Match the words with the ⊙再听一遍。把这些词与 plants and animals in 1a.Some have two 1a中的植物和动物匹配。 answers. heay变最高绒时，先变 -y为i,再加-est 有些有两个答案。 A.heaviest B.largest A最重的 B.最大的 C.most beautiful D.oldest C.最美丽的 D.最老的 E.fastest F.tallest E.最快的 F.最高的 44 教材笔记英语八年级上册 D【参考答案】moss:D blue whale::AB redwood tree:F cheetah:CE Ask and answer questions about the plants 1d提出并回答有关1a中植物 and animals in 1a. 和动物的问题。 What's amazing about the blue whale? 蓝鲸有什么神奇之处？ >形容词的最高绒前通常加定冠词the 它是世界上最大的动物。 It's the:largest/biggest animal in the world. Pronunciation 1 Listen and repeat.Add one more word to each 听录音并跟读。每组再 group. 加一个词。 ler/ /a/ l /bl/ /kl/ /gV /br/ /kr/ /gr/ a,ai,ay i,y,igh oy,oi bl y gl br cr gr whale mice toy black clean glad bread cross grass 鲸 老鼠 玩具 黑色的 干净的 高兴的 面包 穿越 青草 rain fly join blow climb glass bring cream great 雨 飞 加入 吹 爬 玻璃 带来 奶油 伟大的 stay high choice blue clock globe brown cry grow 停留 高的 选择 蓝色的 时钟 地球仪 棕色的 哭 成长 O【参考答案】play dry noise blood class glare break crab green 2Listen and repeat.Notice the difference in 2 听录音并跟读。注意同 stress and meaning of the same sentence. 一个句子在重音和意义 I visited the redwood forests in California several 上的不同。 times.(not other forests) 我去游览过加利福尼亚的红木森 I visited the redwood forests in California several 林几次。（不是其他森林）》 我去游览过加利福尼亚的红木森 times.(not other places) 林几次。（不是其他地方） I visited the redwood forests in California several 我去游览过加利福尼亚的红木森 times.(not only once) 林几次。（不止一次) Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 45 2Listen to the conversation and fill in the 6②听对话并填空。 blanks. 埃拉：哦，那是什么，陈杰？它真 Ella:Oh,what's that,Chen Jie?It's so beautiful! 好看！ Chen Jie:Thanks.It's a foldingfan,I bought it last 陈杰：谢谢。它是一把折扇。我 year. fan还可表示“狂热爱好者 去年买的。 Ella:Oh!It has a painting of bamboo on it. 埃拉：哦！它上面有一幅竹子 Chen Jie:Yeah.Bamboo is one of the most popular 的画。 “one of+the+形容词最高级+可裁 名词复数”表示“最…的…之一” 陈杰：是的。竹子是中国画中最受 subjectsin Chinese paintings.It's 欢迎的主题之一。在中国文 of goodness in Chinese culture. 化中，它是美德的象征。 Ella:I didn't know that before.So,where did you 埃拉：我以前不知道。你从哪里 get that fan? 得到那把扇子的？ Chen Jie:At the Bamboo Sea in Sichuan,the 陈杰：在四川的竹海，中国最大最 and bamboo forest 古老的竹林。我在那里学到 in China.I learnt lots of interesting things 了很多有趣的东西。 when I was there. Ella:Really?Like what? 埃拉：真的吗？比如呢？ Chen Jie:Well,bamboo is one of the fastest- 陈杰：嗯，竹子是生长最快的植 growing plants.Some bamboo can grow 物之一。有些竹子一天能 almost one metre in one day.Also,it's 长几乎一米。同时，它也是 one of the plants in the world. 世界上最有用的植物之一。 People can use it to build houses and 人们可以用它来建造房屋、 make tools and instruments 制作工具和器械。 Ella:Oh,that's interesting.I remember pandas love 埃拉：哦，那很有趣。我记得熊 to eat bamboo too,right? 竹笋下 猫也喜欢吃竹子，对吗？ Chen Jie:Exactly!Actually we eat:bamboo shoots 陈杰：正是如此！实际上我们也 too.They're really delicious 吃竹笋。它们真的很美味。 D【参考答案】symbol;largest;oldest;:most useful 46 教材笔记英语八年级上册 Read the conversation and answer the 26阅读对话并回答问题。 questions. 1.What does Ella see on the folding fan? 1.埃拉在折扇上看到了什么？ 2.Why does bamboo often appear in Chinese 2.为什么竹子经常出现在中 paintings? 国画中？ 3.Where is the Bamboo Sea? 3.竹海在哪里？ 4.What do people use bamboo for? 4.人们用竹子做什么？ 5.Is Ellainterested inbamboo?How do you know? 5.埃拉对竹子感兴趣吗？你怎 be interested in对…感头趣 么知道的？ 【参考答案】l.A painting of bamboo, 2.Because it's a symbol of goodness in Chinese culture. 3.In Sichuan,China. 4.They use bamboo to build houses and make tools and instruments. 5.Yes,she is.It is evident because she asks follow-up questions ("Really?Like what?"), expresses surprise(Oh,that's interesting."),and recalls additional facts about bamboo (pandas love to eat bamboo").Her engagement shows her curiosity and interest. Complete the mind map with the information 2g用2a中的信息完成思维 from 2a. 导图。 got at 在 得到 on Chen Jie's folding fan 在陈杰的折扇上 the and bamboo forest in China a symbol of 的象征 中国 和 的竹林 in one day one of the fastest- grow Bamboo a popular subject in Chinese paintings 一天内长 growing plants生 长最快的植物之一 竹子 中国画中一个很受欢迎的主题 ·build 建造 one of the most useful plants ·food for and 。make and in the world世界上最有用的 和 的食物 制作 和 植物之一 O【参考答案】（从左至右；从上至下）the Bamboo Sea in Sichuan largest;oldest goodness almost one metre houses;tools;instruments pandas;people Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 47 Listen to the conversation again.Then role- ②6再听一遍对话。然后进 play it. 行角色扮演。 导游下 2Imagine you are atour guideat the Bamboo Sea ②©假设你是竹海的一名导 and your partner is a foreign tourist.Make up a 游，而你的同伴是一名外 conversation about bamboo and its importance. 国游客。编一组关于竹子 A:Welcome to the Bamboo Sea!I'm your tour guide 及其重要性的对话。 today.I'd love to share all the interesting things A:欢迎来到竹海！今天我是你 about bamboo with you.Pleasefeel freeto ask me 的导游。我很乐意和你分享 (可以)随便（做某事） 所有与竹子有关的趣事。你 any questions you have. 有任何问题请尽管问我。 B:Bamboo:seems to be:a very popular plant in China. B:在中国，竹子似乎是一种很受 seem to be似乎；好像 Can you tell me why the Chinese people like 欢迎的植物。你能告诉我为什 bamboo so much? 么中国人这么喜欢竹子吗？ A:Well,.. A:嗯，… Grammar Focus Read the sentences and notice the words in ③©读句子并注意黑体词。构 bold.What are the ways to form a superlative 成形容词或副词最高级的 adjective or adverb? 方法是什么？ The blue whale is the largest and heaviest animal in 蓝鲸是世界上最大、最重的动物。 the world. 世界上最大的陆地动物是非洲象。 The biggest land animal in the world is the African elephant. 在所有陆地动物中，猎豹跑得最快。 The cheetah runs the fastest among all land animals. 我认为世界上最有用的植物是竹子。 I think the most useful plant in the world is bamboo. It is perhaps the most interesting plant in the world. 它可能是世界上最有趣的植物。 48 教材笔记英语八年级上册 Complete the sentences with the superlative ③6用括号中单词的最高级形 forms of the words in brackets. 式完成句子。 1.Among all animals,I love pandas the best.I think 1.在所有的动物中，我最喜欢大 they are (cute)animals in the world. 熊猫。我认为它们是世界上最 2.Which do you think is (beautiful),the 可爱的动物。 rose,the peony,or the lotus flower? 2.你认为哪种花最漂亮，玫瑰、 3.Look at that butterfly!It has (colourful) 牡丹还是莲花？ wings. 3.看那只蝴蝶！它有最绚丽的翅膀。 4.Which animal jumps (high),the lion, 4.哪一种动物跳得最高，狮子、 the monkey,or the tree frog? 猴子还是树蛙？ 5.The elephant birds were (large)and 5.象鸟曾经是世界上最大、最重 (heavy)birds ever on earth:Some could stand up to 的鸟。有些站起来可以高达3 在世界上 three metres tall and weigh up to 860 kg. 米，重达860千克。 D【参考答案】1.the cutest2.the most beautiful 3.the most colourful 4.the highest 5.the largest;heaviest Complete the passage with the superlative ③©用方框中单词的最高级形 forms of the words in the box. 式完成短文。 ancient beautiful common 古老的 美丽的 普通的 good popular 好的 广受欢迎的 The ginkgo tree is one of living trees 银杏树是世界上现存的最古 on earth.Ginkgo trees first appeared over 200 million 老的树木之一。银杏树最早出现 years ago.Chinese people love the ginkgo,as it is a 在2亿多年前。中国人喜欢银杏， symbol of hope and long life.Many Chinese believe 因为它是希望和长寿的象征。许 that the old ginkgo tree in the Zhongnan Mountains 多中国人认为，陕西终南山的老 in Shaanxi Province is Thousands of 银杏树是最美的。每年都有成千 tourists come to see it each year,especially in mid- 上万的游客前来参观，特别是在 October,as it is time to see it.The ginkgo 10月中旬，因为这是观赏它的最 tree is one of trees in streets,parks,and 佳时间。银杏树是中国街道、公 gardens across China.When autumn comes,one 园和花园中最常见的树木之一。 of 秋天来临时，最受欢迎的活动之 activities is to:take a walk:under =have a walk,意为“散步" 一就是在银杏树下散步。人们相 ginkgo trees.People believe the bright yellow leaves 信，明黄色的叶子能使他们的心 can bring joy to their heart. 情愉悦。 D【参考答案】the most ancient;the most beautiful;the best,.the most common;the most popular Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 49 How are plants and animals connected with us? 植物和动物是如何与我们联系在 一起的？ Look at the title and the pictures below.Guess ©看下面的标题和图片。猜 what the text is about. 测课文是关于什么的。 Read the text and underline the adjectives the b读课文，在作者用来描述 writer uses to describe bees. 蜜蜂的形容词下画线。 We Can't Live Without Bees 没有蜜蜂我们无法生存 Imagine you go to the 想象一下，你去你所在地区 supermarket in your area, 的超市，但那里几乎没有水果、 but there are almost no 蔬菜、蜂蜜、牛奶、鸡蛋或巧克 pollination fruits,vegetables,honey, milk,eggs,or chocolate.How would you feel? 力。你会有什么感觉？失望？愤 Disappointed?Angry?Sad?At this moment you 怒？难过？在这一刻，你意识到 realize people,plants,and animals are all connected. 人、植物和动物都是相互联系的。 We need each other to live,and bees are one of the best 我们需要彼此来生存，蜜蜂就是 examples of this connection. 这种联系的最佳例证之一。 Bees are very hard- 蜜蜂是非常勤劳的动物，它 working animals,and 们最伟大的工作就是授粉。在一 their greatest work is 次的飞行中，它们通常会拜访 hone pollination.On one trip, they often visit 50 to 100 flowers.As they fly from 50到100朵花。当它们从一朵 -from...to从…到…4 花飞到另一朵花时，它们会带走 one flower to another,they take pollen with them. 花粉。这个行为有助于植物生长。 This action helps plants grow.In fact,without their 事实上，没有它们的工作，世界 work,about 80 per cent of the plants in the world cannot grow.For this reason,many scientists believe 上大约80%的植物无法生长。 that bees are the most important animals on this 因此，许多科学家认为蜜蜂是这 planet. 个星球上最重要的动物。 50 教材笔记英语八年级上册 Bees are also one of the most interesting animals in 蜜蜂也是世界上最有趣的动 the world.For example,they work hard together to 物之一。例如，它们一起努力工 作来建造它们的家园。为了储存 make their homes.In order to store honey,they create 蜂蜜，它们创建了蜂巢。关于蜜 honeycombs.Another interesting thing about bees is 蜂另一个有趣之处是它们的交流 how they communicate.When a bee finds new food,it 方式。当一只蜜蜂发现新的食物 -此处是how引导的表语从句 uses a dance to tell the others where and how far away 时，它会用舞蹈告诉其他蜜蜂食 物的位置和距离。 the food is. -play a part(in sth)参与某事 蜜蜂在我们星球的生态系统 Bees play an important part:in the ecosystem of 中发挥着重要作用。然而，蜜蜂 our planet.However,the number of bees is dropping, 的数量正在减少，科学家们（对 此)感到担忧。蜜蜂需要我们的 and scientists are worried.Bees need our help,and 帮助，我们可以做很多事情。想 there is a lot we can do.Think about what you can do 想你能做些什么来保护世界上最 to protect one of the most amazing animals on earth. 神奇的动物之一。 O【参考答案】Underlined:hard-working;the most important;the most interesting,the most amazing Read again and complete the mind map with 门©再读一遍，用课文中的信 the information from the text. 息完成思维导图。 ·their greatest work: 它们最伟大的工作： 。visit 拜访 .help 帮助 importance interesting facts 重要性 有趣的事实 Bees 蜜蜂 problem 问题 their number is 它们的数量是 Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals O【参考答案】（从左至右，从上至下）pollination50tol00 flowers plants grow They work hard together to make their homes.In order to store honey,they create honeycombs.When a bee finds new food,it uses a dance to tell the others where and how far away the food is.dropping Discuss the questions. ©讨论问题。 1.Can you give another title for the text? 1.你能给这篇课文另起一个标题吗？ 2.What other interesting facts do you know about2.关于蜜蜂你还知道哪些有趣的 bees? 事实？ 3.What do you know about the connection between 3.关于人类和其他昆虫，如蚂蚁 humans and other insects,such as ants and 和蝴蝶，之间的联系，你了解 butterflies? 多少？ D【参考答案】1.Some Interesting Facts About Bees 2.A bee has six legs and two pairs of wings.3.略 Imagine you are the writer.Write one more ®设想一下你是本文作者。 paragraph about bees and add it to the text. 再写一段关于蜜蜂的内 容，并把它加到课文中。 How do you understand the connection between ①)你如何理解植物、动物和 plants,animals,and people?Think of some 人之间的联系？想出一 些例子，然后与你的同伴 examples and then share them with a partner. 分享。 A:We all know people and nature are connected. A:我们都知道人与自然是有联 But can you give me an example of how they are 系的。但你能给我举个例子 connected? 说明它们是如何联系在一起 的吗？ B:Sure.I visited a small town in Guangdong once. B:当然。我曾经去过广东的一 There are many large trees in the town.They 个小镇。镇上有许多大树。 它们是许多鸟类的家园。很 are home to:many birds.A lot of tourists come to 多游客都来观赏这些树和 see the trees and the birds... 鸟… be home to sb/sth有栖息；是…的家乡 教材笔记英语八年级上册 Vocabulary in Use 2Circle the odd ones.Then give your reasons. 2©圈出不同的一项。然后给 出你的理由。 1.habit height size weight 1.习惯高度 尺寸 重量 2.joy happiness fun enjoy 2.喜悦 快乐 有趣的享受 3.生气的失望的 聪明的难 3.angry disappointed smart sad 过的 4.appear look seem watch 4.看来看来好像似乎 观看 5.honey milk juice bread 5.蜂蜜 牛奶 果汁 面包 D【参考答案】 Circled:1.habit 2.enjoy 3.smart 4.watch 5.bread Add the endings-ance,(ion,-ness,and-ityto ②b添加后缀-ance、-()ion、 都是名词后缀“ ness和-ity来构成名词。 form nouns.Use your dictionary. 使用你的词典。 1.act 1.行动 2.g00d 2.好的 3.kind 3.善良的 4.appear 4.看来 5.real 5.真实的 6.imagine 6.想象 7.connect 7.连接 8.popular 8.广受欢迎的 9.communicate 9.沟通 10.important 10.重要的 O【参考答案】1.action2.goodness3.kindness4,appearance 5.reality 6.imagination 7.connection 8.popularity 9.communication 10.importance Complete the sentences with the correct forms ②⊙用方框中单词的正确形式 of the words in the box. 完成句子。 appear disappoint imagine store 看来；出现使失望 想象 贮存有…重 weigh 1.当我最喜欢的花调谢时，我感 1.I felt when my favourite flowers died. 到沮丧。 Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 53 2.After the rain,some mushrooms in the 2.雨后，花园里出现了一些蘑菇。 garden. 3.在我的家乡，人们经常用竹篮 3.In my hometown,people often use bamboo 贮存食物。 baskets to food. 4.你在行李里放了什么？它重 4.What did you put in your luggage?It 一吨。 ton. 5.I can't my life without my pets.They 5.我不能想象我的生活没有我的 mean a lot to me. 宠物。它们对我来说意义重大。 D【参考答案】1.disappointed2.appear3.store 4.weighed 5.imagine Complete the passage with the correct forms of 2©用方框中单词的正确形式 the words in the box. 完成短文。 however important land planet protect 然而 重要的陆地地球保护 You may not realize it,but frogs play an important role: 你可能没有意识到，但是青 in:our ecosystem.The smallest frogs are 蛙在我们的地球生态系统中发挥 play a role in在…中发挥作用 着重要的作用。最小的青蛙只有 about the size of a pea,while larger ones can grow 豌豆大小，而较大的青蛙可以长 as big as a human hand.Many people know that frogs 到人的手掌那么大。很多人都知 help to farms by eating insects. ,not 道青蛙通过吃昆虫来帮助保护农 everyone understands their in nature.Frogs can 田。然而，不是每个人都了解它 们在自然中的重要性。青蛙可以 live on and in water.Because of this,they are 在陆地上和水中生活。正因为如 popular subjects in studies on:climate change and the 此，它们是气候变化和生态系统 ecosystem. 气侯变化 研究的热门对象。 ,O【参考答案】planet;:protect;However;:importance;land Read the text and complete the table. ③⊙读课文并完成表格。 The Blue Whale 形容词最高级 蓝鲸 The blue whaleis the largest and heaviest animal 蓝鲸是世界上最大、最重的 on earth.It can weigh as much as 200 tons.Many 动物。它的重量可达200吨。许 多人喜欢看蓝鲸游泳，他们认为 people like watching blue whales swim,and they 这是值得一看的最美丽的事情之 think it is one of the most beautiful things to see. 一。蓝鲸生活在除北冰洋以外的 Blue whales live in all oceansexceptthe Arctic 所有海洋中。它们吃得很多，但 除…之外← 教材笔记英语八年级上册 Ocean.They eat a lot,but they eat some of the 它们吃海洋中一些最微小的动物。 tiniest animals in the ocean.A blue whale can eat 一头蓝鲸一天能吃掉大约四吨的 around four tons of these a day..,达到：符合 微小动物。 Blue whales canlive up to90 years.When a blue 蓝鲸可以活到90岁。蓝鲸 whale dies at sea,it becomes food for many kinds of 在海里死亡后，它就成了生活在 animals living in and around the sea.This food lasts 海里和海周围的多种动物的食 物。这种食物可以保存一年多， for over a year and it helps to create a lively and 有助于创造一个充满活力和健康 healthy ecosystem.Blue whales play an important 的生态系统。蓝鲸在我们的世界 role in our world,so we must protect them. 中扮演着重要的角色，因此我们 Blue whale facts 必须保护它们。 Weight 蓝鲸的资料 Where they live 重量 它们住在哪里 Food 食物 How long they live 它们能活多久 Importance in nature 在自然界的重要性 p【参考答案】200tons all oceans except the Arctic Ocean some of the tiniest animals in the ocean 90 years create a lively and healthy ecosystem Imagine you are a blue whale.Use the first ③6想象你是一头蓝鲸。用第 person to rewrite the first paragraph. 一人称重写第一段。 Hello everyone!My name is Billy the Blue Whale. 大家好！我是蓝鲸比利。 Iam I'm heavy,but 我是 我很重，但我 我住在 I live in I can eat 我可以吃 D【参考答案】the largest and heaviest animal on earth;eat some of the tiniest animals in the ocean;all oceans except the Arctic Ocean;around four tons of food a day Complete your passage about the blue whale 3⊙根据3a中的课文完成你关 based on the text in 3a. 于蓝鲸的短文。 Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 55 *Project Make a poster about a plant or an animal 做一张关于一种植物或一种动物的海报 Work in groups.Choose or create the title of 40分组合作。选择或创建你 your poster. 的海报的标题。 The Strangest The Cutest The Most Animal Animal Amazing Plant 最奇怪的动物 最可爱的动物 最令人惊奇的 植物 nnn The Most The Most Popular Beautiful Animal The Oldest Tree House Plant 最美丽的动物 最古老的树 最受欢迎的室内 植物 Collect pictures and find out information about the ④⑤收集图片并找出你选择的 plant or animal that you chose. 植物或动物的信息。 1.What is its name? 1.它叫什么名字？ 2.Where does it live/grow? 2.它在哪里生活/生长？ 3.Why did you choose it? 3.你为什么选择它？ 4.What are some interesting facts about it? 4.关于它有哪些有趣的事实？ 4Make your poster. ④©制作你的海报。 4Present your poster in class.Then vote for the best 4©d在课堂上展示你的海报。 one. 然后投票选出最好的一个。 Reflecting 1.What amazing plants and animals did you learn about in the unit? 2.When do you use the superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs? 3.Can you describe some amazing plants or animals in the world? 4.How are we connected with plants and animals? Take care of animals and plants because we cannot live without them. 爱护动物和植物，因为没有它们，我们不能生存。 56 教材笔记英语八年级上册