Unit 4 Section A 1a-1d 【精品课】 2026-2027学年八年级英语上册同步精品课件（新教材人教版）

SectionA 1a-1d Unit4 Amazing Plants and Animals Unit Objectives In this unit, you will talk about some amazing plants and animals. use superlatives to compare more than two things. discuss the connection between plants, animals, and our lives. explore why plants and animals are important to us. /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/adj.惊人的，了不起的 /səˈpɜːrlətɪv/n.最高级 /kəmˈpeə(r)/v.比较 /kəˈnekʃn/n.关系；联系 /laɪvz/n.生活 /ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)nt/adj.重要的 Watch and Answer What do you see in the photo? What do you think of honey bees? honey bees Honeybees are so _________! They look _____, but they’re really ________. They work ____ to help plants to grow and make honey. amazing small important hard Lead in Amazing Quiz Blast 神奇小测试大爆炸 1. Which animal can sleep for three years? A. Cat （猫） B. Snail （蜗牛） C. Dog （狗） 2. Which plant can eat insects? A. Rose （玫瑰） B. Sunflower （向日葵） C. Venus flytrap （捕蝇草） 3. Which animal has three hearts? A. Elephant （大象） B. Octopus （章鱼） C. Tiger （老虎） 4. Which plant can move quickly to catch prey? A. Mimosa （含羞草） B. Pitcher plant （猪笼草） C. Cactus （仙人掌） 5. Which animal can fly backwards? A. Eagle （老鹰） B. Hummingbird （蜂鸟） C. Sparrow （麻雀） Amazing Hi, boys and girls. I am Happy. Today I am going to share a book named The World’s Most with you. This book shows nature’s amazing facts! Find the tallest tree, fastest animal, oldest living thing, and other record-breakers. Amazing photos and simple facts explain why these species are the BEST at surviving. THE WORLD’S MOST record-breaker n.破记录者 species n.物种 survive v.幸存;生存 AMAZING PLANTS & ANIMALS It’s time to get to know some amazing facts about animals and plants. Let’s learn Here are four videos I shot (拍摄). Watch and guess what plants or animals are. moss /mɒs/ blue whale /weɪl/ redwood /ˈredwʊd/ tree cheetah /ˈtʃiːtə/ 8 Before listening Amazing Plants and Animals beautiful big heavy fast large long small old tall short strong lively friendly amazing Put the words under the pictures. Add more if you like. beautiful small lively amazing beautiful big heavy large long strong amazing beautiful big old tall lively amazing beautiful big fast strong lively amazing While-listening 1b. Listen to the conversations and the number the plants and animals in 1a in the order you hear them. moss /mɒs/ blue whale /weɪl/ redwood /ˈredwʊd/ tree cheetah /ˈtʃiːtə/ 1 2 3 4 1c Listen again. Match the words with the plants and animals in 1a. Some have two answers. moss:__________ blue whale:___________ redwood tree:__________ cheetah:_____________ 3 1 4 2 heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful D. oldest E. fastest F. tallest Observe the words carefully. What can you find? superlatives 1c Listen again. Match the words with the plants and animals in 1a. Some have two answers. moss:__________ blue whale:___________ redwood tree:__________ cheetah:_____________ 3 1 4 2 heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful D. oldest E. fastest F. tallest Tip: predict first moss: appeared long time ago blue whale: large&heavy redwood tree: tall cheetah: run fast time size&weight height fast speed 1c. Listen again. Match the words with the plants and animals in 1a. Some have two answers. A. heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful D. oldest E. fastest F. tallest moss /mɒs/ blue whale /weɪl/ redwood /ˈredwʊd/ tree cheetah /ˈtʃiːtə/ 1 2 3 4 D A, B F C, E heaviest largest most beautiful oldest fastest tallest While-listening Fill the blanks with the words below. While-listening Moss is one of the __________ plants on earth. It appeared on earth around 470 million years ago. the修饰形容词/副词最高级，表“特定范围内的最……” The blue whale is the __________ animal in the world. It's also the ___________ animal on earth. The redwood tree is the ___________ in the world. The cheetah runs the ___________. Yaming thinks it is the ______________ animal in the world. A. heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful D. oldest E. fastest F. tallest heaviest largest most beautiful oldest fastest tallest Listen again. Please write down the questions for the four descriptive sentences. While-listening Q1: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Q2: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Q3: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Q4: ___________________________ ___________________________ A: Moss is one of the __________ plants on earth. It appeared on earth around 470 million years ago. The blue whale is the __________ animal in the world. It's also the ___________ animal on earth. The redwood tree is the ___________ in the world. The cheetah runs the ___________. Yaming thinks it is the ______________ animal in the world. heaviest largest most beautiful oldest fastest tallest What’s the largest animal in the world? Which animal runs the fastest? What’s the oldest plant in the world? Which kind of tree is the tallest in the world? Listen again and fill in the blanks. Emma: Hi, Yaming. What are you doing? Yaming: Hi, Emma. I'm starting a test on animals and plants. Emma: Sounds fun, Let's take it together. Yaming: OK. First question. What's the ________ animal _____________? Emma: It's the blue whale, right? Yaming: Right, It's also the _________ animal ___________, Next question, Which animal runs the ________? Emma:Oh wait! I just read about it. The cheetah runs the _________. Yaming: Right again! And I think it's the ______________ animal _____________. Emma: I completely agree with you. Conversation 1 Conversation 2 Yaming: Now let's answer the questions about plants. What is the _______plant _____________? Emma: Hmm, I'm not sure. Do you have any idea? Yaming: Well, I think moss is one of the ________ plants. It appeared on earth around 470 million years ago .. Oh, look here. I'm correct! Emma: Interesting! Let's go on! Yaming: Which kind of tree is the _______ ____________? Emma: The redwood tree, right? Yaming: Yes! I hope I can see some someday. largest in the world heaviest on earth fastest most beautiful in the world in the world oldest oldest tallest in the world fastest superlatives Superlatives show the plants and animals’ unique amazing traits better. Listen again and fill in the blanks. Emma: Hi, Yaming. What are you doing? Yaming: Hi, Emma. I'm starting a test on animals and plants. Emma: Sounds fun, Let's take it together. Yaming: OK. First question. What's the ________ animal _____________? Emma: It's the blue whale, right? Yaming: Right, It's also the _________ animal ___________, Next question, Which animal runs the ________? Emma:Oh wait! I just read about it. The cheetah runs the _________. Yaming: Right again! And I think it's the ______________ animal _____________. Emma: I completely agree with you. Conversation 1 Conversation 2 Yaming: Now let's answer the questions about plants. What is the _______plant _____________? Emma: Hmm, I'm not sure. Do you have any idea? Yaming: Well, I think moss is one of the ________ plants. It appeared on earth around 470 million years ago .. Oh, look here. I'm correct! Emma: Interesting! Let's go on! Yaming: Which kind of tree is the _______ ____________? Emma: The redwood tree, right? Yaming: Yes! I hope I can see some someday. largest in the world heaviest on earth fastest most beautiful in the world in the world oldest oldest tallest in the world fastest amazing personality traits amazing ability traits Moss is the oldest plant in the world. The redwood tree is the tallest tree in the world. The blue whale is the largest and heaviest animal on earth. The cheetah runs the fastest and is the most beautiful animal in the world. 观察下列句子并试着归纳最高级的结构公式。 三 the 比较范围 比较范围 形容词最高级 (the) 副词最高级 1. 最高级用于‌_______者或以上‌的人/物比较，表示“最……”的概念。 2. 结构公式：be+_______ + ____________ (+ in/of/on____________) v+________+_____________+(+ in/of/on____________) 最高级 比较级 词义 单词 tallest taller 高的 tall most beautiful more beautiful 美丽的 beautiful biggest bigger 大的 big largest larger 大的；大规模的 large busiest busier 忙碌的 busy cutest cuter 可爱的 cute fastest faster 快的；迅速的 fast most popular more popular 受欢迎的；流行的 popular heaviest heavier 重的 heavy laziest lazier 懒惰的 lazy oldest older 年老的；旧的 old 利用类比的方式，通过下列形容词/副词的比较级，推导出其最高级形式。 构成方法 比较级 单音节词和部分双音节词 tallest；shortest；fastest largest；latest biggest；fattest；thinnest easiest；heaviest；earliest 多音节词和部分双音节词 most beautiful；most popular 一般情况下，最高级词尾加 -est 以字母e结尾的词，最高级词尾加-st 重读闭音节词尾只有一个辅音字母时，先双写该辅音字母，然后最高级词尾加-est 以“辅音字母+ y”结尾的双音节词，先把y改为i，然后最高级词尾加-est 词前加most构成最高级 Role-play the conversation. Please pay attention to communicative language (交际用语). Post-listening Conversation1: Emma: Hi, Yaming. What are you doing? Yaming: Hi, Emma. I'm starting a test on animals and plants. Emma: Sounds fun. Let's take it together. Yaming: OK. First question. What's the largest animal in the world? Emma: It's the blue whale right? Yaming: Right. It's also the heaviest animal on earth. Next question. Which animal runs the fastest? Emma: Oh wait! I just read about it. The cheetah runs the fastest. Yaming: Right again! And I think it's the most beautiful animal in the world. Emma: I completely agree with you. 用于确认信息 打断话题或请对方稍等 表示强烈赞同 回应他人的经历/描述 on,此处表示“关于”；相当于about on earth，“在地球上” completely (adv.)“完全地” agree with sb，“同意某人（观点）” sounds fun 听起来很有趣 take the test 做测试 Role-play the conversation. Please pay attention to communicative language (交际用语). Post-listening Conversation2: 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 the oldest plants. It appeared on earth around 470 million years ago. Oh, look here. I'm correct! Emma: Interesting! Let's go on! Yaming: Which kind of tree is the tallest in the world? Emma: The redwood tree, right? Yaming: Yes! I hope I can see some some day. 表示犹豫或不肯定 鼓励对方继续 表达期望或意愿 one of “…之一“，后接名词复数 appear /əˈpɪə(r)/ v. 出现 some day总有一天 I hope +从句，我希望… 1d. Ask and answer questions about the plants and animals in 1a. Post-listening What's amazing about the blue whale? It’s the largest/ biggest animal in the world. rabbit dog panda cat rose tiger blue whale cheetah sunflower moss giraffe redwood tree bee WORD BANK tall; beautiful; big; large; busy; small; hard-working; friendly; cute; cool; fast; popular; heavy; lazy; old; strong; colorful; slow; … butterfly snail Try to talk about more amazing animals. Role-play the conversation. Please pay attention to communicative language (交际用语). Post-listening Conversation1: Emma: Hi, Yaming. What …? Yaming: Hi, Emma. I’m... Emma: Sounds fun. … Yaming: OK. First ... What’s …? Emma: …right? Yaming: Right. It’s … Next ... Which … Emma: Oh wait! I… The cheetah... Yaming: Right again! And I think ... Emma: I completely agree with you. Conversation2: Yaming: Now let’s ... What is …? Emma: Hmm, …. Do you …? Yaming: Well, I think ... It … Oh, look here. …! Emma: Interesting! Let's go on! Yaming: Which …? Emma: …right? Yaming: Yes! I hope I can. Work in groups to talk more about the world’s top records (世界之最) of plants and animals Work Group A: Hey [Name]! Do you have a favorite animal to share first? B: Hi [Name]! Of course! I want to talk about the African elephant. A: Sounds fun! What’s amazing about the African elephant? B: Well, it’s the largest animal that lives on land! A: That’s awesome! Is there one more cool fact you can tell me? B: Definitely! It’s also the cleverest on land—they can remember friends for years. Use the checklist to evaluate. Work Group Checklist Items Stars Did they include the four parts in their conversation? (greet & introduce, ask about the animals, talk about the animals, give responses) Did they use communicative phrases (e.g., "By the way...", "I think...", ”I completely agree with you.") appropriately? Did they use proper stress, especially when emphasizing superlatives of animals and plants, when speaking? Did they show emotions actively while speaking? Did they communicate naturally (eye contact & body language)? I will give them ______ stars. Further Thinking What happened to these amazing animals and plants? Further Thinking What happened to these amazing animals and plants? It’s the most loved animal in China. But its home (bamboo forests) is getting smaller. There are less than 2,000 wild pandas left. Further Thinking What happened to these amazing animals and plants? The leatherback sea turtle is the largest turtle. But adult turtles often get stuck in fishing nets or eat plastic. In the past 50 years, their number has dropped by 90%. Further Thinking What happened to these amazing animals and plants? Rafflesia (大王花) the biggest flower in the world. It grows in rainforests in Southeast Asia. But people cut down the rainforests for wood or farms. So this flower is becoming rare. Further Thinking What happened to these amazing animals and plants? Chinese Dove Tree (珙桐) is one of the most beautiful trees in China. Its flowers look like white doves. But its natural forests are being cut down. Now we can only see it in some protected parks. As for humans, what should we do to protect them? Disscuss reduce soil and water pollution protect wetland areas stop ocean pollution plant more redwood trees protect natural habitats say “No” to products form illegal hunting be careful with fire in forests raise awareness about protection Every creature deserves our care (每一个生命都值得我们守护) Safeguard their homes, let them share (守护它们的家园，让它们共存) To protect them is to protect ourselves, aware (保护它们，就是保护我们自己，需铭记) Love them, love ourselves. 39 1. My cat is _________ (lazy) than my dog. It sleeps 16 hours a day!​ 2. The Yangtze River is one of the _______ (long) rivers in the world.​ 3. This is the ________ (big) apple I have ever eaten. 4. I think autumn is the _________ (cool) season. The weather is just right.​ 5. Tina’s English is _________ (good) than mine. She always gets the ________(high)scores in our class.​ 6. The elephant is the _________(heavy) land animal. A big one can weigh over 5 tons!​ 7. In our class, Lily is the _________(busy) student. She joins three clubs and studies hard.​ 小试牛刀 lazier biggest coolest better heaviest busiest longest highest null 8724.915 null 17763.203 null 108541.555 null 106007.43 Lavf59.10.100 $