Unit 4 Language and Communication Lesson 3 Animal Talk 同步分层作业 2026-2027学年北师大版英语八年级下册

Unit 4 Language and Communication Lesson 3 Animal Talk 分层作业 建议用时：30分钟 一、单词汉译英（Lesson 3：动物怎样“说话” Animal Talk） 1. 尾巴 ____________ 2. 摇摆 ____________ 3. 耳朵 ____________ 4. 蜜蜂 ____________ 5. 舞蹈；跳舞 ____________ 6. 蜂蜜 ____________ 7. 圆圈 ____________ 8. 方向 ____________ 9. 科学家 ____________ 10. 研究 ____________ 11. 奖 ____________ 12. 信号 ____________ 二、短语汉译英（教材原短语） 1. 摇尾巴 ____________ 2. 竖起耳朵 ____________ 3. 圆圈舞 ____________ 4. 摆尾舞 ____________ 5. 寻找食物 ____________ 6. 互相交流 ____________ 7. 二十多年 ____________ 8. 获得诺贝尔奖 ____________ 三、词形变换（写出下列名词的复数形式） 1. dog → ____________ 2. bee → ____________ 3. butterfly → ____________ 4. wolf → ____________ 5. sheep → ____________ 一、单句填空（用括号内单词的正确形式填空） 1. I watched the little dog ____________ (wag) its tail happily. 2. We heard the birds ____________ (sing) in the garden just now. 3. The bees didn't stop dancing ____________ (直到) the sun went down. 4. Scientists watched the bees ____________ (dance) in front of the hive for years. 5. The mother dog made her babies ____________ (follow) her into the garden. 二、根据汉语意思完成句子（每空一词） 1. 我看见那只小狗摇了摇尾巴。 I saw the little dog ____________ its ____________. 2. 我们听见蜜蜂在花丛中嗡嗡叫。 We heard the bees ____________ in the ____________. 3. 弗里希观察蜜蜂跳舞二十多年。 Frisch watched the bees ____________ for ____________ twenty years. 4. 直到他获奖，人们才重视他的研究。 People didn't take his research seriously ____________ he ____________ the prize. 5. 狗竖起耳朵表示它们在认真听。 Dogs ____________ their ears to show they are ____________ carefully. 三、句型转换 1. By dancing bees tell each other where the food is.（对画线部分提问） ____________ ____________ bees tell each other where the food is? 2. The little dog wagged its tail when it saw me.（改为否定句） The little dog ____________ wag its tail when it saw me. 3. He spent more than twenty years studying bees.（改为一般疑问句） ____________ he ____________ more than twenty years studying bees? 4. Watch the bees dance, and you will find their secret.（改为同义句） ____________ you watch the bees dance, you will find their secret. 5. The bee dance is very amazing.（改为感叹句） ____________ ____________ the bee dance is! 四、选词填空（动物的语言） 【tail, circle, direction, signal, prize】 1. When a dog is happy, it often wags its ____________. 2. Bees dance in a ____________ when the food is near. 3. The waggle dance shows the ____________ of the food. 4. A wagging tail is a friendly ____________ from a dog. 5. Frisch won the Nobel ____________ for his bee research. 五、情景补全对话（5个空，6个选项，1项多余） A. What does it mean when a dog wags its tail? B. Do other animals talk too? C. How do bees send messages? D. What is your dog's name? E. Can we understand animals better? F. Where did you buy the dog? Mary: Sam, your dog looks excited today. 1.____________ Sam: It usually means the dog is happy and friendly. Mary: Interesting! 2.____________ Sam: Yes. Bees even “talk” by dancing. Mary: 3.____________ Sam: A circle dance means food is near, and the waggle dance shows its direction. Mary: 4.____________ Sam: Yes. If we watch them carefully, we can learn a lot. Mary: 5.____________ Sam: Coco. He's smart and understands some simple words. 拓展提高（课内同源 + 课外同源） Passage1（课内同源：花园里的“悄悄话”） 　　On Saturday afternoon, Mingming sat in the garden and watched his little dog Coco play. He noticed something interesting: Coco's body was always “talking”. When Mingming picked up the ball, Coco wagged its tail fast and raised its ears — it was saying, “I'm ready! Let's play!” But when a strange cat walked by, Coco put its tail down and lowered its body, warning the cat to keep away. / Mingming's elder sister was reading a book about animals, and she told him another secret: even tiny bees can “talk”. When a bee finds flowers full of honey, it flies back to the hive and dances. A circle dance means the food is near. A waggle dance, shaped like the number eight, shows both the distance and the direction of the food — the bee wags its body towards the food source. / “So the other bees watch the dance and follow the dancer to the flowers?” Mingming asked. “Exactly,” his sister said. “The dance is their language.” / That evening, Mingming wrote in his diary: Animals cannot speak like us, but they have their own ways to send messages. If we watch them patiently, we will find that the world is fuller of conversation than we thought. 任务一：单项选择 1.What did Coco do when Mingming picked up the ball? A.It put its tail down. B.It wagged its tail fast and raised its ears. C.It hid behind a tree. D.It ran into the house. 2.What does a circle dance mean? A.The food is far away. B.The food is dangerous. C.The food is near. D.There is no food. 任务二：判断正误(T/F) 3.A waggle dance shows the distance and direction of the food. (　　) 4.Mingming wrote nothing in his diary that day. (　　) 任务三：简答 5.Where did the sister learn about bees? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Passage2（课外同源：破译蜜蜂舞蹈的人） 　　Can humans really understand the language of animals? An Austrian scientist named Karl von Frisch proved that the answer is yes. He spent more than twenty years watching a very small “speaker”: the honeybee. / When a bee finds food, it returns to the hive and dances on the honeycomb. Frisch noticed two kinds of dance. The circle dance, a simple round dance, tells the other bees that the food is close by. The waggle dance, shaped like the number eight, carries more information: the straight run in the middle points towards the food source, and the length of the wagging shows how far the bees must fly. / To prove his idea, Frisch designed clever experiments with coloured plates of sugar water. He watched thousands of marked bees again and again, and the results supported his discovery. After years of patient work, the little dance was finally “translated”, and scientists around the world accepted his findings. / In 1973, Frisch won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research. His story teaches us an important lesson: great discoveries do not always need big animals or loud voices. With patience, careful eyes and years of watching, even the dance of a tiny bee can open a window onto the secrets of nature. 任务一：单项选择 1.What animal did Frisch study? A.Dogs. B.Honeybees. C.Birds. D.Cats. 2.What does the straight run of the waggle dance show? A.The colour of flowers. B.The weather. C.The direction of the food. D.The age of the bees. 任务二：判断正误(T/F) 3.Frisch spent more than twenty years studying bees. (　　) 4.Frisch won the Nobel Prize in Literature. (　　) 任务三：简答 5.What did Frisch use to prove his idea? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 任务四：单元微写作 班级科学角征集“动物的语言”短文。请写一写你观察到的动物怎样“交流”，不少于6句话。请写清动物的动作和它们的含义，并用上 wag its tail 和 communicate with each other。 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 参考答案 夯实基础 一、单词汉译英 1.tail 2.wag 3.ear 4.bee 5.dance 6.honey 7.circle 8.direction 9.scientist 10.research 11.prize 12.signal 二、短语汉译英 1.wag its tail 2.raise its ears 3.circle dance 4.waggle dance 5.look for food 6.communicate with each other 7.more than twenty years 8.win the Nobel Prize 三、词形变换 1.dogs 2.bees 3.butterflies 4.wolves 5.sheep 能力进阶 一、单句填空 1.wag 2.sing 3.until 4.dance 5.follow 二、根据汉语意思完成句子 1.wag; tail 2.hum; flowers 3.dance; over 4.until; won 5.raise; listening 三、句型转换 1.How; do 2.didn't 3.Did; spend 4.If 5.How; amazing 四、选词填空 1.tail 2.circle 3.direction 4.signal 5.prize 五、情景补全对话 答案：1.A 2.B 3.C 4.E 5.D；多余项：F 拓展提高 Passage1 任务一：1.B 2.C 任务二：3.T 4.F 任务三简答：5.From a book about animals. Passage2 任务一：1.B 2.C 任务二：3.T 4.F 任务三简答：5.He used coloured plates of sugar water in clever experiments. 任务四范文：Animals have their own languages, and watching them is great fun. My little dog Coco often wags its tail when it is happy, and it raises its ears when it hears a strange sound. When Coco wants to go out, it stands by the door and barks softly at us. In the park, I also watched birds communicate with each other through songs — one bird sang, and soon others answered from the trees. Bees are even more amazing, because they dance to tell their friends where the food is. These signals may be silent, but they are clear and useful. If we watch animals patiently, we will find that nature is full of conversations. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $