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Unit 4
UNIT
4
Amazing Plants and Animals
What makes plants and animals amazing
BIG
Question

In this unit, you will
1. talk about some amazing plants and animals.
2. use superlatives to compare more than two things.
3. discuss the connection between plants, animals, and our lives.
4. explore why plants and animals are important to us.
Scan the unit title, the Big Question, and the learning-content guide, and then predict what this unit is mainly going to cover.
What does “amazing” mean in the unit title
What amazing animals and plants do you think this unit will talk about
How do you understand “the connections between plants, animals, and our lives” What do you expect to learn about it
What do you see in the photo
What season is it
What do you think of when you see the photo
How do you feel when you look at the photo
How much do you know about bees
I see two bees on yellow flowers.
When I see the photo, I think about spring, the smell of flowers, and the bees flying.
What can plants and animals do
能够列举至少四个具有“世界之最”称号的动植物，并使用形容词/副词最高级准确描述其特征。
能够听辨出各种动植物的独特特征，理解语境中形容词和副词的最高级所表达的特定含义。
能够套用核心句式，就动植物界的“世界之最”进行问答交流。
能够主动搜集、整理动植物界“世界之最”的相关信息，拓展自己的知识面。
moss
n. 苔藓
In the quiet forest, soft moss covers the old tree like a green blanket.
redwood
n. 红衫，红木
The tall redwood touched the sky.
cheetah
n. 猎豹
The cheetah runs fastest in the world.
What's your favorite animal or plant
bamboo
lotus flower
redwood tree
cheetah
blue whale
butterfly
Look at the plants and animals. Use the words in the box to talk about them.
beautiful big fast heavy large
long old small tall short
□moss: ___________
□blue whale: ___________
□redwood tree: ___________
□cheetah: ___________
old, small, short
large, big, heavy, long, beautiful
tall, beautiful
fast, beautiful
Listen to two conversations between Yaming and Emma. Pay attention to how they start their conversation and then answer these questions.
1 What are Yaming and Emma doing
2 What is Conversation 1/2 about
They are taking test about plants and animals.
Conversation 1 is about animals and Conversation 2 is about plants.
Listen to the conversations and number the plants and animals in 1a in the order you hear them.
□moss: ___________
□blue whale: ___________
□redwood tree: ___________
□cheetah: ___________
old, small, short
large, big, heavy, long, beautiful
tall, beautiful
fast, beautiful
1
2
3
4
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: ___________
□blue whale: ___________
□redwood tree: ___________
□cheetah: ___________
old, small, short
large, big, heavy, long, beautiful
tall, beautiful
fast, beautiful
1
2
3
4
D. oldest
A. heaviest
B. largest
F. tallest
E. fastest
C. most beautiful
Emma: Hi, Yaming. What are you doing
Yaming: Hi, Emma. I'm _______________ animals and plants.
Emma: Sounds fun. Let's take it together.
Yaming: OK. First question. What’s ______________ animal in the world
Emma: It's the blue whale, right
Yaming: Right. It’s also ________________ animal on earth. Next question. Which animal runs ____________
Emma: Oh wait! I just read about it. The cheetah runs the fastest.
Yaming: Right again! And I think it's ________________ animal in the world.
Emma: I completely agree with you.
Read and fill in the blanks in conversation 1 according to the tapescript.
starting a test on
the largest
the heaviest
the most beautiful
the fastest
Yaming: Now let's answer the questions ___________. What is ___________ plant in the world
Emma: Hmm, I'm not sure. Do you have any idea
Yaming: Well, I think moss is ______________ 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 ____________ in the world
Emma: The redwood tree, right
Yaming: Yes! I hope I can see some one day.
Read and fill in the blanks in conversation 2 according to the tapescript.
about plants
the oldest
one of the oldest
the tallest
Focus on communicative language and sense the emotional expression of the characters in the dialogue.
用于确认信息
打断话题或请对方稍等
表示强烈赞同
听起来有趣
完全同意(某人)
在地球上
表示犹豫或不肯定
鼓励对方继续
不确定
希望哪天能见到
大约 4.7 亿年前
Watch the video and imitate the pronunciation and intonation.
Watch the video and imitate the pronunciation and intonation.
Ask and answer questions about the plants and animals in 1a.
What’s amazing about the blue whale
It’s the largest/ biggest animals in the world.
What’s amazing about the blue whale
It’s the largest animals in the world.
What do you know about cheetah
The cheetah runs the fastest.
词汇 语气 常见搭配 强调点
big 更口语、更主观 big surprise, big brother, big deal 强调“重要性”或“影响力”
large 更正式、更客观 large number, large scale 强调“尺寸”或“数量”
“big”带感情，能形容人、事、影响；“large”更冷静，多形容尺寸、数量。
Can you find more amazing plants and animals
●change its body color
●avoid predators
● the smallest bird in the world
●flap its wings extremely fast
Chameleon（变色龙）
Hummingbird（蜂鸟）
Can you find more amazing plants and animals
●When an insect lands on its leaf, the leaf can snap shut quickly to trap and digest it.
●store a large amount of water in its thick trunk
●huge trunk
Venus Flytrap（捕蝇草）
Baobab
（猴面包树）
sound fun
the + 最高级 + animal
completely agree (with sb.)
on earth
be not sure
around 470 million years ago
see some one day
听起来有趣
最……的动物
完全同意（某人）
在地球上
不确定
大约 4.7 亿年前
希望哪天能见到
I can
列举至少四个具有“世界之最”称号的动植物，并使用形容词/副词最高级准确描述其特征。
听辨出各种动植物的独特特征，理解语境中形容词和副词的最高级所表达的特定含义。
套用核心句式，就动植物界的“世界之最”进行问答交流。
搜集、整理动植物界“世界之最”的相关信息，拓展自己的知识面。
Search for more amazing plants and animals in the world, then use the superlative degree we learned today to write about at least one animal and one plant, and share them in the next class.
Remember the key words and sentences of this lesson.
Preview Pronunciation-2e.

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