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Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals
What can plants and animals do
Section A(1a-1d)
In this unit, you will
1. 掌握四个4个核心词汇（moss, blue whale, redwood tree, cheetah）并拼读、拼写过关。
2. 通过听力训练，培养获取并理解对话中关于动植物特征的核心信息与细节信息的能力。
3. 能运用形容词和副词的最高级对动物、植物的独特特征进行问答，理解”amazing”的含义，感知最高级的语用功能。
What makes plants
and animals amazing
BIG
Question

What do you see in the photo
2. What are they doing
3.What do you think of when you see the photo
Flower and bee.
Nature is really amazing！Bees and flowers work together.
What makes plants
and animals amazing
BIG
Question

/ p l n/
They are taking pollen. 采集花粉
What other plants and animals do you know
Leading
Look and say
Can you name the animals
Leading
Look and say
Can you name the plants
Pre-listening
Brainstorm
What words can you use to talk about these animals
Animals
big
brave
strong
thin
fat
cute
beautiful
………..
Pre-listening
Brainstorm
What words can you use to take about these plants
Plants
tall
green
short
strong
old
colorful
beautiful
………..
cheetah / t i t /
redwood tree / redw d/
moss /m s/
blue whale
New words
Let’s enjoy a video to know more information about these four plants and animals.
moss
redwood tree
cheetah
blue whale
It can grow so tall over 300 feet (≈91meters≈ a 30-story building).
It is as long as about three school buses and as heavy as 15.
amazing
What do you think of them
Some information from the video.
It first appeared over 400 million years.
It runs fast, about 114 km/h (≈the speed of a car).
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
I think the is .
What do you think of them
cheetah
（答案不唯一）
1a
Before-listening
1 Listen to the conversation for the first time and answer the questions.
1. What are Yaming and Emma doing They’re taking a _______.
2. What is Converstion1/2 about Conversation 1:_________ Conversation 2: _________
test
animals
plants
1
3
2 Listen to the conversations and number the plants and animals in1a .
moss
blue whale
redwood tree
cheetah
tip: key words-the names of these plants and animals
4
2
While-listening
1
2
3
4
A. heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful
D. oldest E. fastest F. tallest
Read the following words loudly.
Observe the words carefully. What can you find
superlatives
-est /ist/
How do Yaming and Emma describe these animals and plants
oldest
largest&heaviest
tallest
fastest & most beautiful
tip: predict first
A. heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful
D. oldest E. fastest F. tallest
The______ is the ______ animal in the world.
3 Listen again. Match the words with the plants and animals in 1a. Some have two answers.
don't forget “the” in a sentence
4 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.
superlatives
Superlatives show the plants and animals’ unique amazing traits better.
largest
in the world
heaviest
on earth
fastest
fastest
most beautiful
in the world
in the world
oldest
oldest
tallest
in the world
Listen and imitate. Pay attention the pronunciation of the red parts .
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.
Conversation 2
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 someday.
Conversation 1
Post-listening
1d
Ask and answer questions about the plants and animals in la.
What's amazing about the blue whale
It's the largest / biggest animal in the world.
Pronunciation
/e / /a / / / /bl/ /kl/ /gl/ /br/ /kr/ /gr/
a,ai,ay i,y,igh oy,oi bl cl gl br cr gr
whale rain stay _____ mice fly high _____ toy join choice _____ black blow blue _____ clean climb dock _____ glad glass globe _____ bread bring brown _____ cross cream cry _____ grass
great
grow
_____
wait
night
enjoy
bless
close
glow
break
crack
grade
Listen and repeat.Add one more word to each group.
I visited the redwood forests in California several times.
(not other forests)
I visited the redwood forests in California several times.
(not other places)
I visited the redwood forests in California several times.
(not only once)
Listen and repeat. Notice the difference in stress and meaning of the same sentence.
2
用所给词的适当形式填空。
We _________(agree) on a plan to protect redwood trees yesterday.
The blue whale is _______________(large) animal in the world.
Moss is one of _______________(old) plants on Earth.
I ______________(complete) agree with you about saving cheetahs.
After a long discussion, we agreed ___________(start) an animal protection project.
My classmates and I reached an _____________(agree) to plant more ________(tree) in our schoolyard.
She _____________(agree) with her friend because he wanted to clean up the ocean in a wrong way.
agreed
the largest
the oldest
completely
to start
agreement
trees
disagreed
根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。
1. 世界上最大的动物是什么？
What’s in the world？
2. 她完全赞同本周末去野餐这个主意。
She with the idea of going on a picnic this
weekend.
3. 我希望有一天能看到一些红杉树。
I I can see some trees .
the　
largest　
animal　
completely　
agrees　
hope　
redwood　
someday　
根据单词画线部分的读音，将单词归类。
July　train　cloud　boy　blind　block　climb　soil　crow　grey
glide　bright　break　kite　snake　glove　ground　cream
1. /e / 　2./a /
3. / / 　4./bl/
5. /kl/ 　6./ɡl/
7. /br/ 　8./kr/
9. /ɡr/
snake； train　
July； kite　
boy； soil　
blind； block　
cloud； climb　
glide； glove　
bright； break　
crow； cream　
grey； ground　
Homework
拓展作业
在网上查找一些更多关于动植物的世界之最并在下次可介绍。
基础作业
抄写记忆本课
单词和短语，单词5遍，短语1遍。
提升作业
制作本课思维导图并在组内分享；完善小组调查报告。
Homework
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