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课件网) 八上人教 第一课时 1a-1d Section A What can plants and animals do Amazing Plants and Animals Amazing Plants and Animals Unit 4 1.Learn more words and expressions about plants and animals. 2.get key information about the plants and animals mentioned in the conversations. 3.talk about these plants and animals using the target languages. Learning goals Free talk What do you see in the photo Two bees are working hard to collect nectar(花蜜). / nekt r/ What do you think of when you see the photo Bees are important for plants. They are amazing . Let's see more amazing animals and plants. Pre-listening What animals and plants do you learn about from this video Pre-listening moss blue whale redwood tree cheetah What do you think of them beautiful big fast heavy large long old small tall short moss /m s/: _____ blue whale : _____ redwood/'redw d/ tree : _____ cheetah/'t i t / : _____ small and old large and heavy tall fast and beautiful 1a Look at the plants and animals. Use the words in the box to talk about them. Pre-listening moss redwood tree ： blue whale cheetah ： ： ： 1 4 3 2 While-listening 1b Listen to the conversations and number the plants and animals in 1a in the order you hear them. A. heaviest B. largest C. most beautiful D. oldest E. fastest F. tallest moss redwood tree ： blue whale cheetah ： ： ： D A; B F C; E 1c Listen again. Match the words with the plants and animals in 1a. Some have two answers. While-listening 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. Listening Material Conversation 1 Listening Material 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. We use "the + -est" or "the most + adjective" (e.g., the most beautiful) to talk about the extreme animals and plants. Conversation 2 What’s amazing about the blue whale It’s the largest/biggest animal in the world. Post-listening 1d Ask and answer questions about the plants and animals in 1a. A: What’s amazing about the moss B: It’s one of the oldest plants in the world. A: What’s amazing about the redwood tree B: It’s one of the tallest plants in the world. A: What’s ... ...
