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课件网) 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 p ... ...
