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课件网) 人教版英语八年级上册 Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 第四单元 神奇的动植物 Section B How are plants and animals connected with us B部分 植物和动物是如何与我们相互关联的 ？ (3a-3c) 学习目标 在本课中，您将: ①阅读有关蓝鲸的文章并完成相应问题。 ②学习新词语: ocean、except、tiny、lively、the Arctic Ocean。 ③学习写有关蓝鲸的文章。 在本单元中，你将： ①talk about some amazing plants and animals.谈谈一些神奇的植物和动物。②use superlatives to compare more than two things.使用最高级来比较两个以上的事物。③discuss the connection between plants, animals,and our lives.讨论植物、动物与我们生活之间的联系。④explore why plants and animals are important to us.探索为什么植物和动物对我们如此重要。 学习单词 课前导入 Today we are going to study a popular science article about blue whales. First of all, let's watch a video to get to know blue whales. 新课讲授-写前准备 Read the text and complete the table.阅读文章并完成表格。 3a The Blue Whale蓝鲸 The blue whale is the largest and heaviest animal on earth. It can weigh as much as 200 tons. Many people like watching blue whales swim, and they think it is one of the most beautiful things to see. Blue whales live in all oceans except the Arctic Ocean. They eat a lot, but they eat some of the tiniest animals in the ocean. A blue whale can eat around four tons of these a day.蓝鲸是地球上最大、最重的动物。体重可达200吨。许多人喜欢观看蓝鲸游泳，他们认为这是最美丽的景象之一。蓝鲸生活在除北冰洋之外的所有海洋中。它们食量很大，但它们吃的是一些海洋中最小的动物。一头蓝鲸每天能吃大约4吨这样的小动物。 新课讲授-写前准备 Read the text and complete the table.阅读文章并完成表格。 3a The Blue Whale蓝鲸 Blue whales can live up to 90 years. When a blue whale dies at sea, it becomes food for many kinds of animals living in and around the sea. This food lasts for over a year and it helps to create a lively and healthy ecosystem. Blue whales play an important role in our world, so we must protect them.蓝鲸能活到90岁。当一头蓝鲸在海洋中死去，它会成为生活在海洋及周边的许多种动物的食物。这些食物能维持一年多，而且有助于创造一个生机勃勃、健康的生态系统。蓝鲸在我们的世界中发挥着重要作用，因此我们必须保护它们。 新课讲授-知识点 1. Blue whales live in all oceans except the Arctic Ocean. 蓝鲸生活在除北冰洋以外的所有海洋中 。 (教材 P39 3a) except / k sept/ prep.除……之外；除了 【辨析】except, but与besides except “除……之外”，强调所排除的内容不包括在内，含有“减去”的意思。 but “除……之外”，常用于nothing、all、 anything、anyone、everything、everyone等词之后。 besides “除……之外(还)”，包括besides后面的内容，含有“加上”的意思。 Last weekend, all of us went for a picnic except Tom because he was ill. 上周末，除了汤姆，我们都去野餐了，因为他病了。 There is no one here but me. 这里除了我没有别人。 Besides working as a teacher, she also writes poems in her spare time.除了当教师外，她在业余时间还写诗。 新课讲授-知识点 2.This food lasts for over a year and it helps to creat a lively ... ...
