1. Unit 9 Animals 化工部 蒋海蓉

2. Contents Revise the animal signs 1 Listening 2 Reading 3 Explaining 4

3. Animal signs:

5. Questions: What animal sign were you born under? I was born in the year of the ________. What animal do you like? I like _______.

6. Listen, fill and match: Love me, love my ____. 杀鸡给猴看。 Kill two ____ with one stone. 不要班门弄斧。 Never offer to teach _____ to swim. 一箭双雕；一 举两得 There is a black ______ in every flock. 爱屋及乌。 Beat the ____ before the lion. 害群之马。

7. Say more idioms and proverbs about animals: Eg. a luck dog 幸运儿 Let the sleeping dog lie. 勿打草惊蛇。 Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠犬不咬人。 get on the high horse 摆架子 a snake in the grass 潜伏的敌人或危险 look like a drowned rat 全身湿透 like a cat on hot bricks 似热锅上的蚂蚁 A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移。

8. Reading 一. Questions: Do you like cartoons? List some of your favorites. Have you seen the film Finding Nemo? Is it funny?

9. 二. See some parts of the film Finding Nemo.

10. 三. Read the text and do the comprehension exercises: True or false: 1. Finding Nemo is a sad American film. 2. Nemo is living a happy life in a fish tank in a dentist’s office. 3. One can see Sydney Harbor in the dentist’s office. 4. Nemo’s father tries his best to save his son. 5. Nemo’s friends in the tank are all very helpful.

11. 四. Language points: 1.live a …life 过 … 的生活 Jim’s father has lost his job, so they are living a poor life. 2. far away from 离 … 远 My home is far away from the school. 3. with the help of 在 … 帮助下 With the help of the teacher, I finished the model plane. 4. at the same time 同时 The teacher is explaining, at the same time, the students are taking notes. 5. at last 最后 At last, we succeeded in climbing up the mountain.

12. 五. Retell the text. Sum up Homework: 1. Write a passage about your favorite animal. 2. P143. Ex.III

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