2. Love me, Love my pig ! Unit 8 Why don’t you get her a scarf? ( Period 4 ) Do you like pigs? Have you heard pot-bellied pigs?

3. 背景知识： In some foreign countries like Australia, Hollyland, pigs are the most popular pet. There’s a kind of pig. It has an interesting name. It’s called a pot-bellied pig.

4. 1.Choose the best main idea of this passage.( ) A: Life with a pig isn’t always perfect. B: Connie is David’s best friend. C: Pigs need a lot of love. D: The pot-bellied pig is the most popular kind of pet these days. She has great advantages and some disadvantages. 2. Is life with a pig always perfect? D No, it isn’t

5. NameAdvantagesDisadvantagesConnie watch TV on the sofa with people every night people’s best friend people’s best friend eat a lot too big need a lot of love

6. Important an difficult points: 1. name v. 叫做；称作 eg: I know a girl named Nina. 2. too…to 太 …… 而不能 …… eg: He is too old to see that tree clearly. 此句型可用 so…that… 代替，而 that 后的从句用 否定句。上面的句子可换成： He is so old that he can’t see that tree clearly. 3.make v. 制作 eg:I made her a special pig house. 这句相当于 I made a special pig house for her.

7. Rewrite each sentence with another sentence of same meaning.( 改为同义句 ) 1.She has had a pot-bellied pig called Connie for a year. She has had a pot-bellied pig_______ Connie for a year. 2.The dogs are so hard that we can’t take care of them. The dogs are ________ hard for us_______ take care of. 3.I made her a special pig house. I _____ a special pig house ______her. named tooto madefor

9. NameAdvantage Disadvantage Conniewatch TV on the sofa with people every night people’s best friend eat a lot too big need a lot of love Pot-bellied pigs are the most popular pets these days. They have great advantages. They…________________________ __________________________________________________ However, they have some disadvantages. They…________ __________________________________________________

10. 1.Look at the phrases in the box of 3b, Divide them into two parts and then fill in the chart. AdvantagesDisadvantages 2. Write the presentation on hamsters according to the chart. Hamsters are popular pets. People like them because they are quiet and clean. _________________________________ popular, quiet, clean easy to take care of cheaper than rabbits or cats small sometimes noisy at night sleep all day

11. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets in an apartment. Fill in the chart. 参考句型： A: I think every kid should have a pet. Because one family has only one child. Pets can be good company. B: I don’t think so. Animals can be noisy. AdvantagesDisadvantages good companycan be noisy

12. Writing: Write a short passage about “Should we keep a pet?” according to your chart of advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets. People have different ideas about keeping pets. Some people think we should keep pets, because _________________________________ __________________________________________________________ However, some people think we shouldn’t keep pets, because_______ __________________________________________________________ eg: advantages disadvantages good company can be noisy nice can be dirty friendly spend too much time they are good companies, nice and friendly. they can be noisy, dirty and we will spend too much time on them.

13. 1.Words and phrases: 1)pot-bellied, pig, advantage, disadvantage perfect, rabbit, company, perfect, rabbit, company, 2) name v. 叫做；称作 too…to 太 …… 而不能 …… too…to 太 …… 而不能 …… so…that 如此 … 以至于 so…that 如此 … 以至于 make v. 制作 make v. 制作 How to write a short passage according to the given How to write a short passage according to the given information. information. 3.Writingskill: 3.Writing skill: 2.Reading skill: How to scan a passage and how to read the passage carefully.

14. 1.writing: Write your own presentation on your favorite pet. eg.: My pet is a cat. It’s white and black. I have kept it since it was two months old. It likes eating fish. When it was small, it could catch the mouse well. It always keeps clean. If it feels hungry, it always calls “Miao”. When it catches the mice, it’s very brave. I like it very much. 2.Preview self check.

15. Self check Activity 1 1.Today is Jim’s birthday. His mother is going to make________ meal for him. 2. My shoes were really_______. They only cost five dollars. 3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an_____ restaurant, but the food was not good at all. 4. The movie was _______. I fell asleep half way through it. 5. It’s important to choose subjects that you find __________ special cheap boring expensive interesting