Unit 4 Integrated skills 大丰市西团初级中学 吕文友 May

Do you know them?

I love dogs, because they are friendly to people

Are you fond of cats? Why?

I am afraid of tigers, because they are very fierce （凶猛的）.

Discussion What animals are you fond of? What animals are you afraid of? Why?

Do you know anything amazing about animals?

Elephants walk on tiptoe.

Fish sleep with their eyes open.

Snakes hear with their tongues.

Kangaroos jump with their tails. Kangaroos rest on their tails. 尾巴

ant camel tortoisegiraffe Do you know them?

ant camel tortoisegiraffe Do you know anything unusual about them?

giraffe ________ neck is long. Its How many bones are there in its long neck? Do you know anything unusual about them?

tortoise ______ can live many years. It How many years can it live up to? 活到 … ———————————

camel ________ live in desert( 沙漠 ): very dry and dusty （多灰尘的） places. They How many eyelids does a camel have? 眼皮

an ant Ants like sweet things. How do ants know that there is something sweet?

Can you read by yourselves? 1.ant 2.camel 3.giraffe 4.tortoise 5.neck 6.bone 7.up to 8.eyelid 9.remember 10.during 蚂蚁 骆驼 长颈鹿 乌龟 脖子 骨头 直到 眼睑 记住 在 …… 期间

Listen and answer 1.How many bones does a giraffe have in its long neck? 2. How old can a tortoise live up to? 3.How many eyelids does each of a camel have? 4.Can ants smell things as well as dogs? Seven. 150 years. Six. Yes.

a giraffe— has only ___ bones in its long neck a tortoise — can live up to ____ years old camels — each of their eyes has ____ eyelids ants — can ____ things as well as _____ can seven 150 three smell dogs Listen again and check the answers :

True or false 1.Suzy is not afraid of small animals. 2.Suzy likes going to the park very much. 3.A camel has three eyelids to keep eyes clean. 4. Suzy must keep her house clean because she doesn’t want to see dogs. F F T F

Is Suzy afraid of all the animals now ?

Dear Mr Wu Thank you for your help. Now, I know more about animals. I can see that they can be very pretty and lovely. I told my friends that a _____ has seven bones in its long ____. My friends found it interesting too. I still remember your words about tortoises. I still cannot believe that a ______ can live up to ____years. It is really amazing. It is also interesting to know that each eye of a _____ has ____ eyelids. I now understand why my mother always tells me to clean the table after a meal, I know ants can _____ things as well as ____can. Now, I am not afraid of animals any more. I want to learn more about them. Suzy giraffe neck tortoise 150 camelthree smell dogs

1.A tortoise can live up to 150 years old. up to: 直到 Read up to page 100. 读到第 100 页。 Count up to ten slowly. 慢慢地数到 10 。 2.Each of their eyes has three eyelids. Each of us ______ (like) English very much. likes

3.Ants can smell things as well as dogs can. 蚂蚁的嗅觉和狗一样灵敏。 4.I understand more about animals. I understand a lot about animals.

5.I can see that they can be very pretty and lovely. see: 明白，领会，理解, 认识 6.My friends found it interesting. I find English interesting and easy. We found her friendly and kind. We found her a nice girl. find sb. +adj./n.

7.It’s also interesting to know that each eye of a camel has three eyelids. It’s very useful to practise speaking English every day. It’s very important to study English well. It’s +adj. to do sth. 很容易就能找到那个邮局。 It’s very easy to find the post office.

Speaking up

Listen and answer: 1.Which book are they reading? 2.What are they about? G oldfish can only remember things for three seconds. We can eat about 27,000 kilos of food during our lives.

3.It says that goldfish can only remember things for three seconds. It says that 据说 It says that we are going to have a two-day holiday this week. It says that you came first in the exam.

9.They don’t know what happened to them three seconds ago. What happened to you just now? Something terrible happened to the little girl. Sth. happen to sb. 某人出了某事。 你知道那小男孩出了什么事吗？ Do you know what happened to the little boy?

10.during our lives.(during ：介词 在 … 期间） during her life during the summer during the afternoon

1. 我奶奶能活到 90 岁. My grandma can ____ ___ ____ 90 years old. 2. 我的足球踢得和我爸爸一样好. I can play football ____ ___ ___ my dad can. 3. 那个小女孩害怕蛇. The little girl ___ _____ ____ snakes 4. 当我有孩子的时候, 我对父母懂得更多. When I have my own child, I can understand ______ ____ my parents. 5. 你记住你妈妈的话了吗 ? Do you ____________ the _____ of your mother? live up to as well as is afraid of more about remember words