Unit 4 (A)

Do you know anything amazing about animals?

live up to 70 years ( 直到 ) walk on tiptoe

Fish sleep with their eyes open. no eyelids

ants camels tortoisegiraffes Do you know anything unusual about them?

giraffe ________ neck is long. Its How many bones are there in its long neck?

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

ant smell things very well a kind of insects ( 昆虫）

camel ________ usually live in desert: very dry and dusty places. They How many eyelids does a camel have?

an ant Ants like sweet things. How do ants know that there is something sweet? insect They can smell things as well as dogs can.

Listen to the tape, then finish A2 on your English book.

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 smelldogs Fill in the blanks:

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. giraffe neck tortoise 150

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 camel3 smell dogs

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 T

Speak up : talking about amazing things

Goldfish can only remember things for _________ seconds.They don’t know what ____ _____ them three seconds ago. We eat about _____ ____ kilos of food during our lives.That’s ______ ___ about six elephants. : 27,000 three happened to the weight of

Thank you for your help during our lives learn more about remember one’s words long neck find ants interesting 谢谢你的帮助 在我们一生中 知道的更多 记住某人的话 长的脖子 发现蚂蚁很有趣

活到 150 岁 它们的每只眼睛 和 … 一样好 持续三秒钟 三秒种之前 live up to 150 years old each of their eyes as well as for three seconds three seconds ago

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

1. 我前天在家。（肯，否，疑，划线） A)I was at home the day before yesterday. B)I wasn’t at home the day before yesterday. C)Were you at home the day before yesterday? D)When were you at home ? 2. 我昨晚在学校做了作业。（肯，否，疑，划线） A)I did my homework at school last night. B)I didn’t do my homework at school last night. C)Did you do your homework at school last night? D)Where did you do your homework last night?

1.He __________(not find) a little cat in the bushes. 2._______ you _______(make) a sound like a whisper just now? 3.He ______(take) something to eat to Si Chuan later that day. 4.Lucy _______(not get ) an- from her e-friend in Si Chuan three days ago. 5.______one of his classmates ______(run) home every day? 6.Look! Each of us _______(have) a new bike. 7.______he __________ (listen) to the news tonight? No, he isn’t. didn’t find Did make took didn’t get Does run has Is going to listen

1.Tortoises 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. 更多 I understand a lot about animals. 很多

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. 我发现英语很有趣也很容易. I find English interesting and easy. 我发现她是一个好女孩. We found her a nice girl. find sth./sb. +adj./n.

7.It’s also interesting to know that each eye of a camel has three eyelids. 把英语学好很重要. 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.

Unit 4 Yi Yuan Middle School (B)

Listen and answer: How many kinds of animals are Mr Wu and Suzy talking about? What are they?

1.I am not ____________ ___ tigers ____ _________( 不再害怕 ). 2.It’s _____________ ( 令人惊讶的 )that his grandpa can _____ ___ ___ （活到） He speaks English __ ___ _ __ （一样好） an Englishman. 4.It ___ ___ ________ （非常有趣） to know ________________ ( 一些有趣的事 ) about animals. is very interesting something interesting afraid /frightened ofany more amazing /surprising live up to as well as

8.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 ： prep. 在 … 期间） during her/his life during the summer

分四组竞赛 ( 一分钟准备 ) 一分钟准备 若该组同学在规定时间 回答不出, 其他组可抢答得分. PK

Play the guessing game:  What is it?

giraffe It has seven bones in its long neck.

Ants can smell things as well as dogs can. ant

goldfish Goldfish can only remember things for three seconds. They don’t know what happened to them three seconds ago.

camel It lives in the desert. Each of its eyes has three eyelids.

tortoise It can live up to 150 years.

people People eat about 27,000 kilos of food during our lives. That’s the weight of about six elephants.

1. 上周天气很好。（肯，否，疑，划线） A)The weather was fine last week. B)The weather wasn’t fine last week. C)Was the weather fine last week.? D)How was the weather last week? 2. 他上周六想要开电视。（肯，否，疑，划线） A)He wanted to turn on the TV last Saturday. B)He didn’t want to turn on the TV last Saturday. C)Did he want to turn on the TV last Saturday? D)What did he want to do last Saturday?

1. 1. 上周天气很好。 A) The 1. My goldfish is good at ____________(swim). 2. When Eddie _______(see) a strange man, he often _______(bark). 3. I ______(live) in Naijing the year before last year. My mother with me always _______(visit) some interesting places. 4.There _________(be) an exciting sports meeting this summer. 5. We _______(become) good friends two years ago. 6. The first class ________(begin) at 8:00 this morning. We often ______ class at 7 ： We ______(have) two parents’ meetings this term. We _________ three parents’ meetings next term. swimming sees barks lived visits will be became began begin had will have

Unit 4 Amazing things Pronunciation

Saying ‘-ed’ endings Most verbs in the simple past tense form have ‘-ed’ endings. However, we pronounce these endings differently: /t/, /d/ or /id/. / t / / d / / id / 1 danced 2 helped 3 talked 4 shopped 5 played 6 lived 7 answered 8 carried 9 hated 10 needed 11 visited 12 shouted How do you pronounce the following ending ? Listen carefully and repeat these words.

How do you pronounce the ending of these words ? Listen carefully and write / t /, / d / or / id / in the blanks. 1 listened _____________ 2 liked ____________ 3 wanted _____________ 4 hoped ______________ 5 started _____________ 6 chatted____________ 7 finished ____________ 8 organized ___________ 9 stopped _____________ 10 raised______________ 11 walked _____________ 12 turned _____________ / d / / id / / t / / id / / t /

Millie and Kitty met up with Sandy outside a museum.Listen to their conversation. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the ‘-ed’ endings. Millie : Hello, Sandy. You’re late. The museum is closed. Sandy :Sorry. My grandma visited us this morning, so I stayed at home and talked to her. Kitty : That’s OK. Sandy : I hope you enjoyed your day. What did you do ? Millie : We watched a short film about the amazing things in the world. We listened to the guide carefully and we also asked some questions. Kitty : We decided to go there again next time. Sandy : Let me go with you then !

Recite the pronunciation of the “-ed” endings.