1 Dinosaurs /   / Nov.23, 2011

2 skeleton n. /  / dinosaur eggs dinosaur footprints n. /  /

3 Word list new wordssoundskinds of speechChinese meanings exist/   / v. 存在 dinosaur/  / n. 恐龙 skeleton/  / n. 骨骼 footprint/   / n. 脚印 harmless/   / adj. 无害的 harmful/   / adj. 有害的 fierce/  / adj. 凶猛的 know about… 了解 leave… behind 遗留 die out 灭绝

4 …as small as chickens …as big as ten elephants …as gentle as sheep …fiercer than tigers Which sentence is better? A. Some dinosaurs were very small. Others were very big. B. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. Others were as big as ten elephants.

5 My father is as busy as a bee. 1.The soldier is as brave as ________. 2.The man is as strong as ____________ 3. She is afraid to walk alone at night. She is as timid as ________. 4. At that time, the old man was as poor as a church _______. a lion an ox a rabbit mouse

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7 exist, died out, harmless, as gentle as, skeleton, left…behind 1.Many dinosaurs were ___________ sheep. 2. Dinosaurs suddenly ___________. Nobody knows why. 3. In the museum, many children are interested in the _________ of a dinosaur. died out skeleton as gentle as

8 4.The stone-like things are eggs. Dinosaurs _____them ________. 5.How long did dinosaurs _______ on the Earth? 6.Those dinosaurs ate plants. They were _______ to other animals. left behind exist harmless exist, died out, harmless, as gentle as, skeleton, left…behind

9 harmless, gentle, harmful, fierce

10 fierce, gentle, know about, as fast as, harmful, stronger and stronger as fast as stronger and stronger fierce A typhoon is not a _______ wind. It is very strong. The wind can blow ____________ 250 kilometers per hour or more. Usually there is a lot of rain, too. Typhoon starts over a warm sea. The wind becomes _________________. After a typhoon there is a lot of damage. The wind is so ________ that it can pull up trees. They can also destroy houses. A lot of crops may die in a typhoon. So the typhoon is very ________ to people’s life and work. Today we can _________ all information of the typhoon by watching or listening to the weather reports. harmful know about gentle

11 harmless, gentle, harmful, fierce

12 1.Copy new words and phrases in the word box 2.Use harmful, harmless, fierce, die out and as … as … to describe somebody or something in sentences. 3. Retell the text Bonus: “ Dinosaur Times ” at Homework