Unit 5 Why do you like pandas?
Section A 1 (1a-2d)
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 能掌握以下单词：tiger, elephant, panda, lion, koala, giraffe, cute, lazy, smart, beautiful, scary, kind, kind of, Australia, south, Africa, South Africa, pet, leg, cat, sleep
2) 能掌握以下句型：
① What animals do you/does she/ does he like?
② Let’s see the …?
③ Why do you/does she/ does he want to see …?
④ Because they are ….
2. 能力目标：
① To observe and describe animals.
② To talk about their preferences
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
动物和人类都生活在同一地球上，动物是我们的朋友。我们人类应该与动物和谐相处，共同生存。我们应当学会关爱动物，保护动物。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1) 学会描述动物的性格及特点。
2) 学会表达喜欢某类动物及说明喜欢的原因。
2. 教学难点：1
名词的复数形式表示一类事物；第三人称单数形式
三、教学过程
Ⅰ. Warming-up and lead-in
1、Brainstorming(头脑风暴)
Ⅱ. Presentation
1. Present key sentences with these pictures.
-Let’s see the pandas first. -Why do you want to see them?
-Because they’re very cute.
2. Next, glue the pictures on the blackboard and ask one student to match the pictures with the words on the cards. Other students turn to page 25 and finish 1a.
3. Check the answers with the class.
Ⅲ. Tell what animal it is.
T: Show some pictures on the big screen. Let Ss tell what animal it is.
Ss try to guess and remember the names of the animals.
Ⅳ. Listening
Work on 1b.
Tell Ss to listen to the tape and check the animals they hear in 1a.
Play the recording again and check the answers with the class.
Ⅴ. Pair work
1. Ask the students to imagine “We are in the zoo, there are many kinds of animals here.”
Then ask a student to do the model with you:
— Let’s see the lions first.
—Why? (why do you /does she /does he like lions?)
—Because they are interesting.
2. Ss work with their partners practice the conversation using the animal in 1a.
Ⅵ. Listening
1. Work on 2a;
T: Listen to the conversation carefully. Then write the names of the animals you hear on these lines.
Play the recording the first time. Students only listen.
Play the recording a second time. This time students write in the names of the animals.
Check the answers.
Point out the adjectives and countries listed on the right. Ask a student to say the words.
Say, Now I will play the recording again. This time draw a line between each animal and the adjective and countries you hear.
Play the recording and have students match each animal with an adjective and a country.
Correct the answers.
2. Work on 2b
T: Listen again and complete the conversation with the words in 2a.
Play the recording for the Ss to listen and write the answers.
Check the answers with the class.
Ⅶ. Pair work
1. Ask two students to read the conversation in 2b to the class.
2. Ss practice the conversation in pairs.
3. Then show the transcription on the big screen and practice the other two conversations in 2a.
4. Ss practice the conversations in pairs.
Ⅷ. Role-play
1. Ask Ss to look at the picture in 2d. Then Ss read the conversation in 2d and find the answers to the questions:
① Does Peter have a pet?
② What can Dingding do?
③ What pet does Jenny’s mom have?
④ Does Jenny like the cat? Why?
2. Ss read the conversations and try to find the answers to the questions.
Check the answers:
Yes, he does.
He can walk on two legs. He can dance, too.
She has a cat.
No, she doesn’t. Because it’s very lazy.
3. Ss work in pairs and practice the conversation.
4. Let some pairs role-play the conversation.
IX. Language points
1. Why don’t you like the cat?
Why don’t you 动词原形，还是一种提建议的句型。 意为“为什么不……呢？”
e.g. Why don’t you take a walk? 你为什么不去散步呢？
Why don’t you drink some tea? 为什么不喝点茶呢？
“Why don’t you 动词原形”? 的同义句可以说：
Let’s …
e.g. Let’s take a walk. 让我们去散步吧。
Let’s drink some tea. 让我们喝点茶吧。
2. He can walk on two legs.
walk on… 表示“用某种方式行走”。
e.g. walk on one’s hands 表示“用手倒立行走”
walk on one’s knees 表示“跪着走；跪着向前挪动”
The children like to walk around the house on their hands and knees.
孩子们喜欢手脚并用在房子里爬来爬去。
3. Well, because she’s kind of boring.
kind of有几分…… 相当于一个副词，后面多跟形容词 。
e.g. They’re kind of scary. 他们有点可怕。
The pandas are kind of cute. 熊猫有点可爱。
Exercise
Ⅰ.根据句意及所给汉语提示，写出句中所缺单词。
1. The baby is so _________ (可爱的).
2. Alice is _________ (懒惰的). She doesn’t want to work.
3. Mike is a(n) _________ (聪明的) student.
4. Miss Miller often wears a(n) _________ (美丽的) dress.
Ⅱ. 根据句意, 从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，有的需要变换形式。
south, Australia, sleep, pet, leg
1. Mike _____ for eight hours every day.
2. Does the cat have four _________?
3. Guangdong is in the _________ ofChina.
4. Molly is from _________. She can speak English well.
5. They have many _____, including (包括) three cats.
