Unit5FantasticfriendsCONTENTS01Wordsandexpressions02Understandingideas03Exercise04

SummaryWesharetheearthwithanimals.Today,let'sexploreourrelationshipwithanimals.Howareanimalsamazing?Howdotheyhelpus?Howdowe

protectthem?Animalquiz1.Whichanimalhasthelongestneck?A.monkeyB.horseC.giraffeAnimalquiz2.Whichanimalcanseethingsfromthefarthestaway?A.eagleB.rabbitC.dogAnimalquiz3.Whichanimalcanrememberlotsofinformation?A.cowB.mouseC.elephantAnimalquiz4.Howmanyeyesdoesabeehave?A.twoB.fiveC.twelve01Wordsandexpressionsview[vju?]n.觀點,意見Differentpeoplehavedifferentviews.pigeon[?p?d??n]n.鴿子surprise[s??pra?z]n.意想不到的事悠閑地度過Theyjustknockaroundforthewholemorning.droppings[?dr?p??z]n.糞pigeondroppingsboring[?b??r??]adj.無趣的，

無聊的Whataboringday!feed[fi?d]v.喂養，

飼養Let’sfeedourselves.madly[?m?dli]adv.發狂地Thebirdisflyingmadlytoher.scary[?ske?ri]adj.可怕的Shelooks

soscary.research[r??s??t?]n.研究I’mdoingsomeonlineresearch.

mirror[?m?r?]n.鏡子recongnise['rek?gna?z]v.認出，認識Pigeonscan

recongnisethemselvesinmirrors.itself[?t?self]pron.自己,自身Itscareditself.maybe[?me?bi]adv.也許,

大概Maybeyouwerewrong.several[?sev?r?l]adj.幾個,數個Somepigeonscanflyseveralthousandkilometresanddon’tgetlost.迷路speed[spi?d]n.速度,速率Theycanalsoflyatspeedsofover100kmperhour.amazing[??me?z??]adj.驚人的，

了不起的enough[??n?f]deter.足夠的adv./adj.Thishouseisn'tbigenough

forus.change[t?e?nd?]n.變化，改變seasonalchangesdolphin[?d?lf?n]n.海豚beaver[?bi?v?]n.河貍，

海貍

Nowonderbeaversarecalled“nature’sengineers”!Let’sread.view[vju?]n.觀點,意見pigeon[?p?d??n]n.鴿子surprise[s??pra?z]n.意想不到的事悠閑地度過knockarounddroppings[?dr?p??z]n.糞[?b??r??]adj.無趣的，無聊的boring難怪nowonderfeed[fi?d]v.喂養，飼養madly[?m?dli]adv.發狂地scary[?ske?ri]adj.可怕的research[r??s??t?]n.研究mirror[?m?r?]n.鏡子recongnise['rek?gna?z]v.認出，認識itself[?t?self]pron.自己,自身maybe[?me?bi]adv.也許,大概several[?sev?r?l]adj.幾個,數個speed[spi?d]n.速度,速率amazing[??me?z??]adj.驚人的,了不起的enough[??n?f]deter.足夠的change[t?e?nd?]n.變化，改變dolphin[?d?lf?n]n.海豚beaver[?bi?v?]n.河貍，海貍02UnderstandingideasPigeonsurpriseWe're

studying

birds

forBirdWeekatschool.Someluckykids

gotpenguins.ButIhaveto

writeabout...pigeons!DAY1I'mwatchingpigeonsintheparknow.Theyjustknockaround-forthewholemorning!Theyleavedroppingshereandthere.PigeonsareBORINGandDIRTY!Agirlisfeedingthem.Argh!Thebirdsareflyingmadlytoher.They'reSCARY！DAY2I'mdoingsomeonlineresearch,Pigeonscanrecognisethemselvesinmirrors.

Howsurprising!Aretheysoclever?I'dbettergoandwatchthemagain...DAY3I'mbackattheparkagain.Oh!Thatpigeonis

looking

atitselfinthewater！MaybeIwaswrongaboutpigeons.DAY4I'mreadinginthelibrarynow,Oh,thereareover200kindsofpigeons.Somecanflyseveralthousandkilometresanddon'tgetlost.Theycanalsoflyatspeedsofover100kmperhour.DAY5That'sasfastasmydad'scar!Well,pigeonsaren'tboringorscary.TheyareAMAZING-Ijustdidn'tknowenoughaboutthem!DAY503ExerciseChooseanothersuitabletitleandgiveyourreasons.a

CleverPigeonsb

PigeonsintheParkc

AmazingPigeonsd

PeopleandPigeonsReadthesentencesfromthereadingpassageandsummarisethegrammarrules.(a)We'restudyingbirdsforBirdWeekat

school.(b)I'mwatchingpigeonsintheparknow.(c)Thatpigeonislookingatitselfinthewater!be+v.-ingReadandcompletethesentenceswiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.1.Look!Thedolphin______________aship.2.---Thehorseissleeping.

---Ican'tbelieveit.It______________.

Canitsleeplikethat?3.Ssh!I_______________the