Unit5Fantasticfriends

Unit5Reading（p78~p82）七年級上WYWesharetheearthwithanimals.Inthisunit,let’sexploreourrelationshipwithanimals.Howareanimalsamazing?Howdotheyhelpus?Howdoweprotectthem?Bytheendofthisunit,youwillmakeaprofileofananimal.Aftercompletingtheunit,youwillbeableto:?usewordsandexpressionsintheunittodescribeourrelationshipwithanimals.?usethepresentcontinuoustensetotalkaboutanimalbehaviours.?explaintheneedtoprotectouranimalfriends.Whatcanyouseeinthepicture?Amanandamonkeyarelookingatthecamera.Startingout&UnderstandingideasReading（p78~p82）目

錄1LearningObjectives2Startingout3Reading5Summary4Exercises6Words&ExpressionsLearningObjectivesAttheendoftheclass,weareableto:1.masterwordsandexpressionsaboutwatchingPigeonsinthePark;2.talkaboutHenry’schangeofviewstowardspigeons;3.tellpeople’sthoughtsand

feelingsaboutanimalsfromtheirwords

andtones.Words&Expressions觀點，意見[vju?] n.____________鴿子[?p?d??n] n.____________意想不到的事[s??pra?z] n.____________(在某處)悠閑地度過

____________(獸或鳥的)糞[?dr?p??z] n.____________無趣的，無聊的，乏味的[?b??r??

] adj.____________喂養，飼養，給……食物[fi?d] v.____________viewpigeonsurprisedroppingsboringknockaroundfeed發狂地；無法控制地[?m?dli] adv.____________可怕的，駭人的，恐怖的[?ske?ri] adj.____________(對某一主題的)研究，探索[?ri?s??t?] n.____________認出；認識；辨認出[?rek?ɡna?z] v.____________他們自己；她們自己；它們自己[e?m?selvz]pron.____________鏡子[?m?r?] n.____________自己，自身[?t?self]

pron.____________也許，大概，可能(表示不肯定)[?me?bi]

adv.____________madlyscaryresearchrecognisethemselvesmirroritselfmaybe幾個，數個，一些[?sev?r?l]

adj.____________千米，公里[?k?l??mi?t?]

n.____________迷路 ____________速度，速率[spi?d]

n.____________驚人的；了不起的[??me?z??]

adj.____________足夠的，充足的，充分的[??n?f]

deter.____________變化，改變[t?e?nd?]

n.____________kilometrespeedgetlostamazingenoughchangeseveralStartingout1Lookatthepictureanswerthequestions.1DoyouknowTheClassicof

MountainsandSeas?2Whatamazinganimalsarethere

inthisbook?2Dothequizaboutanimals.1Whichanimalhasthelongestneck?amonkey

bhorse

cgiraffe2Whichanimalcanseethingsfromthefarthestaway?aeagle

brabbit

cdogAnimalquiz3Whichanimalcanrememberlotsofinformation?acow

bmouse

celephant4Howmanyeyesdoesabeehave?atwo

bfive

ctwelve5Thehummingbirdcaneat_______itsweightin24hours.ahalf

babouttwice

cmorethan5timesPre-reading□boring

□fast

□scary

others:_________□clever

□dirty

□amazing1Tickthewordstodescribepigeons.While-readingLet’sskim！2ReadtheblogsandfindoutthewordsHenryused.Thensummarizethemainideaofeachparagraph.StudyingPigeonsWatchingPigeonsintheParkSurprisingFactsAboutPigeonsObserving(觀察)PigeonsAgainLearningMoreAboutPigeonsLet’sscan！ReadHenry’sblogfor5daysandcompletethetasks.Whateventprompts(促使)Henrytostudybirds?BirdWeekatschool.Anddifferentstudentswereaskedtostudydifferentbirds.Henry’sViewPigeonsurprise①We’re

studyingbirds

for

BirdWeekatschool.

Someluckykids

gotpenguins.

ButIhavetowriteabout...pigeons!Day121Sep2023Clicktolearnmore!WhatareHenry’sfeelingsaboutpigeonsonDay2?Hethinkspigeonsareboringanddirty,becausetheyjustknockaroundtheparkandleavedroppingseverywhere.Andtheyarealsoscary,becausetheyflymadlytoagirlwhoisfeedingthem.I’mwatchingpigeonsintheparknow.

Theyjustknock

around-forthewholemorning!②

Day222Sep2023

They

leavedroppingshere

andthere.③

PigeonsareBORINGandDIRTY!Agirlisfeedingthem.

Argh!

The

birdsare

flyingmadly

toher.

They’re

SCARY!Whatnewfactaboutpigeonssurprisethewriter?Pigeonscanrecognizethemselvesinmirrors,whichshowsthattheyareclever.I’m

doing

someonline

research.

Pigeonscanrecognise

themselvesinmirrors.

Howsurprising!

Aretheysoclever?

I’d

bettergoandwatchthemagain...④Day323Sep2023How+adj./adv.+(主+謂)WhydoesHenrychangehisopinionaboutpigeonsonDay4?BecauseHenryseesapigeonlookingatitselfinthewater,whichmakesHenryreconsiderhisnegativeopinionsofpigeons.I’mbackattheparkagain.

Oh!

Thatpigeonislookingatitselfinthewater!

MaybeIwaswrongaboutpigeons.⑤Day424Sep2023bebackWhatinterestingfactsaboutpigeonsdoesHenrylearnonDay5?Pigeonsareamazingandnotboringorscary.Thereareover200kindsofpigeons,somecanflyseveralthousandkilometerswithoutgettinglost,andtheycanflyatspeedsover100kmperhour.WhatisHenry’sopinionaboutpigeonsafterlearningmore??canalso

flyatspeeds

ofover100kmperhour.

That’sasfastas

my

dad’scar!⑥Day525Sep2023I’mreading

in

the

librarynow.

Oh,

thereare

over200kindsof

pigeons.

Somecan

flyseveralthousand

kilometres

anddon’t

getlost.

TheyWell,pigeonsaren’tboringorscary.

They

areAMAZING—I

just

didn’t

knowenoughaboutthem!ataspeedof3Chooseanothersuitabletitleandgiveyourreasons.aCleverPigeonsbPigeonsintheParkcAmazingPigeonsdPeopleandPigeonsBecauseitshowshowthewriterchangeshismindaboutpigeons.Atfirst,hedoesn’tlikethem,butafterlearningmore,hefindsoutpigeonsarecoolandcandothingslikerecognizingthemselvesandflyingfarwithoutgettinglost.Thetitleshowsthischangeandhowgreatpigeonsreallyare.Post-readingHenry’schangeofviewstowardspigeonsBoring,1__________&ScaryTheyknockaroundforthewholemorning.They2________________hereandthere.Agirlisfeedingthem.They3_________madlytoher.4Completetheflowchartwiththewordsandexpressionsfromthepassage.Dirtyleavedroppingsare

flyingSurprisingTheycanrecognisethemselvesinmirrors.Thereare4__________kindsofpigeons.Somecanflyalongwayanddon’t5________.Theycanflyatspeedsofover100kmperhour.6_____________Ijustdidn’tknowenoughaboutthem.over200getlostAmazingThinkandshare1

Howcanyoutell

thatHenry

didn’tlikepigeons?Henryfoundtheirbehaviorsintheparkanddescribedthemas“BORING,DIRTY,SCARY”,suchasleavingdroppingseverywhereandflyingmadlytowardsthegirlwhowasfeedingthem.Thisshowshisnegativeviewofpigeonsbeforehestartedhisresearch.Thinkandshare2Whatotherfactsdoyouknow

aboutpigeons?Homingability:Pigeonsareabletoreturntotheirnestsfromlongdistances.Thisabilityhasbeenusedbyhumansforthousandsofyears,suchasbytyinglettersonthelegsofpigeonstopassinformation.ThinkandshareLearningtothinkforquestion1Youcantellpeople’sthoughtsand

feelingsaboutanimalsfromtheirwords

andtones.KeyPhrases必須，不得不 __________________(在某處)悠閑地度過 __________________各處，到處 __________________在線研究 __________________havetoknock

aroundhere

andthereonline

research最好做某事 __________________回到 __________________對……誤解 __________________迷路 __________________以……的速度 __________________和……一樣…… __________________hadbetterdosth.bebackbewrongabout...getlostatspeeds

of...as...as...LanguageNotes1.Pigeonsurprisesurprise

n.

驚奇；驚訝；意外之事

v.使（某人）吃驚；使……措手不及

toone’ssurprise令某人感到吃驚的是……insurprise驚奇地；驚訝地Tomysurprise,IfoundI

hadalotincommon

withthisstranger.令我吃驚的是，我發現自己和這個陌生人之間有很多共同之處。surprisedadj.

驚奇的；感覺意外的（修飾人）besurprisedat...對……感到吃驚besurprisedtodosth.對做某事感到驚訝Jackissurprisedtohearthenews.聽到這個消息Jack感到很驚訝。surprisingadj.

令人吃驚的；出乎意料的（修飾物）Manyoldpeoplearesurprisedatthesurprisingmodernscience.許多老人對驚人的現代科學感到驚訝。InstantTraining返回1.—Lucy

isnot__________atthenews.—Really?Butallofusthinkitis__________.A.surprised;surprising

B.surprise;surprisingC.surprised;surprised

D.surprising;surprised2.令我吃驚的是，這個村子里的年輕人越來越少了。_______________,therearefewerandfeweryoungpeopleinthisvillage.ATomysurprise2.Theyjustknock

around—forthewholemorning!（1）knockaround意為“悠閑地度過”,常指在沒有明確目標或計劃的情況下閑逛、消磨時光。例如：Last

Sunday,

Jackknocked

aroundtown

withhisfriends.上周日，Jack和朋友們一起在城里閑逛。（2）句中破折號用于對前面的句子Theyjustknockaround進行補充說明，增強強調的意味，表示耗費了大量時間。InstantTraining返回有一天我去紐約，在中央公園逛了整整兩個小時！OnedayonavisittoNewYorkCity,I________________CentralParkforagoodtwohours!knocked

around3.They

leavedroppingshere

andthere.hereandthere意為“到處，各處”。例如：Thereareflowershereandthereinthecity.城市里到處都是花。Heleftbookshereandthereintheroom.他的書在房間里扔得到處都是。返回InstantTraining他們一進去，到處看了看，但一個人也沒看見。Assoonastheywentin,theylooked_______________________andeverywherebutsawnoone.here

and

there4.I’d

bettergoandwatchthemagain...hadbetter意為“最好”(had可縮略為’d,與前一個單詞連寫)，用于提出建議。注意：hadbetter后面一般跟動詞原形，其否定形式為hadbetternot。例如：You’dbettergo

nowifyouwanttotake

thebus.如果你想搭公共汽車，最好現在就出發。I’d

bettergo

andgetready.我最好還是去準備一下。You’dbetternotreadthebookinsuchashorttime,oryoucan’tlearnalotfromit.你最好不要在這么短的時間內讀這本書，否則你從中學不到很多東西。InstantTraining返回1.做水果沙拉時，你最好選擇新鮮的水果。Whenmakingafruitsalad,you_____________________freshfruit.2.你最好少吃快餐。You____________________________toomuch

fast

food.had

betterchoose

had

better

not

eat5.MaybeIwaswrongaboutpigeons.bewrongabout...意為“搞錯……”。例如：IthinkI’mwrongaboutthissituation.我想我對這個局面的判斷是錯的。Iwas

wrongaboutthe

newworker.He'snotfrom

Germany.我把那個新來的工人的情況搞錯了，他不是從德國來的。返回InstantTraining昨天米婭弄錯了做這個食譜所需的原料。Mia

______________________theingredientsneededfortherecipeyesterday.was

wrong

about6.That’sasfastas

my

dad’scar!as…as…

像……一樣……，如同（1）表示同級的比較。使用時要注意第一個as為副詞，第二個as為連詞。其基本結構為：as+adj./adv.+as。例如：You’reastallasyourfather.你和你父親一樣高。It’snotashardasIthought.這沒有我想象的那么困難。（2）其否定式為notas+adj./adv.+as。例如：Thisdictionaryisnotasusefulasyouthink.這本字典不如你想象的那樣有用。（3）若有修飾成分，如twice,threetimes,half,aquarter等，則須置于第一個as之前。例如：Yourbookistwiceasexpensiveasmine.你的書比我的貴一倍。InstantTraining返回1.我的自行車舊了，所以不如你的好。Mybikeisold,soitis______________________yours.2.這個房間和那個房間一樣漂亮。Thisroomis____________________thatone.notasgoodasasbeautifulasExercises1.(2024白銀改編)Thebrainisa(an)

________(了不起的)partofour