Unit 8

Unit 8 Pets Welcome to the unit

Lead-in How many animals do you know? What are they?

Look, the pet dog is sleeping.

What are they? goldfish 金鱼 (pl.) goldfish

The cat is watching the mouse do exercise. a mouse

How many mice can you see? mouse mice (pl.)

The parrot can learn to speak.

The cat is sleeping on his knees.

We should hold the pencil like this.

She is teaching the parrot to speak. teach vt. 教

The mother is feeding her babies.

We should not be rude. We should be polite to each other. rude 粗鲁的，不礼貌的

Read aloud the new words pet n. 宠物 rude adj. 粗鲁的 goldfish n. (pl. goldfish) 金鱼 mouse n. (pl. mice) 老鼠，耗子 parrot n. 鹦鹉 knee n. 膝盖；坐下时大腿朝上的面 hold vt. 握住，拿着 feed vt. 喂，喂养 teach vt. 教

cat dog goldfish mouse parrot rabbit A The students drew some pictures of their pets. Look at the parts of the pictures and write the names of the animals under them. cat dog goldfish mouse parrot rabbit

parrot rabbit dog mouse cat goldfish

Which is your favourite pet? Can you tell me why? I like my________ because ________. dog parrot pig rabbit mouse dog elephant monkey cat panda goldfish tiger

B The students are talking about why they like their pets B The students are talking about why they like their pets. Match the two parts to make correct sentences. Write the correct letters in the blanks.

f d a a I like watching them swim around. b I can feed her carrots and I like her long ears. b he can sing, and I want to teach him to speak. 1 Daniel: I love my parrot because _____ 2 Kitty: I like my rabbit because _____ 3 Peter: I like goldfish because ____ f d a

c e b 4 Sandy: I like my mouse best because _____ 5 Millie: I love my dog because _____ 6 Amy: I like my cat because _____ d she loves to sleep on my knees e it’s very small and soft and I can hold it in my hand. f I can play with him in the park. c e b

Watch and answer. 1. What does Eddie want? He wants something to eat. 2. What does Hobo think of Eddie? He thinks Eddie is rude. 3. Which dog do you like? Why?

Read aloud the conversation then act it out in pairs.

Language points 1. bring sb. sth. = bring sth. to sb. 给某人拿来某物 Will you please bring me some dog food? * take sth. to sb. 把某物带(去)给某人 Jim will not come home for lunch today. Please take this lunch box to him.

2. something to eat 一些吃的东西 something to drink 一些喝的东西 注：something 常用于肯定句以及表示请求建议的问句中；而在否定句和疑问句中则要用anything。如: There isn’t ________ to eat in the fridge. Would you like _________ to drink？ anything something

3. watch them swim around 看他们游来游去 * watch sb. do sth. 看某人做某事（不能用to do, 即必须省略to) Every day the old man watches the children ____(play) games. 4. sleep on my knees 睡在我的大腿面上 5. feed her carrots 给她喂胡萝卜 6. teach him _______ 教他说话 play to speak

Exercise 一、根据Eddie和Hobo的对话填空。 Eddie is hungry. He asks his pet dog Hobo _______ him _________ to eat. Hobo doesn’t bring him ________ because the pet thinks his master is ____. Eddie has to say it with ‘please’. Eddie thinks he needs ______ a new pet. to bring something anything rude to buy

二、翻译 1. 你想吃点什么吗？ Would you like _______________? 2. 我们不能把狗带到这来。 We can’t ______________. something to eat bring dogs here

3. 我喜欢看孩子们跳舞。 I like _______________ dance. 4. 格林先生常在课后教学生打篮球。 Mr Green often __________________ _______________ after class. watching children teaches the students to play basketball

Homework 1. Remember the new words and language points in this lesson. 2. Preview the new words in Reading.