Unit 4 Amazing things Main task

Preview: 1, Read the new words on P , Finish the exercises on P74. 自主预习独立思考

Beijing Sunshine Secondary School is holding a writing competition. The topic is ‘Amazing things’. Here are Millie, Simon and Amy’s notes :

The tallest man a man in the USA born on 22nd February 1918 died on 15th July m tall weight kg when he was 21 and 199kg when he died hands 32.4cm long Say each sentence with your own words. 轮流演讲抽组反馈

Sandwiches a man’s name loved playing cards did not want to stop to have dinner put meat between two pieces of bread People learnt to make this kind of food and loved to eat it very much. People named the food after the man. 轮流演讲抽组反馈

Amazing TV not sure who invented TV in 1928, the first TV star-Felix the Cat in 1936, the first TV station in the world-BBC, in London by 1966, more than 10 million colour TV sets in the USA 轮流演讲抽组反馈

Complete the passage in Part B. 独立思考组内交流白板反馈

Do you know the tallest man in the world? The tallest man in history was from _________. He _________ on 22nd February 1918 and _______ on 15th July He ___________ tall. Even his hands ____________ long. At the age of 21, he ______________ kg. When he died, he ____________ kg. Most people like eating sandwiches but few of them know the history of them. I read in a book that once there was a ________ called sandwich. He _________________ with his friends all day and he ___________________________________. Then he ____________________________________ and ate it as dinner so he could keep on playing. Soon many people learnt to make this kind of food and loved it. They named the food after _________. the USAwas born died was 2.72m were 32.4 cm weighed weighed 199 put meat between two pieces of bread didn’t want to stop to have dinner loved playing cards man the man 白板反馈交流批改

Do you know anything about the first TV star? It was ______________. It appeared on TV in ________. In 1936, the world’s first TV station – BBC, was set up in _____________. By 1966, there were morn than __________ colour TV sets in the USA. Today, most families have at least one TV. However, people are not sure__________________. Isn’t that amazing? 1928 Felix the Cat 10 million who invented TV London 白板反馈交流批改

You want to write about an amazing thing for a writing competition. If you cannot find information about an amazing thing, I’ll give you some information about elephants! 轮流写作

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Sample writing My favourite animals are elephants. Elephants are the biggest living animals on land. There are two kinds of elephants: Africa elephants and Indian elephants. Africa elephants is larger than Indian elephants, and they have much larger ears. Elephants have to eat a lot because they are so big. One elephant can eat between 100 and 1,000 pounds of grass in a day! They can live for years. 轮流写作

There are no bones in the back of elephants’ feet, only fat. Elephants walk on tiptoe. They can move quietly. Elephants grow tusks. The tusks are large teeth that stick out of their mouths. Sometimes, hunters kill elephants to make beautiful things and piano keys. 轮流写作

Use your head,then you’ll be able to write your own composition on your amazing thing 轮流写作

Do you have any questions? 小结质疑

Home work Finish the exercises. Prepare the next lesson.