Unit 4 Amazing things

UFO ( 不明飞行物 ) amazing ( 令人吃惊的） Unidentified Flying Object

sneeze You cannot sneeze and keep your eyes open at the same time. ( keep +n. +adj. )

plant( 植物 ) lightning( 闪电 ) bright( 明亮的 ) There is no plant life without( 没有 ) lightning.

tiptoe( 脚尖 ) Elephants walk on tiptoe.

He is 2.72 metres tall. In the USA

Rocket 3 days the moon It takes / took sb. some time to do sth.. the earth

Fish sleep with their eyes open. （ with + n. + adj. ）

There is no plant life without lightning. It takes 3 days to travel from Earth to the Moon by rocket. You cannot sneeze and keep your eyes open at the same time.

A man in the USA is 2.72metres tall. Elephants walk on tiptoe. Fish sleep with their eyes open.

1. People ________ and keep their eyes ______ at the same time. 2. Fish sleep with their eyes ______. 3. There is no _____ life _______ lightning. 4. ________ walk on ______. 5.________ 3 days ________ from Earth to the Moon by _______. 6.An American saw a ______ last month. Its lights are very _____. sneezeclosed open plant without Elephantstiptoe It takes to travel rocket UFO bright Exercise :

Dialogue （ tell the amazing things to your friends ） : A: Do you know that fish sleep with their eyes open? B: Oh, really? A: Isn’t that interesting? B: Yes, it is. Do you know that elephants walk on tiptoe? A: That’s funny. amazing funny great interesting strange wonderful

Let’s read after the tape with the books closed. One sentence by one sentence, then answer the questions:  What is the amazing thing? Is it a real UFO? What is it?  Why didn't Eddie think it is a plane?

Pair works: Practice the dialogue and act it out.

Homework: 1.Read the dialogue between Eddie and Hobo for five times. 2.Recite the new words.