2. Can you name these animals?

3. whale shark

4. tropical fish sea horse

5. seals lobster

6. turtle starfish

7. octopus jellyfish

8. dolphin squid

9. seashells gold fish fish tank

10. coral sea lion

11. prawn crab

13. fin tail scales gills 1 2 3 4 A. Do you know the different parts of a fish?

14. B. You will read a story about fish. What do you know about them? Say whether each of the following is T or F. 1. Fish cannot a. sleep b. breathe c. feel pain 2. Some fish a. catch insects for food. b. can fly. c. can talk. d. are invisible. e. build nests for their families. 3. Dolphins and whales are not fish. F T FF T T T F F

15. C. This ad. appeared in a newspaper. Complete it with the words from the story on Page 73. Happy Day’s （ 1 ） _____ shop ！ The world’s only (2 ） ________ fish. They need (3) ______ food. The female is the (4)_____ _____ creature alive. She becomes (5) ______ after she (6) _____ her eggs. All customers will be completely (7)_______. The fish will give hours of (8) ______ to you and to your (9) _______. Buy now before we sell (10) _____ of them. Pet invisible no mostbeautiful visible lays satisfied pleasure friends out

16. Learn some new vocabularies by looking at the pictures. Vocabulary

17. ghost

18. female male

19. whisper

20. receipt

21. pepper

22. rocket

23. soya milk

24. plaza

25. nest

27. C Find the meanings (Page 74 ) C2: 1.fortunate 2.closely 3. whispering 4. creature 5. widely 6. sold out of 7. in no time C1: d h a g f

28. Talk with your partner: What do you like to do in your free time? Do you have any hobbies? How often do you practise it? How did you start to like it at first?

29. 1.Are there any invisible fish like the African ghost fish in the world ？ Read the story and with the following questions in mind:

30. 3.What’s your opinion on Happy Day? 2.Why did so many people buy Happy Day’s invisible fish?

31. D. Read and think (P75) D1. Read the questions and choose the best answers. 1.Why is a person lucky to see a female Ghost Fish? a. Because it is very beautiful. b. Because it is completely quiet. 2. What is special about the African Ghost Fish? a. They are invisible and need no food. b. They need big fish tanks.

32. 3.Why do Happy’s fish tanks sell very quickly ? a. There are cheap. b. His customers want to see the fish. 4. Why are Happy’s customers very satisfied? a. It is relaxing to look at the invisible fish. b. They all saw the beautiful female fish. 5.Why did Grandpa whisper ‘Thank you, Happy.’? a. Because happy’s fish will keep the children quiet so Grandpa can have a nap. b. Because the children might be able to see a female Ghost Fish.

33. D2. Find these two sentences in the story. What does each word in italics refer to? Write short answers. The number of words in the group is given in brackets. 1.… it is an unforgettable experience.(5 words) Seeing a female Ghost Fish 2. It was so relaxing.(5 words) Looking at the invisible fish

34. Deeper understanding Read the text paragraph by paragraph to get more information and find out the important phrases from the text and underline them and then write them in the notebook:

35. 1. 从一个学生那 收到这张条子 2. 谋生 3. 到很多地方旅游 4. 开宠物店 5. 根据 6. 世界唯一的无形鱼 7. 下蛋 receive this note from a student make a living travel widely open a pet shop according to the world’s only invisible fish lay eggs

36. 8. 一眨眼工夫 9. 非常有幸 10. 最漂亮的活体生物 11. 鱼缸 12. 卖完 13. 前往另一个镇 14. 对某人某事感到满意 15. 极少收到投诉 in no time be extremely fortunate the most beautiful creature alive fish tank sell out leave for another town be satisfied with sb./sth rarely receive a complaint

37. 16. 事实上 17. 乐意做某事 18. 令人放松 19. 一段难忘的经历 20. 想小睡一会 21. 密切注视 22. 从房间里兴奋地冲出来 in fact take pleasure in doing sth be relaxing an unforgettable experience want a nap/want to have a nap/ want to take a nap watch closely rush excited from the room

39. Word Study 1. breathe: (v) (1) to take air into your lungs and send it out again 呼吸 breathe in/ breathe out eg. I feel it is hard to breathe. (2) to blow air or smoke out of your mouth 呼气；喷出 … 烟雾 eg. Roy breathed on his hands and rubbed them together vigorously.

40. out of breath breathless 气喘吁吁 呼吸新鲜空气 take a breath of fresh air hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸 2. breath (n)

41. 3. insect (n) a small creature such as a fly or ant, that has six legs and sometimes wrings eg. Insects are flying around the lamp. 昆虫围着灯光飞舞． An ant is a small insect living on the ground. 蚂蚁是一种生活在地上的小昆虫． 昆虫

42. 4. alive (a) ( 常作表语，作定语时放在修饰的 名词后面，不放在名词前面 ) still living and not dead 活着的，在世的 eg. That injured animal is still alive. 那头受伤的动物还活着。 The old man is still alive. 那老人依然在世。 He is the happiest man alive. 他是世界上最幸福的人。

43. 5. ghost (n) the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place: eg. He looked as if he had seen a ghost. 他看上去象见了鬼似的。 Do you believe the ghost is in existence? 你相信有鬼魂存在吗？ We used to scare each other by telling ghost stories. 我们过去经常讲鬼故事来彼此吓唬。

44. 6.receive (v) to be officially given something 收到；正式得到 eg. We will be pleased to receive your order. 我方将很高兴收到贵方的订单。 我昨天收到了你的来信。 I received your letter yesterday. I got a letter from you yesterday. I received a letter from you yesterday. I heard from you yesterday.

45. 7. in no time – immediately/ at once I’ll be ready in no time. 我马上就准备好。 If your ask him the question, he will give you the answer in no time.

46. 8. according to– as said by someone or shown by something 主要用来表示 “ 根据 ” 某学说、某书刊、某文件、某人所说等或 表示 “ 按照 ” 某法律某规定、某惯例、某情况 等。 According to our records, you still have six of our books. According to the weather forcast, we shall have rain tomorrow. 根据时刻表，火车 8 点 27 分进站。 According to the timetable, the train gets in at 8:27.

47. 9.extremely (ad) very; to a very great degree 极其；非常 eg. She is extremely pretty. This method is extremely good. 10. fortunate (a) lucky 幸运的 fortunately= luckily unfortunate= unlucky be fortunate to do sth 有幸做某事

48. eg. You’ll be extremely fortunate to see her ， because she’s the most beautiful creature alive. 你会非常有幸见到她，因为她是世界上 最漂亮的活体生物。 It is fortunate you didn’t forget. 幸好你没忘。 It is very fortunate of me to have you around. =I’m very fortunate to have you around. 有你们在身边，我真是幸运。

49. 11.satisfied (adj) content; pleased 满意的 对某人某事感到满意 be satisfied with sb/sth be pleased with sb/sth be content with sb/sth 请比较： The result was satisfying. 结果是令人满意的。 We were quite satisfied with the result. 我们对结果感到十分满意。 satisfy (v. 满足，使满意） Some people are very hard to satisfy.

50. 10. pleasure (n) happiness, gladness; delight 高兴；快乐；愉快 please (v) please sb= make sb happy. pleased (a) =happy, delighted, satisfied take pleasure in doing sth 乐意做某事 eg. Many children take pleasure in playing computer games.

51. more examples: 1.Talking with you is a pleasure. 2.It’s a pleasure for me to help you. more expressions: It’s my pleasure/ My pleasure. 不用谢。 with my pleasure. 非常愿意 / 非常乐意 at your pleasure 随你的便；悉听尊便

52. 13.make one’s living earn one’s living 谋生 eg. He had to gather firewood to make a living. 他不得不靠打柴为生。 She worked hard all her life to make a living. 她终生为生活劳碌。

53. 15.apology (n) regret; excuse; explanation apologize (v) say sorry; express regret; make an apology; beg pardon 抱歉 eg. 1. We received a letter of apology. 2. I must apologize.

54. Grammar Adverbs

55. 副词的种类、用法和位置： 副词在句子中可以修饰动词、形容词、副词 或整个句子，用来表示时间、场所、状态及程 度。 1. 副词的种类：副词按词汇意义可分为： 方式副词： very （好）、 fast （快）、 slowly （慢） carefully （小心） 程度副词： very （很）、 much （很）、 enough （足 够） almost （几乎）