1. Why don’t you get her a scarf?
Unit 8
Why don’t you get her a scarf?
Section B

2. Period 3 Section B 1a — 2c Task What kind of animals can be
kept as a pet?

3. Fun time!

4. Now, we come to a pet shop.
Two minutes for you and look
at the pictures carefully!

5. How many pets are there in the pet shop?
A B C D. 7
What are they? …

7. 补充新的宠物

8. owlgoldfisherpsonmouseftix utcasnakeoertakecatnaryzl
aojthhamsteruchcwparrotv
nyotdogkeendccspiderallytr
tivoliturtlewotermiceilsent
How many pets can you find?
Choose the number:
A B. 9
C D. 8

9. Section B 1a

10. Are they good pets or not?
Why?

11. 1a Which of these animals would be good pets? Which would be bad pets?
turtle goldfish cat dog parrot mouse snake spider hamster
good pet not sure bad pet
dog

12. too scary easy to take care of noisy quiet beautiful good
Goldfishes are _____ (good, bad) pets
because they are _________________,
______ and ________.
加入好的怀德崇武的讨论
easy to take care of
quiet
beautiful

13. dirty friendly too scary beautiful too ugly bad
Snakes are ______ (good, bad) pets
because they are ______, ________
and _______.
bad
加入好的怀德崇武的讨论
dirty
too scary
too ugly

14. lovely not friendly enough interesting too boring nice
Cats are ______ (good, bad) pets
because they are ______, _________
and _____.
good
加入好的怀德崇武的讨论
lovely
interesting
nice

15. unusual friendly too scary beautiful not beautiful enough bad
Spiders are ______ (good, bad) pets
because they are _______, ________
and _________________.
bad
加入好的怀德崇武的讨论
unusual
too scary
not beautiful enough

16. friendly popular noisy lovely too ugly good
加入好的怀德崇武的讨论
Dogs are ______ (good, bad) pets
because they are ______, ______
and _____.
friendly
popular
lovely

17. 1. What other pets do you know
1. What other pets do you know? (to learn and review some words about animals)
2. Which of these animals are good pets?
3. Which of these animals are bad pets?
4. Brainstorming description words about animals.
Pairwork 1b
A: What’s the most popular pet?
B: I think a dog is the most popular pet.
A: What’s the most unusual pet?
B: I think a snake is the most unusual pet.

18. 2a Listening Pets Comments __ hamster __ snake __ goldfish __ dog
__ cat
not friendly enough
too boring
short hair
nice
hair is too long
easy to take care of
too scary
friendly
interesting
beautiful 5 2 1 4 3

19. While you listen 1. How many kinds of pets do they talk about?
A B C D. 2
2. What pet will they get at last?
A. A cat B. A goldfish.
C. A dog D. A hamster.
Key: 1. C 2. D

20. 2b Listening
short hair
hamster
nice
friendly
too scary
snake
interesting

21. too boring
goldfish
easy to take care of
hair is too long
dog
beautiful
not friendly enough
cat
nice

22. Fill in the blank. kind A: So, what _____ of pet do you want to get?
B: How about a goldfish? Fish are easy to take
care of.
A: They’re too boring! How about a snake?
Snakes are interesting.
B: Eeew! Snakes are too scary! Let’s _____ a
nice pet _____ a cat.
A: A cat? I don’t like cats. Cats aren’t friendly
enough.
B: Well then, how about a dog? Dogs _____
great pets.
kind
get
like
make

23. A: That’s true. Hey, how about that dog?
Isn’t he beautiful?
B: Yes, but his hair is too long. I don’t
want to _____ _____ dog hair every day.
A: Oh, all right. Well, that hamster _____
_____ looks nice. He _____ friendly,
and he has short hair.
B: Yeah, he’s _______!
A: Let’s get him!
clean up
over
there
seems
perfect

24. Pairwork
If you can have a pet!

25. 2c Pairwork People Pets Why
What do you think is the best pet for these people? Discuss and fill in the chart.
People
Pets
Why
a 6-year-old child
goldfish
easy to take care of
an 80-year-old grandmother
a 16-year-old boy
A: I think a dog is a good pet for a 6-year-old child.
B: Really? I don’t agree. Dogs are too difficult to take
care of.
A: How about a goldfish?
B: …

26. Guess the animal Lead-in of paper and don’t say what the animal is.
1. Please write a kind of animal you like in a small piece
of paper and don’t say what the animal is.
( At least 3~4 sentences )
2. Read the short passage and let other students
guess what it is.
You can write like this:
This pet is unusual. It’s easy to take care of and it talks.
It’s a kind of bird. It usually lives in a cage. Do you know what it is?

27. pot-bellied pigs
教师在guessing 游戏最后描述一下pot-bellied pig，让学生猜是什么动物，引出3a。

28. Read the article and answer these questions Pet: owner:
______________ ______________
Keeping such a pet
Advantages
Disadvantages
pot-bellied pig
David Smith
n. 优点
They can watch TV on
the sofa when they
are small.
They get too big to
sleep in the house.
Pot-bellied pigs
make good friends.
They need a lot of love.

29. 3a
The trendiest kind of pet these days is the pot-bellied pig. David Smith of North London has a pot-bellied pig named Connie. “Pot-bellied pigs make the best pets,” said David. “She watches TV on the sofa with me every night. She’s my best friend.” However, life with a pig isn’t always perfect. “When I got my pig, she was small,” said David, “but she eats a lot. Now she’s too big to sleep in the house, so I made her a special pig house. Also, pigs need a lot of love. Sometimes I don’t have enough time to spend with her.”
trendy — trendier — trendiest adj. 流行的
perfect adj. 完美的；理想的

30. Explain key words and phrases of 3a. (选用)
1. a pig named Connie
一头名叫Connie的猪
又如:
I have a friend named Mary.
我有一个朋友叫Mary。

31. 2. She’s too big to sleep in the house.
她太大了，无法睡在房子里。
too … to … 太……以至于不能
我太累了，不能继续走了。
I’m too tired to go on walking.
可以同该结构互相转换的结构有
so … that …; not … enough to …
The boy is so young that he can’t go
to school.

32. 3. I don’t have enough time to spend with her.
我没有足够的时间和她一起度过。
spend 度过；花费(时间或金钱)
I spent 10 Yuan on this book.
Tom spent one hour doing his homework
yesterday.
spend, take, cost的用法比较
spend表示花费时间或金钱；
cost多表示花费金钱；
take多表示花费时间。
It took Tom one hour to do his homework yesterday.
The book cost me 10 yuan.

33. 4. However, life with a pig isn’t always perfect.
然而同一只猪生活在一起并不总是完美的。
1) however为连词，表示转折意义，意为“然而；可
是”。例如：
My mother wanted to do some shopping.
However, she has no time to do that.
我妈妈想去购物，可她没有时间。
2) always意为“总是；老是”，和否定词连用时表示
不完全意义。
not always 意思是“并不总是”。例如：
What he said was not always right.
他所说的并不总是对的。

34. 3b 预习：让学生事先对hamster进行调查。 目的：帮助学生了解hamster，充实语言素材。
What do you know about the hamsters?

35. 3b Survey (小组活动)： 根据小组成员搜集的资料罗列出有关hamster的
信息(advantage & disadvantage)

36. 3b However / Though hamsters are popular, quiet, clean
advantages
hamsters are popular, quiet, clean 1.
easy to take care of 2.
cheaper than rabbits or cats 3.
small 4.
However
/ Though
disadvantages
sometimes noisy at night 1.
sleep all day 2. 3.

37. Hamsters are popular pets
Hamsters are popular pets. People like them because they are quiet and clean. People think they are easy to take care of and they are cheaper than rabbits or cats. They are very small so people don’t need to have a special room. Though sometimes they are noisy at night, most of the time they sleep all day. They are very lovely.

38. Discuss in class (放在Section B-4之后)
1. Ask students: “What about keeping pets
in an apartment?”
2. Discuss in a group.

39. 4 GROUPWORK However / Though advantages good company interesting1.
interesting 2.
beautiful 3.
However
/ Though
disadvantages 1.
can be noisy 2.
dirty 3.
terrible

40. What’s your opinion about keeping pets
What’s your opinion about keeping pets? Write a passage according to the chart.
In my opinion, I think / I don’t think it’s a good idea to keep pets in an apartment … ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

41. Expanding (扩展) writing

42. A (正方): I agree because …
Your opinion
Do you agree to the idea that kids
could keep pets?
A debate (辩论):
A (正方): I agree because …
D (反方): I disagree because …

43. Should kids keep pets? Discuss in groups and fill in the chart.
Reasons for keeping pets
Reasons against keeping pets

44. Should kids keep pets at home?
Sample:
I think it’s a good idea for kids to keep pets because pets are our good friends, they are so cute and lovely. Dogs are so loyal and they can keep our house safe, cats and rabbits are so interesting to watch. What’s more, most Chinese families have only one child now. Our parents are too busy with work and come back home very late. We always feel lonely at home. Pets make our good companions. We will have fun playing with them and looking after them. In a word, pets make our life so wonderful and I love pets very much.

45. Should kids keep pets? Sample:
I don’t think kids should keep pets. Pets cause (引起) too many problems. On one hand, pets always make things dirty and sometimes they are very noisy. Kids can’t keep their house clean and tidy if they have pets. It is bad for the environment (环境). On the other hand, school kids have much homework to do every day. It will take them much time to look after pets. That’s bad for their studies. What’s worse, if they have pets, they will spend more time playing with pets, not with their classmates or friends. So they’ll have fewer and fewer friends. That’s too bad! So I think kids should stop keeping pets.

46. Advantages of keeping pets
1. Pets make kids happy.
2. Pets are very small, so they don’t take up too much room.
3. Pets are intelligent and friendly, if you treat(对待) them
well, they will be loyal and devoted to you forever.
4. Pets are interesting. You can have fun playing with them.
5. Pets make your life colorful and enjoyable.
6. Kids will be more patient (有耐心) with pets.
7. Kids learn a lot by keeping pets.
8. Learning to take care of pets make kids loving and kind.
9. Most families have only one child, so pets make kids’
good companions (陪伴).
10. Most pets are very easy to take care of.

47. Disadvantages of keeping pets
1. It takes much time to take care of pets.
2. Pets always make your house dirty and untidy.
3. Taking care of pets is not easy. It’s tiring.
4. Most pets are quite noisy, your neighbor will complain
about it.
5. Pets usually cost a lot of money.
6. If kids have pets, they will spend a long time playing
with pets every day. It’s bad for their studies.
7. Most pets are hairy. It’s terrible to find your pet hair on
your bed or in your glass!
8. In China, many kids are too poor to go to school. Why
not give the money you spend on pets to them?
9. If your pet is ill, you’ll have to take it to see doctors, it
will take a lot of time and money.
10. Pets are bad for kids’ health.

48. Section B 附件1 学习效果评价 词汇
1. Everyone likes gifts. Some little kids think they don’t get e gifts.
2. Some presents are n too small. A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree.
3. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to c rather than buy them gifts.
4. In Sweden, d something for someone is the best gift.
5. People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead,
m a meal is enough.
Key: 1. enough 2. never charity doing making

49. 句型转换 1. Let’s go shopping. (同义句转换) _____ _____ _____ shopping?
2. How brightly the sun is shinning! （同义句转换）
_____ _____ _____ sun it is!
3. Science is as difficult as art. （同义句转换）
_____ science _____ art are difficult.
4. I think they will come very soon. （改为否定句）
I _____ think they _____ come very soon.
5. The hamburgers taste delicious.（就画线部分进行提问）
_____ _____ these hamburgers taste?
Key: 1. How about going What a bright Both; and
4. don’t; will How do