1. Unit 8 Pets Integrated skills
By Sun Jiansen from Guomeng Experimental School

2. My parrot

3. Free Talk
What is your favourite pet ?

4. Watch and answer
Do they know how to look after the goldfish ?

5. Tip1: Predict(预测) answers before listening.
Listen to a talk on goldfish and write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.
1. Pick up goldfish with your hands.
2. Put your goldfish in the sun.
3. A goldfish can weigh up to 40 grams.
4. Some goldfish are black.
5. Goldfish are easy to look after.
6. Goldfish are very expensive. F
Don't pick
Tip1: Predict(预测) answers
before listening. F
Don't put
400 grams F T T
are not F

6. Notes about goldfish
★ A goldfish can weigh up to 400 grams.
★ Some goldfish are black.
★ Goldfish are not expensive.
★ Goldfish are easy to look after.
★ Don’t pick up goldfish with your hands.
★ Don’t put your goldfish in the sun.

7. Get more information about goldfish
Put them in (1)______ water.
Do not put them in (2)_________.
Do not pick them up with(3)_____________.
They eat special fish food and(4)____________ .
Feed them once(5)_________.
They are usually(6)__________.
They can grow up to be (7)____ centimetres long and weigh up to(8) ______ grams.
They can be orange,(9)_______,white or green.
clean
adj.
the sun
Tip3: Predict the parts of speech(词性）
before listening.
your hands
Tip2: Use the information in A1 .
vegetables
a day
small 20
400
black

8. Tapescript
Hello, today I’d like to tell you something about goldfish. Goldfish can live a long time if you take good care of them. You should make sure the water is clean and don’t put them in the sun, also don’t pick them up with your hands. Goldfish eat special fish food every day. Sometimes, they eat vegetables too. You needn’t to feed them often, once a day is enough. Goldfish are usually small , but they can grow up to be 20 cm long and can weigh up to 400 grams. Most goldfish are orange, but they can be also black, white or green. Goldfish are nice pets because they’re quiet and easy to look after ,and they are not expensive.

9. Complete the dialogue
Peter : There was a talk in the Pet Club yesterday.
Amy : Really? What was the talk about?
Peter : It was a talk about (1)_________. We learnt about how
to look after them.
Amy : That's interesting. Can you tell me more about them?
Peter : Sure. First, they need(2)______ water.
Amy : Do you need to feed them often?
Peter :No,not often,only once a day. They eat special
fish food and sometimes(3)___________.
Amy : How big can goldfish grow?
Peter :They can be(4)_______centimetres long
and weigh up to(5)_______ grams.
Amy : Do they make any noise?
Peter : No.They’re very (6) ________.
goldfish
clean
vegetables 20
400
quiet

10. A questionnaire from the Pet Club
Name:_________ Class: _________ Age: _________
1)Where can you keep the goldfish?
□ I keep them in a small fish tank. □ I keep them in a big fish tank.
Other answers:_________
2)What can you feed the goldfish? I feed them____
□ special fish food □ vegetables
□ never feed them Other answers: _________
3) How often can you feed the goldfish? I feed them ____
□ once a day □ twice a day.
□ more than twice a day Other answers:________
4) What kind of pet are you keeping?
□dog □cat □goldfish □tortoise □mouse □parrot □rabbit
Other pet:____________________
5) How often do you walk your pet? I walk him/her____
□ every day/afternoon/evening □ twice a week
□ more than twice a week □ never
6)What else do you do to/with your pet?
Please write down your answers:______________________________

11. Speak up :Daniel, Millie, Amy and Peter are also talking about how they look after their pets.

12. Listen and answer 1. How does Millie look after her dog?
She walks her dog in the park every evening.
2. How does Amy look after her cat?
She brushes her cat’s fur every day.
3. How does Peter look after his fish?
He puts his fish in clean water, and
never feeds them too much.

13. Read after the tape Daniel: How do you look after your dog, Millie?
Millie: Dogs like exercise a lot, so we walk him
in the park every evening.
Daniel: Oh, I see.Do you walk your cat, Amy?
Amy: No,we don't. We only brush her fur
every day.
Daniel: How do you look after your fish,Peter?
Peter: We put them in clean water, and we
never feed them too much.

14. Discussion
How to look after your pets?

15. Love pets, love life !

16. Read and answer 1.What is the passage about ?
2.Whose is the Portuguese Water Dog?
3.What pets did Bush have in the White House ?
4.Why did the Bush call the cat India ?
5.What do you think of the pets in White House ?
It is about American Presidents’ pets
It is Obama’s.
He had three dogs and a cat.
Bush named her after a baseball player.

17. Look after them well
Love them

18. Homework Tell your parents something about goldfish.
2.Talk with your classmates about how to look
after the pets .
3.Read the poem on P.125 in Reading Book.

19. Thank you!