1. Integrated skills 7B Unit 4 Amazing things by Zhou Jinmei
from Gaozi Middle School

2. Q: How many eyelids do each eye of the camels have?
Do you know these animals? D o you know anything unusual about them?
neck
Q: How many eyelids do each
eye of the camels have?
Kangaroos jump with their tails.
Kangaroos rest on their tails.
Q: What do you think of the
smell of ants?
Goldfish can only remember things for three seconds.
Q: How old can tortoises live
up to?
Q: How many bones are there
in its long neck?
Father penguins look after the eggs.
Horses can stand while they are sleeping.
Elephants walk on tiptoe.
Fish sleep with their eyes open.
Snakes hear with their tongues.

3. Listening: 1 1. How many bones does a giraffe have in its long neck?
seven
a giraffe —— has only ______ bones in its long neck
a tortoise —— can live up to ______ years old
150
2. How old can a tortoise live up to?
camels —— each of their eyes has ______ eyelids
three
3. How many eyelids does each of a camel’s eyes have?
ants —— can ______ things as well as ______ can
smell
dogs
4. Can ants smell?
5. Can dogs smell things better than ants can?

4. a bone
bones

5. eyelids

6. a thank-you letter Dear Mr Wu
Thank you for your help. Now, I know more about animals. I can see that they can be very pretty and lovely. I told my friends that a ______ has seven bones in its long ______ . My friends found it interesting too. I still remember your words about tortoises. I still cannot believe that a ______ can live up to ______ years. It is really amazing.
It is also interesting to know that each eye of a ______ has ______ eyelids. I now understand why my mother always tells me to clean the table after a meal – I know ants can ______ things as well as ______ can.
Now, I am not afraid of animals any more. I want to learn more about them.
Suzy
giraffe
neck
tortoise
150
camel
three
smell
dogs

7. Thank you for your help.
=Thank you for helping me.
Thank sb. for sth.
Thank sb. for doing sth.

8. My friends found it interesting .
I find English interesting and easy.
We found her friendly and kind.
We found her a nice girl.
find sb. +adj./n.

9. Tortoise can live up to 150 years old.
Read up to page 100.读到第100页。
Count up to ten slowly.慢慢地数到10。

10. likes Each of their eyes has three eyelids.
Each of us ______ (like) English very much.
likes

11. I know ants can smell things
as well as dogs can.
as + adv. + as

12. Dogs eat bones very quickly. Do cats eat bones as quickly as dogs can?
Kangaroo can jump very far.
Can you jump as far as it can?
Monkeys can climb the tree very well.
Can you climb trees as well as monkeys
can?
Horses can run very fast.
Can you run as fast as horses can?

13. Play the guessing game:
What is it? 3 2 1 4 5

14. New words Guessing games: They are white and black. 60
They are very lovely. 50
They eat shellfish
The fathers look after the eggs
They are birds but they can’ t fly
They live in very cold place, South Pole
penguin

15. New words Guessing games: They are brown. 60
Their babies are very small. 50
They can jump 9 meters and jump very fast—30km/h
They can stand on their tails and fight with their back legs. 30
They carry their babies in a pocket of skin
They live in Australia
Kangaroo

16. New words Guessing games: They are grey. 60
They sleep on their feet. 50
They sleep two or four hours a night
They eat for 15 to 18 hours a day
Usually, they are slow. 20
They have long noses and big ears
elephant

17. New words Guessing games:
I live in rivers but often people have me at home
I can swim
I have a tail
I can only remember things for three seconds
My color is unusual
I sleep with my eyes open
goldfish

18. New words ant Guessing games: I am smart. 60 I am very small. 50
I am very hard-working
I am weak
If I work together with my friends, we are strong
I can smell things as well as dogs
ant

19. Boys VS Girls

20. Listening: 1.How many interesting things have you learnt?
2.What are they about?
Goldfish can only remember things for three
seconds.
People can eat about 27,000 kilos of food
during our lives.

21. Speak up: A: Is there anything about animals in the book?
B: Yes, there is. It says that goldfish can only remember things for three seconds. They don’t know what happened to them three seconds ago.
A: That’s interesting .Is there anything about people?
B: Yes, there is. It says that we eat about 27,000 kilos of food during our lives. That’s the weight of about six elephants.
A: That’s amazing.

22. It says that goldfish can only remember things for three seconds.
It says that we are going to have a two-day holiday this week.
It says that you came first in the exam.

23. They don’t know what happened to them three seconds ago.
What happened to you just now?
Something terrible happened to the little girl.
Sth. happen to sb.某人出了某事
你知道那小男孩出了什么事吗？
Do you know what happened to the little boy?

24. during our lives.
During prep.在…期间
during her life
during the summer
during the afternoon

25. Pair work
Make a simple dialogue using
the amazing things you know.

26. F F T T True or false 1. Suzy is not afraid of small animals.
2. Suzy likes going to the park very much.
3. A camel has three eyelids to keep eyes
clean.
4. Suzy must keep her house clean because
she doesn’t want to see ants. F T T

27. 翻译词组： 1.害怕某人 2. 与……一样好 3.对……感兴趣 4.活到 5.某人出了某事 6. 在我们的生命中 7.闻东西 8.更多的了解
1.害怕某人 与……一样好
3.对……感兴趣 活到
5.某人出了某事 在我们的生命中
7.闻东西 更多的了解
9. 发现它有意思 记住你的话
11.叫我擦桌子 不再
13.三秒钟前 六只大象的重量

28. Practice I am not ____________ ___ tigers ____ _________(不再害怕).
It’s _____________ (令人惊讶的)that his grandpa can _____ ___ ___ （活到）110.
He speaks English __ ___ __ （一样好）an Englishman.
It ___ ___ ________ （非常有趣）to know ______ (一些事) about animals.
afraid /frightened of
any
more
amazing /surprising
live up to as
well as
very
interesting is
something

29. Homework:
Write a dialogue like Part B using the amazing things you know.

30. Thank you!