Part b details 1a
Which of these animals will be a good pet? What will be bad pets? Write them in the chart and compare your choices with your classmates.
Which of the following animals will be good pets and which will be bad pets? Write them in the grid and compare them with your classmates. 1b
Group activities
List the pets you own. What is the most popular pet? What is the most unusual pet? Tell the class to make a list of your pets. What is the most popular pet? What is the rarest pet? Tell the class.
Cats are the most popular pets. Cats are the most popular pets.
B: Parrots are the most unusual pets. Parrots are the most unusual pets.
2a
Listen and number the pets in the order you hear them. Write the numbers on the horizontal lines of the chart.
Listen to the tape, arrange the pets in the order you hear them, and write the numbers on the lines.
Pet pet
Annotation description
_ _ _ _ hamster hamster
Not friendly enough is not friendly enough.
_ _ _ _ snake
It's so boring. It's so boring.
_ _ _ _ Goldfish Goldfish
Short hair and short hair
_ _ _ _ dog
Good looking, good looking
_ _ _ _ Cat
The hair is too long.
Easy to take care of easy to take care of.
Too scary
Friendly friendly
Interesting interesting.
Beautiful, beautiful.
Listen to the original text
Girl 1: So, what kind of pet do you want? What kind of pet do you want?
Girl 2: What about goldfish? Fish is easy to take care of.
How about a goldfish? Fish is easy to take care of.
Girl 3: They are so boring/How about a snake? Snakes are interesting.
They are so boring/How about a snake? Snakes are very interesting.
Girl 2: Gross! Snakes are so scary! Let's keep a pet like a cat.
Yo, snakes are terrible! Let's keep a lovely pet, such as a cat.
Girl 1: A cat? I do not like cats. Cats are not friendly enough.
A cat? I do not like cats. Cats are not friendly enough.
Girl 2: So, what about a dog? Dogs are good pets.
Okay, what about the dog? Dogs are the best pets.
Girl 1: That's true. Hey, what about that dog? Is he not beautiful?
That's right. Hey, where's the dog? Isn't it beautiful?
Girl 3: Yes, but his hair is too long. I don't want to clean dog hair every day. It is beautiful, but its hair is too long. I don't want to clean every day.
Girl 1: oh, ok. The hamster over there looks good. He looks friendly and has short hair.
Oh, that hamster looks good. It looks friendly, and its hair is short.
Girl 2: Yes, he's perfect! Yes, it is perfect.
Girl 3: Let's catch him! I'll take it!
Reference answer:
5 2 1 4 3
2b
Listen again and connect the pets with the comments.
Listen again and associate the pet with the instruction.
Reference answer to question 2b:
Hamster: Friendly, beautiful, short hair.
Snake: It's so scary and interesting.
Goldfish: It's boring and easy to take care of.
Dog: Beautiful, too hairy.
Cat: Yes, not friendly enough.
2c
Pair practice
What do you think is the best pet for these people? Fill in the chart. About your choice. What do you think is the best pet for these people? Fill in the form and explain your choice.
People people
Pet pet
Why? Why?
A 6-year-old child
A six-year-old child
Goldfish goldfish
Easy to manage ③
Easy to take care of
An 80-year-old grandmother
An 80-year-old grandmother
A boy of 16 years old
A boy of 16 years old
I think a dog is a good pet for a 6-year-old child.
I think dogs are the best pets for a 6-year-old child.
Really? I don't agree. Dogs are too difficult to take care of.
Really? I don't agree. Dogs are too difficult to keep.
How about a goldfish? Where is the goldfish?
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3a
Read the article and answer the questions. Read the article and answer the questions.
1. Why do you think pot-bellied pigs are popular?
Why do you think pot-bellied pigs are popular?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping such a pet?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping this pet?
The most popular pet recently is a pot-bellied pig. David smith, in the north of London, has kept a pot-bellied pig named Connie for three years. "Piglet is the best pet," said David. "She watches TV with me on the sofa every night. She is my best friend. " However, life with pigs is not always perfect. "When I got my pig, it was still very small." David said, "but she eats a lot." Now she is too big to sleep in the house, so I made her a special pigsty. Also, pigs need a lot of love. Sometimes I don't have enough time to spend with her. "
The most popular pet recently is a pot-bellied pig. David smith, from north London, has been raising a pot-bellied pig named Connie for three years. "A pot-bellied pig can be the best pet in Chengdu." David said, "She sits on the sofa and watches TV with me every night. She is my best friend. " However, living with pigs is not always perfect. "She was young when I got her." David said, "But she eats a lot." Now she is too old to sleep in the house. So I made her a special pigsty. Although pigs need a lot of love, sometimes I don't have enough time to spend with her. "
Reference answer:
1. The pot-bellied pig is a good friend.
The advantage is that you can watch TV on the sofa when you are young. The disadvantage is that they are too big to sleep in the house. They need a lot of love.
3b
Look at these notes about hamsters and write an article about them.
Look at these records about hamsters and write an article about them.
Hamsters are very popular, quiet and clean.
Easy to take care of
Hamsters are very popular, quiet and clean.
Yiyang
Cheaper than rabbits or cats.
small
Cheaper than cats and rabbits
small
It can be very noisy at night.
Sleep all day
Sometimes it's noisy at night
Sleep all day
Hamsters are popular pets. People like them because they are quiet and clean.
Hamsters are popular pets. People like them because they are quiet and clean.
3c
What kind of animals do you like? Write a magazine article about animals, but don't say what animals they are.
What kind of animals do you like? Write an article about this animal, but don't say what it is.
This pet is unusual. It's easy to take care of and it can talk.
This pet is unusual. It's easy to raise and talk.
four
Group activities
Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets in the apartment and fill in the form.
Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets in the apartment and fill in the form.
Advantages advantages
Bad things and shortcomings
Good partner, good friend
Make noise if you can.
Need to solve some doubts.
(1) usually describe the same, meaning "normal"; Ordinary; Habitual. The prefix -un becomes an antonym, meaning "unusual, abnormal".
There are many adjectives in English, which become antonyms after the prefix -un.
For example: happy, happy, unhappy, unhappy.
Important, important, unimportant or unimportant.
Useful, useful, useless, useless
Unusual is a polysyllabic word. When you change the comparative level, you add more, and when you change the superlative level, you add the most.
For example, going out → more going out → most extroverted → most extroverted.
(2) There are three main ways to express age:
For example: Amy 16 years old ... except 1 year old, the rest must be in plural years.
Amy is a girl of 16 years old. When used as an attribute, the structure is "cardinal word-year-old".
Amy's age is 16. At the age of+,the cardinal number is.
Amy is a girl.
3 care? Take care of, take care of, the agreed phrase is take care of.
She takes care of everyone. She cares about everyone.
Pay attention to your health.
Please take care of yourself. Please take care of yourself.
My mother is ill in bed. I have to take care of her.
Mother is ill, and I must take care of her.
④named is a past participle of verb names, which can be used as an attribute to modify pig and can be changed to called.
Names are verbs. Give a name to.
They named their son John .. They named their child John.
The child was named after his father.
The child was named after his father.
Name means "list and name".
Can you name all the plants in the garden?
Can you name all the plants in the garden?
Can you name some American presidents?
Can you name some American presidents?
A name is a noun, which means "name".
His name is Ben. His name is Ben.
⑤ Many means "many", and the modifier nouns must be many++nouns; When modifying a verb, put it directly after it.
I have a lot of homework to do. I have a lot of homework to do.
There are many books in the school library.
There are many books in the school library.
I know her very well. I know her very well.
6 is it? It is also ... to be (too followed by adjectives and adverbs).
For example, the boy is too short to reach the apple.
The boy is too short to reach those apples.
He is too young to join the army .. He is too old to join the army.
This man is too old to walk .. This man is too old to walk.
Is that enough? To "enough ..." is too? The antonym of to.
For example, this box is so light that I can hold it. This box is so light that I can lift it.
The boy is not old enough to join the army.
The child is not old enough to join the army.
It's easy to do sth. ..
For example, speaking English is easy. It is easy to speak English.
It is easy to learn Chinese well. It is easy to learn Chinese well.
It' s ++ adjective (prototype)++Do something ... How about doing something?
Reading is very important. Reading is very important.
It is difficult to learn English well. It is difficult to learn English well.