Unit 8 Pets Task I have long ears

Unit 8 Pets Task

I have long ears. I eat lots of vegetables. rabbit color: white eyes: red ears: long tail : short

I have fur. I sleep a lot. My favorite food is fish. cat color: grey eyes: blue size: small feathers: soft

I love to play with balls and sticks. Sometimes I bark at people. color: white dog ears: small eyes: black fur: long

I’m orange. I live in a tank. I have fins. goldfish color: orange tail: beautiful body: like an egg size: small

I have two legs. I like to sing. I have feathers. I can fly. color: tail: blue red yellow long beak(喙): hard white parrot feathers: colorful beautiful

Amy’s favourite pet Poppy the cat

Listen to the tape Poppy How old is she?

Answer the questions: What does it look like ? Think of words to describe its appearance. (外貌) Poppy small Size _______ green Eyes_______ grey Colour______ Long Fur_______

Read Part B and Think about : friendly ，quiet lazy Its personality _______ ( clever friendly happy kind lazy quiet shy … ) Poppy food/fish/warm milk Its food cat __________ a basket Its home__________ What does it like / dislike ? She likes milk and fish.

Group work Kind 1(种类 ) Appearance 2 (外表) Personality 3 Poppy cat She’s a ____. grey She has long ____, _____fur and white _____ paws. Her eyes are green. She is _____ small and weighs only ___Kilograms. 2 ______ She is friendly and quiet ______. cat food. but she likes ___ She eats ____ fish best. She drinksmilk ____. She sleeps in abasket _____ and plays with Lifestyle ( 4 balls _____. . 生活方式) How 5 to look after it ? Why 6 is it special ? day , gives her clean_____ water , and Amy feeds her every ____ brushes her ______ fur sometimes. friend and she never worries She is a good ________. My pet

Language points. 1. fur（不可数名词）软毛, 毛皮 2. weigh (动词) 重 Sb/Sth + weigh(s) +重量。某人/某物的重量是----。 How much do/does sb/sth weigh? 某人/某物的重量是多少 ？ weight (名词) 重量 one’s weight / the weight of sth 3. kilo=kilogram 公斤，千克 a kilo of---4. play with sb和某人一起玩 play with sth 玩某物 5. brush (动词) 刷 brush(名词) 刷子 two toothbrushes 6. worry（动词）担心，忧虑 worry about sb/sth 担心某人/某事 7. take good care of=look after-----well

Useful phrases • • • 1. 属于某人 2. 重2千克 3. 友好并安静 4. 吓唬某人 5. 拉尾巴 6. 饿了 7. 玩细绳 8. 讨厌做某事 8. 喂狗 9. 好好照顾 belong to sb. weigh 2 kilograms be friendly and quiet frighten sb. pull the tail be hungry play with pieces of string hate doing sth. feed the dog take good care of… look after…well

1. 请再喂金鱼一些鱼食。 Please feed the goldfish some more fish food. 2. 你应当保持鸟笼的干净。 You should keep the cage clean. 3. 不要在雨中遛狗。 Don’t walk the dog in the rain. 4. 你应当买一本有关介绍正确照顾宠物方法的书。 You should buy a book on/about the right way to look after pets.

6. 如果你有充分的时间，你应该每天至少带她出去到公园两次。 If you have enough time, you should take her out to the park at least twice a day. 7. 不要在桌边喂狗是很重要的。 It’s very important not to feed the dog at the table. 8. 大多数的时候，我的猫喜欢睡在篮子里，否则它会制造很多噪音 Most of the time, my cat likes sleeping in the basket, or she’ll make much noise.

Some Information kind 种� Parrot Rabbit goldfish Dog Appearance 外表 feathers(blue, yellow) eyes(small, black) beak(large, small) two legs wings tail (long) fur (white, grey ) eyes(red) ears(long) four legs tail (short) yellow, black, white… fin (long, beautiful) tail( like a fan) the body (like an egg) fur(Yellow, black, white, short, long) eyes(brown, black) ears((short long) four legs tail (short/long) clever (can speak ) friendly (can say “hello” happy (can sing) clean , quiet (never make a noise ) lovely quiet(just bubble) clever/happy/noisy /quiet do tricks build camps bark at , bite, fight with can fly eat seeds and nuts live in a cage knock on the cage when it is hungry jump while running eat all kinds of vegetables live in a hutch can swim eat fish food sometimes eat vegetables like peas run quickly eat dog food like bones feed it every day clean the cage change the water feed it three times a day clean the hutch once a week change the water every week /the water is not too cold or too hot take it for a walk every day brush its fur every day Personality Lifestyle 生活方式 How to look after it ? Why is it special ? (why do you like it ? )

Sample writing I have a dog. His name is Dan. I like him very much. He is clever and friendly. He welcomes me when I come back home. I walk him after supper and play with him. He likes running after birds. We are good friends and I will look after him until the end.