(共25张PPT)
Unit 2 Plant a Plant!
Lesson 11 Amazing Plants
1. To master the new words and phrases
egret, eastern, shy, tightly, fossil, southwest, living, along with…, continue, as… as
2.To learn about amazing plants.
Learning objectives
Warm up
Where can you find some special plants
New words and expressions.
egret
eastern
shy
tightly
fossil
southwest
living
n. 白鹭
adj. 东方的；东部的
adj. 害羞的
adv. 紧紧地；牢固地
n. 化石
n. & adj. 西南（的）
adj. 活着的
Fill in the blanks.
1. It seems that she is quiet and ________(害羞的).
2. John is interested in the culture of ________(东部的) Asia.
3. This plant grows in the ________(西南) of China.
4. The girl was very nervous. She held on to my arm ________(紧紧地).
5. Could you tell me something about the ________(活着的) fossil
shy
eastern
southwest
tightly
living
Think about it.
· How many plants can you name
· Have you ever heard about any special plants
Listen and number the sentences.
1
When you touch this kind of plant, it closes up tightly.
This plant can live as long as 1 500 years. It really is a fossil.
Look at these flowers! They look like flying egrets!
This amazing tree laughs when the wind blows.
2
4
1
3
Read the lesson and fill in the table.
2
Plant Place Feature
South America , China and other countries. When something touches its leaves, they close up tightly. After a few minutes, they open up again.
Eastern Asia
This plant’s flowers look like flying egrets.
Read the lesson and fill in the table.
2
Plant Place Feature
The middle of Africa
If the wind blows, this amazing tree “laughs”．
The southwest of Africa
It has only two leaves and a stem. This plant can live as long as 1 500 years.
Language Points
When people first hear it laughing, they are usually quite surprised and begin to laugh along with the tree.
和……一起
【探究】
along with 意为“和……一起”，是介词短语，后接名词或代词作宾语。
当主语后跟with, along with, together with等修饰成分时，谓语动词不受这些修饰成分的影响，仍与前边的主语保持一致。
eg: He decided to take his daughter along with him.
The boy along with his parents has been to the Great Wall twice.
他要和同学们一起打篮球。
He will play basketball ________ ________his class-mates.
along with
Its two leaves continue to grow for its whole life.
继续
【辨析】
continue to do sth. 继续做某事（另外一件事）
continue doing sth. 继续做某事（同一件事），此时可与go on doing sth.互换。
eg: After finishing Unit 6, let’s continue to learn Unit 7.
After a short break, they continued doing the work.
After finishing my homework, I continue ____ my mother with the housework.( )
A. help B. to help
C. helping D. helps
B
This plant can live as long as 1500 years, so people call it a living fossil.
和……一样……
【探究】
as… as 表示程度相同，意为“和……一样”，第一个as是副词，后面接形容词或副词的原级。 其否定形式是not as(so)…as，表示“一方不如另一方……”。
eg: His sweater is as beautiful as mine.
This question isn’t as/so difficult as that one.
Is the book as _____ as that one ( )
A. well B. best
C. good D. better
C
Look for more amazing plants and talk about one of them. You can talk about the following aspects.
4
What is it
Where does it live
What does it look like
Why do you think it is amazing
Fill in the blanks with the correct words. The first letter is given.
3
1. Don’t t________ the dish! It’s very hot!
2. China is a country in e________ Asia.
3. He was too s________ to talk to others.
4. She cut her hair very short and everyone was s________ by her new look.
ouch
astern
hy
urprised
Choose the correct answer.
1. Look! The strange animal is _____. It’s a _____ animal.( )
A. alive; alive B. living; alive
C. alive; living D. live; living
2. The two companies decided to work together _____ they had
common interest.( )
A. because B. unless C. but D. or
C
A
Choose the correct answer.
3. It took us _____ three hours to finish our homework.( )
A. as long as B. as longer as
C. as far as D. as farther as
4. The show was so funny that it made everyone _____ again and again.( )
A. laugh B. laughed
C. laughing D. to laugh
A
A
Fill in the blanks.
1. 这种动物生活在东亚。
This kind of animal lives in ________________.
2. 当谈到俄语，我一窍不通。
________________ Russian, I know nothing.
3. 当你碰这片叶子时，它就会张开。
When you touch the leaf, it will ________________.
4. 人们开始和树一起笑。
People begin ________________ the tree.
eastern Asia
When it comes to
open up
to laugh along with
Summary
egret, eastern, shy, tightly, fossil, southwest, living, along with…, continue, as… as
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