Chapter 9 The weird world of plants（第八课时）
1. Explain the additional exercises
2. More practice
3. Review the whole chapter.
Difficult points:
Some additional exercises
Teaching courses
a. Explain the additional exercises
b. More practice
i. Ask Ss the following question.
Have you ever been to the Fairylake Botanical Gardens in Shenzhen
ii. Chen Ping works ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) as a gardener for the Fairylake Botanical Gardens in Shenzhen. Read the passage and answer the questions.
What is Chen Ping’s job in the Fairylake Botanical Gardens
His job is to take c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )are of the plants in the azalea garden. He must make sure the azalea plants are getting enough sunshine and water. He must also see if the other plants around are safe, as certain plants can make an azalea plant grow quite poorly.
2. What kind of information is recorded to give visitors
The name of e ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ach plant, the place it comes from, and its location in the gardens are all recorded to give visitors the right information.
A Read what Chen Ping says about
his job and complete the outline below.
The Fairylake Botanical Gardens
Garden information
Over (1) 6,000 different types of plants in this place
Information about bonsai
A appeared in China (2) over 1,000 years ago.
B need (3) to be handled more gently than other trees
. e.g., must water and (4) check for pests.
Information about azalea plants
A grow to be over (5) 2 metres tall
B in early ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )spring they are covered with (6) blossoms which come in many different colours.
Great place for (7) students to visit
and they will learn about (8) plants and gardening.
iii. Work in groups and discuss the following questions.
1. Do you think it is a good idea to visit botanical gardens
2. Can you name some of the plants that grow in your local area
3. Do you think gardening is a good hobby Why or why not
c. Revision---单词及短语巩固
i. 根据首字母或汉语提示完成下列句子。
1. My uncle knows a lot because he has read a lot of n .
2. If you are good a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t g , that means you have a special ability to make plants grow well.
3. Many people in W ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )enchuan who s___ the big earthquake haven’t recovered from it spirit(精神).
4. We don’t like the new judge because he treated our team u .
5. This kind of flower is found c . You can see it every where.
6. This (作品) is imaginary, so don’t believe it.
7. Scientists think ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) that dome flowers with dark colors are very (罕见的).
8. A young man called Cornelius tries hard to (栽培) a black tulip.
9. Most of people think that Jack is a ____(真正的) kind boy.
10. He came to h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ave a piano lesson in time (尽管) the fact that he was a little sick.
ii.用下列方框中词语的正确形式完成下列句子，使句子完整、通顺。
be filled with, give up, fall in love with, be put in prison,desert, try as hard as one can,actually, grow up, come true, excite
1. As a teacher, you must_____ patience to your students.
2. She felt o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n top of the world because her dream of being a singer___ at last.
3. A lot of plants like to toward the sunlight.
4. It’s hard for ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )you to advise my father to smoking, because he has had this habit for twenty years.
5. Now the pol ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ice are taking steps to deal with drunken driving(醉驾). If you drink too much before you drive, you might .
6. You can hardly find water in the ___.
7. Life seemed very quiet after the ___of our holiday.
8. Almost every tou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rist will the sled dogs(雪橇狗) in the northern forests of Minnesota(明尼苏达州).
9. It’s easy to say, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )but hard to do. Still I promised my mother that I would to learn English well.
10. , Grandpa was over 70.
2. Revision---课文
用英语解释下列句子。
1. Nature is filled with amazing plants.
2. The littl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e girl survived in the big earthquake while her parents died in it.
3. He felt very happy because he made his dream come true.
4. The gardener tried ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )as hard as he could to cultivate this kind of amazing plants.
5. Scientists think that truly black flowers do not actually exist.
6. The novel The Black Tulip sold faster than
any of his works.
7. These tigers are rare in nature.
8. This kind of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) metal is commonly found in the mountain area in Guizhou.
3. Revision---语法知识.
用括号中所给词的正确形式填空，使句子完整、通顺。
1. Bonsai appeared i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n China ____than any other country in the world. (early)
2. Of all the students, she finished the examination . (early)
3. If you run you will be farther away behind them. (slowly)
4. Tree grow in spring. (quickly)
5. It snows in the North than in the South. (often)
6. Who runs , you or your sister (fast)
7. He has lived in Shenzhen in our group. (long)
8. Who sings in your class (well)
9. Angela plays the piano than Kate. (wonderful)
10. —The teacher looked at her students when they were saved.
—We also felt for them. (happy)
d. Assignments:
Review and prepare for the test.Chapter 9 The weird world of plants（第七课时）
1 Explain the exerci ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )se assigned yesterday. Review the key expressions in this chapter.
2. Writing--- Write an account of a school
activity
Teaching courses
1. Explain the exercise.
Additional Exx.
2. Writing---Write an account of a school
activity
An account is a d ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )etailed description of an event. It should include information about times, people, places and opinions. Accounts are usually quite formal.
A Read this account in a school newspaper.
Fill in the blanks with the statements in
the box below.
(1) _the date of the event
On 10 April, stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts from Sunshine Middle School held a sports day on their school playground.
(2) who did what (3) where the activity took place
(4) the purpose of the activity
The sports day is help every year to encourage
students to keep healthy. This year more than
300 students from different classes took part in
different events. Other students watched from
the stands.
(5) general information
The sports day began with a speech by the
school’s head teacher, Mr Hou. Then, students
from each class took part in different events,
such as the long jump and the 100-metre race.
After lunch, there were some football matches.
Finally, the teachers gave out prizes to the
students. Class One, Grade Nine got the most
gold medals.
(6) detailed information
Everyone agreed that the sports day was a great
success, and they are already talking about next
year’s sports day!
(7) people’s opinion of the activity
B As a reporter fo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r your school newspaper, you have been asked to write an account of a recent tree-planting day at your school. Work in groups and use your imagination and the picture below to complete the account.
Tree-planting Day
On March 12, s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tudents from my school went to plant trees in the Huanhua Park.
The purpose o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f the activity was to help students learn to protect our environment. Many students helped by the gardeners .
Students did many dif ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ferent jobs. For example, Some dug holes. Some put the young trees
into the holes. Some f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )illed the holes with earth. Others watered the trees. Sarah took photos.
Everyone agreed that the tree-planting day was a meaningful day.
At the end of the day, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) they were talking about next year’s tree-planting day .
In my opinion, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) trees are very useful, so we ought to plant trees each year and carefully look after new trees
4 Assignments:
Additional Exx.
people’s opinion of the activity
where the activity took place
the purpose of the activity
the date of the event
detailed information
general information
who did whatChapter 9 The weird world of plants（第二课时）
Teaching target
1. Review the new words and expressions.
2. Pre-reading about the text.
Teaching courses:
a. Review the new words and expressions.
Have a dictation about the following words:
novel gardening nature survive
desert excitement unfairly work
commonly truly actually work
imaginary tulip cultivate
b. Pre-reading
i. Warming-up
Background:
Dumas: 《黑色郁金香》是法国大作家 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )大仲马的主要作品之一。作品以17世纪荷兰资产阶级革命时期激烈的政治斗争和动荡生活为背景。主人公拜尔勒是个完全不过问政治的青年医生。他爱好培植郁金香，并在试着培育一种没有一点杂色的大黑郁金香，因为第一个培育除黑色郁金香的人能获得一笔可观的奖金，拜尔勒的邻居博克戴尔为了得到这笔奖金，也想培育出黑色郁金香。他对拜尔勒很嫉妒，生怕他会捷足先登。他不择手段的监视拜尔勒的行动，暗中破坏他培育起来的郁金香，而后，他又诬告拜尔勒藏着有损荷兰总督制的信件，致使他无辜锒铛入狱，险些被送上断头台。拜尔勒在狱中与看守的女儿罗莎相识并相爱，最后喜结良缘。全书围绕黑色郁金香演绎出一幕幕惊心动魄而又催人泪下的故事。
ii. Listen to the text and answer:
What does the passage mainly talk about
an imaginary ‘black tulip’
iii. Skim the reading passage and tell True or False.
T 1. Nature is full of wonderful plants,
F 2. No plants can live in the desert.
T 3. Sometimes ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )people get more excited by imaginary things by real ones.
F 4. It is not difficult to find a real black tulip in nature.
F 5. The cultivat ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )or gave up their dream of growing truly dark flowers.
iv. Scan the p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )assage and replace the italicized pronouns with information from the passage.
He wrote a novel called the black tulip in 1850. Alexander Dumas
He tries to grow a bla ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ck tulip to win a gardening competition. Cornelius
She is the daughter of the prison guard. Rosa
They fall in love and ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) find a way to grow the plant. Cornelius and Rosa
It was a great success ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) after it was published. the novel The Black Tulip
Those with dark colors are very rare.
flowers
v. Read and think
Read the text a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )gain, and put the following events in the correct order by numbering them from 1~7.
a. Cornelius and Ros ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )a think of a way to grow the ‘black tulip’. 6__
b. Cornelius meets Rosa. 4
c. Cornelius and Rosa win the gardening competition. 7
d. Cornelius is put in prison unfairly. 2
e. Cornelius and Rosa fall in love. 5
f. Cornelius is unhappy and wants to give up his dream. 3
g. Cornelius tries to create a black tulip to win a gardening. 1
vi. Read the passage again and sum up the text.
The ‘black tulip’ is an ___________
imaginary flower. In the _____________
the black tulip, a young man tries his best to
___________ a black tulip, in order to win
a ____________ competition. However, he
is put in prison __________. There he
meets Rosa, and they__________ .together
they cultivate the black tulip. The book was
extremely ____________. People all dream
of growing a real ‘black tulip’ like the one
in the story. But most scientists think that a
_______black flower does not _________
exist. Despite this, the cultivators have tried
their best to make this romantic dream ____
and all enjoy the special flowers they have
made.
c. Conclusion
d. Assignments.
1). Recite the new words and expressions.(from despite to content)
2). Read the passages after the tape and try to recite P1-2.Chapter 9 The weird world of plants（第六课时）
1. Review the language part.
2. Have a listening practice---Solving puzzles and problems
3. Speaking---talk time
Teaching courses:
1 Revision
a. Explain the Exx. about the language part. (Workbook P108-110)
b. 请根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. The Yellow river is one of the longest
river in China. (long)
2. My father gets u ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )p early. I get up earlier than my father but my mother gets up the earliest in my family. (early)
3. Shi Jiazhuang is a big city.
Guang Zhou is bigger than it. (big)
4. Mike sings well. M ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ary sings better than him but Betty sings the best of the three. (well)
5. I have many books. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Li Lei has more books than I. Our teacher has the most books.
( many )
2 Listening Practice
a. Words in listening section
vine
roots
trunk
strangle
fig
killer
family
closely
b. Listening practice
1). Before doing the exercise, ask the students
to do the following:
Before the Ss liste ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n, look through thepictures to get a general idea of what each picture is about.
While the Ss ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) listen, pay attention to the verbs which show the actions such as eat and start to grow.
Listen carefully to the story of the life of a ‘strangler fig’ tree.
2). Play the recording once and have students to
get a general idea about it.
3). Play the recording a second time. Ask
students to begin t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o match the story with the pictures. Write the numbers 1-6 in the circles to show the correct order..
4). Check the exercise in groups.
5). Ask students to read out their answers.
3. Speaking
A Talk time---Helping our listeners
understand us
When we talk to people, we must help
our listeners understand us easily. We
should:
speak loudly enough to be heard;
pronounce words clearly and correctly;
stress words or syllables that we think are important;
let our voices fall at the end of sentences, clauses or phrases;
pause at the end of sentences, clauses or phrases.
A1. Make the announcement below
following the rules above. Stress the
words and syllables underlined, giving
extra stress to those double-underlined.
Let your voice fall at the arrows, and
pause at the punctuation marks.
I have an announcement to make. It’s about
this year’s Science Exhibition. Last week, I
asked for volunteers to help with the
arrangements. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Up to now, only one personhas given me her name. I need six more, so
please let me have some more names, by
Friday at the latest.
口语点拨：
1. 语音
[例子] There is so much noise that I can’t concentrate.
We see him at the office every day.
[点拨] 以上句子中划线 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )部分可看出, 句子中一般要重读的词通常是名词、动词、形容词、副词、数词、感叹词。不重读的词一般是代词、介词、冠词、连词。但
也要视具体情况, 根据说话人想要强调的信息来重读。
有时候虚词也要重读, 以下几点需注意:
1) 强调或突出某个虚词或be动词时, 应将其
重读。
e.g. We saw him playing by the river.
(这句话中的we和him一般不重读, 但为了
表示强调也可以重读。比如: 如果we重读,
强调是“我们”而不是别人看见。)
2) 介词在句首时往往要重读。
e.g. On my way to school, my bike was broken.
(这句话中的on在句首应重读。)
3) be动词及助动词和not结合时要重读。
e.g. I’m sorry I can’t do that.
(这句话中的can’t要重读。)
Didn’t I tell you yesterday
(这句话中的didn’t要重读。)
4) 句子末尾的be动词和助动词一般要重读。
e.g. ---Are you a student
---Yes, I am. (这里的am要重读。)
2. 语调
[例子] —Where are you going, Jane ↙
—Sorry ↗ Tom, you are talking to
me right now, aren’t you ↗
[点拨] 一般说来, 陈 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )述句、特殊疑问句、祈使句、感叹句等用降调; 一般疑问句通常用升调; 选择疑问句前升后降; 反意疑问句如表示情况不明, 要求对方作答, 则前降后升; 若表示说话人已掌握情况, 不要求对方作答, 则用降调。
3. 停顿
[例子] We must do / what ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) we know is right / and do it / as hard as possible.
[点拨] 以上斜线为可稍做停顿之处。 停顿通常在: 词组或一个完整意思的单元之间; 有标点符号的地方。
A2. Read these sent ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ences below. Underline and double-underline the words and syllables to stress. Also mark the places
where you would let yo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ur voice fall ( ) and pause (p). Then practise reading the sentences.
Ladies and gentlemen, (p)
For the past year, (p) I’ve tested the blood of
mice, (p) and I’ve made a very interesting
discovery. Every day,（p）the number of
white cells in the blood rises and falls.
(p)Even more interesting, there is a rhythm to
this rise and fall. (p) I believe this rhythm can
be found in all living things, (p) including
ourselves.
4. Conclusion
5. Assignments:
Finish exercises about Listening and
speaking. (Workbook P 111-112)
Period Eight
Teaching target
a. Explain the Exx. in Workbook on P 111-112
b. Speak up--- Making an agenda
c. Practice
Teaching courses
1. Explain the exercises in Wb.
Exercises about Listening and speaking.
(Workbook P 111-112)
2. B. Speak up--- Making an agenda
An agenda for a meeting is a list of things
that need to be discussed or decided on at the
meeting. Questions to be discussed or
decided on include what, when, where and
how things are to be done, and who will do
the things.
B1. Debbie produced an agenda. Read it
and answer the questions.
Does the head ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing of the agenda tell us the time, date and place of the meeting
Yes, it does.
2. What else does it tell us
It also tells us the subject of the meeting.
3. What is the advantage of using initials for
the name of the exhibition
It’s easy to remember and it can save space
on the paper. (Your own answer.)
4. How many items are there on the agenda
There are seven items on the agenda.
B2 Work in groups. Your group has been
asked to organize an event to raise
money for a charity. Work together
with a group leader to do the following.
Remember it is not necessary to try to
plan the charity event in detail in your
discussion.
1. Decide on ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the kind of event you will organize (e.g., a sale, a concert), and the charity you will give the money to (e.g., Friends of the Earth, the Red Cross).
2. Decide on the items ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to be discussed (e.g., date, time and place of the event, contents, helpers, money, guests, etc.).
3. Arrange these items in a clear order.
4. Write an agenda. (Invent the date, time and place of the meeting.)
You may use some of these expressions and questions:
B3 Now produce the agenda discussed in B2.
AGENDA
for meeting on ___________
Subject:________________
The meeting will decide (on):
1. _____________________________
2. _____________________________
3. _____________________________
…
3. Study some words in Speaking
1. arrangement n. “安排, 筹划, 准备”
是可数名词,一般用复数形式, 常与介词about或for连用, 也可接动词不定式作后置定语 。
常用短语: make arrangements(作安排)
e.g. They are making arrangements for the party. 他们在为晚会做准备。
We can come to som ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e arrangement about the price. 价钱方面, 我们可以商议解决。
I’ll make arrangement ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s for someone to meet you at the station. 我将安排一个人去车站接你。
arrange v. “安排,准备,计划”
e.g. We will arrange everything.
你们会安排好一切的。
Call up and arrange for a taxi, please.
请打电话安排一辆出租车。
They arranged to start early.
他们计划一早出发。
arrange for sb to do sth “安排某人做某事”
I’ve arranged for him to attend the meeting. 我已安排他去参加会议。
2. up to now 意思是“到目前为止”, 其同义词组为so far, 与现在完成时态连用。
e.g. Up to now, everything has been successful. 到目前为止, 一切都很顺利。
3. at the latest “最迟, 最晚”
You must finish your work on Friday at the latest. 你最迟周五必须把工作做完。
Please be here tomorrow at the latest.
最迟明天来一下。
4. discovery n. “发现，发觉”
e.g. The discovery of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Columbus was quite an event in the world. 哥伦布的发现是世界上的一件大事。
Scientists have m ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ade many important discoveries. 科学家作出了许多重大发现。
discover v. “发现, 发觉”
e.g. As soon as he discovered the police, he ran away.他一见有警察就立即跑掉了。
We discovered her to be a good cook.
我们发现她很会煮饭。
He discovered how to start the machine.
他搞清怎样开动这台机器了。
I suddenly disco ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )vered that I forgot my wallet in the taxi. 我突然发现我把钱包忘在出租车上了。
5. content n.
表示“内容, 目录, 所容纳之物”, 要用复数形式。
He knew the contents of the report.
他知道报告的内容。
Show me the contents of your suitcase.
把箱子里的东西给我看看。
表示“满足”, 是不可数名词。
She began to live in peace and content.
她开始平静而满意地生活了。
We can swim in the fiver to our heart’s content. 在河里我们可以尽情游泳。
表示“含量,容量”, 是不可数名词。
Its carbon content is 4％. 它的碳含量是百分之四。
adj. 表示“满足的”或 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“满意的”, 只用作表语, 其后可接with引起的短语或动词不定式, 表示“能够这样(做)已经知足了”, 有时还可接that从句。
e.g. He is quite content.他十分满足。
You should be content with what you have. 你应满足于现有的东西。
They were content that they had won the game. 比赛赢了, 他们很满意。
v. 表示“使满足”或“使满意”, 主要用作及物动词。常用于content oneself with结构,表示“满足于……”。
e.g. Nothing will ever content the boy. 什么也不会使这个男孩心满意足。
content的过去分词 contented可用作形容词, 在句中作定语。
e.g. There was a contented smile on his face. 他脸上露出了满意的微笑。
6. What else does it tell us
else是副词, 意为“此外的, 别的”, 常与不定代词、疑问代词连用, 放在其后面。
e.g. Who else is coming
还有谁要来
Have you anything else to say
你还有别的事要说吗
7. —What event shall we organize
—Let’s have a ...
shall 是助动词, 常用于第一人称,
shall 用于疑问句, 常表示提议或请求。
[拓展] 表示提议的句型主要有：
1) Shall I / we do ...
2) Let’s do ...
3) What / How about ...
4) Why not do ...
5) Would you like / love to do ...
6) had better do ...
4. Assignment
Additional Exx.
What event shall we organize
How about a …
Let’s have a …
sale/concert/speech/competition/singing contest …
Which charity shall we give the money to
What are the main things we must discuss
Who/What/where/When/How …
Are there any other important things
What about the …
We must also talk about the …
Now, let’s put these in a clear order.
This is the first/second/next thing.
When/Where shall we have the meeting Chapter 9 The weird world of plants（第四课时）
1. Revision
2. Study the language---The comparatives and superlatives of adverbs.
3. Make sure th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e class fully understand the key points add difficulties of the comparatives and superlatives of adverbs. Do some
practice to strengthen it.
Teaching courses:
1. Revision
a. Ask some students to go on reciting the
reading passage.
b. Explain some additional exercises of the last lesson.
2. New lesson---- The comparatives and
superlatives of adverbs.
i. Revision
副词概述：修饰动词、副词、形容词或整个
句子的词。
副词的构成:
许多副词是由形容词+ly构成，其基本构成有:
a. 在形容词词尾直接加-ly。
如: real---really helpful---helpfully
careful---carefully hopeful---hopefully
slow---slowly quick---quickly
quiet---quietly
b. 以辅音字母加y结尾的形容词要变y为i,然后再加-ly。
如: busy---busily angry---angrily
easy---easily
c. 某些以辅音字母加不发音的字母e结尾和以-ue结尾的形容词要先去掉e,然后再加-y或-l
如: terrible---terribly true---truly
gentle---gently
d.有些不以-ly结尾的词，它们既可以作形容词，又可以作副词.
如far, fast, hard, late, long, still, well
A fast train is one that goes fast.
I work hard because I enjoy hard work.
He’s a hard worker. / l agree, he works hard.
She’ s a fast typist. / Yes, she can type fast.
Do you like late dinners / No, l do’t like to eat late.
e. 有些副词有两种形式，一个与形容词同形，一个以-ly结尾，但它们的含义有时相同,有时是不同的。
(1) 同义：cheap/cheaply
I bought the car cheap/cheaply.
这部车我买得便宜。
(2)异义：hard/ hardly
I work hard and play hard.
我既努力工作又尽情玩耍。
I did hardly any work today.
我今天几乎没干什么。
这类意思不相同的成对的副词还有：
close接近地 closely仔细地，密切地
free免费地 freely自由地，无拘束地
hard努力地 hardly几乎不
late晚，迟 lately近来
most极,非常 mostly主要地
wide广阔地,充分地 widely广泛地
high高 highly高度地，非常地
deep深，迟 deeply抽象意义的“深”
loud大声地 loudly大声地
near邻近 nearly几乎
副词的功用:
A. 作状语1）修饰动词:
She dances beautifully.
He lives peacefully abroad.
2）修饰形容词: She is very kind. He is seriously ill.
3）修饰副词:
She runs very fast.
4）修饰全句:
Personally I like it very much.
B. 少数副词作定语，放在名词的后面:
the books here;
the desks there;
the students abroad;
the family above
副词在句子中的位置：
1) 频度副词often; ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )seldom; never; sometimes; usually等常在实意动词之前、但在be动词、助动词、情态动词之后。
He is often late.
I have never seen such a good film.
2) 程度副词very; quite; r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ather; a little; a bit; extremely; so; this; that在其所修饰的形容词、副词之前。
It is very cold today.
He works extremely hard.
Can you jump that high Does she earn that much
I’m so tired after the tiring trip uphill.
但enough程度副词在其所修饰的形容词、副词之后
My spoken English isn’t good enough.
He is tall enough to reach the top of the blackboard.
4) 表具体时间的副词的地点副词常在句末（地点+ 时间）
I don’t know what is happening there now.
Note：very; quite; rather; fairly;
very; fairly不能直接修饰动词
rather; quite能直接修饰动词
I like it very much.
I very like it. (wrong)
I don’t quite follow you.
He rather likes the smell of petrol.
ii. A. The comparatives and superlatives of adverbs.
Form: Add more and the most to almost all
adverbs ending in-ly.
e.g. Imaginary thing ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s can sometimes create excitement more easily than real ones.
Cornelius and R ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )osa grow their flowers the most quickly and they win the competition.
Some adverbs h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ave the same form as adj. We add –er, -est to them to form comparatives and superlatives.
e.g. The boo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )k was extremely successful and sold faster than any of Dumas’s other works.
Trees live the longest of all living things on Earth.
3. Practice: Students’ book Page 121
A1 Dialogue
Example：
Simon：Can you study better now
Debbie: Yes, I can study better than before.
2. calculate/ fast
A: Can you calculate faster now
B: Yes, I can calculate faster than before.
3. think/ quickly
A: Can you think more quickly now
B: Yes, I can think more quickly than before.
4. read/ much
A: Can you read more now
B: Yes, I can read more than before.
5. speak/ confidently
A: Can you speak more confidently now
B: Yes, I can speak more confidently than
before.
6. type/ accurately
A: Can you type more accurately now
B: Yes, I can type more accurately than before.
A2 Debbie en ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tered a speech competition with two other students, Mary and Ann. Work in pairs to complete the score sheet. S1 asks S2 for information. S2 uses the words below to answer S1. The marks add up to the total given. ( On Page 122.)
4. Conclusion
5. Assignments.
Exercises about the language part.
(Workbook Page 107-108)Chapter 9 The weird world of plants（第五课时）
Teaching target
1. Review the language part which we studied last time.
2. Go on studying ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the language part---Making comparisons using (not) as…as
3. Practice
Teaching courses:
1 Revision
i. Explain the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) exercises about the language part. (Workbook Page107-108)
ii. Some more practice
1. My father is as old (old) as your father.
2. It is as cold (cold) today as it was
yesterday.
3. Your school is not as (so ) large (large )as mine.
4. I am not as_______ (strong) as a camel.
5. He has ________ homework to do than I do today. (much)
6. Is football _______than basketball (exciting)
7. This problem is _________ important than I
thought.(little)
8. In summer it is much ________ in Wuhan
than in Beijing. (hot)
9. Susan’s flowers are ___________than Kitty’s.( beautiful)
10. Tom is ________of the boy students in our
class. ( old)
11. This is __________ city that we have ever
visited.(good)
12. This question is of_________ importance of all.(little)
13. It was _______________of his life.( bad)
14. Susan’s flowers are _________of all.
( beautiful)
15.Our hospital is the third_______ hospital
in the city.( big)
2 Go on studying the language part---
Making comparisons using (not) as…as
We can use (no ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t) as…as with adverbs to show that actions are similar or different in some way.
e.g. There is imag ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )inary flower that is known as widely as any real flower.
Harry runs as fast as you do.
Conclusion: as...a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s意为 “和…一样 ”, 表示同级的比较。使用时要注意第一个as为副词, 第二个as为连词。其基本结构为：
as+ adj./ adv. +as
e.g. (1)This film is as interesting as that one.
(2)Your pen writes as smoothly as mine.
其否定式为: not as/so +adj./ adv. +as
e.g. This dictionary is not as/so useful as you think.
若有修饰成分, 如twice, three times, half, a quarter等, 则须置于第一个as之前。
e.g. Your bag is twice as expensive as mine.
常见句型
(1) as...as possible
Please answer my question as soon as
possible.
(2) as...as usual/before
She looks as pretty as before.
(3) as long as ... (引导条件状语从句) It took us as long as three years to carry out the plan.
(4) as far as
He walked as far as the railway station yesterday evening.
(5) as well as
She cooks as well as her mother does.
Practice:
B1 Miss Dai and Mr Liu are discussing
Simon’s and Debbie’s school work.
Work in pairs to make conversations.
Use the adverbs in their correct forms.
Example
1. type: fast/accurately
MISS DAI: Simon and Debbie both type fast
and accurately.
MR LIU: I don’t agree with you completely.
MISS DAI: What do you mean
MR LIU: Simon type ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s as fast as Debbie, but not as accurately as Debbie.
2. calculate: quickly/carefully
MISS DAI: Simon and Debbie both calculate
quickly and carefully.
MR LIU: I don’t agree with you completely.
MISS DAI: What do you mean
MR LIU: Simon calculates as carefully as
Debbie, but not as quickly as Debbie.
3. write: neatly/correctly
MISS DAI: Simon and Debbie both write
neatly and correctly.
MR LIU: I don’t agree with you completely.
MISS DAI: What do you mean
MR LIU: Simon wri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tes as neatly as Debbie, but not as correctly as Debbie.
4. work: happily/hard
MISS DAI: Simon and Debbie both work
happily and hard.
MR LIU: I don’t agree with you completely.
MISS DAI: Wh ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )at do you mean MR LIU: Simon works as happily as Debbie, but not as hard as Debbie.
5. behave: confidently/politely
MISS DAI: Simon and Debbie both behave
confidently and politely.
MR LIU: I don’t agree with you completely.
MISS DAI: What do you mean
MR LIU: Simon behaves as politely as
Debbie, but not as confidently as
Debbie.
B2 Look at the table and the sentences
below. Put an adverb from the box in
each blank.
each blank.
1. Debbie gets up as ____ as Simon, but not as ____ as Mary.
2. Mary goes jogging as _____ as Debbie, but not as _____ as Simon.
3. Mary can swim as ___ as Simon, but not as ___ as Debbie.
4. Simon can jump as ____ as Debbie, but not as ____ as Mary.
5. Debbie can run as ____ as Mary, but not as ____ as Simon.
B3 Make these ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) sentences true according to the table in B2 above. Put the adverbs in brackets in their correct forms and add any necessary words (than or as … as).
1. Debbie gets up _________ Mary. (late)
2. Simon goes jogging _______ Debbie. (often)
3. Mary cannot swim _______ Debbie. (far)
4. Mary jumps __________. (high)
5. Debbie and Mary both run ________ Simon.
(slowly)
3. Conclusion
4. Assignments:
Finish exercises about the language part
(Workbook P108-110)
early far fast high oftenChapter 9 The weird world of plants（第三课时）
Teaching target
1. While-reading: ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to read intensively and try to understand the details.
2. To explain the key points about the reading.
Teaching courses:
a. Revision
Dictate 10 new words and expressions.
Despite cultivator romantic closely
volunteer arrangement discover
agenda content ceremony
b. Key points:
Nature is filled with amazing plants .
be filled with与 be full of 通常可以互换.
e.g. The basketball is filled with apples by the
old man.
= The basketball is full of apples by the old
man.
特别强调: full 是形容词,意为满的;fill 是动词,意为装满;在组成短语时,不要忘记将fill后加ed
sometimes, sometime, some time 区别:
sometimes 频度副词，表有时，常常
e.g. I sometimes receive letters from him.
sometime 表过去或将来的未知时间
Let’s have dinner together sometime next week.
I forgot seeing her sometime before.
some time 名词短语(一些时间，某个时段)
I will be away for some time.
create 创造,创作;设计
An artist should create beautiful things.
Tourism creates jobs.
That would create a wrong impression.
n. creation. 创造力
full of creation
adj. creative 有创造力的
creative thinking
n. creator 创造者，创作者
know 知道，懂得，认识，了解
既可做及物动词，也可做不及物动词
know ---knows---knew---known---knowing
e.g. I honestly don’t know.
He knows English and French.
He knows that this is quite true.
be known to sb/sth. 为……说熟知的
The actor is well known to us.
know about 知道，了解
I happened to know about him.
be known for 因为……而出名
It is known for its handicraft products.
know of 听说 =hear of
I don’t know the writer, but I know of him.
be known as…
Luxun is known as a writer.
for example and such as
for example用来举例 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )说明某一论点或情况,一般只举同类人或物中的“一个”为例,作插入语,可位于句首、句中或句末 ，用逗号隔开，类似于for instance。
such as用来列举事物时,一 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )般列举同类人或事物中的几个例子。插在被列举的事物 与前面的名词之间,as后面不可有逗号 ，类似于like。
e.g For example, no-smoking is a good
habit.
He can speak six languages, such as English and French.
succeed v. success n. successful adj.
succeed in doing 成功做某事
Tim succeeded in reaching the mountain.
achieve success 获得成功
wish sb success 祝愿某某成功
successful performance 成功的演出
make sth. successful 使得某事成功
Were you successful in the contest
= Did you succeed in the contest
despite = in spite of 尽管
He came to the meeting despite his illness.
=He came to the meeting in spite of his illness.
= he came to the meeting though he was ill
Conclusion: ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )despite 为介词，后接名词性短语，不可接句子，等于 in spite of ； though 为连词，引导让步状语从句，接句子，也可接形容词等。
come 的相关短语
come from 来自
come in 请进
come on 前进，开始工作
come out 出来
come over 从远处来，专程拜访某人
come up with 提出
e. Conclusion
f. Assignments:
1). Review the language points and finish
doing Exx. in Workbook---Vocabulary
(Page106)
2). Recite Para.3.
Period Four
Teaching target
1. Review the reading passage studied last time
and explain some exercises about the reading
passage.
2. Analyze some d ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ifficult sentences about the reading passage and paraphrase some key sentences.
Teaching courses:
a. Revision
1. Go over the keys studied last time.
2. Go on reciting the reading passage.
b. New lesson
1. Explain the exercises about the reading
passage. (Workbook Page 106)
2. Analyze some difficult sentences about the reading passage.
1). Nature is filled with amazing plants .
is full of.. 自然界在那个充满了奇特的植物。
2). Imaginar ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )y things can sometimes create excitement more easily than real ones.
副词比较级+than
有时虚构的事物比真实的更容易引起兴奋。
3). A young man called Cornelius tries as hard
whose name was Cornelius
as he can to create a black tulip , in order to
so as to
win a gardening competition.
一个名叫科尼利厄的年轻人试图尽最大的努力培育出黑郁金香，以赢取“园丁”比赛。
4). He feels sad ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and is ready to forget about the flower. gets ready to
他感到很难过，打算忘记这花。
5). Of all the g ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ardeners, Cornelius and Rosa grow their flower the most quickly and they
more quickly than any other one
win the competition.
在所有的园丁中，科尼利厄和罗莎种植的花最快并获得了这个奖。
6). However，in na ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ture flowers with bright colors are commonly found while those
表比较，然而，但是
with dark colors are very rare.
uncommon
然而，在自然界中的花中有明亮颜色的很常见，但是那些有暗色的很少见
7).The book was extremely successful and
a great success
sold faster than any of Dumas’s other
fastest among
works.
这本书非常的成功并卖的比仲马的其他的作品快得多.
3. Paraphrase some key sentences.
1).The basket is full of apples
The basket is filled with apples
2).A young ma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n called Cornelius tries as hard as he can to create a black tulip
A young man who ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )se name was Cornelius tries as hard as he can to create a black tulip
3).He goes to school quickly in order not to
be late for class.
He goes to school quickly so as not to be late for class.
4) .The book was extremely successful.
The book was a great success.
5).Tom runs fastest in our class.
Tom runs faster than any other student in our class.
6).Those flowers with dark colors are very
rare.
Those flowers with dark colors are
uncommon.
7).He feels sad and gets ready to forget
about the flower.
He feels sad and is ready to forget
about the flower.
c. Useful phrases
a novel called…
a gardening competition
a great success
be filled with
imaginary things
amazing plants
be known as widely as
grow up to
create excitement
be put in prison
be ready to do sth.
extremely successful
not actually exist
try one’s best to do sth.
romantic dream
come true
take place
at the latest
d. Conclusion
e. Assignments:
1. Review the whole passage. Try to recite the whole reading passage.
2. Do some additional Exx.Chapter 9 The weird world of plants 导学案
第一课时
Teaching target
To know some new words and expressions.
Pronounce the words ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )correctly. And try to explain them in a simple way.
2. Memorize the word spelling. Do some
exercises about the new words learnt in
class.
Cartoon talk
Give students some ti ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )me to look at the cartoon on SB, page115. Tell them to read the sentences carefully.
Meaning of the cartoon:
The cartoon raises th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e topic of the main passage by showing Lo in the grips of a fast-growing plant which Hi has just bought.
Teaching courses:
Step1 Greetings and leading in.
What do you know about…
A1 Match the names in the box with these photos of plants.
roses rice bamboo
A2 Answer the following questions.
Which of the plants in A1
a. is used in construction bamboo
b. can be sent to people we love roses
c. produces grains which we eat rice
Step 2 New words Study
tulip
e.g. The tulip is the national flower in Holland.
imaginary adj. 想像中的，虚构的
image n. 形象，概念
imagine v. 想象，设想
imagine doing something
imagination n. 想象力
imaginative. ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) adj. 富于想象力的，爱想象的
Practice:
1.The story shows plenty of _______.
2.You can _________ my surprise when they told me the news.
3.She is such an _________ child that she can write many novels.
4.She had a clear _______of how she would look in twenty years time.
Nature
The beauties of nature 大自然的美景
by nature 生性
e.g. She’s polite by nature.
human nature 人性
e.g. It is only human nature to like money.
natural adj. 自然的,天然的
natural resources 自然资源
natural food 天然食品
natural English
survive
从…… 中逃生
Only two passengers survived the air-crash.
比……活的长;丧失
She survived her husband by twenty years.
Her parents died in the accident, but she survived.
She survived in the desert for a week on biscuits and water.
survivor n.幸存者
e.g. There was the only survivor from the plane crash.
survival n.幸存
basic skills for the survival of the modern society.
Survival skills desert
E.g. Many trees and cactuses are growing
toughly in desert .
excitement
e.g. The gymnastic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )athletes showed their excitement after winning the gold medals in 2008 Olympic Games.
excite 使兴奋，使激动
e.g. Don’t excite yourself! Relax!
excited. adj. 兴奋的，激动的
e.g. The scientists are excited about the results of the experiment.
exciting adj. 令人兴奋的
e.g. The exciting film made him excited.
Practice:
1.The news of her arrival ________ the crowd.
2. Life will seem very quiet after the ________ of our holiday.
3. The _______ children were opening their Christmas present.
4. The football mach was so___________ that everyone cheered up .
unfairly adv. 不公平的
fair adj. 公平的，公正的
un（表否定的前缀）+ fair = unfair
adj. 不公平的，不公正的
unfair + ly = unfairly
adv. 不公正地，不公平地
与之相似的构词法：
happy unhappy unhappily
healthy unhealthy unhealthily
fortunate unfortunate unfortunately
works
e.g. Shakespeare’s works include plays and poems.
Steel works
rare
e.g. rare species 珍惜物种
It is very rare for him to be late.
the rare air of the mountains
rare 指罕见而可能是珍贵的东西。
scarce一般指有用而又不足的东西。
Potatoes were scarce last winter.
rarely / seldom / hardly / scarcely adv.
不常，很少, 几乎不
I have rarely/seldom heard such a strange story.
He’s hardly / scarcely/ ever late for school.
Practice：
This is a ______ plant that I have never
seen it before.
There is ________ rain in autumn .
We have __________ any money left.
truly adv. 准确地，确实地
A spider cannot truly be described as an insect.
写信末尾通常会用到： yours truly…
truth n. 事实，真相。
动词+ the truth
clear up the truth
face the truth
find out the truth
search the truth
tell the truth
介词+ truth
In truth
out of truth 不准确
形容词+truth
cold truth 冷酷的事实真相
true adj. 真实的，真正的，准确的
true + 名词
true friend
true feeling
true colors
副词+ true
quite true
动词+true
Come true
It is/ was true + to do sth. /that+ clause.
Cultivate v.培植，培育，养殖
cultivate a new generation 培育新一代
cultivate the habit of analysis
养成分析问题的习惯
培养，养成，磨练（才能等），启发
cultivate a love of art 培养对艺术的热爱
结识（有地位的人）
He always tries to cultivate rich and famous people.
他总是试图结交有钱有势的人。
Close and closely
1. v.关闭
close a door // a business//
Close your books!
2) adj.=not far// very near
A close friend of mine
Don’t be close to the river!
close to 离…近， 与…关系密切,将近
The factory is close to the school.
My English teacher was close to me, she was almost my best friend.
close by 在…附近
He lives close by the church.
Stand close!（强调距离）
Watch closely!（强调程度）
discover, invent,
discover指发现或偶然发现 (原本就存在但一直未被认识的东西)
invent 指发明.(原来不存在的东西)
Who discovered the New America
=Who is the discoverer of the New America
Who invented the fire powder
=Who is the inventor of the fire powder
Practice：
1. Whilhelm roentgen _______ X rays.
2. He was amazed to ______ her there.
3.Let’s try and _______________ what’s at the back of this problem.
4. What ___________ the steam engine.
5. She ran across ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) some old letters when she was________ something else.
take place; happen; occur
happen 往往指事情的发生带有偶然性，
occur 更加正式一些，
take place 常指按（计划//事实）发生。
e.g. The explosio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n (爆炸)happened / occurred during an exercise near the town.
Great changes have taken place in
Shenzhen.
Step 3 Help to explai ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n the words in English and memorize the spelling
survive: continue to live or exist
excitement: the state of feeling excited
unfairly: in an unfair way
works: a book, piece of music, painting, etc.
commonly: usually; very often
truly: used to emphasize a particular quality
try one’s best: do everything possible
to achieve something
come true: become reality
Step 4 Practice
A. Complete the following sentences using suitable words.
1. The young couple was put in prison_______( unfair).
2. Nature is _______ with amazing plants. (fill)
3. Since 1979 great changes _____________in Shenzhen. (take place)
4. ________（i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )magine）things can sometimes create_______ (excite) more easily than real ones.
5. The book ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )was ______（true）amazing and the girl could not put it down.
B Change the forms of the words
1. imaginary (动词)---imagine
2.nature （形容词）---natural
3. survive （幸存者）---survivor
4.excitement（形容词）---excited /exciting
5.fairly （反义词）---unfairly
6.work （动词）---work
7. rare(副词)---rarely
8.despite （同义词）---though/ although
9.cultivator （动词）---cultivate
10. closely （形容词）---close
11. arrangement（动词）---arrange
12.discovery （动词） ---discover
13.advantage （反义词）---disadvantage
14. description （动词）---describe
15. Take place (同义词)---happen/occur
Step 5. Read the words correctly.
Step 6. Conclusion
Step 7. Assignments.
a. Recite the new words and expressions.(from tulip to actually)
b. Listen to the tape about the reading passage three times.
