unit 8 why do you like koalas?
一、教学内容：
unit 8 why do you like koalas?
（一）课标词汇、重点短语、句型结构
（二）语法知识：1. why, what, where questions 特殊疑问句
2. because… 回答原因
3. adjectives of quality 形容词
（三）语言运用：describe animals 描述动物
express preferences 表达喜好
二、知识总结与归纳
（一）课标词汇、重点短语、句型结构
1. welcome to the zoo
zoo
2. let’s see the pandas first.
animal panda tiger elephant koala dolphin lion penguin giraffe
3. ---why do you like koalas?
---because they are very cute.
cute smart clever ugly beautiful shy friendly lazy
4. because they are kind of interesting.
kind of
5. they are from south africa.
south africa
6. what other animals do you like?
other
7. she likes to play with her friends and eat grass.
*like to do
*play with
*grass
8. she’s very beautiful, but she’s very shy, so please be very quiet.
be quiet
9. he sleeps during the day, but at night he gets up and eats leaves.
*sleep
*during
*at night
*leaf
10. he usually sleeps and relaxes 20 hours every day!
*relax
*…hours every day
11. map
12. meat
（二）语法知识：
1. why, what, where questions 特殊疑问句
2. because… 回答原因
3. adjectives of quality 形容词
cute
smart
clever
ugly
beautiful
shy
friendly
（三）语言运用：describe animals 描述动物
express preferences 表达喜好
write down some animals and answer the questions.
___________ __________ ___________ __________ ___________ ___________
1. what’s your favorite animal?
2. why is it your favorite?
3. where are elephants and giraffes from?
4. what do they eat?
【典型例题】
一、单项填空
( )1. let’s _________ the pandas ________.
a. look, first b. see, first c. see, one d. look, one
( )2. the monkeys _______________ interesting.
a. kind of b. is kind of c. are kinds of d. are kind of
( )3. pandas are from _____________. 共3页，当前第1页123
a. japan b. canada c. south africa d. china
( )4. ---______ do you like animals?
--- ________ they are cute.
a. why, because b. what, so c. where, because d. why, so
( )5. ---what ________ do you like?
--- i like elephants.
a. sports b. books c. animals d. places
二、选词填空
cute eat zoo sleep new leaves australia
a: let’s go to the __________. i want to see the animals.
b: ok. let’s see the __________ koalas.
a: oh, i love koalas. they’re very ______________. where are they from?
b: they are from _____________. they ___________ during the day, and they eat at night.
a: what do koalas ______________?
b: _____________.
三、用所给单词的正确形式填空
1. miss miao is very __________(friend) to us. we like her very much.
2. he usually sleeps and __________ (relax) 18 hours every day.
3. rick wants to go to the zoo and ___________ (enjoy) his day there.
4. the ___________ (leaf) of the trees are green.
5. you can see many __________ (kind) of animals in the zoo.
四、完形填空
my parents and i all like animals 1 . i like 2 , because they’re very 3 , _4 there aren’t any penguins in our country. my father 5 dolphins. he says they’re not ugly 6 foolish(傻的). he likes tigers, too. but my mother 7 them. she says tigers are too scary. she likes pandas, because they’re interesting and __ 8 _ shy. i like pandas, too. 9 sundays we often go to the zoo and 10 fun there.
( )1. a. very much b. much c. very d. many
( )2. a. penguin b. penguins c. penguines d. a penguins
( )3. a. cute b. easy c. hard d. ugly
( )4. a. and b. so c. but d. or
( )5. a. like b. liking c. likes d. is like共3页，当前第2页123
( )6. a. and b. or c. but d. so
( )7. a. don’t like b. doesn’t like c. doesn’t likes d. isn’t like
( )8. a. a kind b. kinds of c. kind of d. a kind of
( )9. a. at b. on c. in d. to
( )10. a. have b. to have c. has d. having
五、阅读理解
翻译划线句子，圈出5个以上描写的词，并回答问题
1)our zoo has interesting animals from all over the world. next to the zoo entrance is the australian section. the koalas are here. there are sixteen koalas in the zoo. koalas are shy animals. see if you can find all of them! 2)they are usually sleeping in the trees.
the africa section is across from the australia section. it is large because the african animals are very big. the lions, elephants, and giraffes are in this section. 3)the lions are beautiful and the elephants are very big. the giraffes are interesting because they are so tall.
4)panda house is next to the africa section. there are six pandas in the panda house. pandas are from china. they are black and white. they are interesting animals to watch. come to see the new baby panda, congcong. 5) he is small and very cute.
6. how many koalas are there in the zoo?
7. where’s the africa section?
8. what are the giraffes like?
9. what’s the baby panda’s name?
参考答案：
一、
1~5 b d d a c
二、
zoo, new, cute, australia, sleep, eat, leaves
三、
1. friendly 2. relaxes 3. enjoys 4. leaves 5. kinds
四、
1~5 a b a c c 6~10 b b c b a
五、
1. 我们的动物园里有来自世界各地的有趣的动物。
2. 它们通常在树上睡觉。
3. 老虎很美，大象很大。
4. 熊猫馆在狮子区旁边。
5. 他很小很可爱。
interesting shy big beautiful tall cute
6. there are sixteen koalas in the zoo.
7. africa section is across from the australia section, next to panda house.
8. the giraffes are interesting because they are so tall.
9. congcong.
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