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Unit 4 Creatures large and small
First Period (text understanding)
Knowledge Objective: to enable students to get a general idea about spiders
Competence Objective: to practice students’ speaking abilities
Emotional Objective: to help the students to know more about the spiders
Teaching Procedures:
I. Pre-instruction:
Prepare pictures of spiders to help the students to get a general idea about them. Then ask
students general questions about spiders like this:
1. Are spiders insects?
2. What do spiders live on?
3. How big is a spider/
4. Where can spiders be found?
5. Are spiders our friends or our enemies?
Then do exercises A in the Student’s Book.
II. Performance:
1. Ask students to read the title, and the first and last eight lines of the excerpt to find the
answer to the questions. Have students think about how they could answer the
questions by reading so little of the passage.
2. Help students use scanning skills to locate the information needed. As students are
listening to the recording, pause and ask them to answer the practice acting out the
play in pairs. Use E1 in the Student’s Book to check whether students have properly
understood the relation between different aspects of the story. Then retell the passage.
III. Promotion:
Get the students to work in groups, each group should write a short passage on why
spiders are our friends, using information they have learnt in the test. Ask groups to read
their passage to the rest of the class. The other students can then comment upon them.
Homework:
1. Retell the passage
2. Finish the exercise
3. Rewrite the text, but as a report on spiders instead of a play.
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Second Period (vocabulary)
Knowledge Objective: to enable students to learn vocabulary and phrases
Competence Objective: to know more words
Emotional Objective: to learn to use dictionary
Teaching Procedures:
I. Pre-instruction:
Ask students to present their reports by displaying them in class. Review the phrases in
the passage.
II. Performance:
T: Thank so much for your wonderful performance, so we have got a good revision of the
whole text, but do you have any difficulty with the vocabulary or phrases in the text?
S: …
T: When we meet with new words or phrases in your reading, we can turn to dictionary
for help.
Creature n. a living thing that can move around, such as an animal 生物；动物 He dreamt
that he met creatures from Mars. 他梦见自己遇到了来自火星的生物。
1. View n. an opinion about something 观点；看法 Over the years, people’s
views on fashion have changed greatly. 这些年来，人们关于时尚的观
点发生了很大的变化。V.考虑；认为
2. Shelter n. a structure built to protect somebody or something, usually
from the weather 遮蔽物；庇护处 When I was walking in the street, it
rained suddenly. I went to a bus shelter to escape the heavy rain. 当我在
街上走的时候，突然下雨了，我就到公共汽车站躲避这场大雨。
3. tent n. a shelter made of cloth for people to sleep in 帐篷 Are you sure
you have packed the camping tent? 你确定你带野营帐篷了么？
4. survive v. to continue to live despite difficulties 存活；幸免于难；挺过
No one could have survived such a disaster. 没有人能够在这样一场灾
难中幸存下来。survival n. 幸存
5. emerge v. to come out of a dark or hidden place （从暗处或隐蔽处）出
现；浮现；露出 After the rainstorm, the sun slowly emerged from behind
the clouds, piercing the gloom with bright rays of happiness. 暴风雨过
后，太阳慢慢地从云层中露出笑脸，灿烂的阳光一扫阴霾，给人们
带来欢乐。Emergence n.出现
6. pest n. a creature that destroys plants or food 害虫；害兽；害鸟 How do
farmers keep pests from hurting their crops? 农民是怎样保护庄稼不受
虫害的？
7. bored adj. Feeling tired because you have lost interest in something 厌
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倦的；烦闷的 People become quickly bored with tired lectures. 对毫无
新意的讲座，人们很快就感到厌倦了。Bore v.使厌倦 boring adj.令人
厌倦的
8. elastic adj. Able to stretch and then return to its original shape 有弹性
的；有弹力的 Bungee jumping uses elastic cords that are similar to
rubber bands. 蹦极采用的弹力绳与橡皮筋特性相似。
9. property n. a quality or characteristic something has 性质；特性 These
leaves have medicinal properties 这些叶子有药用价值。
10. artificial adj. Not real, made to copy something natural 人工的；人造的
Nowadays, many stadiums use artificial grass on the football pitch. 如
今，许多体育馆的足球场使用人造草坪。
11. bulletproof adj. Able to stop bullets 防 弹 的 As the president of his
country, for safety he often uses a car with bulletproof doors and
windows. 作为国家总统，他出于安全考虑出行通常用带防弹门窗的
车。
12. vest n. a piece of clothing which covers the top of the body 背心 As
winter comes, some owners of pets have them wear cotton vests for
warmth. 随着冬天的临近，一些宠物的主人给他们穿上了棉背心保
暖。
13. nasty adj. Horrible, unpleasant 令人厌恶的；令人不悦的 Though I
never offended him, he always says nasty things about me. 我从来没有
冒犯过他，可他总是恶语中伤我。
14. bite n. a wound made by an animal or insect 咬伤；叮伤；蛰伤 Mosquito
bites can something be quite dangerous. 被蚊子叮咬有时候是很危险
的。v.咬；叮；蛰
15. rarely adj. Not very often 罕见；很少；We rarely eat at restaurants. 不
常我们很少在餐馆吃饭。Rare adj.罕见的；很少的
16. poison n. a substance that causes death or harm if swallowed or absorbed
by the body 毒药 The family put out poison to kill the rats. 那家人用灭
鼠药来灭鼠。
17. treat v. top attempt to cure (an injury or illness) 医治；治疗 This new
drug is effective in treating TB (tuberculosis). 这种新药对肺结核病疗
效很好。Treatment n.医治；治疗
18. disorder n. an illness that stops a part of the body from working the way
it is supposed to 不适；疾病；紊乱 For years, the poor old woman has
been suffering from a mental disorder. 这位可怜的老妇人患精神病已
经多年了。
19. get one’s point to understand what somebody means 明白某人的意思
Even though the topic was difficult, everyone quickly got the lecture’s
point. 尽管题目很难，但大家还是很快就听懂了演讲者的观点。
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III. Promotion:
Do Ex.D1, D2 E1 E2
Homework:
1. Search on the Internet about spiders.
2. Memorize the vocabulary and do translation:
① 熬过了冬天，当春天来到时，蜘蛛出来了，健健康康的，但又饥肠辘辘。（emerge）
2 对，这种控制害虫的自然方法现在正在全世界被仿效。（pest ）
3 科学家们正在研制一种有相似属性的材料。（property）
4 对昆虫来说的确如此，但对人来说却很少。（rarely）
5 但说真的，我明白你的意思了，温斯顿。(get one’s point)
Third Period (Grammar)
Knowledge Objective: to review the vocabulary and phrases
Competence Objective: to review grammar---present participle phrases after nouns
Emotional Objective: to review grammar--- present participle phrases after nouns
Teaching Procedures:
I. Pre-instruction:
Review relative clauses first as an introduction to the use of present participle phrase. Use
a sentence from the main Reading passage as an example, like this:
Scientists are trying to develop a material. The material has similar properties as spider
silk.
→Scientists are trying to develop a material which has similar properties as spider silk.
→Scientists are trying to develop a material having similar properties as solider silk.
Write some sentences and ask students to combine them. Then ask them to analyze the
functions of the participles.
II. Performance:
Example sentences:
1. The students were taking a test. They had to be quiet.→The students taking the
test had to be quiet.
2. The picture hangs on the wall. It was painted by a famous artist.→The picture
hanging on the wall was pained by a famous artist.
要点提示:
1. 现在分词是由“动词+ ing”构成。现在分词具有动词的特征形容词的功能，既可以
单独使用，也可以与其它单词一起构成分词短语。
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2. 现在分词可以作名词的定语。单独使用时，现在分词相当于一个形容词，放在名
词的前面。Be careful! Don't wake up the sleeping baby. =Be careful! Don’t wake up
the baby who is sleeping. 小心！别吵醒熟睡的婴儿。
3. 当现在分词带有状语时，通常放在名词后面作定语，相当于定语从句的作用。
We’ll take the bus waiting by the roadside to go to the Ocean Park.=We’ll take the
bus which is waiting by the roadside to go to the Ocean Park. 我们将乘那辆等在路
边的公共汽车去海洋公园。
Example sentences:
Tom has studied at the university for half a year. He knows the place very well.
→Having studied at the university for half a year, Tom knows the place very well.
They hear the news. They all cheered for joy.
→Hearing the news, they all cheered for joy.
As I am a student at the moment, I must learn as much as I can.
→Being a student at the moment, I must learn as much as I can.
Because he passed the final examination, he was very happy.
→Having passed the final examination, he was very happy.
The teacher stood in front of the classroom. He answering the students’ questions.→The
teacher stood in front of the classroom, answering the students’ questions.
要点提示:
1. 现在分词短语可以作状语表示时间、方式、原因，它的作用相当于一个状语从句。
其逻辑主语应该与主句主语一致。While (bears are) hibernating, bears stay in their
dens.
2. 现在分词的一般式作状语时， 动作发生的时间与主句动词通常是同时或几乎同
时进行。如果分词发生的动作在主句谓语动词的动作之前，通常要用现在分词的
完成式。现在分词的完成式往往用于强调一个动作完成后接着发生另一个动作。
3. 现在分词前面可以带有连词 when, whenever, while, once, until, if 和 although。
4. 现在分词短语作状语表示方式时，通常跟在动词 stand, go, come 和 sit 之后。He
stood leaning against the wall.他背靠墙站着。
III. Promotion:
Ask the students to write a short passage using participle phrases. Then give the students a
topic to write about, or the students can use a topic which they themselves are interested
in.
Homework:
Finish ex.
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Fourth Period (listening and speaking)
Knowledge Objective: to enable students to learn to explain size and appearance and tell
what something usually does.
Competence Objective: to learn how to discuss something
Emotional Objective: to improve the listening and speaking
Teaching Procedures:
I. Pre-instruction:
Review the descriptive words learnt in Student’s Book 1A, Unit 1. Ask students to
describe the size and appearance of an insect.
II. Performance:
Have the students do A1 by listening to the recording, then ask students explain what
descriptive expressions helped them do the matching. Listen to the recording again and
fill in the blanks.
Talk about advantages and disadvantages of something. Then introduce the background
for B1 and B2, and ask students to finish the talks.
III. Promotion:
Listen to the script, and then answer the questions. Do exercises A1, A2.
Homework:
Ask students to make a masker list of all of the pros and cons they could find.
Fifth Period ( Writing)
Knowledge Objective: to enable students to learn how to use linking words and
expressions to complete a story
Competence Objective: to learn to write short messages
Emotional Objective: to learn to write short messages
Teaching Procedures:
I. Pre-instruction:
Teach them how to use linking words and expressions to complete a story.
II. Performance:
1. Make sure students understand what linking words and expressions are.
2. Have students so C1 in the Student’s Book.
3. Ask students to work in groups to do C2.
4. Group members could tell story from the pictures first, and then complete the
story together as a group exercise.
III. Promotion:
Do exercises.
Homework:
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Write a short passage.
Sixth Period (More reading)
Knowledge Objective: to enable students to read passages
Competence Objective: to consolidate the content of the passage
Emotional Objective: to consolidate the content of the passage
Teaching Procedures:
I. Pre-instruction:
Ask students to describe hibernation by relying upon their previous knowledge of the
subject.
II. Performance:
Then give them time to read the passage and answer the questions in B2. Check their
answers to B2. Review and reinforce the grammar learnt in this unit.
III. Promotion:
Have students read Reference website .then learn the new words.
1. have (something) in common to share the same features with 与……有共同之处 Since they had
nothing in common, the two strangers soon ran out of things to talk about. 由于两个陌生人毫无
共同之处，他们很快就没有什么话题可聊了。
2. hibernate v. to spend the winter in a deep, sleep-like state 冬眠；蛰伏 Not all the animals hibernate
in winter. 不是所有的动物冬天都要冬眠.hibernation n.冬眠
3. occur v. to happen 发生；出现 They were driving at a high speed down the motorway when the
accident occurred. 事故发生时，他们正在高速公路上飞速行驶。
4. continuously adv. Happening for a long period of time without stopping It rained continuously the
whole day. 不断地；持续地一整天都在下雨。continuous adj.不断的
5. absence n. a lack of something 不存在；缺乏 Few plants can grow in the desert due to the absence
of water. absent 由于缺水，很少植物能够在沙漠中生存。 adj.不在的；缺席的
6. upside down in a position where the top of something is at the bottom and the bottom is at the top
底朝上 After the toast was completed, the guests turned their glasses upside down to show that
they had emptied them. 铸就完毕，客人们都将杯子底朝上，以表示他们把酒都喝干了。
7. pulse n. the regular beat of blood pumped through the body by the heart 脉搏；脉率 You have an
irregular pulse. You’d better see the doctor tomorrow. 你的脉搏很不规则。你明天最好去看一下
医生。
8. rate n. the number of times something happens or exists in a certain period 比率；率 Most people
have a pulse rate of about 60beats per minute. 大多数人的心率是 60 次每分钟。
9. amphibian n. a cold-blooded animal which can live both on land and in water 两栖动物 Frogs are
amphibians. They can live both in water and on land. 青蛙是两栖动物，既可以在水里又可以在
陆地上生活。
10. stir v. to move about 动；移动 Everything was quiet. Not a creature stirred in the heat of noonday
sun. 四下里寂静无声。在正午骄阳的烘烤下，没有生物活动的迹象。
11. disturb v. to interrupt or bother (somebody) 打扰；干扰；妨碍 Do you mind turning down the
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radio? It is disturbing my sleep. 你介意把收音机音量调轻一点吗？它影响我睡觉了。
Disturbance n .打扰
12. den n. an animal’s hidden home 巢穴；兽窝 Let’s get away from here—it looks like a lion’s den.
我们快走吧—这儿有点像狮子洞。
Homework:
1. Retell or recite e the passage.
2. Recite the new words and make sentences.
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