Unit5 Amazing things

Task

• What is the monkey doing?

• Isn’t that interesting?

1.What is the elephant doing?

2. Isn’t that amazing?

Do you know anything unusual?

• Sandwich-Sandwiches

1). Do you like eating sandwiches?2). Where did “sandwich” get its name from?3). What did the man love doing?4). How did he make a sandwich?

Read the information and answer the questions.

1.What was the man’s name? His name was sandwich.2.What did he love doing? He loved playing cards.3.Did he want to stop for meals? No, he didn’t.4.What did he do then? He put meat between two pieces of bread.5.Did people love sandwiches very much? Yes, they did

1. Do your family have a TV?2. How many TVs do you have?3. When and where was the first TV show?4. How many TVs were in use per 100 Chinese family in 1987?5. How big can TVs be now?

Simon wrote an article about sandwiches. Ask students to listen and read the four paragraphs.

Then discuss the structure.

Para.1: introductionPara.2: give the themePara.3: facts about sandwichesPara.4: feeling

some language points• get its name from …• a man called …• want to stop for meals• eat the same food• play cards with sb.• all over the world • become popular• put meat between two pieces of bread

• the first TV show

• by 1935

• in use

• 29 TVs per 100 families

• most families have at least one TV

• as large as 152 inches

• ask for

You want to write about amazing things for a writing competition. Prepare notes on them and discuss the amazing things with your classmates. Then write your article.

If you cannot find information about an amazing thing, I’ll give you some information about elephants!

Sample writingMy favourite animals are elephants. Elephants are the biggest living animals on land . There are two kinds of elephants: Africa elephants and Indian elephants. Africa elephants is larger than Indian elephants, and they have much larger ears. Elephants have to eat a lot because they are so big. One elephant can eat between 100 and 1,000 pounds of grass in a day! They can live for 60-70 years.

There are no bones in the back of elephants’ feet, only fat. Elephants walk on tiptoe. They can move quietly and walk in the mud early.Elephants grow tusks. The tusks are large teeth that stick out of their mouths. Sometimes, hunters kill elephants to make beautiful thingsand piano keys.

Homework

Finish the article about TV.