Love me, Love Love me, Love my pigmy pig ! !

Unit 8 Why don’t you get her a scarf? (Period 4)

Do you like pigs? Have you heardpot-bellied pigs?

背景知识： In some foreign countries like Australia,Hollyland, pigs are the most popular pet. There’s a kind of pig. It has an interesting name. It’s called a pot-bellied pig.

1.Choose the best main idea of this passage.( ) A: Life with a pig isn’t always perfect. B: Connie is David’s best friend. C: Pigs need a lot of love. D: The pot-bellied pig is the most popular kind of pet these days. She has great advantages and some disadvantages.

2. Is life with a pig always perfect?

D

No, it isn’t

Name Advantages Disadvantages

ConnieConniewatch TV on the sofawatch TV on the sofawith people every with people every nightnight

people’s best friendpeople’s best friend

eat a loteat a lot

too bigtoo big

need a lot of loveneed a lot of love

Important an difficult points:

1. name v. 叫做；称作eg: I know a girl named Nina. 2. too…to 太……而不能…… eg: He is too old to see that tree clearly. 此句型可用 so…that…代替，而 that后的从句用否定句。上面的句子可换成：

He is so old that he can’t see that tree clearly.3.make v.制作 eg:I made her a special pig house. 这句相当于 I made a special pig house for her.

Rewrite each sentence with another sentence of same meaning.( 改为同义句 )

1.She has had a pot-bellied pig called Connie for a year.

She has had a pot-bellied pig_______ Connie for a year.2.The dogs are so hard that we can’t take care

of them. The dogs are ________ hard for us_______

take care of.3.I made her a special pig house . I _____ a special pig house ______her.

namednamed

tootoo toto

mademade forfor

Name Advantage Disadvantage

Connie watch TV on the sofa

with people every night

people’s best friend

eat a lot

too big

need a lot of love

Pot-bellied pigs are the most popular pets these days. They have great advantages. They…__________________________________________________________________________However, they have some disadvantages. They…________ __________________________________________________

1.Look at the phrases in the box of 3b, Divide them into two parts and then fill in the chart.

Advantages Disadvantages

2. Write the presentation on hamsters according to the chart.Hamsters are popular pets. People like them because they are quiet and clean.__________________________________________________________________

popular , quiet, cleanpopular , quiet, cleaneasy to take care of easy to take care of cheaper than rabbits or catscheaper than rabbits or catssmallsmall

sometimes noisy at nightsometimes noisy at nightsleep all daysleep all day

Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets in an apartment. Fill in the chart.

参考句型：A: I think every kid should have a pet. Because one family has only one child. Pets can be good company.

B: I don’t think so. Animals can be noisy.

Advantages Disadvantages

good company can be noisy

Writing: Write a short passage about “Should we keep a pet?” according to your chart of advantages and disadvantages of keeping pets.People have different ideas about keeping pets. Some people think we should keep pets, because ___________________________________________________________________________________________However, some people think we shouldn’t keep pets, because_________________________________________________________________eg:

advantages disadvantages

good company can be noisy

nice can be dirty

friendly spend too much time

they are good companies , nice and friendly.

they can be noisy, dirty and we will spend too much time on them.

1.Words and phrases:1.Words and phrases:

1)pot-bellied, pig, advantage, disadvantage1)pot-bellied, pig, advantage, disadvantage perfect, rabbit, company,perfect, rabbit, company,2) name v. 2) name v. 叫做；称作叫做；称作 too…to too…to 太……而不能…… 太……而不能…… so…that so…that 如此…以至于如此…以至于 make v.make v. 制作制作

How to write a short passage according to the given How to write a short passage according to the given information.information.

3.Writing3.Writing skill:skill:

2.Reading skill:

How to scan a passage and how to read the passage carefully.

1.writing:Write your own presentation on your favorite pet.eg.: My pet is a cat. It’s white and black. I have k

ept it since it was two months old. It likes eating fish. When it was small, it could catch the mouse well. It always keeps clean. If it feels hungry, it always calls “Miao”. When it catches the mice, it’s very brave. I like it very much.

2.Preview self check.

Self check• Activity 1• 1.Today is Jim’s birthday. His mother is going to

make________ meal for him.• 2. My shoes were really_______. They only cost

five dollars.• 3. My aunt took us out to dinner at an_____

restaurant, but the food was not good at all.• 4. The movie was _______. I fell asleep half way

through it.• 5. It’s important to choose subjects that you find

__________

specialcheap

boring

expensive

interesting