1. 能够掌握重点词汇：zoo, guide, animal, such as, come from, different, country, other, dangerous, also, plant, look at, tall, sure, bamboo, cute, shall, them, which, over there, funny, call

2. 能够掌握重点句型：

(1) Does it eat meat? Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t.

(2) Do they…? Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.

(3) Shall we go and see them?

3. 能够听懂介绍动物的对话。

4. 能够谈论并介绍动物。

5. 培养学生热爱动物的情感，增强保护动物的意识。

二、教学重点及难点

重点：1. 能够听懂关于动物的简单对话。

2. 通过一般现在时来谈论动物的习性和食物。

难点：通过一般现在时来谈论动物的习性和食物。

三、教学准备

多媒体课件

四、相关资源

图片：熊猫、大象、长颈鹿、老虎

五、教学过程

Step 1 Warming-up

1. Brainstorming.

2. Play a guessing game. Ss read the sentences and guess the names of the animals.

设计意图：通过头脑风暴、猜谜游戏调动学生的积极性，既能有效活跃课堂气氛，又能顺利导入新知学习。

Step 2 Pre-listening

Activity 1

1. T lets Ss look at the picture and say what they can see.

Activity 2

1. T plays the recording. Ss listen and check the words they hear in Activity 1.

2. T elicits the answers.

3. T lets Ss work in pairs and say what they can see.

Step 3 While-listening

Activity 3

1. Listen and choose the correct answers.

2. Listen again and answer the questions.

3. Listen for the third time and complete the table.

4. Listen and repeat.

设计意图：通过设置不同形式的听力题目，不仅降低了听力难度，也可以让学生逐步理解对话内容，提高听力能力。

Step 4 Post-listening

Activity 4

1. Ss read the conversation and underline the correct words.

2. Ss check the answers with their partner and then T checks the answers with Ss.

设计意图：考查学生对课文内容和词语的掌握程度。

Language points

1. Welcome to Beijing Zoo. 欢迎来到北京动物园。

welcome to+地点名词，意为“欢迎来到某地”。

2. The zoo has many kinds of animals, such as bears, zebras, giraffes and pandas.

kind作名词，意思是“种类”，many kinds of意为“许多种”，其后面加可数名词复数/不可数名词。

such as意为“比如，例如”，用于列举两个或两个以上的例子。其同义词组是for example，用于列举一个例子。

3. Shall we go and see them? 我们去看看他们好吗？

这是英语中表示提建议的句子，表示“我们……好吗？”。

4. Is there a panda called Tony...? 有只叫托尼的熊猫吗？

called是动词call的过去分词，意为“被叫做”，在此句中called是过去分词做后置定语，修饰a panda。

Activity 5

1. Ss listen and repeat the sounds after the recording.

2. Ss practice reading the words.

设计意图：通过拼读单词，总结相关字母或字母组合的发音规律。

Activity 6

1. T lets Ss listen to the words and choose /s/ or /z/.

2. T explains the pronunciation rules.

Activity 7

T lets Ss work in pairs and practice the conversation.

Work in pairs

Talk about the pictures according to the expressions.

设计意图：进一步锻炼了学生的口语表达能力，也在不知不觉中夯实了本堂的主要内容。

Step 5 Summary

1. Does it eat meat? Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t.

2. Do they…? Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.

3. Shall we go and see them?

设计意图：巩固所学的重点词汇及句型。

Step 6 Homework

1. Describe your favourite animal and write down its life style.

2. Preview the new words and expressions in Unit 2.

六、板书设计

Unit 1 Does it eat meat?

1. 词语：

zoo, guide, animal, such as, come from, different, country, other, dangerous, also, plant, look at, tall, sure, bamboo, cute, shall, them, which, over there, funny, call