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　　unit 8 why do you like koalas?
　　一 . [话题](topic) like or dislike
　　二 . [重点词组](key phrases)
　　kind of
　　eat grass
　　play with her friends
　　be quiet
　　in the day
　　at night
　　eat leaves
　　other animals
　　三. [交际用语]
　　1.why do you like pandas? because they’re very clever.
　　2.why does he like koalas? because they’re kind of interesting.
　　3.where are lions from? they are from south africa.
　　4.what other animals do you like?
　　i like dogs, too.
　　why?
　　because they’re friendly and clever.
　　5.molly likes to play with her friends and eat grass.
　　6.she’s very shy.
　　7.he is from australia.
　　he sleeps during the day, but at night he gets up and eats leaves.
　　8.he usually sleeps and relaxes 20 hours every day.
　　四. [重点难点释义](language points)
　　1、kind of 有点，稍微
　　koala bears are kind of shy. 考拉有点害羞。
　　kind 还有＂种类＂的意思
　　如：各种各样的 all kinds of
　　we have all kinds of beautiful flowers in our school.
　　2、china n. 中国 africa n. 非洲
　　china 和africa都是专有名词，首字母都应该大写，而且和介词in连用。
　　there are many kinds of tigers in china.
　　there are many kinds of scary animals in africa.
　　3、friendly adj. 友好的，和蔼可亲的
　　它是名词friend的形容词形式，常常和be动词连用, be friendly。
　　the people in chengdu are very friendly.
　　4、with prep. 跟，同，和…在一起
　　i usually play chess with my father.
　　注意区别与and的用法，and通常用于连接主语或宾语，连接主语时，
　　如果有i, i通常放在 and 之后，如：
　　my father and i usually play chess together.
　　play with ＂和…一起玩耍＂＂玩…＂
　　i often play with my pet dog.
　　don’t play with water!
　　5、day和night 是一对反义词，day 表示白天或一天，night表示夜或夜晚。
　　通常说in the day, during the day, at night。
　　koala bears often sleep during the day and eat leaves at night.
　　6、leaf n. 叶子
　　复数形式为：leaves, 类似的变化还有：wife—wives, wolf—wolves,
　　knife—knives等。
　　7、hour n. 小时；点钟
　　hour前边通常加上冠词an 表示＂一个小时＂， 即：an hour。
　　there are 24 hours in a day and 60minutes in an hour.
　　8、be from 来自…
　　be from = come from
　　pandas are from china. = pandas come form china.
　　9、meat n. （食用的）肉，为不可数名词，表示＂许多＂时，使用much来修
　　饰，即：much meat
　　he eats much meat every day.
　　10、grass n. 草， 为不可数名词，表示＂许多＂时，使用much来修饰，即：much grass。
　　there is much grass on the playground.
　　五. 语法知识
　　特殊疑问句通常以＂what＂、＂who＂、＂which＂、＂when＂、＂where＂、＂how＂、＂how old＂、＂how many＂等开头，对某一具体问题进行提问。
　　特殊疑问句的基本构成有两种情况：
　　1. 疑问句+一般疑问句结构。这是最常见的情况。例如：
　　what’s your grandfather’s telephone number?
　　你爷爷的电话号码是多少？
　　who is that boy with big eyes?
　　那个大眼睛的男孩是谁？
　　which season do you like best?
　　你最喜欢哪个季节？
　　when is he going to play the piano?
　　他什么时候弹钢琴？
　　where does he live?
　　他住在哪儿？
　　how are you?
　　你好吗？
　　how old are you?
　　你多大了？
　　how many brothers and sisters do you have?
　　你有几个兄弟姐妹？
　　2. 疑问句+陈述句结构。这时疑问词作主语或修饰主语。例如：
　　who is on duty today?
　　今天谁值日？
　　which man is your teacher?
　　哪位男士是你的老师？
　　我们学过的what/how about+名词/代词+其他？也是特殊疑问句，它是一种省略结构。
　　例如：
　　i like english. what/how about you?
　　我喜欢英语。你呢？
　　what about playing basketball?
　　打篮球怎么样？