2. Ask students to listen again and complete a conversation with the words in a box.

Step Five　 Pair work.

　 Show a map of a zoo and ask the Ss to talk about it by using the following conversation:

A: Let’s see the ...

B: Why do you want to see the …?

A: Because they’re ...

B: What does Maria like?

B: She likes ...

A: Why does she like the …?

B: Because they are...

Step Six　 Reading

　 Ask Ss to read a passage about animals and answer some questions.

Step Seven　 Summary

　　 Some words about animals and some sentences.

Step Eight　 Homework

Write a passage about their family members’ favorite animals and give reasons.

板书设计

Unit 3 Why do you like koalas?

1. Ask students to listen to a conversation and write the animals they hear. Then draw a line from the animals to the description words (match the animals and the description words).

2.　　　 Brainstorm: Ask students to write down as many words about animals as they can.

Step Two　 Presentation

Show a map of zoo and some pictures of animals. Then ask the Ss some questions about them.

--Do you like…?　　 --Yes. / No.

--Why do/don’t you like…?

--Because they are…

Step Three　 Match

　Match some words with the animals in some pictures.

Step Four　 Listening

1.　　　 Greeting: Ask students some questions about their favorite things and reasons.

2.　　　 Use the language to express preferences and give reasons.

Teaching Aids

Multimedia

Teaching Procedure

Step One　 Warm-up

1.　　　 Use English to describe animals.

5.　　　 Know something about the animals in the world.

Teaching Important & difficult points

4.　　 Express preferences and the reasons.

3.　　　 Describe animals.

2.　　　 SENTENCES

Let’s see the lions.

Why do you want to see the lions?

Because they are cute.