Did you go to see

the 4D theatre

yesterday?

Dinosaurs

skeletons of

dinosaurs

Who is your favorite

cartoon character?

Do you know these cartoon

characters?

Do you like the cartoon

character?

Walt Disney (1901-1966)Walt Disney (1901-1966)

Mickey mouseMickey mouse

GoofyGoofy

Donald Duck

Snow White

WinnieWinnie

ArielAriel

Jerry

Tom

Nemo

discussion

• How do people learn about the

life of dinosaurs?

• They learn about it from their

fossil, skeletons and

footprints.

Look at picture 1, what are they?

Look at picture 2, do you

know the names of them?

Answers:

1.They are dinosaurs.

2. They are Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck

and Goofy.

1. Today, we can see dinosaurs ______.

a. in zoos b. nowhere

2. Which of the following

statements is NOT true?

a. Dinosaurs once lived on Earth.

b. All dinosaurs were very big.

b

b

3. People go to Disneyland for______.

a. fun b. study

4. Which of the following was not one of

Walt Disney’s cartoon characters?

a. Mickey Mouse. b. Monkey King.

a

b

Read the first passage and do the T/ F questions:

1.Dinosaurs are older than human beings.

2.All of the dinosaurs were very big.

3.All of the dinosaurs ate meat.

4.We know nothing about the dinosaurs.

Read the first passage and do the T/ F questions:

5.Disney Walt is famous for cartoon character.

6.After leaving school, he taught and art and

delivered mail.

7. At the came time, he studied art on the day.

Listen to the tape and do T/F

1. Dinosaurs existed on Earth more than

fifty million years before human beings.(

)

2. Some dinosaurs even had legs and

could fly.( )

3. Many dinosaurs were gentle.( )

4. Dinosaurs all died out suddenly. ( )

F

F

T

sixty

wings

T

Read the second passage and choose:

1.Walt Disney is __________

A. a amusement park B. a Chinese

C. a cartoon D. a founder of Disneyland

2. Which cartoon characters weren’t created by Walt Disney?

A. Goofy B. Monkey King

C. Mickey Mouse D. Donald Duck

3. What did he do after leaving school?

A. Made cartoon B. Drew the mouse

C. Delivered mail D. Became a rich man

D

B

C

Here are some statements about some things in

the articles. If you agree with them, write A (ag

ree). If you do not agree, write D (disagree).

1. Some dinosaurs were bigger than elephan

ts.

2. Long ago, people probably ate dinosaurs.

3. Dinosaurs were probably not friendly to e

ach other.

A

D

A

4. Dinosaurs probably all died of

disease.

5. Disneyland is a park for film making.

6. Disney drew cartoons for films right

after he left school.

7. Disney did a number of different jobs

before he opened Disneyland.

8. Disney liked animals. A

A

D

D

D

Language pointsLanguage pointsSome dinosaurs were as small as chickens. Others

were as big as ten elephants.

一些恐龙和鸡一样小，其它的恐龙像十只大象那么大。 (P66)

“as + 形容词或副词的原级 + as” 表示 “与……一样……”的意思，其否定形式是“ not as / so + 形容词或副词的原级 + as” 。例如：I am not as / so tall as my mother. 我没有我妈妈高。

根据汉语意思完成下面的英文句子。

1. 汤姆和他哥哥跑得一样快。

Tom runs ____ ____ ____ his

brother.

2. 这部电影没有那部电影有趣。

This film is ______ ______ ______

that one.

as fast as

not as / so interesting as

He is famous for his cartoon characters such as M

ickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Snow Wh

ite. 他因为他的卡通人物而出名，例如米老鼠、唐老鸭、高飞和白雪公主。 (P66)

“be famous for” 意思为“因为 / 由于……而著名”，即因为某一方面的特色而出名，后接的宾语是主语的所属内容，例如：Guilin is famous for its mountains and rivers.

桂林以山水著名。

be famous as 作为……而出名，即作为某种

身份或职业而为众人所知，后接的宾语是主

语的同位语成分，同义于 be known as ，如：

Mark Twain was famous as a children’s

story writer.

马克 · 吐温作为儿童故事作家而出名。

选择 for 或 as 填空。

3. Guangzhou is famous ___

_ the flower city.

4. Beijing is famous ____ ro

ast duck.

5. Lu Xun was famous ____

a great writer.

as

for

as

Disney did a number of different jobs before he

opened Disneyland. (P66)

迪士尼在他创办迪士尼乐园前做过许多不同的工作。a number of “ 许多的；大量的”，相当于 many ，

修饰可数名词复数。作主语时，谓语动词用复数形式。例如：A number of students are playing on the

playground. 许多学生正在操场上玩耍。

【拓展】 the number of “…

… 的数量”，跟复数名词连用作主语时，谓语动词要用单数形式。例如：

The number of students in o

ur class is 50.

我们班学生的数量是 50 人。

选择最佳答案填空。( ) 6. ____ number of the students in our school is

1,500 and ____ number of them have lunch at sc

hool.

A. A; a B. A; the

C. The; a D. The; the

( ) 7. ____ sheep on the hill ____ one hundred ．A. The number of; is B. A number of; are

C. A number of; is D. The number of; are

C

A

Exercise:

(1)  周杰伦因他的歌而出名。 Zhou jie lun is ______ _______ his songs 。周杰伦作为一个歌手而出名。Zhou jie lun _____ _____ _____ a singer.

(2) 这个苹果和那个苹果一样大 .

This apple is ______ _______ ______that one.

今天不如昨天暖和。It’s not ______ _______ ______ yesterday.

famous for

Is famous as

as big as

as warm as

(3) 最后他得知了恐龙灭绝的原因。 At last, he __

__ ___ the reason why dinosaurs died out.

(4) 他喜欢吃水果，例如，苹果，香蕉和雪梨。He likes eating fruit, ____ _____ apples, bananas an

d pears.

(5) 香港的人口超过 600 万。 There are more than

______ _______ people in HK.

learnt about

such as

sixty million

Exercise:

(6) 房间里有许多书 .

There are _______ ______ ______ books in the roo

m.

(7)____ ______ _____( 许多 )the students in our sch

ool ______ (have) lunch at school.

a number of

A number of

have