Unit 5 Birdwatchers

Main task & Checkout

New words

application

form

birth

address

hobby

simply

n. 申请n. 表格，形式n. 出生，诞生n. 地址n. 业余爱好adv. 简直

The Birdwatching Club organizes a lot of interesting

activities to protect birds and help people know mor

e about birds, for example, birdwatching, birdcounti

ng, etc. They sound fun. Would you like to join the cl

ub too?

An application

If you want to join the club, you will have to fill in

the application form. Complete it with your own

information.

I am Lois.

I was born on 12th May.

I live on Xikang Road, Nanjing.

My telephone number is 025-5

858999.

My e-mail address is liuli_bao

@yahoo.com.

I study at Shuren International School.

Name

Date of birth

Address

Telephone number

E-mail address

School

Information(信息 ) of an application form

初中英语八上

I am in Grade 8.

I like English and Chinese best.

I am interested in dancing.

I have a parrot. It is very lovely.

I often write to newspapers about

wildlife.

I have time every Sunday.

Favorite subjects

Hobbies

Pets

Activities to protect wildlife

Free time

Grade

初中英语八上

Application form

Name: ________ Date of birth： ______

Address： _________________________

Tel No. : __________________________

E-mail: ___________________________

School: ___________________________

Grade:____________________________

Favorite subjects: __________________

Birdwatching Club

Application form

Clubs： ___________________________

Interests and hobbies : ______________

__________________________________

Pets: _____________________________

Activities to protect wildlife: _____________

_____________________

Free time:_________________________

If you want to join the Birdwatching Club, it is not eno

ugh to fill in the form. The club also asks for an applica

tion letter. Read Amy’s letter to the chairperson and fi

nd the answers to these questions.

1. Who is the chairperson of the club?

2. How did Amy get interested in the club?

Mr. Fan is the chairperson of the club.

She listened to Mr. Fan’s talk last week.

Questions

3. What are Amy’s favorite subjects?

4. What are her hobbies and interests?

5. Why does she want to become a

birdwatcher?

PE and Science.

Volleyball, singing and dancing.

Because she likes birds and nature very much and

wants to know more about birds.

The main idea of each paragraph.

Para. 1

Para. 2

Para. 3

Para. 4

How Amy learnt about the club.

Why Amy wants to become a member.

Amy’s personal details such as school, grade,

favorite subjects, interests and hobbies.

She hopes that her application will be

successful, and her phone number and e-mail

address.

A: Hi, Millie. Are you going to the

wetlands photo show next week ?

M: When ______(be) it ?

A: It ____ (be) at 10 a.m next Saturday .

M: Maybe. I’m going to visit my

grandparents next Friday evening.

A: Are you going to take the bus back on Saturday?

Fill in the blanks.

Invitation

is

is

M: Yes. It __________(leave) from my grandparents’

house at 9 p.m. but it travels quite

________(angry,

slow, loud), so I might be late. Are Simon and

Sandy going ? I saw them in the playground and

they were talking ________ (excited, different,

unhappy).

A: Of course ! They simply can’t wait for the show

next week.

leaves

slowly

excitedly

Complete the crossword puzzle.

1. A place to live or stay

2. Pieces of paper and other things that people leave

on the ground

shelter

litter

A crossword puzzle

3. The opposite of ‘impossible’

4. A big white bird with a long thin neck

5. The opposite of ‘happy ’

6. The adverb form of ‘bad ’

7. An area of land with wet ground

possible

swan

unhappy

badly

wetland

1. 昆明在中国西南。Kunming is________________________

2. 长江是世界上最长的河流之一。The Changjiang River is ______________________in

the world.

in the south-west of China.

one of the longest rivers

Translation

3.我们的国家正变得越来越强大 , 越来越美丽。Our country is becoming_____________

_________________________________.

4.我不喜欢交不诚实的朋友。 I don’t like to _____________________.

5.我们应该知道英语学习的重要性。We should know the _________________________.

stronger and

stronger, more and more beautiful

make dishonest friends

importance of English study

6.如果你犯错 ,你将不受欢迎。If you make mistakes, you __________________.

7.峨眉山是野生动物自然保护区之一。E’mei Mountain is one of

__________________________________.

8.我们对这个有趣的故事很感兴趣。We are __________________________________.

will be unwelcome

the nature reserves for wild animals

interested in the interesting story

9. 看那认真的男孩在认真地做家庭作业。Look! The _______ boy _____________________________.

10. Lucy希望长大后成为作家。Lucy hopes ______________when she ___________.

careful is doing his homework carefully

to be a writer grows up