五年級上冊英語Unit 4 Lesson 24 Year Animals 冀教版（三起）

五年級上冊英語Unit4Lesson24YearAnimals冀教版（三起）Part1:Warm-UpInthislesson,wewilllearnaboutyearanimals,whichisaculturaltraditioninChina.Beforewestart,let’sreviewsomeoftheanimalswehavelearnedinpreviouslessons.Rat(老鼠)Ox(牛)Tiger(老虎)Rabbit(兔子)Dragon(龍)CanyounameafewotheranimalsinEnglish?Part2:IntroductiontoYearAnimalsInChineseculture,thereisatraditionofassigningananimaltoeachyearinatwelve-yearcycle.ThiscycleiscalledtheChineseZodiac.Eachanimalrepresentsdifferentpersonalitytraitsandcharacteristics.Forexample,theratisthefirstanimalinthezodiaccycle,andpeoplebornintheyearoftherat(2020,2008,1996,etc.)arebelievedtobeintelligent,charming,andcreative.Theoxisthesecondanimalinthecycle,andpeoplebornintheyearoftheox(2021,2009,1997,etc.)arebelievedtobehonest,hardworking,andreliable.Part3:YearAnimalsinEnglishInEnglish,theyearanimalshavedifferentnames.Let’slearnsomeofthem:Rat(老鼠)->MouseOx(牛)->CowTiger(老虎)->TigerRabbit(兔子)->RabbitDragon(龍)->DragonPart4:ReadingandVocabularyReadthefollowingpassageaboutyearanimalsandtrytounderstandthemeaningofthehighlightedvocabulary.InChina,peoplebelievethateachyearisrepresentedbyananimal.ThisiscalledtheChineseZodiac.Therearetwelveanimalsinthezodiaccycle.Thefirstanimalistherat,followedbytheox,tiger,rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,sheep,monkey,rooster,dog,andpig.Eachanimalhasitsowncharacteristicsandpersonalitytraits.Peoplebornintheyearoftheratarebelievedtobeintelligentandcharming.Thosebornintheyearoftheoxarebelievedtobehardworkingandreliable.Peoplebornintheyearofthetigerarebelievedtobebraveandconfident.Thosebornintheyearoftherabbitarebelievedtobekindandgentle.Peoplebornintheyearofthedragonarebelievedtobestrongandpowerful.TheyearanimalsareanimportantpartofChineseculture.represented(表示)cycle(周期)characteristics(特征)personalitytraits(個性)brave(勇敢的)confident(自信的)Part5:SentenceStructureLet’spracticesentencestructurewiththeyearanimals.Iwasbornintheyearoftherabbit.(我出生于兔年。)Mysisterisadragon.(我姐姐是一條龍。)Thesnakeisthesixthanimalinthezodiaccycle.(蛇是十二生肖中的第六個動物。)Peoplebornintheyearoftheroosterareconfidentandhardworking.(生肖雞的人自信勤勞。)Part6:WritingAssignmentWriteaparagraphaboutyourfavoriteyearanimal.RemembertousesentencestructureswelearnedinPart5.ConclusionInthislesson,welearnedaboutyearanimalsandtheChineseZodiac.Wealsopracticedreadingandvocabulary,sentencestructure,andwriti