共4课时，约2420字。

　　Unit 3 Why do you like koala bears?
　　课题: Unit 3: Why do you like koala bears?  第1课时  共4课时
　　教学目标：Describe animals and express preferences and give reasons.
　　重点: 1. vocabulary: koala，tiger，elephant，dolphin，panda，lion, penguin，giraffe, zoo, map, cute, smart
　　2.Sentences:Let’s see the lions.Why do you want to see the lions?Because they are cute.
　　难点：Use the language to express preferences and give reasons.
　　教具准备：PPT document
　　施教日期：2006年2月24日
　　教学过程：
　　Step 1 Lead-in 
　　Have the Ss list the animals they know or show the pictures of animals they prepared before class and try to describe them.Show part of the animals and let students guess the animals.Teach the new words of different animals.
　　Step 2 Match 
　　Get the Ss to match the words with the animals in the picture on p13. Check the answers.
　　Step 3 Listening 
　　1Get the Ss to listen and check(√) the animals they hear in 1a. Check the answers.2. imitate the conversations and ask some pairs to have a show.
　　Step 4 Pairwork 
　　Get the Ss to work in pairs and practice the conversations in 1c ,then make conversations about the other animals in the picture by using the words below. Ask some pairs to act out .
　　Step 5 Task
　　Have the Ss work in groups of four and ask their group members what animals they want to see and why. Fill in the chart. After that ,have some Ss report what they got .
　　Step 6 Homework 
　　1. Copy the new words. 
　　2. Read and recite the  conversations in 1
　　3. Marvey about one’s parents’ favorite animals and the reasons.  
　　板书设计：
　　Unit 3 Why do you like koalas?
　　Let’s see the lions.
　　Why do you want to see the lions.       
　　Because they’re cute.