Fish Story

Can you name these animals?

whale shark

tropical fish sea horse

seals lobster

turtle

starfish

octopus

jellyfish

dolphin

squid

seashells

gold fishfish tank

coral

sea lion

prawn

crab

fin

tail

scales

gills 1

2

3

4

A. Do you know the different parts of a fish?

B. You will read a story about fish. What do you know about them? Say whether each of

the following is T or F. • 1. Fish cannot a. sleep b. breathe c. feel pain2. Some fish a. catch insects for food.b. can fly.c. can talk.d. are invisible.e. build nests for their families.3. Dolphins and whales are not fish.

F

T

F F

T

TT

FF

C. This ad. appeared in a newspaper. Complete it with the words from the story on Page 73.

Happy Day’s （ 1 ） _____ shop ！• The world’s only (2 ） ________ fish.• They need (3) ______ food.• The female is the (4)_____ _____ creature alive. She

becomes (5) ______ after she (6) _____ her eggs.• All customers will be completely (7)_______. • The fish will give hours of (8) ______ to you and to your

(9) _______. Buy now before we sell (10) _____ of them.

Petinvisible

nomost beautiful

visible

layssatisfied

pleasurefriends

out

Learn some new vocabularies by looking at the pictures.

Vocabulary

ghost

femalemale

whisper

receipt

pepper

rocket

soya milk

plaza

nest

C Find the meanings (Page 74 )

C2:

1.fortunate 2.closely

3. whispering 4. creature

5. widely 6. sold out of

7. in no time

C1: d h a g f

Talk with your partner:What do you like to do in your free time?Do you have any hobbies?How often do you practise it?How did you start to like it at first?

1.Are there any invisible fish like the African ghost fish in the world ？

Read the story and with the following questions in mind:

3.What’s your opinion

on Happy Day?

2.Why did so manypeople buy Happy Day’s invisible fish?

D. Read and think (P75)D1. Read the questions and choose the best answers.1.Why is a person lucky to see a female Ghost

Fish?

a. Because it is very beautiful.

b. Because it is completely quiet.

2. What is special about the African Ghost Fish?

a. They are invisible and need no food.

b. They need big fish tanks.

3.Why do Happy’s fish tanks sell very quickly ? a. There are cheap. b. His customers want to see the fish.4. Why are Happy’s customers very satisfied? a. It is relaxing to look at the invisible fish. b. They all saw the beautiful female fish.5.Why did Grandpa whisper ‘Thank you, Happy.’? a. Because happy’s fish will keep the children

quiet so Grandpa can have a nap. b. Because the children might be able to see a fe

male Ghost Fish.

D2. Find these two sentences in the story. What does each word in italics refer to? Write short answers. The number of words in the group is given in brackets.

1.… it is an unforgettable experience.(5 words)

Seeing a female Ghost Fish

2. It was so relaxing.(5 words)Looking at the invisible fish

Deeper understanding

Read the textparagraph by paragraph to getmore informationand find out the important phrases from the text andunderline them and then write them in the notebook:

1. 从一个学生那 收到这张条子2. 谋生3. 到很多地方旅游4. 开宠物店5. 根据6. 世界唯一的无形鱼7. 下蛋

receive this note from a student

make a living

travel widely

open a pet shop

according to

the world’s only invisible fish

lay eggs

8. 一眨眼工夫 9. 非常有幸10. 最漂亮的活体生物11. 鱼缸12. 卖完13. 前往另一个镇14. 对某人某事感到满意15. 极少收到投诉

in no time

be extremely fortunate

the most beautiful creature alive

fish tank

sell out

leave for another town

be satisfied with sb./sth

rarely receive a complaint

16. 事实上17. 乐意做某事18. 令人放松19. 一段难忘的经历20. 想小睡一会21. 密切注视22. 从房间里兴奋地冲出来

in fact

take pleasure in doing sth

be relaxing

an unforgettable experiencewant a nap/want to have a nap/want to take a nap

watch closely

rush excited from the room

Word Study

1. breathe: (v) (1) to take air into your lungs and send it out again 呼吸 breathe in/ breathe out eg. I feel it is hard to breathe. (2) to blow air or smoke out of your mouth 呼气；喷出…烟雾eg. Roy breathed on his hands and rubbed them together vigorously.

out of breath

breathless 气喘吁吁

呼吸新鲜空气take a breath of fresh air

hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸

2. breath (n)

3. insect (n)a small creature such as a fly or ant, that has six legs and sometimes wrings

eg. Insects are flying around the lamp.

昆虫围着灯光飞舞．　　 An ant is a small insect living on the ground.

蚂蚁是一种生活在地上的小昆虫．

昆虫

4. alive (a) ( 常作表语，作定语时放在修饰的名词后面，不放在名词前面 )

still living and not dead 活着的，在世的eg. That injured animal is still alive.

　　那头受伤的动物还活着。　　 The old man is still alive. 那老人依然在世。 He is the happiest man alive.

　　他是世界上最幸福的人。

5. ghost (n) the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place:

eg. He looked as if he had seen a ghost.

　　他看上去象见了鬼似的。 Do you believe the ghost is in existence?

　　你相信有鬼魂存在吗？ We used to scare each other by telling ghost stories. 我们过去经常讲鬼故事来彼此吓唬。

6 .receive (v) to be officially given something 收到；正式得到eg. We will be pleased to receive your order.

我方将很高兴收到贵方的订单。　　我昨天收到了你的来信。I received your letter yesterday.I got a letter from you yesterday.I received a letter from you yesterday.I heard from you yesterday.

7. in no time – immediately/ at once

I’ll be ready in no time.

　　我马上就准备好。 If your ask him the question, he will give you

the answer in no time.

8. according to– as said by someone or

shown by something 主要用来表示“根据”某学说、某书刊、某文件、某人所说等或表示“按照”某法律某规定、某惯例、某情况等。 According to our records, you still have six of our books.

According to the weather forcast, we shall have rain tomorrow. 根据时刻表，火车 8 点 27 分进站。

According to the timetable, the train gets in at 8:27.

9.extremely (ad) very; to a very great degree 极其；非常

eg. She is extremely pretty.

This method is extremely good. 　　10. fortunate (a) lucky 幸运的 fortunately= luckily

unfortunate= unlucky

be fortunate to do sth 有幸做某事

eg. You’ll be extremely fortunate to see her ， because she’s the most beautiful creature alive.

你会非常有幸见到她，因为她是世界上最漂亮的活体生物。It is fortunate you didn’t forget. 幸好你没忘。

It is very fortunate of me to have you around.

=I’m very fortunate to have you around.

有你们在身边，我真是幸运。

11.satisfied (adj) content; pleased 满意的对某人某事感到满意be satisfied with sb/sth be pleased with sb/sth

be content with sb/sth

请比较： The result was satisfying. 结果是令人满意的。 We were quite satisfied with the result.

我们对结果感到十分满意。

satisfy (v. 满足，使满意） Some people are very hard to satisfy.

10. pleasure (n) happiness, gladness; delight 高兴；快乐；愉快

please (v) please sb= make sb happy.

pleased (a) =happy, delighted, satisfied

take pleasure in doing sth 乐意做某事 eg. Many children take pleasure in playing computer games.

more examples:

1.Talking with you is a pleasure.2.It’s a pleasure for me to help you.

more expressions: It’s my pleasure/ My pleasure. 不用谢。 with my pleasure. 非常愿意 / 非常乐意at your pleasure 随你的便；悉听尊便

13.make one’s living

earn one’s living 谋生eg. He had to gather firewood to make a living.

他不得不靠打柴为生。 She worked hard all her life to make a living.

她终生为生活劳碌。

15.apology (n) regret; excuse; explanation

apologize (v) say sorry; express regret; make an apology; beg pardon 抱歉 eg. 1. We received a letter of apology.

2. I must apologize.

Grammar

Adverbs

副词的种类、用法和位置： 副词在句子中可以修饰动词、形容词、副词或整个句子，用来表示时间、场所、状态及程度。1.副词的种类：副词按词汇意义可分为： 方式副词： very （好）、 fast （快）、 slowly （慢） carefully （小心） 程度副词： very （很）、 much （很）、 enough （足 够） almost （几乎）