S： The dog is black.

　　(3) 讀前活動(dòng)：導(dǎo)入故事主題

　　教師先介紹一下自己喜歡的動(dòng)物并說(shuō)明理由，如My favourite animal is the dolphin because it is cute. 然后讓學(xué)生分組自由發(fā)言，相互介紹自己喜歡的動(dòng)物并說(shuō)明理由。例如：

　　S1： My favourite animal is the monkey because it is cute.

　　S2： My favourite animal is the elephant because it is big and strong.

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　　教師巡視并隨機(jī)與學(xué)生交流�；顒�(dòng)結(jié)束后，教師提出假設(shè)問(wèn)題并讓學(xué)生分組進(jìn)行討論，記錄結(jié)果：Just now you told us your favourite animals and your reasons. Now let‘s suppose you are a cat. What’s your favourite animal？ Why？ Now you are a dog. What‘s your favourite animal？ Why？

　　討論結(jié)束后，教師收集學(xué)生討論結(jié)果，或用實(shí)物投影，或板書討論結(jié)果，與學(xué)生共同分享，并導(dǎo)入本單元的故事主題：

　　Let’s see what the dog‘s or the cat’s favourite animal is. Why？

　　2. 讀中活動(dòng)：學(xué)習(xí)故事

　　(1) 呈現(xiàn)、感知故事

　�、僖龑�(dǎo)學(xué)生觀察第一幅圖，嘗試思考以下問(wèn)題：What do you see in this picture？ What are they talking about？