Unit 7 The Birthday Party

Topic 2

Can you sing an English song?

Section B

sing/play the guitar

They can sing very well. They can also play the guitar.

swim/skate

He can swim very well, but he can’t skate at all.

play basketball/play table tennis Jeremy Lin can play

basketball, and he can play table tennis a little.

play soccer/play basketball

He can play soccer very well, but he can’t play basketball at all.

dance/sing

She can dance very well,and she can sing a little.

Section

B

1aRead and understand

Section

BSection

BSection

B

Listen and answer

She can speak English.She can sing English songs.

She can’t count so many flowers.

Listen, read and complete

Parrot: Welcome ! Welcome !Michael: Oh! Polly, you can English! Can you

____ an song ?Parrot: Of course I can. Happy birthday to you. Happy

birthday to you…Michael: You are so !Jane: What _____ can you do ? Parrot: I can . One, two, three, four…Jane: I’d like to these flowers to the party. _____ you count them for me ?Parrot: Er, no, I _____ count so many flowers. Jane: Aha!

sing

can’t

Can

else

speakEnglish

smart

counttake

Look, ask and answer

What can a monkey do?

It can climb trees, but it can’t swim at all.

What else can it do?

It can ...

climb trees/swim

What can a cat do?

It can catch mice, but it can’t fly at all.

What else can it do?

It can ...

catch mice/fly

What can a pig do ?

It can walk, but it can’t fly at all.

What else can it do?

It can ...

walk/fly

What can a fish do ?

It can swim, but it can’t walk at all.

What else can it do?

It can ...

swim/walk

Listen again and complete the table.

Listen and number the pictures.

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Name Activity Can( ) Can’t( ( )

_________ Zhou cook

Jing Chao _____________

___ Zhao play the piano

Ann ______________

Miss

play soccer

Mr.

use a computer

4

Make a survey : Ask your classmates Qs according to the following expressions. And then tell us something about them. Begin like this:

Jack is my friend. He can speak English very well, but he can’t sing English songs at all. …

swim draw pictures read English books cook play basketball sing Chinese songs

take photos speak Japanese make model planes

Can Mr. Wang speak English?Yes, he can. He can speak it very well.

Yes, he can. He can speak it a little.

Yes, but not very well.

No, he can’t speak it at all.

Write down some sentences to introduce (介绍 ) yourself :

Write an article with can, can’t, very well, not atall, a little, not very well.

Example: Jack is my good friend. He can speak English very well, but he can’t sing English songs. He can speak Japanese, but he can’t speak it very well. He can’t cook at all, and he can speak Chinese a little.