Unit 4 Jenny and Danny Come to ChinaLesson 21Lead-inHow many months are there in a year?There are 12 months.What are the 12 months?They are January, February, March, April…In China, years have names, too. The names are animals.New wordsyear年；岁also而且；也The twelve animalsIn China, years have names. Each year has an animal name. Look! The rat is the first. This is an ox. Here’s a tiger.What’s this?A rabbit.This is a dragon. Here’s a snake.This is a horse.You know this animal! It’s a sheep!You know this one, too! It’s a monkey.What’s this?A rooster.Do you know this one? It’s a dog. The twelfth animal is a pig. How many animals are there? Let’s see... one, two, three...twelve!Language points1. What year is it? 今年是什么年？ 本句询问的是今年是哪个生肖，其回答一般用“ It is the year of ＋生肖”来回答。 例句：— 2017 年是什么年？—是鸡年。 What year is 2017? It is the year of the rooster. 本句是 there be 句型的特殊疑问句，由 how many 作疑问词，意为“多少（个 / 件 / 只……）”。 注意： how many 作疑问词时，后面要接复数名词。其答语一般要用基数词描述具体的数量。2. How many animals are there? 有多少个动物？例句：你有多少本书？ 我有 12 本书。 How many books do you have? I have twelve books.拓展：英语中对不可数名词的量，一般用 how much 提问。例句：杯子里有多少水？ How much water is there in the glass? 它多少钱？ How much (money) is it? What is your year?What is your year?Li Ming: I’m 10 years old. My year is the year of the rat. Jenny: What is my year?Li Ming: You’re 10 years old, too. Your year is also the year of the rat. Danny: My year is the year of the cat! I can eat rats!Li Ming: No, Danny. There is no year of the cat. Your year is the year of the pig. You’re 11 years old.Activity: talk abou...
