Unit 4 Amazing Plants and Animals 全單元聽力材料 2025新人教版英語八年級(jí)上冊(cè)

Unit4AmazingPlantsandAnimals

SectionA,1band1c

Conversation1

Emma:Hi,Yaming.Whatareyoudoing?

Yaming:Hi,Emma.I'mstartingtotestonanimalsandplants.

Emma:Soundsfun.Let'stakeittogether.

Yaming:OK.Firstquestion.What'sthelargestanimalintheworld?

Emma:It'sthebluewhale,right?

Yaming:Right.It'salsotheheaviestanimalonearth.Nextquestion.

Whichanimalrunsthefastest?

Emma:Ohwait!Ijustreadaboutit.Thecheetahrunsthefastest.

Yaming:Rightagain!AndIthinkit'sthemostbeautifulanimalinthe

world.

Emma:Icompletelyagreewithyou.

Conversation2

Yaming:Nowlet'sanswerthequestionsaboutplants.Whatistheoldestplantintheworld?

Emma:Hmm,I'mnotsure.Doyouhaveanyidea?

Yaming:Well,Ithinkmossisoneoftheoldestplants.Itappearedoneartharound470millionyearsago...Oh,lookhere.I'mcorrect!

Emma:Interesting!Let'sgoon!

Yaming:Whichkindoftreeisthetallestintheworld?

Emma:Theredwoodtree,right?

Yaming:Yes!IhopeIcanseesomesomeday.

SectionA,2aand2d

Ella:Oh,what'sthat,ChenJie?It'ssobeautiful!

ChenJie:Thanks.It'safoldingfan.Iboughtitlastyear.

Ella:Oh!Ithasapaintingofbambooonit.

ChenJie:Yeah.Bambooisoneofthemostpopularsubjectsin

Chinesepaintings.It'sasymbolofgoodnessinChinese

culture.

Ella:Ididn'tknowthatbefore.So,wheredidyougetthatfan?

ChenJie:AttheBambooSeainSichuan,thelargestandoldest

bambooforestinChina.Ilearntlotsofinterestingthings

whenIwasthere.

Ella:Really?Likewhat?

ChenJie:Well,bambooisoneofthefastest-growingplants.Some

bamboocangrowalmostonemetreinoneday.Also,it'soneofthemostusefulplantsintheworld.Peoplecanuse

ittobuildhousesandmaketoolsandinstruments.

Ella:Oh,that'sinteresting.Irememberpandaslovetoeatbambootoo,right?

ChenJie:Exactly!Actually,weeatbambooshootstoo.They'rereallydelicious.

SectionB1b

WeCan'tLiveWithoutBees

Imagineyougotothesupermarketinyourarea,buttherearealmostnofruits,vegetables,honey,milk,eggs,orchocolate.Howwouldyoufeel?Disappointed?Angry?Sad?Atthismomentyourealizepeople,plants,andanimalsareallconnected.Weneedeachothertolive,andbeesareoneofthebestexamplesofthisconnection.

Beesareveryhard-workinganimals,andtheirgreatestworkispollination.Ononetrip,theyoftenvisit50to100flowers.Astheyfly

fromoneflowertoanother,theytakepollenwiththem.Thisactionhelpsplantsgrow.Infact,withouttheirwork,about80percentoftheplantsintheworldcannotgrow.Forthisreason,manyscientistsbelievethatbeesarethemostimportantanimalsonthisplanet.

Beesarealsooneofthemostinterestinganimalsintheworld.

Forexample,theyworkhardtogethertomaketheirhomes.Inordertostorehoney,theycreatehoneycombs.Anotherinterestingthingaboutbeesishowtheycommunicate.Whenabeefindsnewfood,itusesadancetotelltheotherswhereandhowfarawaythefoodis.

Beesareanimportantpartoftheecosystemofourplanet.

However,thenumberofbeesisdropping,andscientistsareworried.Theyneedourhelp,andthereisalotwecando.Think

aboutwhatyoucandotoprotectoneofthemostamazinganimals

onearth.

ReadingPlus

TheBraveHomingPigeon

(AdaptedfromErnestSeton'sAnimalHeroes)

SomewhereintheAtlanticOcean,1862.

Thecaptainsighed.Thiswasthethickestfoghehadeverseen.

Theywereover330kilometresfromtheclosestland,sohedidn'tknowwheretogo.TheshipwasonitswaytoEurope.JusttenhoursagotheyleftNewYork,butnowtheenginestoppedworking.Clearly,theyneededhelp!

Suddenly,thecaptainrememberedthehomingpigeons.Herantothemquickly,wroteamessageforhelp,andtiedittoBigBlue'sleg.BigBlueflewupandthenreturnedalmostrightaway.

Thecaptainbecamemoreworried.

"Youareourlasthope,littleguy,"saidthecaptainashetiedanotetoArmy,thesmallerandyoungerofthetwopigeons.Thecaptainthrewhimintotheair.Armyflewaroundandaround,higher

andhigher.Soon,thebirdwasawayfromtheship,andthecaptaincouldn'tseeArmyanymore.

"That'sagoodsign,"saidthecaptainwithmorehope.

Almost340kilometresaway,Billyheardfast-movingwingscomeintohisbuildingandgostraighttothewaterbowl.

"Hithere,littleguy.Well,aren'tyouthethirstiestbird!"Billysmiled.Thenhesawthenote.

Billyknewwhattodo.Hetook