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tter, because it is cute/beautiful...” questions and review parative and superlative degrees. 3. Educate students to protect environment to give the animals and flowers a nicer “home”. 4. Show the 4 pictures of 1a to students. Teach the new word “rose” here. 5. Ask students, “Which do you like better, plants or animals? Why?” 6. Invite students to answer this question. New words and sentences (10 minutes) 1. Individual work 2. Individual work 3. Individual work 4. The whole class work 1. Students listen to 1a and write down the answers. They can hear “I like animals better. /I like plants better.” 2. Listen to 1a again and finish 1b. 3. Students share their answers after the examples. 4. Read after the tape sentence by sentence. Mark some pause if necessary. Finish1a. 1. Play 1a. Show two questions to students, “Which does Michael like better, plants or animals?” “Which does Wang Wei like better, plants or animals?” the answers and play 1a again. Ask students to finish 1b. students to share their answers with a whole sentence. . Wang Wei likes roses better. He thinks roses are the nicest of all the flowers. New words and sentences (10 minutes) 5. Group work 6. Individual work and group work 7. Pair work 5. Students read the passage in groups. Group leaders check whether all the members can read the passage and help those who can’t read. 6. Students read 1a carefully and fill in the blanks. Students had better fill in the blanks according to their memories. 7. Report the passage to their partners. 4. Play 1a sentence by sentence. Ask