English Learn —— RAZ_N level

P7 Beyond the Five Senses

• you probably know about the five basic senses: hearing, sight, smell, touch and taste. Do you know that animals can also have many other senses ? some of these are common to most animals. Others are rate and amazing.
• body-posiiton sense
• pain sense
• sense of balance
• temperature sense
• time sense
• sounds sense
• color vision
• whisker sense
• electric-field sense
• magnetic field sense

there are many senses beyond the five basic senses. As you explore the world, think about the extra senses that animals, including you, use every day.

P 20 Earth water
focus question ? Why is water important ?

1. precipitaion /prɪˌsɪpɪˈteɪʃn/ n, 降雨

2. it is the process that the condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere that fall down under the influence of gravity.

3. changing water:
   Earth`s water is always changing from one state to another. When frozen water is heated, it melts and become liquid water, when liquid water is coolded, it freezes and becomes ice.

4. glaciers /ˈglæsiəz/ / 冰川

P 21 elephants
5. the elephants are the largest land animals in the world
6. can weigh as much as six cars.
7. I definitely do not want an elephant to sit on me !
8. heavy gray bodies, thick leges, wrinkled skin, and floppy ears. a pair of tusks
9. use their tusks to peel the bark off trees and to dig for minerals.
10. largest ears of any animal to hear swat insects, cool off show their feeling.
11. long trunk nose and upper lip joined together into a special shape.

P 22 Extreme Animals
12. Check out these fun facts about some of the most remarkable animals in the world !

biggest ：
the gigantic blue whale is the biggest creature. it is as long as half of a football field.
an elephant can be over 4.5 meters tall and weigh as much as two big pickup trucks.（皮卡）
a giraffe has extra long legs that make it as tall as a two-story house.（两层房子）
long / wide /tall / weigh (v)

smallest :
bee hummingbird is only 5 centimeters long and weighs less than spoonful of water.
A Chihuahua is the smallest dog. it can ride along in your pocket
tarsier, a tiny monkey with big eyes, it is as small as a mouse.