Animal story

Cute cats

Cats are very popular all over the internet and social media. Why are they so popular?

Cats

• Cats are a type of animals called felines.

• Cats have big eyes, long whiskers, and sharp teeth.

• Cats are very curious.

Multiple Choice

Cats like to

• Play with dogs

• Swim

• Sleep in the sun

• walk in the park

Multiple Choice

In Egypt they used to worship （ 朝拜） cats as Gods.

• True

• False

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Cats have

• Long tails

• sharp claws

• great night sight

• soft paws

Describe what this cat is doing?

On the paper?

Under the paper?

In the paper?

包装/包裹/好奇心/好奇

这只猫是用纸包裹的。猫经常喜欢在房子周围玩东西。这就是他们喜欢学习的方式。有时他们会遇到麻烦。我们喜欢说“好奇杀死了猫”。我们还说猫有9条生命。他们经常遇到麻烦但逃脱。

Wrapped

This cat is wrapped in paper. Cats often like to play with things around the house. This is how they like to learn. Sometimes they can get into trouble. We like to say "Curiosity killed the cat". We also say that cats have 9 lives. they often get into trouble but escape.

Cat in trouble

What is happening? Why is it happening?

Tough( 强韧） cats and tall tables

Cats can often fall off tables, off chairs or into boxes. What has happened to this cat? The good thing about cats are they are very tough. They can fall from a tall table and still be ok. How do they do this?

Jumping cats

猫的体重很轻，但后腿却很强壮。他们可以跳到自己身高的六倍。人类根本不如猫跳。

Back legs / Body weight / As good as.

Cats have very low body weight but also very powerful back legs. They can leap up to six times their own height. Humans are not as good at jumping as cats.

Grammar point

• Use these two ways to compare

• New Zealand is smaller than China.

• New Zealand is not as big as China.

• New Zealand is as big as Japan ( same )

Spring （蹦） / Leap （跳跃）/ crouch (蹲伏）claws ( 爪）

Cats leap high. They can leap by crouching. They crouch low then jump up like a spring. They use their claws to hold the ground before they leap into the air.

Packed ( full of ) / Internet / social media / clip ( 短片）

The internet is packed full of clips of people's cats. Cat's are funny and they do interesting things. Maybe because life is stressful, people love the cute simplicity of cats.

Multiple Choice

Why can cats jump so high?

• They can crouch and leap like a spring.

• they use their long tail to push them.

• They use their cuteness to make them leap higher.

Multiple Choice

What are two things about a cats body that help it leap?

• Tail and legs

• legs and light body

• tail and claws

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is not correct?

• China is bigger than New Zealand.

• China is not as small as New Zealand.

• China is as big as New Zealand.