课前准备
1.教学挂图。
2.教学投影片。
3.教学录音磁带。
4.与故事内容有关的物品，如：汽车头饰、交通灯、大象头饰等。
教学内容
Fun Time
1.这个故事讲的是小丑带着马戏团的一只大象去动物园，在街上碰见了Lily和Bill，他们与大象结成为好朋友。大象在过马路时，从街对面过来一个推着自行车的行人，自行车上带着一些香蕉，该行人与大象打过招呼后就过了马路。这时大象突然停在马路当中不走了，小丑、Lily和Bill使劲推它，它不动，警察也过来帮忙，它还是不动。这时街对面的交通灯变成了绿色的，大象挡住了所有南来北往的车辆。怎么办?Bill想出了一个好主意，把大象引过了马路。是什么主意呢?请学生猜一猜。(答案：用香蕉引大象过马路。)
2.学生通过学习故事，复习本单元的交际用语：Where are you going?
3.通过本故事的学习，培养学生运用所学知识观察和判断的能力。如：观察故事中交通灯的变化(可以用到在第28课中学到的有关交通灯的知识)，大象为什么停在马路中间不走了(懂得大象的生活习性)等。
4.故事中新的语言项目是：Why are you stopping here? Move, elephant.Let's go together.
5.本部分学习内容的难点是：move单词的读音和move单词中字母v的读音。
6.课堂操作语言建议：
图1 This is a story about an elephant.What do you see in picture 1? Or what do you see in the street? ( I can see ….or There is ….)OK.The clown rides the elephant.They meet Lily and Bill in the street.The clown introduces Elephant to Bill and Lily.He says,“Hi, Bill and Lily.This is my friend, Elephant.”Bill and Lily say to elephant,“Hello, Elephant.”
图2 Look at picture 2.Do you know where they are going? Let's guess.OK! They are going to the zoo.
图3 Look at picture 3.Bill and Lily ride the elephant, too.What colour is the traffic light now? ( ….)Yes.The traffic light is getting green.The clown says,“The traffic light is green.Let's go.”
图4 What do you see in picture 4? ( I see)A man trundles a bike toward the elephant.There are some bananas on the bike.He says to the elephant,“Hi, Elephant! ”The traffic light is yellow.What happens now? Look at picture 5, please.
图5 The elephant stops in the middle of the road.All the vehicles can't go.A policeman comes and says,“Why are you stopping here? Go!” WHY? (….)
图6 Look at Picture 6.What are the people doing now? (….)What do they want to do? (….)All the people are pushing the elephant.They want to move the elephant.But the elephant is still in the middle of the road.
图7 Look at Picture 7.Who has got a good idea? (….)The elephant walks across the road.Do you know how the elephant walks across the road?