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Lesson13
Why Are Plants Important?
pleasant adj. 使人愉快的
shade n. 树荫
die v. 死 (died/died)
energy n. 能量
heat n. 热; v. 加热
bamboo n. 竹子
kilogram n. 千克
New words
Read the text and answer the questions .
1. What are Danny, Jenny and Brian talking about?
They are talking about trees and the reason why we need them .
2. Donuts don’t grow on trees, do they?
No, they don’t.
3.Why do we need trees ?
Clean the air.
Give us food.
Make and build things with trees .
Sit under a tree in the shade.
Make books from trees.
Many animals live in trees.
Cover the soil.
Take energy from the sun and make it into food.
people and animals need the food to live.
Language points
1.It’s pleasant to walk among the trees.
1) pleasant 使人愉快的、有趣
pleased 只用于人不用于物,指某人满足 了自己的愿望而感到高兴
I’m very ________you can come.
2)among 一般用于三者或三者以上之中。
between 一般 用于两者之间。
I sit _________Danny ______Jenny.
between
and
pleased
2.Donuts don’t grow on trees!
辨析:on the tree (on trees) 与in the tree (in trees)
两者都表示“在树上”,用in时一般表示不从属于树本身生长的,如鸟、人等。用on时则指树本身的东西,如树叶、花等。
There are some apples___________. 树上结着一些苹果。
There is a bird__________. 树上有一只鸟。
on the tree
in the tree
3.Then the water don’t carry the soil
away.
carry away把搬(移)走
the flood ___________the wooden bridge.
洪水把桥冲走了。
[拓展]
carry back运回,拿回 carry off轻而易举地完成
carry out 执行 carry forward发扬,推进
carried away
4.All plants take energy from the sun and make it into food.
make …into…把…制成…用于主动语态,be made into用……制成,用于被动语态。
_______glass____ bottles. 用玻璃制成瓶子。
Metals can ___________all kinds of things. 金属可以制成多种多样的物品。
Make
into
be made into
专练二. 记住下列词组的用法:
(1) make … into … “把……制成……”
be made from “由(原料)制成”
be made of “ 由( 原料)制成”
be made by 被(某人)制成
be made in 在(某地)制造
(2). 选择填空:
1. We make books ___ trees.
A. in B .from C. at D. in
B
2. We can make cotton _______ cloth.
A. into B. on C. from D. of
The chair is made _____ wood.
A. in B. of C