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Lesson 1
Roots and Shoots
Rita
1. What is happening in each picture?
Leave the tap running while you brush your teeth.
Leave a light on when you go out.
Drop a piece of litter and cannot be bothered to pick it up.
2. Have you ever done any of these things?
3. What would happen if everybody did the same things?
What other similar behaviors do you know?
Look at the title of the passage — “ROOTS & SHOOTS”, and guess what the passage is about.
ROOTS
SHOOTS
1. What’s the genre of this passage?
A. An argumentation B. A narrative
C. A news article D. An exposition(说明文)
Skim the text and finish these two tasks.
2.Match each paragraph to its main idea.
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
Para 4:
a. The meaning of its name
b. What is Just-me-ism
c. A call to action
d. Basic information of Roots and Shoots
“Just-me-ism”
Examples Leaving the tap 1. while you brush your teeth
Leaving a light 2. when you go out.
dropping litter and not being bothered to 3. .
Personal opinion Knowing those things are 4. but thinking it doesn't 5. .
Harm 6. .
Read paragraph 1 carefully and complete the following chart.
Wasting a lot of energy
wrong
matter
on
pick it up
running
Read paragraph 2-3&complete the table in exercise 3:
Roots
&
Shoots The time of its establishment
The founder
The purpose
The meaning of its name
Read paragraph 2-3&complete the table in exercise 3:
Roots
&
Shoots The time of its establishment
The founder
The purpose
The meaning of its name
The early 1990s
Dr. Jane Goodall
to educate young people to help build a secure future and live together in peace with nature
para . 3
The organisation is called Roots & Shoots because roots move slowly under the ground to make a firm foundation, and shoots seem small and weak, but they can break open bri