内容正文:
A Love of Gardening
What’s your impression on Brit’s gardens?
What do you know about Brit’s attitude towards their gardens?
Lead-in:
Watch and answer:
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Choose the topic sentences and write them on the lines to complete
the passage.
A topic sentence is a sentence that states or suggests the main idea or topic of a paragraph. Often, a topic sentence comes at the beginning of a paragraph; sometimes, it appears in the middle or at the end.
Activity 1: Read and match the topic sentences with the right paragraphs:
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Activity 2: Read and complete the mind-map:
Brit’s Love
of
Gardening
Why--Origin:____________________________________________
What activities:
Children:________________________________
Expert gardeners:__________________________
Common people:___________________________
Many Brits:___________________________
Some Brits:___________________________
Those without
outside space:
rent small pieces of land
turn rooftops and walls into private gardens
How gardens
benefit Brits :
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the publication of The Secret Garden
plant sunflowers and wait to see which one is the tallest
seek the right corner for roses
grow perfect vegetables to
enter into the competition
spend Sunday cutting the grass
sit under branches of trees
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make city greener and improve air quality
…good for soul
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allows you to be at one with nature
create more beautiful living things
Ⅲ
Intensive reading
Which sentence can show more and more British people love gardening? (Para 1)
Today, millions of Brits like to say that they have “green fingers”, with around half the population spending their free time gardening.
= they are good at growing plants
[BrE]Green fingers= [NAmE]green thumb n. 园艺技能;种植技能
Which sentence can show more and more British people love gardening? (Para 1)
Today, milli