Unit4 More practice and culture corner语篇阅读课件2022-2023学年沪教牛津版（广州沈阳通用）七年级英语下册

七下 Unit 4 More practice & Culture corne Lead in Look at the picture and guess: It's the Amazon rainforest. Where is it? Lead in What do you know about the Amazon rainforest? The Amazon rainforest is called “the lung of the world”. There are all kinds of plants there. Lead in What do you know about the Amazon rainforest? There are all kinds of animals there. Lead in What do you know about the Amazon rainforest? It is the home of all kinds of birds, too. Reading The Amazon rainforest The Amazon rainforest in South America is the largest rainforest in the world. It covers five and a half million square kilometres of the Amazon Basin and spreads across nine countries. The Amazon rainforest is very important because it is home to thousands of animals, birds and insects. Listen, read and understand. Reading However, people are destroying the area by cutting down many of the trees. This is called “deforestation”. Many living things lose their homes because of deforestation. As a result, the number of kinds of animals, birds, insects and trees in the world is decreasing. We must do our best to protect the Amazon rainforest. Language points 1.The Amazon rainforest is very important because it is home to thousands of animals, birds and insects. 亚马逊雨林是非常重要的,因为它是成千上万的动物,鸟类和昆虫的家园。 thousands of+名词复数 “ 数千……,成千上万的”表示笼统数字, 前面不能加具体数字。 eg. Thousands of people paid good money to watch the band perform. 成千上万的人花很多钱去观看这支乐队的演出。 Language points thousand “千”,前面要用具体数字,即“数字+thousand +名词复数” eg. It cost somewhere around two thousand dollars. 买下来要花大约两千元。 (注:类似用法的还有hundred, million, billion等) 中考易错题: There are about _ people on the square. A. thousand of B. two thousands C. thousands of D. two thousand of Language points 2. Many living things lose their homes because of deforestation. 许多生物因为砍伐森林而失去家园。 because of 因为...,后接名词或者动名词 because 因为...,后接从句 eg. She doesn't go to school because of her illness. = She doesn't go to school because she is ill. 她没来上学因为她生病了。 Language points 中考专题练习: 选用because或becaus