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Unit 5 Water
Reading
Lead in
Discuss: Where is water from? Where else do you know?
Pre-reading
How much do you know about water? Try this short quiz below. Circle the correct answer.
1. You can live without water for a few____.
a. hours b. days c. weeks
2. When you exercise, you need____water.
a. more b. less c. no
3. Water covers about____of the Earth.
a. one third b. one half c. two thirds
4. About____of the water on Earth is “fresh” or without salt.
a. 3% b. 10% c. 20%
Pre-reading
Look at the picture below and put the following sentences in the correct order. Write the numbers 1-5 in the boxes.
It runs into rivers.
It rises from the sea to the sky.
It runs into the sea.
It falls as rain again.
Water falls from the clouds as rain.
2
3
4
5
1
Pre-reading
Look at the picture and the title of the story on page 59. Who do you think is talking to the girl?
Water talks
Reading
Watch the flash.
Reading
Answer the questions according to the flash.
1. Who does the drop of water talk to ?
2. What does the drop of water ask the girl to do ?
3. What does the drop of water mainly talk about ?
The drop of water talks about its long journey from the cloud to the tap.
The drop of water asks Dora to turn the tap off.
The drop of water talks to Dora.
Reading
Read the articles and understand.
Water talks
Dora was in the bathroom. The tap was on.
“Turn that tap off,” said an angry voice. “You're wasting water.”
Dora looked around, but there was no one there.
“Who are you?”
“I'm a drop of water. Do you know where I come from?”
Language points
1 . “Turn that tap off,” said an angry voice. “You're wasting water.”
“把水龙头关掉,”一个愤怒的声音说。“你在浪费水。”
turn off 关掉
turn on 打开
turn up 开大
turn down 关小
Reading
“From the tap?” asked Dora.
“A few days ago, I was in a cloud,” said the drop of water. “Then I drop