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Unit 1
At one with nature
Developing ideas
Pre-reading
A Love of
Gardening
What is this passage about?
Prediction
What do you think is mentioned in the passage?
Gardens.
Read for structure
Choose the topic sentences and write them on the lines to complete the passage.
As well as being good for the environment, gardening is also good for the soul.
But in cities, limited space has led to people looking for new solutions.
For many people in the UK, their garden is their own private world.
This is what started the British love of gardening.
Read for structure
①“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” These words come from the author of the book The Secret Garden, first published in 1911. At that time, only the very rich in Britain had gardens. Very soon after this, homes with gardens began to be built. .
Today, millions of Brits like to say that they have “greenfingers",with around half the population spending their free time gardening.
As well as being good for the environment, gardening is also good for the soul.
But in cities, limited space has led to people looking for new solutions.
For many people in the UK, their garden is their own private world.
This is what started the British love of gardening.
What started the Brit’s love for gardening?
Read for structure
Para.1
Origin
Soon after the publication of
_________________in1911,
_______________ began to be built.
The Secret Garden
homes with gardens
Read for structure
② .
Each spring, children plant sunflowers and wait to see which one is the tallest. Expert gardeners know just the right corner for roses, and others spend hours trying to grow perfect vegetables to enter into competitions. And while many Brits like nothing better than spending their Su