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Unit 6 The power of plants
Developing ideas (阅读)
Revision
Brainstorm
What’s your favourite drink?
Is it common?
What’s the most common drink in China? Do you like tea? Do your family like tea?
Do you think tea is important in China? Why?
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
Read the title and guess the topic.
tea
Skim the passage and summarise the structure.
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
A
B
C
Read the first paragraph and answer the questions.
What’s the passage mainly about?
The importance of tea to different cultures.
It means tea is an important part of different cultures.
Read the second paragraph and complete the form.
Feng Tao from China
What kind of tea does he drink?
Who does he drink tea with?
Where does he drink tea?
Feng Tao from China
What kind of tea does he drink? Most of my classmates prefer coffee, but I will always choose green tea.
Who does he drink tea with? Grandpa used to take me to the teahouse.
He and his friends (grandpa’s friends) drank tea and shared their news.
Where does he drink tea? Grandpa used to take me to the teahouse.
Read the second paragraph and complete the form.
Six kinds of tea in China
Tea
Green tea 绿茶
Oolong tea 乌龙茶
White tea 白茶
Black tea 红茶
Yellow tea 黄茶
Dark tea 黑茶
“as… as”意为“和……一样”,例如: The tea is as hot as the midday sun.
The tea leaves are as many as the stars in the sky.
...
as + adj. / adv. + as not as / so + adj. / adv. + as
Read the third paragraph and complete the form.
Emma Jones from Britain
What kind of tea does she drink?
Who does she drink tea with?
Where does she drink tea?
Emma Jones from Britain
What kind of tea does she drink? We chat and relax in the yard with black tea and biscuits.
Who does she drink tea with? My husband can drink eight cups a day! When my kids were young, I always made tea for them after school.
Where does she drink tea? We chat and relax in the yard with black tea and biscuits.
Read the third paragraph and complete the form.
It’s no secret that... 的用法
It’s no secret that plants are important in the natural world.
众所周知,植物对自然界极为重要。
It’s no secret that trees can keep the soil from being washed away.
树木可以减少土壤流失。
Tea makes him feel back home.
It’s their way of connecting.
Green tea.
Black tea.
Her husband and kids.
His grandpa and grandpa’s friends.
In the teahouse.
At home.
What does the title mean?
What do the two stories have in common?
Do you agree that tea is “more than a drink”? Why or why not?
Think and share.
Think and share.
What does the title mean?
The title has two meanings. One is to ask what someone likes or is good at.
Another is to ask which kind of tea someone prefers.
What do the two stories have in common?
The stories are about the importance of tea in people’s lives. They show how tea brings people together.
Do you agree that tea is “more than a drink”? Why or why not?
Yes, I agree that tea is “more than a drink”. It helps families and friends connect.
Choose one story to retell based on the mind map.
Let’s retell.
Listen to the passage and pick out the sentences you appreciate the most.
It is not only good for our health, but also a key part of many cultures.
It’s more than a drink for me. A cup of warm tea always makes me feel like I’m back home.
It’s our way of connecting.
Homework
Search for information about tea and people in other countries, then share it with your classmates.
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