Unit 6 At One with Nature Developing ideas 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Developing ideas Unit 6 At one with nature A Love of Gardening Gardening in the UK People in the UK love gardening. Nearly half of British people regard gardening as a hobby they generally enjoy. They spend much time maintaining their gardens, and among people aged 55 and above, the time goes even more. According to some research, people in the UK spend an average of 30,000 pounds on their gardens during their lives. 1 background information Let’s read the passage to know more about gardening in Britain. 2 Read for main idea Read the passage and choose the topic sentence function : highly summarize the paragraph location : at the beginning in the middle at the end a. As well as being good for the environment, gardening is also good for the soul. b. But in cities, limited space has led to people looking for new solutions. c. For many people in the UK, their garden is their own private world. d. This is what started the British love of gardening! d. This is what started the British love of gardening! c. For many people in the UK, their garden is their own private world. b. But in cities, limited space has led to people looking for new solutions. a. As well as being good for the environment, gardening is also good for the soul. Origin Activities Solutions Benefits Read for main idea Para 1: Why does the author use the sentence in The secret Garden? This is what started the British love of gardening！ To introduce the topic of this passage. Quotation引用 Persuasive 有说服力的 It's not the lack of beauty in life, but the lack of the eyes to find the beauty. ——Auguste Rodin 3 Read for details Only the very rich in Britain had gardens. Homes with gardens began to be built. Millions of Brits like to say that they have “green fingers”. around 1911 Very soon after that Today What do different people do in their gardens? For many people in the UK, their garden is their own private world. Different people The activities in their garden Children expert gardeners others many Brits some plant sunflowers and wait to see which one is tallest know the right corner for roses spend Sunday cutting the grass; 3 Read for details grow perfect vegetables to enter into the competition sit under the branches of the trees. Para 3: What is the problem people faced with? How to solve it? But in cities, limited space has led to people looking for new solutions. 3 Read for details limited space Problems Solutions rent small pieces of land turn rooftops and walls into private gardens Para 4: What are the benefits of gardens? How to understand the last sentence? As well as being good for the environment, gardening is also good for the soul. When there are beautiful and positive ideas in our minds, we will feel fulfilled, and won't be easily influenced by negative thoughts and ideas. Quotation引用 persuasive； echo with the beginning首尾呼应 3 Read for details positive ideas negative ideas be good for environment and soul metaphor A Love of Gardening Why--Origin: What activities: Children： Expert gardeners: Common people: Those without outside space: rent small pieces of land turn rooftops and walls into private gardens How gardens benefit Brits : 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 make city greener and improve air quality …good for soul allows you to be at one with nature create more beautiful living things What solutions: 4 post reading 1. Read the passage again and find out important information. 2. Prepare questions for the interview. Use the information from the passage. 3. Decide the roles of interviewer and interviewee. 4 post reading Act out an interview about gardening in Britain. Interview questions ٭How many British people love gardening? ٭In what ways do British people enjoy gardening? ٭What do people living in the city do, with limited space for gardening? ٭When was The Secret Garden published? Why do you think it was well received? ٭ What are the benefits of gardening? ... $$