Unit 3 Trees and us Section 1- Reading 课件 2024-2025学年沪教版（2024）七年级英语下册

U3 Trees and us Reading Guessing game Read the sentences below. Can you guess what they are describing? Some are big, some are small. Most of them change colours in different seasons. They make our school beautiful and comfortable. They can make the air fresh. They help us fight pollution. Trees! Pine Tree Oak Tree Maple Tree Pine wood is commonly used in furniture making and paper production. In autumn, the leaves turn different colors, such as red, orange and yellow. Oak wood is widely used in making wine cork(塞子). Palm Tree Fruit Tree Palm oil is from the fruit of the palm tree and is used in cooking. It provides farmers with fruits and it’s an important way for farmers to make money. Before you read Pair work Prediction It’s mainly about the importance of trees. What is the article mainly about? Pre-reading Read the introduction, title, pictures and the first sentence of each paragraph. Our silent friends From the deepest forests to our towns and cities, trees are all around us. We share our world with trees. They are our silent friends, but we often overlook them. In fact, trees are very important for all living things on Earth. To begin with, forests are a safe place for animals, insects and plants to live. Trees are also good for us humans because they take in greenhouse gases like CO2 and produce oxygen. This means they help create a clean environment for everyone on this planet. While-reading Trees make our lives more convenient. Many of the things around us, such as paper and pencils, come from trees. Just look around your room—a lot of the furniture is made of wood. Trees also provide us with delicious fruit and wonderful drinks. For example, we can make tea from the leaves of the tea tree. Trees do so much for us. We can’t imagine a world without them. However, humans are not treating trees in a kind way. We are cutting down forests all around the world. We are polluting the water and the air, and this harms trees. All these things are a big problem. We need to do more to protect trees and save our planet. While reading—Reading for details 1.What does the first paragraph mainly tell us about trees? A. Trees are only found in forests. B. Trees are noisy friends to humans. C. Trees exist widely but are easily ignored. D. Trees cannot live in cities. From the deepest forests to our towns and cities, trees are all around us. We share our world with trees. They are our silent friends, but we often overlook them. topic sentence Read paragraph 2 and work out the structure. In fact, trees are very important for all living things on Earth. animals, insects and plants humans a safe place take in greenhouse gases like CO2 and produce oxygen help create a clean environment supporting details linking words To begin with also While reading—Reading for structure topic sentence Read paragraph 2 and work out the structure. In fact, trees are very important for all living things on Earth. animals, insects and plants humans a safe place take in greenhouse gases like CO2 and produce oxygen help create a clean environment To begin with also While reading—Reading for structure 事实(fact)是关于世界的真实信息。 观点(opinion)是个人的感受和信念。 topic sentence Can you think of some supporting details for “a safe place” ? animals, insects and plants humans a safe place take in greenhouse gases like CO2 and produce oxygen help create a clean environment To begin with also While reading— further thinking ？ Reading for structure topic sentence Read paragraph 3 and work out the structure. Trees make our lives more convenient. many of things around us come from trees delicious fruit and wonderful drinks paper, pencils and furniture make tea from the leaves of the tea tree facts or opinions? such as for example supporting details linking words While reading— Reading for details Read the last paragraph and work out facts and opinions. Facts Opinions We need to do more to protect trees and save our planet. We are polluting the water and the air, and this harms trees. However, humans are not treating trees in a kind way. We need to do more to protect trees and save our planet. Post-reading Discuss the questions below . (1) What is the purpose of the article? What does the writer want to tell us? Trees are our important silent friends. To call on people to protect trees. Post-reading Discuss the questions below . (2) How do you understand the sentence “We can’t imagine a world without them (line 17)”? Trees provide us with a lot of things and play an important part in our lives. A world without trees will be terrible. Imagine you are a tree. What would you like to tell human beings? Work in pairs and design a poster. (1) You can begin with “Hello, I am a tree.” (2) Explain why you are important and how humans are harming you. Then ask humans to protect you. (3) You can draw some pictuures and think of an eye-catching title. (4) Show it to the whole class. After-reading—What would a tree say？ Thank you! $$