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Unit 8 I love nature
What can you see in the video?
A garden.
What is in the garden?
There are ducks, plants , flowers , vegetables and a beautiful lady in the garden.
What is the lady doing ?
She is gardening in the garden.
A 花园 B 从事园艺
Watch and talk
If you garden, you do work in your garden such as weeding(除草) or planting.
What do you know about gardening?
weeding
planting
watering
harvesting(收获)
Free talk
View and infer
What is she doing?
A gardener.
She is gardening in her garden.
She looks really happy.
What does Mary do?
A 花园 B 从事园艺
Skim, think and tick
What is the type of this text?
A News.
B An introduction of a TV show.
C A report.
D A story.
How do you know that? Circle.
Read and match
What can we know from this part?
The channel the show is on
The name of the show
The time of the show
Scan and underline
1
2
3
4
5
The passage has 5 paragraphs to introduce the ______ _____ named "Gardening with Mary".
TV show
Read Para. 1, and fill
What is the purpose of the TV show?
To show _______________to grow all kinds of plants.
To give ________________for every gardener.
the best ways
lots of good advice
1
Read para. 2, and think
What kind of questions can Mary answer?
Questions about gardening.
She knows a lot about
gardening.
2
Read Para. 3, and circle
Why does Mary think gardening is enjoyable?
1.First, you have fun________.
A. sitting in the sun B. working in your garden
2.She just loves _________.
A. to dig in the soil B.to look at the plants
3. Then, you can enjoy _________from your own garden.
A. nice flowers B. fresh fruits and vegetables
3
Read Para. 4 and tick
What is on Mary's TV show?
Work in her own garden.
Plant an apple tree.
Show you the best way to grow potatoes
Tell you about her favourite flowers: roses
You can learn a lot from
her TV show.
Teach you to grow potatoes.
Grow roses.
Pick fruits and vegetables.
4
Future thinking
What do you think of Mary? Why?
She is not just a gardener, she is also an expert at gardening.
Because she wrote many popular books about gardening and now she
has a TV show.
Her books are popular and her TV show will be popular,
too.
Are the books below written by Mary? Tick the ones mentioned.
Listen and tick
Read Para.5 and answer
How can you contact with Mary?
Log onto their website and post your/our questions there.
You can contact with Mary online.
5
Scan and underline
What is the topic sentence
of each paragraph?
1
2
3
4
5
The topic sentence is usually the first sentence or the last sentence.
Read again, complete the mind map and retell.
How do you introduce Mary's TV show?
Gardening
with Mary
When and where is it?
What will she show us?
What do you think of her?
How can you contact her?
......
Listen, imitate and read aloud.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words.
planting
plants
water
waters
answer
answer
gardening
garden
showed
show
5 Suppose you are writing to Mary. What questions would you like to ask her about gardening?
The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.
Required(必做)
Optional(选做)
Copy the following sentences twice:
“Gardening with Mary” is on TV channel 53 (Channel GIF) at 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
Mary Green will show you the best ways to grow all kinds of plants.
Mary likes gardening so much and spends most of her time in the garden.
Imagine you are a gardener. Write a short paragraph about your favourite gardening activity and why you like it. Use at least five sentences.
Learning objectives
In this lesson, we will be able to:
Understand the content of a TV programme introduction about gardening and answer related questions.
Express views on a person (Mary Green) and gardening.
Think of questions to ask about gardening and enhance communication skills.
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