内容正文:
Unit 4 The Earth
Section4 Extending and developing competencies
Focusing on culture
Lead in
What challenges do they face?
What achievements have they made?
Many people have worked hard to protect our beautiful planet.
Saihanba:turning desert into forest.
美丽的高岭
拓展视野和发展素养
学习目标
1.了解塞罕坝是如何从沙漠变成森林的。
2.了解塞罕坝改造过程中遇到的困难和最终的成果。
3.能学习塞罕坝精神,愿意力所能及地保护环境。
重点
难点
Think:
Where is Saihanba located?
Do you know how large it is?
Do you think it is beautiful now?
Can you imagine what it used to be like?
Before you watch
Think:
Where is Saihanba located?
Do you know how large it is?
Do you think it is beautiful now?
Can you imagine what it used to be like?
It is in the north of Hubei.
It is about 94,000 hectares(公顷).
How did Saihanba turn desert into forest?
Task 1 Scan the passage on page 62 and fill in the missing information. Pay attention to the time and events.
time order(时间顺序)
Think
What can we do to protect the earth?
Group work
Task 2
Read the passage carefully,then think and answer the questions below.
How did Saihanba become a desert?
2. Why was it difficult to turn the desert into a forest?
3. How does the forest improve the environment in the Beijing area?
Group work
Saihanba is a forest park in the north of Hebei. It is about 400 km from Beijing.For hundreds of years, the emperors went there to hunt. But in the 1800s, things began to change.There were forest fires and wars,and people cut down many trees.Saihanba slowly turned into a desert.
How did Saihanba become a desert?
There were forest fires and wars, and people cut down many trees. Saihanba slowly turned into a desert.
Main idea:History and problems
Paragraph 1
When the forest disappeared, there were terrible sandstorms in the Beijing area. In the early 1960s, a group of scientists travelled to Saihanba to find a solution. They found an old tree in the middle of the desert. "Maybe we can still plant trees here," they thought. In1962, the first tree planters arrived in Saihanba.The cold and dry weather made their work very difficult, and strong winds blew away many young trees. In winter, it got as cold as -40℃.
2. Why was it difficult to turn the desert into a forest?
Because the cold and dry weather made it very difficult, and strong winds blew away many young trees.
Main idea: Actions and challenges
Paragraph 2
Three generations of forest workers continued the hard work.Thanks to
them, Saihanba is green again. It is today the world's biggest man-made
forest. There are hundreds of millions of trees there. The forest helps
provide the capital with clean water,and there are fewer sandstorms in the Beijing area now.
Paragraph 2
3. How does the forest improve the environment in the Beijing area?
The forest helps provide the capital with clean water, and there are fewer sandstorms in the Beijing area now.
Main idea: Efforts and achievements
Achievements
Summary
History and problems
Actions and challenges
Efforts and achievements
Saihanba Spirits ?
Saihanba Spirits
Stay true to the mission.
Hard work.
Green development.
Homework
基础作业
1. 完成课本p.63上的词汇练习。
2. 复述塞罕坝改造成功的故事。
拓展阅读
1. 将Task 4的采访任务制作一张报纸,需包括人物介绍、事迹介绍、人物引言等。
2. 上网查找资料或者观看电影,了解更多关于塞罕坝的报道。
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