Unit 2 Home Sweet Home 第3课时拓展阅读2025-2026学年人教版（2024）英语八年级上册

Unit 2 Home Sweet Home 第3课时拓展阅读

Lesson 1  The Coffee Plant

How many cups of coffee did you drink yesterday?Where did the coffee come from? There is a good chance possibility that your coffee came from one of these countries:Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, or Ethiopia.These five countries produce most of the coffee in the world today. Brazil produces about half of the world's 50% crop of coffee beans.

The coffee plant is really a small tree with shiny leaves. A coffee plant grows for about three years before it produces any fruit. After that, it produces fruit for about 40 years. The coffee bean is the seed of the fruit.

It's difficult to pick coffee beans. Machines can't do it well, so people pick most of the coffee beans by hand.Workers typically pick between 20 and 40 pounds of coffee beans a day.

The old way to grow coffee plants is under large trees. The trees protect the coffee plant from the sun.The trees are also home to many kinds of birds. On many modern farms, however, farmers cut down the trees. They grow the coffee plants under the sun. Large farms can produce more coffee this way. Unfortunately, the coffee plants on these farms need more water and more fertilizer. And without the trees, the birds don't have a place to live.

1. Vocabulary

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

by hand     half  produce        typically           modern chance      pick   protect       unfortunately        countries

1. On many         farms, however, farmers cut down the trees.

2. Brazil alone produces about       of the world's crop of coffee beans.

3. It's difficult to      coffee beans.

4. People pick most of the coffee beans        ________.

5. The trees           the coffee plant from the sun.

6. There is a good           that your coffee comes from one of these five             : Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, or Ethiopia.

7. Workers           pick between 20 and 40 pounds of coffee beans a day.

8.            ____, the coffee plants on these farms need more water and more fertilizer.

9. These five countries            most of the coffee in the world today.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

by hand       protect        pick        country           modern

1. What         is south of Canada?

2. Feathers          a bird from the cold.

3.           cars have air bags to protect people.

4. Many people make their clothes        _______.

5. How do people          dates from a date palm?

chance        half       typically      produce        unfortunately

6. When you cut something in         , you have two equal pieces.

7. The date palm      ____ dates.

8. Polar bears          live in cold places.

9. There is no         that she will come with us.

10. I want to go to the party, but            I need to work.

B.  Questions

1.Which five countries produce most of the world's coffee today?

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2.How long does a coffee plant grow before it produces fruit?

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3.What is the coffee bean according to the passage?

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4.Why do people usually pick coffee beans by hand instead of using machines?

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5.How many pounds of coffee beans do workers typically pick in a day?

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6.What did farmers use to protect coffee plants from the sun in the old way of growing them?

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7.What do farmers do on many modern coffee farms to grow coffee plants?

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8.What problem happens when farmers cut down the trees on modern coffee farms?

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C.Comprehension: True/ False

1.Most of the world's coffee is produced from Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, or Ethiopia. ______

2.A coffee plant can start to produce fruit as soon as it is planted. ______

3.People usually pick coffee beans by hand because machines can’t do the job well. ______

4.In the old way of growing coffee plants, farmers grew them under the sun. ______

5.Coffee plants on modern farms need more water than those grown in the old way. ______

 

D.Main Idea

Circle the number of the main idea of the text.

A. It explains how people pick coffee beans.

B. It introduces facts about coffee (producing countries, plants, picking and growing).

C. It tells why Brazil is the top coffee producer.