内容正文:
Spring is coming!
Good rain knows its time right. It will fall when comes spring.
----Du Fu
Unit 1 Spring is coming!
Lesson 1 Planting trees
Lead-in
In spring, we can...
enjoy flowers
plant trees
fly kites
Think about:
a. Have you ever planted trees?
b. Do you know how to plant trees?
c. What do you know about Tree Planting Day?
Watch the video. Put the pictures in order.
Watch and number
Listen and tick
steps to plant trees
weather
reasons for planting trees
school project
different kinds of trees
a way to about nature
A What’s the weather like today?
B Why does Li Ming think the project is about planting trees?
C Why do people plant trees?
Listen again and answer
It’s a warm , cloudy day.
Because the project is on March 12.
Because trees can help protect the soil from rainfall and prevent dust from spreading. Planting trees is also a wonderful way to learn more about nature.
The basic steps for planting trees:
Read and tell
Dig a large hole.
Place the seeding inside the hole.
Cover its roots with soil.
Press down the soil.
Water the trees.
1. Work in pairs
Students read the conversation.
2. Role play and show the conversation in front of class.
3.Retell the steps for planting trees.
Activity
Listen and fill in the blanks
1. duty n.责任;义务;职责;值班
复数形式:duties (责任)
作“值班、职责”时为不可数名词
on duty 值班
off duty 下班
do one’s duty(to do sth.) 尽某人的责任(做某事)
e.g. My duty is helping every student to learn.
It’s everyone’s duty to save water.
the police officer is on duty.
Language points:
2. Do you know how to plant trees?
你知道如何种植树木吗?
“特殊疑问词+动词不定式”可以在句子中作宾语、主语、表语。
e.g:a.He asked me where to park his car?
b. What to do next is still a problem.
c. My biggest is how to improve my English listening.
Language points:
3. protect ...from ...
保护......免受......(伤害、危险等)
e.g 我们戴帽子保护头部免受日晒。
We wear hats to protect our heads from the sun.
protect the old from falling
4. prevent... from ...
阻止/防止......做某事
类似的短语还有:stop...from ...; keep...from...
Language points:
5. good point 好主意、好点子
若指代多个好点子就用good points
类似的还有:good idea
Language points:
1. To remember the new words and phrases.
2. To describe the spring in Hanzhong to your friends.
Summary and homework
Goodbye
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