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Unit 6
Beautiful landscapes
Reading(Ⅰ)
By the end of the class,you are expected to
Learning
aims
1.read an article to get general information and complete some exercises.
2.appreciate the beauty of language and describe different landscapes.
3.discuss the importance of different landscapes, learn to enjoy, respect and protect nature.
Revision
It is full of tress and produces oxygen for humans and anmials to breathe.
The Xishuangbanna Rainforest
Read and Guess
Watch and answer: What landscapes do you know?
The desert
Camel骆驼
Cacti仙人掌
Lizard蜥蜴
populus胡杨
A. lose their lives
B. continue to live
What’s a desert like?
The desert
What emotion does this show?
Surprise at the adaptability(适应能力) of life.
The beauty of challenge
plain
desert
ocean
forest
river
mountain
What do you think the earth would say if it could talk?
Pre-reading
Before reading, we can get some useful information from the instruction, the title, and pictures.
The desert
solar energy 太阳能
wind energy 风能
Make lemonade when life gives you lemons!
如果生活给你柠檬,那就做柠檬水吧!
Further thinking: What’s the other face of the desert?
Always see the good sides in any situations
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The ocean
How does the ocean make you feel?
What is the article about?
What landscapes will we talk about?
Where is the article from?
Four main landscapes
人文地理
Cultural Geography
中国地理
Chinese Geography
世界地理
World Geography
Predict Title & rubrics
Tip 1:
Before reading, we can get some useful information from the title, the rubrics (提示) and the pictures.
The ocean
What two key facts does the ocean share about itself?
Cover over two-thirds of Earth’s surface.
Home to hundreds of thousands of living things.
People call the earth the “__________”.
Blue Planet
huge
Why are some numbers listed here?
To show the ocean’s vastness(广阔).
The beauty of vastness
The ocean is vast as it admits
all rivers.海纳百川
What emotion does this show? Be open-minded
Prediction
What landscapes on earth do you know about?
What do you think the earth would say if it could talk?
Language points
1. I give life: my water is fresh water, so everybody can drink it and use it for farming and washing.我孕育生命:我的水是淡水,因此每个人都能饮用它,还用它来耕作和洗涤。
fresh adj.淡水的:与 “咸水的” 相对,用于描述水的性质。
e.g.
我们需要在沙漠中找到淡水水源。
We need to find a source of fresh water in the desert.
Language points
use sth. for (doing) sth.用某物做某事,其中 “for” 是介词,后面接名词或动名词形式,用来表示目的或用途。
e.g.
我用我的笔写字。
I use my pen for writing.
While-reading
sand
destroy homes and lives
give life
A few plants and animals
two-thirds of the earth’s surface
living things
oxygen
different colours
Part A
What can we get from knowing more about different landscapes on earth?
Learn knowledge: We can know how mountains, rivers, deserts and other landscapes form, which helps us learn geography and science knowledge better.
Understand cultures: Different landscapes lead to different ways of life and cultures of people. For example, people near the sea may have a culture related to fishing.
Enjoy beauty: We can enjoy the beauty of different landscapes.
Protect the earth: Knowing more about landscapes makes us know the importance of protecting the environment.
How can we get along well with nature?
walk or ride a bike whenever possible
use fewer plastic (塑料的) bottles and bags
plant more trees
use less paper
Language points
2. Nothing can get in my way.没有什么能阻挡我。
get in one's way妨碍某人;挡某人的路;阻碍某人
表示物理上挡路:指某人或某物处于阻碍他人行动的位置。
把这个箱子移开,它挡着我的路了。
Move this box away, it's getting in my way.
表示抽象意义上的妨碍、阻碍:指某事物对某人实现目标、做某事等造成干扰或阻碍。
这些困难不会阻碍我,我会实现自己的梦想。
These difficulties won't get in my way. I will achieve my dream.
1. Why is the water from the rivers so useful to people?
2. Why does the river say it has “two faces”?
Because it gives life when it provides fresh water, but it can also be dangerous when it floods.
When I flood, I can destroy homes and lives. Nothing can get in my way.
My body is mostly made of sand and I seldom see rain.
我的主体大部分由沙子构成,而且我很少见到降雨。
be made of 意思是 “由…… 制成(能看出原材料)mostly 是副词,意为 “主要地;多半;通常”
这把椅子主要由木头制成。
This chair is mostly made of wood.
Nobody wants to live in such diffucult conditions, but a few plants and animals can survive.
没有人想在如此艰苦的条件下生活,但仍有一些植物和动物能够存活下来。
conditions n. 环境;情况:常用复数形式,指影响生活、工作等的各种情况。
这家工厂的工作环境非常好。
Working conditions in this factory are very good.
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1. 淡水
2. 用它来做……
3. 挡……的路;妨碍……
4. 由……制成
5. 在白天
6. 在夜里
7. 生活在如此困难的条件下
8. 有些,几个
fresh water
use it for...
get in one’s way
be made of
一、翻译下列短语。
during the day
at night
live in such difficult conditions
a few
当堂检测
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9. 多么神奇呀!
10. 三分之二的……
11. 多么漂亮的一个名字呀!
12. 是……的家园
13. 数十万,无数的……
14. 生物
15. 充满
16. 产生氧气
17. 在不同的季节
How amazing!
two-thirds of ...
What a beautiful name!
be home to...
living things
hundreds of thousands of...
be full of
produce oxygen
in different seasons
二、根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
1. 这是淡水,你可以喝。
This is ________ ________ and you can drink it.
2. 大雨可能会淹没街道。
Heavy rain may _______ _____ _______.
3. 老鼠总是会破坏食物。
Mice always ________ the food.
4. 别让这些玩具挡你的路。
Don't let these toys ______ ______ ______ __________.
5. 在这么差的条件下,很难种出蔬菜。
It's hard to grow vegetables ______ ______ ______ ___________.
fresh water
flood the streets
get in your way
in such bad conditions
destroy
6. 盒子里有几块糖果。
_______ ______ ______ _____ candies in the box.
7. 有些昆虫能在寒冷气候中存活。
Some insects _______ ________ in the cold weather.
8. 这个池塘是好多青蛙的家。
This pond ______ _______ _________ many frogs.
9. 每年都有成千上万人来这个公园参观。
___________ _______ ___________ ______ people come to visit this park every year.
There are a few
can survive
is home to
Hundreds of thousands of
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