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Unit 6 Beautiful landscapes
Reading 1
Lead in
As a member of the Geography Club, Daniel is a fan of different landscapes. He searched the internet and found a Chinese song about 11 lanscapes.
What landscape is this?
Look at the picture and answer the question.
It’s a forest landscape.
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Different landscapes in China.
What other landscapes on Earth do you know?
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Known as the “Roof of the world”, it is the highest plateau in the world.
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau /ˈplætəʊ/
Read and Guess
Read the article and complete the notes below.
I am a river. I have two faces. I give life: my water is fresh water, so everybody can drink it and use it for farming and washing. But I am also very powerful. When I flood, I sometimes destroy homes and lives. Nothing can get in my way.
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As the largest plain in China, it is an important agricultural base.
Northeast plain
Read and Guess
Read the article and complete the notes below.
I am a desert. My body is mostly made of sand and I seldom see rain. I am very hot during the day and very cold at night. Nobody wants to live in such difficult conditions, but a few plants and animals can survive. How amazing!
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It is home to the world’s highest peak.
Mountain:Himalayas
Read and Guess
Read the article and complete the notes below.
I am the ocean. I am huge. I cover more than two-thirds of the earth’s surface, so people call the earth the“Blue Planet". What a beautiful name! I am home to hundreds of thousands of living things.
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Read the article and complete the notes below.
I am a forest. I am full of trees, and I produce oxygen for humans and animals to breathe. I wear different colours in different seasons, usually green in summer and golden brown in autumn.
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cover 71% of the earth’s surface
huge(巨大的)
produce(生产)
oxygen(氧气)
for us
to breathe(呼吸)
full of trees
Can you guess what landscape it is?
Read the article and complete the notes below.
give life
sand
A few plants and animals
two-thirds of the earth’s surface
destroy homes and lives
hundreds of thousands of living things
oxygen for humans and animals to breathe
different colours
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Rivers
●They(1)__________.
●They sometimes
(2)______________________.
Deserts
●Deserts are mostly made of(3)_______
● (4)_______________________ can
survive in the difficult conditions.
Oceans
●They cover more than
(5)_____________________________.
●They are home to(6)_____________
.
Forests
●They are full of trees and produce (7)________for us to breathe.
●They wear (8)________________ in different seasons.
Four main landscapes
give life
destroy homes and lives
sand
A few plants and animals
two-thirds of the earth’s surface
thousands of living things
different colours
oxygen
Scanning complete the notes below.
hundreds of
1. Why is the water from rivers so useful to people?
2. Why does the river say it has “two faces”?
Because everybody can drink it and use it for farming and washing.
Because it can give life and destroy homes and lives as well.
When it floods, nothing can stop it.
Detail rading (para 1 River)
Further thinking:
The river has two faces, how should humans treat it?
protect
respect
破坏,摧毁
fresh water
use it for farming and washing
destroy homes and lives
淡水
用它耕种和洗涤
摧毁家园和生命
Nothing can get in my way.
没有什么能阻挡我。
Para1
Two faces Why?
I give life
I am powerful
1 Why is the water from rivers so useful to people?
Because everybody can drink it and use it for farming and washing.
2 Why does the river say it has “two faces”?
Because it can give life as well as destroy homes and lives.
Fresh water is useful.
I will flood.
What do you think of the conditions?
Nobody wants to live in such difficult conditions.
Features of the desert
body mostly made of ________
conditions seldom ______, very ____ during the day and very ______ at night
sand
rains
hot
cold
Detail rading (para 2 Desert)
Further thinking:
The desert isn’t suitable for humans to live in, How should we treat it?
Detail rading (para 3 Ocean)
1. The ocean is quite large.
2. The ocean is home to a large number of living things.
3. The ocean covers one-third of the earth’s surface.
4. People call the earth the “Blue Planet”. It’s a beautiful name.
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Why?
Further thinking:
The ocean is important to us. How do we protect the ocean?
Para2
is mostly made of sand
live in such difficult conditions
a few plants and animals
主要由沙子组成
生活在如此艰苦的条件下
一些植物和动物
The beauty of the natural world lies in landscapes.
What are the living conditions
like in the desert?
It seldom rains. It’s also very hot during the day and very cold at night.
Can you give any examples?
Recommendation letter! (推荐信)
Best wishes,
John
Dear Friends,
I want to recommend one of beautiful landscapes--_________ to you!
I hope you can visit it one day!
When you travel to this landscape, you can ____________________ ___________________________.
This landscape is not only beautiful, but also useful and important, for example,_____________________________________________________.
Describe the beauty of the landscape
It is very big/small...
The color is...
You can see...
Describe the importance of the landscape
It is important because...
It helps the earth by...
It can give our humans...
It is home to...
Para3
cover more than two-thirds of the earth’s surface
call the earth the “Blue Planet”
home to hundreds of thousands of living things
覆盖地球表面三分之二以上
称地球为“蓝色星球”
数十万生物的家园
protect the earth!
THANK YOU
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