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Unit 6 Beautiful landscapes
Reading 2
I am a river. I have two faces. I __________: my water is _____________, so everybody can drink it and use it ______________________. But I am also very ____________. When I _______, I sometimes _________________________. Nothing can _______________.
give life
fresh water
for farming and washing
powerful
Revision
flood
destroy homes and lives
get in my way
I am a desert. My body is _____________________ and I seldom see rain. I am very hot during the day and very cold at night. Nobody wants to ____________________________, but _________ plants and animals can _________. How amazing!
mostly made of sand
live in such difficult conditions
a few
survive
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
hundreds of
Read for general information
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I am the ocean. I am _______.
I ___________________________________________, so people call the earth the “____________”. What a beautiful name!
I __________________________________ living things.
huge
cover more than two-thirds of the earth’s surface
huge
Blue Planet
am home to hundreds of thousands of
I am a forest. I _______________ trees, and I ______________________
_____________________. I wear different colours in different seasons. Usually ______________________________________________.
am full of
produce oxygen for humans
and animals to breathe
green in summer and golden brown in autumn
Its water is fresh water, so everybody can drink it and use it for farming and washing.
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
1.How does the river give life?
PB 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.
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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. 人们通常用剪刀制作剪纸。
People usually use scissors for (making) paper-cutting .
Its water is fresh water, so everybody can drink it and use it for farming and washing.
1.How does the river give life?
Language points
Read about rivers
I am a river:
two faces
give life
flood
fresh water
drink it
use it
farming
washing
destroy homes and lives
powerful
Nothing can get in the way
Nothing can stop me
so
Every coin has two sides.
事物都有两面性
Tip2: Conjunction连接词 can make our writing more coherent连贯的 and logical有逻辑的.
give life
destroy (破坏)
homes and lives
sand
a few (有些) plants and animals
two-thirds
of the earth’s surface
hundreds
of thousands of living things
oxygen for humans and animals to breathe
different colours
n. 条件
Nobody (没人) wants to live in such difficult conditions, but a few plants and animals can survive.
Read and answer:
1. What are the river’s two
faces like?
2. What does the writer
think of a desert?
3. How huge is the ocean?
4. What is a forest like?
Read for general understanding
Why does the river say it has “two faces”?
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.
two
faces
a useful life-giver
a p_______ destroyer
owerful
fresh water
flood (v./n.)
drink it
use it for farming (耕种) and washing
destroy homes and lives
nothing (没什么) can get in its way
力量大的
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Two faces
______ life
______ homes and lives
give
destroy
_____ water
fresh
drink it
______
_______
farming
washing
Weather
(sudden heavy rain)
Humans
(Deforestation森林砍伐)
Read for details
useful
powerful
flood
use it
Water can help a boat,
but it can also harm a boat.
水能载舟,亦能覆舟。
That’s why we call it “Mother River”.
The Yangtze River
6397 kms long
the longest in China
The Yellow River
5464 kms long
the second longest
The Panlong River
105 kms long
All rivers flow east to the ocean.
百川东到海
breathe v. 呼出
常见搭配及例句:
breathe in
breathe out
breath 名词
take a deep breath
out of breath
I am a forest, I am full of trees, and l produce oxygen for humans and animals to breathe.
What does “such difficult conditions” refer to (指)?
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!
Do deserts have “two faces” too?
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cover over _________ of the earth’s surface
home to __________________ living things
two-thirds
hundreds of thousands of
Further thinking:
Why does the writer use “the ocean”, not “an ocean”?
____%
huge
90
Read for details
A.50 B.70 C.30 D.90
fresh water
salt water
huge
give us food
water
water
size
functions
功能
feature
特征
Make a comparison(对比)
different sizes
...
useful
powerful
huge
1. What does the river do? - It ______ life to people.
A. gives B. take C. bring
2. The desert is ______ made of sand.
A. mostly B. most C. more
3. The ocean is home to ______ living things.
A. thousand B. thousands C. thousands of
4. Why do we need forests? - Because they ______ oxygen.
A. produce B. produces C. producing
5. When the river floods, it can ______ homes.
A. destroy B. build C. protect
一、单项选择
A
A
C
A
A
1. The river ______ (give) life to many animals.
2. Nobody ______ (want) to live in the desert.
3. The ocean ______ (cover) a large area of the earth.
4. The forest ________ (produce) oxygen for us to breathe.
5. A few plants can ______ (survive) in the harsh conditions.
二、用所给单词的适当形式填空
gives
wants
covers
survive
produces
1. Search more other landscapes on the Internet, and
share them with your classmates.
Required(必做)
Optional(选做)
1. Write an article about a place you want to visit, you should write
down the reasons why you choose this place. (within 80 words)
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