Unit 6 Trees（Viewing and listening）课件 2025-2026学年沪教版（五四学制）七年级下册英语

Viewing & listening Trees 第一课时 Unit 6 英语沪教版（五四学制）七年级下册 通过本课时学习，学生能够： 1. 获取四个世界著名森林的详细信息，完成图文信息的匹配； 2. 听懂关于亚马逊雨林的介绍，获取其位置、面积、动植物、淡水资 源等关键信息； 3. 初步了解数字的表达方式； 4. 掌握部分英式英语与美式英语词汇的差异； 5. 运用所学知识，清晰阐述亚马逊雨林令人惊叹的原因，认识到森林对全球环境的重要性，增强保护森林、保护树木的意识。 重点 重点 Learning objectives What can you see in the first picture? There were many trees in the forest. A mother elephant and her child lived there happily. What can you see in the second picture? Why do you think all this happened? Look at the two pictures and guess what has happened. Look and guess Trees were cut down and the elephant died. Free talk Have you ever been to the forest? If yes, can you share your experience with us? Do you know any famous forests in the world? Do you know these forests? Where is it? Look and answer the Jiuzhaigou Valley in China part of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil the Black Forest in Germany the Dancing Forest in Russia Look and match Look at the pictures and match them with their descriptions. A It is full of colourful lakes, lovely waterfalls and beautiful forests. B The trees have strange shapes and no one can explain why. C Thick treetops block out the sun, even during the daytime. D The air is humid and there are a large number of trees. Read the web page and fill in the table. Read and fill Name Location Feature the Jiuzhaigou Valley part of the Amazon Rainforest the Black Forest the Dancing Forest in China colourful lakes, lovely waterfalls and beautiful forests in Brazil in Germany in Russia a large number of trees thick treetops strange shaped trees Make a prediction There is a podcast about the Amazon Forest. Can you guess what may be mentioned in the podcast? □ location □ coverage □ kinds of animals □ climate □ kinds of trees Listen and tick Listen to the podcast and tick (√) the information that is mentioned. □ location □ coverage □ kinds of animals □ climate □ kinds of trees Listen again and fill in the blanks with correct numbers. Listen and fill About the Amazon Rainforest 1 About of the rainforest is in Brazil. 2 It covers about _______ million square kilometres. 3 People can find nearly _______ kinds of plants and about ________ kinds of freshwater fish here. 4 It contains ________ of the world’s liquid fresh water. 60% 6.7 50, 000 2, 400 Listen and mark true (T) or false (F). Listen and mark 1. The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. 2. It covers about 7.6 million square kilometres. 3. It is getting bigger year by year. 4. Many animals and insects live in the rainforest. 5. The trees in the Amazon release a huge amount of water into the river. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) T F F T F 6.7 getting smaller year by year. air. The Amazon is the 1. __________ rainforest in the world. It is in South 2. __________ and about 60% of the forest is in Brazil. It 3. __________ about 6.7 million square kilometres; however, it is getting 4. __________ year by year. Many animals and 5. __________ live in the rainforest. In fact, there are more living things here than in any other place in the world. You can find 6. __________ 50, 000 kinds of plants and about 2, 400 kinds of 7. __________ fish here. The Amazon 8. __________ one fifth of the world’s 9. __________ fresh water. The trees in the Amazon release a huge amount of water into the air. This helps to keep the Amazon a 10. __________ rainforest. Listen and fill in the blanks. Listen and fill largest America covers smaller insects nearly freshwater liquid humid contains Listen and read the text. Listen and read The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world. It is in South America and about 60% of the forest is in Brazil. It covers about 6.7 million square kilometres; however, it is getting smaller year by year. Many animals and insects live in the rainforest. In fact, there are more living things here than in any other place in the world. You can find nearly 50, 000 kinds of plants and about 2, 400 kinds of freshwater fish here. The Amazon contains one fifth of the world’s liquid fresh water. The trees in the Amazon release a huge amount of water into the air. This helps to keep the Amazon a humid rainforest. Retell the text with the help of these important numbers. Let’s retell About the Amazon Rainforest 1 About 60% of the rainforest is in Brazil. 2 It covers about 6.7 million square kilometres. 3 People can find nearly 50, 000 kinds of plants and about 2, 400 kinds of freshwater fish here. 4 It contains of the world’s liquid fresh water. Read the words and put them into the right box. Read and classify traveller humour analyse kilometre kilometer analyze British English American English traveler humor humour kilometre analyse traveller humor kilometer analyze traveler American English often has words with -or, -ter, -ze, -l, etc. British English often has words with -our, -tre, -se, -ll, etc. Add more examples to the table. Read and add Spelling BrE AmE humour humor kilometre kilometer analyse analyze traveller traveler licence license colour color realise realize Read the words and match them if they have the same meaning. Read and match garden autumn rubbish flat apartment garbage British English American English yard fall What do they mean? Add more examples to the table. Read and add Synonyms BrE AmE autumn fall flat apartment rubbish garbage garden yard lift elevator shop store underground subway Due to historical, cultural, and other reasons, British English and American English have many differences in pronunciation, spelling, and synonyms. We should pay more attention when studying! Work in groups and talk about why the Amazon Rainforest is amazing. Then, make a report. You can use the information card to help you. Information Card location: coverage： climate: animals and plants: ... Talk and report As is well known, the Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world. I think it is amazing，because... understand the differences between British English and American English. get the detailed information about the Amazon Rainforest and talk about why it is amazing. know four amazing forests around the world. 2 3 1 After learning this lesson, I can Summary Homework 1. Search for information online and describe your favorite forest with accurate numbers. Then, share it in the next class. 2. Preview Speaking. Bye-bye! 250818.3 $