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Unit 6 Beautiful landscapes
Reading I
Revision
Known as the “Roof of the world”, it is the highest plateau in the world.
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau /ˈplætəʊ/
Read and Guess
Revision
Known as the “Mother River of the Chinese People”, it gives life. People use it for farming and washing.
Yellow River
Read and Guess
Revision
It is full of trees and produces oxygen for humans and animals to breathe.
The Xishuangbanna Rainforest
Read and Guess
Pre-reading
Before reading, we can get some useful information from the instruction, the title, and pictures.
While-reading
1. Why is the water from the rivers so useful to people?
2. Why does the river say it has “two faces”?
Because it uses fresh water to give life, but it can also be dangerous when it floods.
While-reading
But I am also very powerful. When I flood, I can destroy homes and lives. Nothing can get in my way.
While-reading
conditions seldom ______, very ____ during the day and very ______ at night
rains
hot
cold
Because of the conditions, nobody wants to live there.
How about plants and animals?
A few plants and animals can survive!
While-reading
plants
cactus
梭梭树 saxaul
Ant Forest
While-reading
animals
camel
They live in dry places. They can live without water for a long time. How amazing!
While-reading
Why do people call the earth the "Blue Planet"?
Because the ocean covers more than two-thirds of the earth’s surface.
While-reading
It is home to hundreds of thousands of living things.
While-reading
What colours do forests usually wear in summer and autumn?
In summer, forests are usually green, and in autumn, they are usually golden brown.
Forests are called “the lungs of the earth”, why?
While-reading
sand
destroy homes and lives
give life
A few 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
Part A
Post-reading
personification
(拟人)
Post-reading
exclamations
(!)
Read the sentence with an exclamation(!) in strong feelings.
Pair work
A: Which of the four landscapes would you like to visit most?
B: I would like to visit ... most.
A:What is special about it?
B: It ... What about you?
A: I would like to visit ....
B: Why?
A: Because …
Thinking
What can we get from knowing more about different landscapes on earth?
learn knowledge
enjoy their beauty
protect the earth
revere nature 敬畏自然
How can we get along well with nature?
Save water
Plant trees
...
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