(共25张PPT)
Lesson8:Why Are Plants Important
L8 Why Are Plants Important
The Earth
6%
70%
16%
8%
Ocean
Desert
Frozen
places
Green lands
16%
8%
6%
70%
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What is the earth made up of
Desert
It’s getting larger and larger.
Green Lands
Where there are plants , there are our home.
Ocean
It covers the most part of the earth, but it is being polluted seriously.
Frozen Places
It is so cold that people can’t live there.
Lesson8 Why Are Plants Important
Word Study
pleasant [‘ple z( )nt] n. 使人愉快的
shade [ e d] n. 树荫
fulfill [ful ‘fil] v. 满足、达到
basic [‘be s k]adj.基本的
soil [s l]n.土壤
Guess!
1. It is dark and cool. _______
2. It is something in which plants grow. ____
3. It means enjoyable. _______
4. It means simple and necessary. _____
5. It means to meet someone’s needs._____
shade
soil
pleasant
basic
fulfill
Task1: Listening
Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.
Trees are good for___________.
Trees are important to__________.
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Trees are important to__________.
标题文本预设
Why are trees important
environment
animals
people
Task2: Complete the mind map.
Work together with your deskmate to finish the mind map.
1.Give them a place to live in.
2.Provide them with food to eat.
1.Cover the soil.
2.Clean the air.
3. Beautify the environment.
1.Grow fruit.
2. Provide shade.
2. Be made into many things.
environment
people
Animals
Useful phrases
Medicine and clothing are also made from trees and other plants.
be made from 由…制成(看不出原材料)
be made of 由…制成(看得出原材料)
be made into 被制成
Useful sentence structure
It’s pleasant to walk in the forest.在森林中散步让人很愉快。
It is pleasant (for sb.)to do sth. (对于某人来说)做某事令人愉快。
Task3: Give a report.
Work in a group to give a report on “Why are trees important ”
Why are trees important
There are a lot of trees around us. They are important to us.
First ,they are good for our environment.
____________________________________________________________Second,they are important to small animals and insects.________________________________________________________________________
Third,Trees also fulfill our basic needs. ______________________________________
In a word, _____________________.
They cover the soil so that wind and water can’t carry them away.
Small animals like birds and squirrals live in the trees and feed on leaves and fresh fruit.
For example, books we read are made from trees.
we can’t live without trees.
A wonderful trip.
Saihanba
What touches you most in Saihanba
Forest
Desert
Forest
1863
1962
2018
The History of Saihanba
Who changed Saihanba from a desert into a forest
Champions of the Earth
地球卫士奖
Task4: Discussion.
Work in a group to discuss ‘What can we learn from the place and its people ’
Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets.
金山银山就是绿水青山。
攫己所需,任其生长。
Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.
Taking care of trees is more important and harder than planting trees. What we should do is to tell more people the importance of trees and let more people to take care of the trees around us.
And at last I hope you can take care of the apple trees we planted last week and grow up together with the trees to be the backbone(栋梁) of our country.
Thank you!