课件28张PPT。1Nature and environmentTreesReading (II)1VocabularyWhile you readComprehensionAfter you readCONTENTS PAGEVocabulary3-112A Find these words and phrases in the interview on page 3. Read the words around them and choose the best meanings.suppose
know
think it is true or possible
askpure
clean
hot
comfortable33-212release
bring in
take away
let out
running
travelling
working
playingcommunicating with
attacking
exchanging information with
joining
hardly any
quite a lot
almost none
a large number3B Find the words in Column A in the interviewand match them with the meanings in Column B.eafdcb3-3123While you read11-1Judy is collecting some facts for a class project on pollution. She is interviewing Doctor Ray, a scientist, about trees.JUDY Why are you so interested in trees, Doctor Ray?
DR RAY They’re the biggest and oldest living things on the Earth, Judy.1234567891011Why is Dr Ray so interested in trees?Who is Doctor Ray?Why does Judy need to interview Dr Ray?She is a scientist.Because she needs some facts for a class project on pollution.Because they’re the biggest and oldest living things on the Earth.11-21234567891011JUDY Yes, but what good are trees? Theymake streets more beautiful and less noisy, but what else can they do?
DR RAY Well, the wood in your pencil,the rubber on the end of yourpencil, the paper in yournotebook and the fruit in yourbowl all come from trees!And, I suppose you also enjoybreathing pure, cool air.
JUDY Of course.11-31234567891011Judy knows only a little on trees. Can you give an example?How many examples does Dr Ray give?What are they?She knows that tress make streets more beautiful and less noisy.She gives four examples.Wood, rubber, paper and fruit.11-41234567891011DR RAY Then you must thank trees for that too.They take harmful gases from the air, and release oxygen back into the air. How many people are there in your class, Judy?
JUDY Forty-six.
DR RAY Well, one and a half hectares of trees could produce enough oxygen to keep your whole class alive and healthy for a whole year.
JUDY That’s wonderful!
DR RAY Trees cool the air as well asclean it. They are natural airconditioners. Three trees cando the job of 15 air conditionersrunning almost all day.11-51234567891011Why does Dr Raysay that Judy should thank trees for pure, cool air?Why does Dr Raysay that trees are natural air conditioners?Because trees take harmfulgases from the air and release oxygen back into the air.Because trees cool the air as well as clean it.11-61234567891011Find the numbers.There are __________ students in Judy’s class.
__________ hectares of trees could produce enough oxygen to keep Judy’s whole class alive and healthy for a whole year.
__________ trees can do the job of __________ air conditioners running almost all day.461.531511-71234567891011JUDY You certainly know a lot about trees,Doctor Ray.
DR RAY Thank you, Judy, but I don’t, really. Scientists are only now beginning to understand them. For example, when insects attack a tree, it can warn its neighbours. The trees can then protect themselves by producing a chemical that makes their leaves taste nasty. And some trees can join theirroots together underground,and pass food and water toeach other. Trees arecommunicating withone another, but wedon’t know how.11-81234567891011Scientists are beginning to understand trees and they know trees communicate with one another. Can you give two examples?When insects attack a tree, it can warn its neighbours. The trees can then protect themselves by producing a chemical that makes their leaves taste nasty.
Some trees can join their roots together underground, and pass food and water to each other.11-91234567891011JUDY Are trees in danger?
DR RAY In great danger. We cut down and burn millions every year, but we replace hardly any of them. We are destroying our best fighters against pollution.
11-10123456789101111-111234567891011ComprehensionA These are some of the notes that Judy took when she interviewed Doctor Ray. However, she made four mistakes. Read through the interview and correct Judy’s mistakes. You may have to change one or more words.Trees:live much longer than people;
produce wood, rubber, paper and fruit;??5-112345Trees:take oxygen from the air;
heat the air;
are like air conditioners;
cannot protect themselves against insects;
can share food and water among themselves;
are in danger, mainly from insects.release oxygen into(OR: oxygen ? harmful gases)cool?can?people/human5-212345B Rita is asking Judy questions about trees.Judy is giving Yes or No answers and supporting her answers with examples from the interview. Read Rita’s questions and complete Judy’s answers with one or more words. The first one has been done for you.Yes wood and rubberYes clean it and cool it5-312345No five air conditionersNo only now beginning to understand themYes attack a tree, it can warn its neighbours5-412345Yes a chemical that makes their leaves taste nastyYes join their roots toge-ther underground and pass food and water aroundYes cut down million of trees every year, but replace hardly any of them5-512345After you readA Work in groups of five. Discuss what may happen if there are no trees on the Earth.2-112B Since trees and forests are so important inour life, we should try our best to protect them from being destroyed. As a junior high school student, what can you do? Discuss in groups and write your promises on a piece of leaf-shaped paper and make a big book – Our promises.2-212My promise
I promise to write on both sides of paper!ConsolidationWorkbook 8B, page 7.
exchange/?ks'?e?n?/v.give one thing and get another thing for itThey held a meeting to exchange ideas about the project.
We exchanged telephone numbers at the end of the holiday.nature/'ne???(r)/n.everything in the world that was not made by peopleIt’s good for children to study nature in Nature.
When we reached the top of the mountain, we were so surprised at the beauty of nature.main/me?n/adj.most importantThis is the main point of my argument.
The main reason for learning English is to get a better job.