【学生版】Unit 6 Period 3 Listening and Speaking（配套）
Learning Objectives 1 To learn words describing nature and clarify them correctly 2 To listen for why many words describing nature disappeared, and use expressions of giving examples and giving explanations correctly
Learning activities
目标一: To learn words describing nature and clarify them correctly Activity 1: Read the paragraph and answer the questions. Pay attention to the words in bold. There is no month in the whole year in which nature wears a more beautiful appearance than in the month of August. Spring has many beauties, and May is a fresh and blooming month, but the charms of this time of year are enhanced by their contrast with the winter season. August has no such advantage. It comes when we remember nothing but clear skies, green fields, and sweet-smelling flowers - when the memory of snow, and ice, and bleak winds, has faded from our minds as completely as they have disappeared from the earth - and yet what a pleasant time it is! Orchards and fields sing with the sound of work; trees bend beneath the thick clusters of rich fruit which bow their branches to the ground; and the wheat, piled in graceful sheaves, or waving in every gentle wind that sweeps above it, tinges the landscape with a golden colour. A soft, pleasant light appears to hang over the whole earth; the influence of the season seems to extend itself even to a passing wagon, whose slow motion across the well-reaped field is seen by the eye, but makes no loud noises upon the ear. (Adaptation from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens) 1 What does this paragraph mainly describe 2 What aspects does the author describe Answers: _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Activity 2: Put the words into the boxes. Find out what they are used to describe. Think of more words in each category and add them to the boxes. fresh, blooming, clear, green, sweet-smelling bleak, bend, thick clusters, rich, bow, piled graceful sheaves, waving, gentle, sweeps, tinges, golden, soft, pleasant, makes, loud
Sound
Colour
Action
Shape
Smell
Sensation
Describe nature during your favourite season with the words you have learnt.
目标二: To listen for why many words describing nature disappeared, and use expressions of giving examples and giving explanations correctly Activity 1: Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. 1 What book was the man reading 2 Why was the man annoyed 3 What was the girl’s opinion Answers: _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Activity 2: Listen to the conversation again and correct the mistakes in the man’s blog. Recently I was reading a book called Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane. What the author wrote made me feel confused. He said that many words describing nature were being added to the new version of the junior dictionary. These are words like “pasture” and “bluebell”. A “pasture” is a dense forest for cows and horses to eat. “Bluebells” are fruit shaped like bells. The reason why they are doing this is that they think these words are irrelevant to children, so instead they’ve replaced them with terms like “film”. Perhaps the dictionary does have a point, because most children don’t get out into nature that much nowadays. They spend all their time watching TV instead. But it’s a pity. In my opinion, these words form part of our literature. They add colour to our lives, and shouldn’t be lost. My granddaughter has the same opinion as me. She says we are losing old words all the time. And as times change, old words become as normal to young people as the new ones are to me. Answers: _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Now work in pairs and act out the conversation. Activity 3: Complete the boxes with the expressions from the conversation. ... such as... The main reason... ..., for instance. Two reasons, I think. Consider...
Giving examples
Giving explanations
Activity 4: Work in pairs. Talk about your opinions of the issue discussed in Activity 2 using the expressions in this section. Now think about your performance. Have you actively participated in the discussion What can you do to improve your performance
Summary: 1 Can you list more expressions describing nature 2 Can you share your opinion about the missing words describing nature
2【教师版】Unit 6 Period 3 Listening and Speaking（配套）
Learning Objectives 1 To learn words describing nature and clarify them correctly 2 To listen for why many words describing nature disappeared, and use expressions of giving examples and giving explanations correctly
Learning activities
目标一: To learn words describing nature and clarify them correctly Activity 1: Read the paragraph and answer the questions. Pay attention to the words in bold. There is no month in the whole year in which nature wears a more beautiful appearance than in the month of August. Spring has many beauties, and May is a fresh and blooming month, but the charms of this time of year are enhanced by their contrast with the winter season. August has no such advantage. It comes when we remember nothing but clear skies, green fields, and sweet-smelling flowers - when the memory of snow, and ice, and bleak winds, has faded from our minds as completely as they have disappeared from the earth - and yet what a pleasant time it is! Orchards and fields sing with the sound of work; trees bend beneath the thick clusters of rich fruit which bow their branches to the ground; and the wheat, piled in graceful sheaves, or waving in every gentle wind that sweeps above it, tinges the landscape with a golden colour. A soft, pleasant light appears to hang over the whole earth; the influence of the season seems to extend itself even to a passing wagon, whose slow motion across the well-reaped field is seen by the eye, but makes no loud noises upon the ear. (Adaptation from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens) 1 What does this paragraph mainly describe 2 What aspects does the author describe Answers: 1 This paragraph mainly describes the beautiful appearance in the month of August. 2 The author describes the skies, fields, flowers, orchards, trees, wheat and the quality of the light. Activity 2: Put the words into the boxes. Find out what they are used to describe. Think of more words in each category and add them to the boxes. fresh, blooming, clear, green, sweet-smelling bleak, bend, thick clusters, rich, bow, piled graceful sheaves, waving, gentle, sweeps, tinges, golden, soft, pleasant, makes, loud
Sound
Colour
Action
Shape
Smell
Sensation
Answers: Sound loud low high tweet
Colour clear green rich golden red white
Action blooming bend bow piled waving sweeps tinges makes blow fly
Shape thick clusters graceful sheaves flat round
Smell fresh sweet-smelling disgusting
Sensation fresh bleak gentle soft pleasant faint
Describe nature during your favourite season with the words you have learnt.
目标二: To listen for why many words describing nature disappeared, and use expressions of giving examples and giving explanations correctly Activity 1: Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. 1 What book was the man reading 2 Why was the man annoyed 3 What was the girl’s opinion Answers: 1 The man was reading a book called Landmarks. 2 Many words describing nature were now missing from the new version of junior dictionary. 3 Computers play a large part in our lives. Social media is as normal to young people as pasture to the old. Activity 2: Listen to the conversation again and correct the mistakes in the man’s blog. Recently I was reading a book called Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane. What the author wrote made me feel confused. He said that many words describing nature were being added to the new version of the junior dictionary. These are words like “pasture” and “bluebell”. A “pasture” is a dense forest for cows and horses to eat. “Bluebells” are fruit shaped like bells. The reason why they are doing this is that they think these words are irrelevant to children, so instead they’ve replaced them with terms like “film”. Perhaps the dictionary does have a point, because most children don’t get out into nature that much nowadays. They spend all their time watching TV instead. But it’s a pity. In my opinion, these words form part of our literature. They add colour to our lives, and shouldn’t be lost. My granddaughter has the same opinion as me. She says we are losing old words all the time. And as times change, old words become as normal to young people as the new ones are to me. Answers: “annoyed” instead of “confused” “now missing from” instead of “being added to” “field of grass” instead of “dense forest” “blue flowers” instead of “fruit” “blog” instead of “film” “on computers” instead of “watching TV” “history” instead of “literature” “a different opinion from” instead of “the same opinion as” “new words become as normal to young people as the old ones are to me” instead of “old words become as normal to young people as the new ones are to me” Now work in pairs and act out the conversation. Activity 3: Complete the boxes with the expressions from the conversation. ... such as... The main reason... ..., for instance. Two reasons, I think. Consider...
Giving examples ... such as... ..., for instance.
Giving explanations The main reason... Two reasons, I think. Consider...
Activity 4: Work in pairs. Talk about your opinions of the issue discussed in Activity 2 using the expressions in this section. Now think about your performance. Have you actively participated in the discussion What can you do to improve your performance
Summary: 1 Can you list more expressions describing nature 2 Can you share your opinion about the missing words describing nature
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