Unit 18 Nature
Listening & Speaking
请听录音,模仿朗读下列短文,注意重音、连读、升降调和语义群。
模仿朗读
`Air︿is the `ocean︱we `breathe. ↘︱Air sup`plies︿us with `oxygen︱which︿is︿es`sential︱ for︿our `bodies to `live. ↘︱Air︿is 99.9% `nitrogen, ↗`oxygen, ↗ `water `vapor ↗and︿in`ert `gas. ↘︱It︿is because︿of `air︱that there is `life︱on︿our `planet. ↘︱ Human ac`tivities can re`lease `substances︿into the air, ↘︱some︿of which can cause `problems for `humans, ↗ `plants, ↗ and `animals. ↘︱There︿are several `main types︿of pol`lution︿and `well-known ef`fects︿of pol`lution︱which︿are `commonly dis`cussed. ↘︱These︿include︱`smog, ↗ `acid rain, ↗ the `greenhouse︿ef`fect, ↗and “`holes” ︿in the `ozone layer. ↘︱Each︿of these `problems︱has︿a `serious︿ef`fect︿on︿our `health and `well-being︱as well︿as the `whole︿en`vironment. ↘
情景提示：
一位女士到商店买了一株植物，并向售货员咨询了养花的注意事项。
角色扮演
根据下面中文提示,用英语提出3个问题。
角色扮演
你能给我提一些养这种花的建议吗？
2. 我需要每天给它浇水吗？
3. 这棵植物开的花是什么颜色？
Do you have some advice on how to keep this kind of flower?
Do I need to water it every day?
What’s the colour of its flowers?
角色扮演
请听一段对话和对话后面的录音提问,根据对话内容回答5个问题。
4. Where can the woman put the plant indoors?
She can put it in her room, on tables or bookshelves, or hang it up against the wall.
5. How often should the woman water the plant?
She needs to water in once every other day.
6. What can be the colour of the flowers?
The flowers can be red or yellow.
7. Why is the woman not sure whether she can keep the plant alive?
Because she is always careless about things and never successfully grows any plant.
8. What does the man mean by saying “treat it as your friend”?
He means that plants have lives and spirits, and we have to respect them.
故事复述
Try to make a story according to the following pictures.
故事复述
梗概提示：
布朗夫人种的蔬菜被邻居家的鸭子吃了,后来邻居送她一只鸭子表示歉意。
1. Did the vegetables Mrs. Brown had planted in the garden look very nice when the summer came?
2. Did the neighbor’s ducks eat up all the vegetables?
3. Did the neighbor give Mrs. Brown a parcel with a duck in it before Christmas?
故事复述
Mrs. Brown had a garden in which she planted vegetables in the spring. She looked after them so carefully that they looked very nice when the summer came. When Mrs. Brown decided to pick and eat the vegetables, she found that the neighbor’s ducks ate them up. Mrs. Brown was sad and her neighbor was very sorry. Then the neighbor gave Mrs. Brown a parcel with a beautiful, fat duck in it as compensation.
Goodbye!
