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冀教版八年级下册 Unit 2
When is Tree Planting Day in China?
March 12.
hole
n. 洞
large
adj. 大的; 巨大的
root n. 根
seedling
n. 幼苗; 秧苗
dirt
n. 泥土; 污物
dirty
adj. 不干净的; 肮脏的
cover
v. 覆盖
n. 盖子
fill
v. 装满;充满
dust
n. 沙土; 尘土; 灰尘
storm n. 暴风雨
dust storm 沙尘暴
northern
adj. 北方的; 北部的
bottom n. 底部; 最下部
看谁说的又快又好
1 洞
2 大的,巨大的
3 根
4 幼苗,秧苗
5 覆盖,盖子
6 装满,充满
7 泥土,污物
8 堆积,压实
9 沙土,尘土
10 暴风雨
11 不干净的,肮脏的
12 北方的
13 底部
hole
large
root
seedling
cover
fill
dirt
pack
dust
storm
dirty
northern
bottom
Read the text carefully,fill in the blanks with the words in the box. Then put the steps for planting a tree in the correct order.
bottom hole around cover roots
.Put the ______ of the seeding into the hole.
.Put a little water in the _______ of the hole.
.________ the roots and fill the hole with dirt.
.Pack the dirt _______ the new tree with your feet.
.Dig a _____ big enough to hold the roots of the seeding.
bottom
Cover
around
hole
roots
Work in pairs. Read the lesson and the passage above again. Why should we plant trees? Talk about it and list at least three reasons.
1. Clean the air.
2. Give us food.
3. Make and build things with trees.
4. Sit under a tree in the shade.
5. Make books from trees.
6. Many animals live in trees.
7. Cover the soil.
8. Take energy from the sun and
make it into food. People and
animals need the food to live.
Do you know something about the Green Great Wall?
1978年12月,党中央、国务院为改变西北、华北北部、东北西部地区缺林少水生态失调的状况,决定建设一个大型防护林体系工程――“三北”防护林体系工程。三北的防护林体系工程,是一项改造大自然、造福子孙后代的宏伟而艰巨的工程。
它东起黑龙江,西迄新疆,横贯黑龙江、吉林、辽宁、北京、河北、山西、内蒙古、陕西、甘肃、青海、新疆等省、市、自治区的396个县旗,东西长7000公里,万里长城由东到西所经的200多个县、旗,基本上全部包括在这一工程体系之内。所以社会上普遍称“三北”的防护林为绿色万里长城。
Complete the passage with the missing phrases.
the Great Green Wall
B. planting more trees
C. dust storms
D. the northern part
The Green Great Wall was built across _______ the country. What is the Green Great Wall? It is made up of strips of human-planted forest.
Each year ____ blow a lot of soil off the land. Things are getting more and more serious.
D
C
About 3 600 square kilometres of grassland are taken by the Gobi Desert every year.
The Green Great Wall project started in 1978. By ______, people hold back the expansion of the desert and raise northern China’s forest coverage by 5% to 15%. By the year 2050, ______ will be about 2800 miles long.
B
A
1. Now, put the seedling inside, cover
the roots and fill the hole with dirt.
现在,把幼苗放在里面,覆盖根,
用土把洞填满。
fill…with… 用……填满
e.g. Fill a pan with water.
给平底锅装满水。
2. By the way, there is another group of
people down the hill.
顺便问一下,这是山下的另一群人吗?
by the way 顺便说一下; 附带问一句
e.g. By the way, I found that book.
顺便提一下, 我找到那本书了。
What’s the time, by the way?
顺便问一句, 几点钟了?
3. A lot of rich lands in the northern
area have turned into desert.
北方许多肥沃的土地变成了沙漠。
turn into 变成 ?
e.g. The farmers are turning waste
land into rice fields.
农民们把荒地变成了稻田。
4. For sure, I really like this project.
毫无疑问地,我很喜欢这个方案。
for sure 肯定地; 确定地
e.g. He’ll come for sure.
他肯定会来的。
be sure to do sth. 务必(去做某事)
make sure (of sth./that…)
确保; 设法保证
5. Oh, and please remember to put a
little water in the bottom of the hole.
哦,请记住要放一点水在洞的底部。
in the bottom of 在……底部
e.g. He found a big hole in the bottom
of the box.
他发现箱子下面有个很大的洞。
Exercises: Fill in the blanks with the correct forms
1.Look! The ground is __________ (cover) with white snow.
2. Why are you so_______ (worry) about these trees?
3. What about __________ (raise) some sheep on the farm?
4. The doctors are trying their best to save
The _________(die) man.
5. Do you________ (real) like planting trees?
covered
worried
raising
dying
really
Exercises:Choose the best answer
1.The hole isn’t____to plant a seedling.
A. enough big B. big enough
C. enough small D.small enough
2.It is important ____students____ learn English well.
A.of, of B.for, of C. for,to D. to, for
3. The cake is very delicious,I want to eat
_____ one.
A.other B. another C. the others D.others
B
C
B
4. I don’t have to buy meat.There’s_____
in the fridge.
A. a little B. little C. a few D. few
5. These trees have _____ the desert _____ green lands.
A. turned, into B. become, into
C. got, into D. been , into
A
A
Write a short passage about why the trees are important.
1. Clean the air.
2. Give us food.
3. Make and build things with trees.
4. Sit under a tree in the shade.
5. Make books from trees.
6. Many animals live in trees.
7. Cover the soil.
8. Take energy from the sun and make it into food. People and animals need the food to live.
Writing
1. Remember the words and phrases in this lesson.
2. Preview the next lesson.