Unit 4 Save the trees
Module 2 Man's best friends
Trees in our daily lives
Learn about how trees help us in our daily lives.
Improve your reading skills
Learn how to protect trees and cultivate your love for the trees and nature.
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Learning objectives
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Lead-in
What did Guangtouqiang want to do ?
Why were Xiongda and Xiong’er angry ?
I don’t think so
Trees are important.
Please follow us, and we will show you.
Rebecca
Dr. Jones
interviewing
What is the main idea of the passage?
A. The lives of trees.
B. The importance of trees.
C. People cut down many trees every year.
D. Trees are major fighters against air pollution.
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Task 1
2 minutes
x1
主旨大意
_____the air ____ ____ _____
_____ __ _________ gases
____________oxygen
keep
cool and clean
take in harmful
produce
One and a half minutes
Task2
Trees are_____ ________against air pollution
Read Line 1-9
major fighters
x1
Topic sentence:
furniture
tea
paper
pencils
Trees
oil
fruit
What can we get from trees?
…
Trees make our lives___________________
more convenient
Read Line 10-23
2 minutes
x1
Topic sentence:
Not enough. Let’s find out more
En, I got it, trees can help us a lot. Is that all?
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Read for more information
3minutes
Topic sentence:
Para 1:_____________________________________
Para 2 :__________________________________
Trees can do many things for us
Trees are in danger. We should do something to protect them
What can trees do for us?
1.Tree roots _____ soil from being ______ ________
2.Trees keep _________ and lake______________
3.Trees ______shade for us in summer to keep our homes _________________________
4.In winter, trees block the
____ to ____our homes
5.Trees help reduce___________
_________________and
_________cities_________
6.Trees keep the earth from _______ ______ _______ to live on
7. Trees can be used as _______
1.Tree roots ________ soil from being ________ _______
washed away
keep
1.Tree roots keep soil from being washed away
2.Trees keep _________ and lakes______________
cleaner
rivers
2.Trees keep rivers and lakes clean
3.Trees ____________ shade for us in summer to keep our homes __________
provide
cool
3.Trees provide shade for us in summer to keep our homes cool
4.In winter, trees block the
_______ to _______ our homes
wind
warm
4.In winter, trees block the
wind to warm our homes
5.Trees help reduce_______
___________and
________ cities ____________
noise
pollution
make
beautiful
5.Trees help reduce noise, pollution and
make cities beautiful
6.Trees keep the earth from __________ ______ _______ to live on
becoming
too
hot
6.Trees keep the earth from becoming too hot to live on
7. Trees can be used as _________
medicine
7. Trees can be used as medicine
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Group work
What should we do
to protect trees?
3minutes
6. ….
x1
1.Write on both sides of paper.
2. Plant more tress.
3.Tell people to take care of them.
5. Don’t use
throwaway chopsticks.
x2
What should we do to protect trees?
4.Make laws to protect trees.
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Wow! I really learnt so much about trees. Thank you!
Let’s check how well you learn about it.
PAIR WORK
interview
or
Rules:
1. The interview should be about what has learnt today;
2. You will have 5 mins to prepare the interview;
3. If you show your interview, you'll get
4. You should ask at least 4 questions;
5. You can design your own questions; one more question =
6. If you can do the interview without looking at your paper, you will get
x1
x2
x4
Sample
XE: Hi ! Guangtouqiang, how are you ?
G: --------
XE: Well, do you know the importance of trees ?
G: -----
XE: Really ? Can you tell me how trees help us?
G:-----
XE: What -----
G:-----
XE: What else(别的) -----
G: ------
XE: Great! what should we do to help protect trees?
G: First, ----- , Second, ---- , What's more, ---- .
XE: Wow! Mr. Guangtouqiang, You are so great! ----
Design your own questions
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
x1
one more question =
Rules:
6. If you can do the interview without looking at your paper, you will get
x2
Rules:
4. You should ask at least 4 questions;
Rules:
5. You can design your own questions; one more question =
x1
PAIR WORK
interview
or
Rules:
1. The interview should be about what has learnt today;
2. You will have 5 mins to prepare the interview;
3. If you show your interview, you'll get
4. You should ask at least 4 questions;
5. You can design your own questions; one more question =
6. If you can do the interview without looking at your paper, you will get
x1
x2
x4
4 minutes
Show time
or
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Trees are very important to us. I promise not to cut them down!
Yes ! You are great!
Summary
We don’t want a world without trees!
绿水青山就是我们的金山银山
Chairman Xi
Beautiful scenery is our golden hills
ABOUT US
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dig / hole
put…into / hole
fill / soil(土)
water / tree
Homework
To collect some slogans (标语)about trees
and make a poster.
2. To review what we have learned today.
3. Try to find out useful language point in the reading passage