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Unit 5 Love Mother Nature!
Theme Reading
Learning Objectives
运用通过图片来猜测词义的阅读策略来理解文中的生词。
在对比和比较的思维技巧帮助下理解文中的细节。
领悟大自然的多姿多彩。
Pre-reading
Activity 1 Pair work. Look at the pictures and talk about what you know about rainforests and deserts.
1. What’s the difference between them
2. What do they have in common
(the climate, food, animals…)
be home to…
While-reading
Skim the text, and then find out the right answer.
What is the main idea of the text
It’s about the climates in rainforests and deserts.
It’s about the animals in rainforests and deserts.
Rainforests and deserts are two different living
places in nature.
D. It’s about the plants in rainforests and deserts.
[me n] adj. 主要的
2. Write a proper title for the text.
____________________________________
Rainforests and Deserts
Scan the text, and then find out the right answer.
1. What is the climate like in rainforests
It is warm and wet, and it rains a lot.
2. Why do only a few animals live in the desert
They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals.
[fju:] det., adj. 有些，几个pron. 一些
Read it again and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature.
In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals.
Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants.
Paragraph 1: Introduction(介绍)
Paragraph 2: Differences
Paragraph 3: Similarities(相似点)
Activity 2 Read the text and guess the meaning of the underlined words.
Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature.
In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. The plants can keep water grow. Only a few animals can live in the desert. They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals.
Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants.
plenty 大量
cactuses 仙人掌
[‘w nd (r)] n. 奇迹 v.想知道
[‘plenti] pron.
Activity 3 Read the text carefully and complete the table.
Paragraph 1 (Beginning) The two different ______________ in nature.
Paragraph 2 (Body) The main differences:
climate
_____________
_____________
Paragraph 3 (End) They are:
_____________ of nature
_____________ to animals and plants
living places
plants
animals
wonders
home
[‘d fr ns] n. 差别
Activity 4 Complete the comparison and contrast chart according to the text.
Rainforests
Climate:____________
and____________
Plants:_____________
Animals: many kinds,
with ____________
Deserts
Climate:______________
and______________
Plants:_______________
Animals: only a few kinds,
live on _______________
They are the wonders of nature and home to many animals and plants.
warm
wet
very tall
plenty of food
hot
dry
some kinds of plants
other small animals
Post-reading
Retell the text with the help of the comparison and contrast chart.
Rainforests
Climate:____________
and____________
Plants:_____________
Animals: many kinds,
with ____________
Deserts
Climate:______________
and______________
Plants:_______________
Animals: only a few kinds,
live on _______________
They are the wonders of nature and home to many animals and plants.
warm
wet
very tall
plenty of food
hot
dry
some kinds of plants
other small animals
Activity 5 Fill in the blanks with the phrases in the box, and then match the sentences with the pictures.
plenty of many kinds of live on be home to
Horses _______________ grass and they drink water.
There are ______________ flowers in my garden.
The sea _______________ different kinds of fish.
There is _______________ food for animals in the rainforest.
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( )
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( )
live on
many kinds of
is home to
plenty of
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Summary
We learn:
the differences and similarities between rainforests and deserts.
how to apply the reading strategies of skimming, scanning and guessing the word meaning through pictures.
how to use a comparison and contrast chart to retell a text.
We can:
have a better understanding of the diversity of nature.
Homework
Retell the text fluently with the help of comparison and contrast chart.
Thanks

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