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Unit 5
Love Mother Nature!
Theme Reading
学习目标
读懂介绍雨林和沙漠的语篇，获取主旨大意和细节信息；
01
运用通过图片来猜测词义的阅读策略来理解文中的生词；
02
认识到雨林的重要性，树立保护雨林的环保意识。
03
新课讲授
desert
rainforest
waterfall
mountain
grassland
sea
Review
Look at pictures and talk about what you know about rainforests and deserts.
1. What are the differences between them
2. What do they have in common
Activity 1
Skim the passage and then choose the right answer.
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 and 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.
What is the main idea of the text
A. It’s about the climates in
rainforests and deserts.
B. It’s about the animals in
rainforests and deserts.
C. Rainforests and deserts are
two different living places
in nature.
D. It’s about the plants in
rainforests and deserts.
Activity 2
Read again and match the main idea with 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 and 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.
Similarities(相似点)
Introduction(介绍)
Differences
Activity 2
Read the text again 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
Activity 3
Read Para. 2 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 and 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.
大量
仙人掌
What is the climate like in rainforests
Why do only a few animals live in the desert
It is warm and wet, and it rains a lot.
They don’t have much to eat and many of them live on other small animals.
a few表示数量较少，意为“几个”或“一些”，含有肯定含义，修饰可数名词。
以……为主要食物
Read Para. 2 again and answer the questions.
Why are rainforests and deserts important
They are home to many kinds of plants and animals.
Read Para. 3 and answer the question.
Read and 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
Differences
Similarities
Activity 4
Listen and read
Listen and read this text.
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
Differences
Similarities
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.
( )
( )
( )
( )
live on
many kinds of
is home to
plenty of
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3
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Fill in the blanks with the phrases in the box, and then match the sentences with the pictures.
Activity 5
What crisis (危机) is the rainforest facing
People cut down forests.
People illegally(非法地) hunt wild animals.
...
Forest fire.
Think and answer
What can we do to protect the rainforest
The rainforests are very important, because they are the home to many kinds of plants and animals. To protect them, I don’t use throwaway chopsticks...
Homework
1. Write a passage based on the comparison and contrast chart you made in Activity 4.
2. Preview Grammar.

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