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Unit 5 The power of plants
Developing ideas
What plants can you see in the pictures
Rice,wheat and corn.
How do you usually eat them
rice noodles
bread
taco
What is taco
Welcome to our food festival! I’m your vlogger Jason. Please join me to enjoy the food festival! Before the festival, let me see how much you know about food.
What plants are used to make these delicious food
Rice, wheat and corn are the world’s top three food plants. People around the world eat them in different ways. For example, rice noodles in East Asia, bread in Europe and tacos (墨西哥卷饼) in the Americas.
1.What is taco
A tortilla （卷饼）filled with meat, vegetables and sauce(酱).
2.Which country’s traditional food is taco
Mexico.
Read the sentences and find the key words.
a The importance of corn in Mexico.
b Corn in different cultures.
c A famous Mexican corn dish.
So can you guess the topic word of the listening material What is it
Corn.
Listen to the opening of the vlog.
What is Jason talking about
a.The importance of corn in Mexico.
b.Corn in different cultures.
c.A famous Mexican corn dish.
While-listening
Learning to learn
Listening for numbers When listening for numbers, pay attention to words and expressions like nearly, about, over, and more/ less than. They usually come before numbers.
Where is he
What is in his right hand
What is he doing
He is taking a vlog about the corn in the Sweet Corn Festival.
Listen again and complete Jason’s notes for the vlog.
40
2
9,000
600
cooking
food
Sweet Corn Festival是个盛大的节日，庆祝方式多样，包括烹饪比赛、街头巡游、音乐表演及各种以玉米为主题的活动。节日期间，游客和当地居民可以欣赏到各种玉米制作的手工艺品，品尝到各种用玉米制作的美食，如玉米糕、玉米饼，甚至玉米冰激凌。玉米在墨西哥农业和经济中占据重要地位，深深地影响了墨西哥的文化和日常生活。“玉米节”不仅是对墨西哥农业的赞美，也是一个向全世界展示其独特文化和美食的盛会。
墨西哥“玉米节”
Jason: Welcome to Amazing Plants. This is Jason. I'm at the Sweet Corn Festival in Mexico. Look at this ear of corn! Can you believe the size of it ! But it's not the biggest. The biggest one is nearly 40 centimetres long! People started growing corn in Mexico about 9,000 years ago. Today, it's a big part of their cooking. There are over 600 corn dishes now!
Corn isn't just food. People even use it to make toys. It's also part of Mexican culture. Let's go and see!
Listen again and check your answers.
Do you usually eat corn
What could be made from corn
Corn silk
It’s the “hair” of corn. People in many countries make ______ with it. It is _______ for your health.
Listen to the conversation and complete the sentences.
Corn seeds
Tacos are a traditional Mexican food. We _______ them from corn seeds. We make chips with corn seeds, too.
Corn husks
We make ___________ doll with corn husks.
make
tea
good
traditional
Jason: Can I try the taco
Jose: Sure.
Jason: Yum! Are tacos a traditional Mexican food
Jose: They are! We make them from corn seeds.
Jason: Is this beef inside
Jose: Yeah. You can put almost anything in a taco! Now try these chips. We make them with corn seeds, too.
Jason: Oh, what's that
Jose: It's corn silk tea.
Listen again and check your answers.
Jason: Corn silk
Jose: It's the “hair” of corn. People in many countries make tea with it. It's good for your health. Try it!
Jason: It's sweet. Oh, what are these
Silvia: They're traditional dolls. We make them with corn husks.
Jason: So colourful! May I take a video of them
Silvia: Certainly!
Jason: Corn has so many uses. This is amazing.
There's a saying in Mexico: Without corn,
there is no country. Do you agree
Listen again. Then talk about how people ask for and give permission.
Asking for permission helps us get something in a polite way. We can use the questions May I … Or Could / Can I … People can reply Certainly, Sure or Go ahead.
Asking for and giving permission
Post-listening
Further thinking
How do you understand “Corn isn’t just food.It’s also part of
Mexican culture.”
tea,medicine
corn silk
corn seeds
food,feed(饲料）
corn husks
handicrafts(手工艺品）
1.What are the parts of an ear of corn
2.What are the parts used for
Free talk
Let’s sing with Mr. Corn.
Work in pairs. Act out a conversation about the uses of a plant.
Choose one of the plants and think about three ways of using it.
Have a conversation about its uses. Try to ask for and give permission in the conversation.
Rose
Cotton
Bamboo
art
perfume
…
tea
medicine
clothes
blanket
cotton swab
…
bamboo shoots
art
food
bamboo sleeping mat
…
Could you tell me …
Of course.
I am hoping to know …, may I …
What about …
Could I know …
Yes, of course.
A: This is bamboo. We use its shoots for cooking. I can make bamboo shoot noodles.
B: Wow! Could I try some someday
A: Of course. We also use bamboo as a building material. You can build houses with it.
B: That's interesting! May I ask you for another use
A: Yes, no problem. You can make paper from bamboo.
B: Thank you! Bamboo is a very useful plant.
Talk about what you have learnt about the different uses of plants in this section.
dolls
food
tea
gifts
paper
cloth(es)
cool
climate
tools
boats
houses
air cleaning
Let’s sing with Mr. Corn.
1. For example.rice noodles in East Asia,bread in Europe and tatcos in the Americas.例如，东亚的米粉，欧洲的面包和美洲的 塔可。
辨析：such as和for examplesuch as 通常用来列举同类人或事物中的几个例子,其前一般用逗号隔开
for example用来列举某一论点或情况，一般只列举同类人或事物中的一个，在句中作插入语。用逗号与前后隔开，可置于句首、句中或句末
Language points
请用such as，for example填空。
(1)My son is weak in English. 　 ， he has trouble remembering
English words.
(2)He has many hobbies， 　 collecting coins，playing the piano
and so on.
　For example　
　such as　
2. People even use it to make toys.人们甚至用它来制作玩具。
辨析：used to, be used to, be used for
be used to do sth.=be used for doing sth. “被用来做某事”，其中的to do是动词不定式，用来表目的。
be used to doing sth.“习惯做某事”，其中的to是介词，故其后要接v.-ing形式
used to do sth.“过去常常做某事”
请用used to, be used to be used for 填空。
(1) Mr Black be a bus driver, but now he is a bank clerk.
(2) The pen writing.
(3) My father drinking coffee after dinner.
(4) This machine __________ make bread.
　used to
is used for
is used to
is used to
I.根据句意和汉语提示写出所缺的单词
1. The farmers are happy to see fields of (玉米).
2. I want to buy some (丝绸)dresses for you.
3. The (玫瑰)is the city flower of Shenyang.
4. The blouse is made of (棉花)and it feels good.
5. People can use (竹子)to build a house.
Exercise
corn　
silk　
rose　
cotton　
bamboo　
Ⅱ.单项填空
(　 )1.—You’d better _______food to the tigers.　
—Sorry， I won’t do it again.
A.not throw B.not to throw　 C.throw D.to not throw
(　 )2.“Please let me help you，” he said to me_______ a polite way.
A.by　　　　 B.with　　　 C.in 　 D.at
(　 )3.Mr Brown _______ a talk on country music next Monday.
A.gives　　　 B.will give　　 C.is giving　 D.gave
(　 )4.I start _______homework after dinner.
A.doing　　　 B.do　　　　 C.does 　 D.to doing
(　 )5.He bought a lot of fruit， _______ apples and oranges.
A.such as B.for example C.so as　　 D.as
Exercise
A
C
B
A
A
Homework
1. Try to remember the new words and useful sentence structures
about this lesson;
2. Choose a plant and write a short passage about the different uses of
the plant.
I can
能够介绍某种植物的三种用途。
能够尽可能多地使用核心词汇及Useful expressions中的表达。
能够正确使用关于asking for and giving permission的表达。

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