【学生版】Unit 6 Period 3 Listening and Speaking（配套） Learning Objectives 1 To learn words describing nature and clarify them correctly 2 To listen for why many words describing nature disappeared, and use expressions of giving examples and giving explanations correctly Learning activities 目标一: To learn words describing nature and clarify them correctly Activity 1: Read the paragraph and answer the questions. Pay attention to the words in bold. There is no month in the whole year in which nature wears a more beautiful appearance than in the month of August. Spring has many beauties, and May is a fresh and blooming month, but the charms of this time of year are enhanced by their contrast with the winter season. August has no such advantage. It comes when we remember nothing but clear skies, green fields, and sweet-smelling flowers - when the memory of snow, and ice, and bleak winds, has faded from our minds as completely as they have disappeared from the earth - and yet what a pleasant time it is! Orchards and fields sing with the sound of work; trees bend beneath the thick clusters of rich fruit which bow their branches to the ground; and the wheat, piled in graceful sheaves, or waving in every gentle wind that sweeps above it, tinges the landscape with a golden colour. A soft, pleasant light appears to hang over the whole earth; the influence of the season seems to extend itself even to a passing wagon, whose slow motion across the well-reaped field is seen by the eye, but makes no loud noises upon the ear. (Adaptation from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens) 1 What does this paragraph mainly describe 2 What aspects does the author describe Answers: _____ _____ Activity 2: Put the words into the boxes. Find out what they are used to describe. Think of more words in each category and add them to the boxes. fresh, blooming, clear, green, sweet-smelling bleak, bend, thick clusters, rich, bow, piled graceful sheaves, waving, gentle, sweeps, tinges, golden, soft, pleasant, makes, loud Sound Colour Action Shape Smell Sensation Describe nature during your favourite season with the words you have learnt. 目标二: To listen for why many words describing nature disappeared, and use expressions of giving examples and giving explanations correctly Activity 1: Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. 1 What book was the man reading 2 Why was the man annoyed 3 What was the girl’s opinion Answers: _____ _____ Activity 2: Listen to the conversation again and correct the mistakes in the man’s blog. Recently I was reading a book called Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane. What the author wrote made me feel confused. He said that many words describing nature were being added to the new version of the junior dictionary. These are words like “pasture” and “bluebell”. A “pasture” is a dense forest for cows and horses to eat. “Bluebells” are fruit shaped like bells. The reason why they are doing this is that they think these words are irrelev ... ...
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