(
课件网) Look at the picture and guess where it is: Many kinds of animals and plants live here. It is the largest rainforest in the world. It gets its name from the Amazon River. It's the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest 7BU4 More practice Where is it？ What or who lives there What are the special things about the Amazon How important is it How large is it Do people tour around it location importance living things tourism special things size The Amazon rainforest in South America is the largest rainforest in the world. It covers five and a half million square kilometres of the Amazon Basin and spreads across nine countries. The Amazon rainforest is very important because it is home to thousands of animals, birds and insects. However, people are destroying the area by cutting down many of the trees. This is called “deforestation”. Many living things lose their homes because of deforestation. As a result, the number of kinds of animals, birds, insects and trees in the world is decreasing. We must do our best to protect the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon Rainforest Location Living Things Tourism Importance Size Tick what is in the text. V V Danger Our responsibility V V Location Size Living Things Importance Danger Our responsibility Skim and summarize: P54 Skim the passage and choose the correct answer. A. To tell an interesting story of the Amazon rainforest. B. To describe or explain some facts about the Amazon rainforest. C. To argue that the Amazon rainforest is very important. What is the purpose of this passage The text type(文本类型) of the passage is _____. exposition Exposition (说明文): to describe or explain an idea or something. Read the first paragraph and fill in the mind map. 1 is in _____. covers _____. Location Size spread across_____. the Amazon rainforest South America 5.5 million km2 9 countries Scan and think: P54 单击此处编辑母版标题样式 Antarctica The Rainforests of the World Brazil Peru Ecuador Colombia Venezuela Guyana Bolivia French Guiana Suriname The Amazon Basin 亚马逊平原 The rainforest covers 5.5 million km2 and spreads across Brazil and Peru … The Amazon rainforest is more than half the size of China. It is _____. large/the largest Read the second paragraph and answer the questions. 1. Why is the Amazon rainforest very important Because it is home to thousands of animals, birds and insects. 2. What does “deforestation” mean It means destroying forests by cutting down the trees. 3. What is the result of deforestation Many living things lose their homes and the number of kinds of animals, birds, insects and trees in the world is decreasing. 2 destroy : make sth. die people _____ trees desforestation Many living things _____ their home the number of kinds of living things is _____ cut down lose decreasing as a result so become fewer and fewer Scan and think: P54 insect It is home to animals, birds and insects. the wild Amazon What is the condition(现状) ... ...
