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课件网) Unit 1 Nature in the balance Reading Pre-reading Do you know where it is The Amazon / m z n/ rainforest What do you think of the Amazon rainforest The Amazon rainforest: a natural treasure The Amazon rainforest Predicting : What does the passage talk about animals significance/ value plants danger location I. Read and match the main idea of each paragraph. Fast-reading Welcome to the jungle , a huge sea of green alive with the sounds of animals. This is the Amazon rainforest. As the largest rainforest in the world, it plays a significant role in maintaining the fine balance of the Earth’s ecosystem. / d ɡl/ / la v/ /s ɡ n f k nt/ /me n te n/ / b l ns/ / i k s st m/ Detailed-reading Para.1 The tree is alive with birds. She does not know if he is alive or dead.. Welcome to the jungle, a huge sea of green alive with the sounds of animals. be filled with be full of As the largest rainforest in the world, it plays a significant role in maintaining the fine balance of the Earth's ecosystem. As students, we need to study hard. ...plays a significant role in sth/ doing sth maintain/keep the balance of sth/ between A and B / d ɡl/ / la v/ /s ɡ n f k nt/ /me n te n/ / b l ns/ / i k s st m/ What is the status of the Amazon rainforest Para.1 The Amazon rainforest crosses into eight countries, including Brazil and Peru, and one overseas region of France, all on the South American continent. With the area of around 6 million square kilometers, the Amazon rainforest is more than half the size of China. The Amazon River, from which the rainforest gets its name, is close to 6,400 kilometers in length———roughly 100 kilometers longer than the Yangtz River. On its journey from the mountains to the ocean, the river supports many different ecosystems. They give this area the richest biodiversity on the Earth: one in ten known species in this world can be found here. /kr s/ /br zil/ /p 'r / / ri d n/ / k nt n nt/ /skwe (r)/ / spi i z/ / bai udai v :s ti/ /'j tsi/ /s p t/ / r fli/ /'kil mi:t (r)/ /fr ns/ /'e r / / m lj n/ /hɑ f/ /le θ/ /'d n / / n/ Para.2 The Amazon rainforest crosses into eight countries, including Brazil and Peru, and one overseas region of France, all on the South American continent. With the area of around 6 million square kilometers, the Amazon rainforest is more than half the size of China. The Amazon River, from which the rainforest gets its name, is close to 6400 kilometres in length-- roughly 100 kilometres longer than the Ynagtze River. The rainforest gets its name from the Amazon River. 定语从句中，当先行词指物，关系代词前有介词时，只能用which. The man, with _____ he is talking, is his brother. 当先行词指人，关系代词前有介词时，只能用whom. On its journey from the mountains to the ocean, the river supports many different ecosystems. They give this area the richest biodiversity on the Earth: one in ten known species in this world can be found here. Of the 390,000 plant s ... ...
