Unit 6 At one with nature Developing ideas A Love of Gardening 教学目标； By the end of this period, students will be able to: 1.get some information of the British gardens and choose the topic sentence of each paragraph. 2.guess the meaning of some sentences according to its context. 3.promote the awareness of being close to nature and live in harmony with nature. 精读语篇 Step1： Fast- Reading What’s the main idea of the text A. History about gardening. B. British enthusiasm for gardening. C. Amazing gardening. D. The benefits of gardening. 答案：B Read the text quickly to match the main idea with each paragraph. Para.1 A.Brits’ gardening. Para.2 B.The start of British gardens. Para.3 C. The spiritual benefits of gardens. Para.4 D. Gardens in cities. 答案：B A D C 3.Choose the topic sentences and write them on the lines to complete the passage. As well as being good for the environment, gardening is also good for the soul. But in cities, limited space has led to people looking for new solutions. For many people in the UK, their garden is their own private world. d.This is what started the British love of gardening! 答案：1–d 2–c 3–b 4–a Step 2 Detailed reading I . Read Para.1 and do the following exercises. What’s your understanding of the quotation 答案：The world is not lack of beauty but the discoverable eyes. What’s the function of the quotation 答案：To make the expression more persuasive and convincing. 3.What’s the function of the sentence in The Secret Garden A. To add some background information. B. To illustrate the beauty of the garden. C.To introduce the topic of this passage. D. To remind the importance of the garden. 答案：C 4.What does “green fingers” mean in the first paragraph A．The fingers painted with green color. B．The poor skills of gardening. C．The fingers cut by green knife. D．The super skills of gardening. 答案：D II. Read Para.2 carefully and do the following exercises. Which of the activity is not mentioned in Paragraph 2 A. Planting sunflowers. B. Growing vegetables. C. Cutting the grass. D. Finding roses. 答案：D III. Read Para.3 carefully and answer the questions. 1. Find out people’s solutions to dealing with limited space. 2.What are the benefits of gardens 答案：1.renting small pieces of land and turning rooftops and walls into private gardens; 2.make the cities greener and improve air quality. IV. Read Para.4 carefully and do the following tasks. 1.What’s the function of the first sentence ( It serves as a _____. ) 2.What are the benefits of gardening 3. What does the underlined sentence“Where you tend a rose... A thistle cannot grow.” suggest 4.Why the author mentioned the book The Secret Garden in both the first and last paragraphs 答案：1. transitional sentence 2.When there are beautiful and positive ideas in our minds, we will feel fulfilled, and won’t be easily influenced by negative thoughts and ideas. 3. It’s good for the environment and people’s souls. 4. To make the passage ... ...
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