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课件网) Unit 8 Our Blue Planet Exploring the Topic: Theme Reading (Saving water in deserts) 掌握quick、shower、off等词汇； 学会使用可视化阅读策略，构建沙漠中节水行动的视觉化场景；运用辨识主旨大意和细节信息的思维技能，确定文本的主旨大意和细节信息； 认识到水资源的缺乏和节约用水的重要性。 1. He offered some _____(有用的) advice. 2. —Do you know the water _____(循环) —Yes, I do. 3. 在家外面，我们可以走水路、在水中做运动并且玩水玩得很开心。 useful cycle 填空&翻译练习 Outside home, we can travel by water, do exercise in water, and have fun with water. Saving water in deserts Activity 1 Group work. Look at the pictures and discuss what you can do to save water. Take a quick shower. quick adj. 快的;迅速的 shower n. 淋浴;淋浴间,淋浴器 v. (洗)淋浴 These cakes are very quick and easy to make.这些糕饼做起来又快又简单。 take a shower=have a shower 洗澡 Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth. off adv. (用以表示除去了某物); 休假;休息 tap n. 水龙头 while conj. 当……的时侯；而，然而 brush v. (用刷子)刷净,刷亮 n. 刷子 tooth (pl.teeth) n. 牙;齿 turn off 关闭;关掉 brush one’s teeth 刷牙 Saving water in deserts Reuse water. use v. 使用 useful adj. 有用的;有帮助的 We can reuse water in many ways. 我们可以用很多方式重复使用水。 reuse v. 再次使用;重复使用 Saving water in deserts e.g. Please turn on the lights. 请打开灯。 I have to get up and turn off the radio. 我必须起床关上收音机 。 Turn the heat down or it’ll burn. 把炉火开小一些，不然就烧焦了。 Could you turn the TV up 你能把电视机的音量开大些吗？ Saving water in deserts Read the text and visualize what you read. Activity 2 Are there any people living in the desert The answer is yes. As a matter of fact, the desert is home to many people. I know a 事实上,其实 family living in the desert. Water is so important and valuable for be valuable for对……有价值 them. The family don’t have enough water. They seldom plant flowers or grass. They can only take a quick shower once a week. 一次 足够的,充足的 During the shower, they must collect the water. After the shower, they reuse the water. It doesn’t rain much in the desert. Most people get water from the underground, so they have to spend a lot of money digging wells. 掘(地);挖(土) I feel lucky. I don’t need to worry about water, but now I start to save water. Join me and let’s make a difference together. start to do sth. 开始做某事 有影响,起作用 必须 收集;采集 担心,担忧 enough “名前形副后” ：enough作形容词时，要放在所修饰的名词的前面。enough作副词时，要放在所修饰的形容词、副词的后面。 adj. 足够的,充足的 adv. 足够地 e.g. Is there enough room for me 有足够的地方给我吗？ This house isn’t big enough for us.这房子对我们来说不够大。 表达某件事发生的频率: “once a/an+单数时间名词”表示 “(多久)一次”。 once a week/month/year 每周/月/年一次 He cleans his car once a month.他每月洗一次汽车。 表达“曾经”： I once met your mother.我曾经见过你母亲。 adv. 仅一次;一次;曾经 conj. 一……就 once I read: I see in my mi ... ...
