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课件网) Amazing nature Reading for writing 1.To master the key words and expressions. 2.understand the main idea of the passage. 3.To realize the effect of humans activities and the responsibility of protecting the environment. Learning objectives Lead in What’ s the video mainly about Guess the puzzles. Lead in “I am salty.People float on me.” The Dead Sea "What rare place combines ice and jungle " Rainforest Lead in Guess the puzzles. “I'm slow but powerful, carving valleys with my icy teeth.” “What am I ” Glacier Lead in Guess the puzzles. Prediction Look at the title, subtitles and pictures and guess what the passage talks about. The Dead Sea could die! Rainforest - forest ≠ rain If Frozen turns into Waterworld ... While-reading Problem-Cause-Solution I'm not a sea but a lake. And I'm not dead. In fact, I've got many plants and animals. I'm saltier than any sea, so people can lie on my surface. Rivers flow into me. But now people take too much water from them. My water level is going down. I am becoming smaller year by year. Take less water, or I'll dry up within the next 100 years. Then I really will be dead! The Dead Sea could die! Problems Causes Solutions Its water level is going down and it’s becoming smaller year by year. It may dry up within the next 100 years. People take too much water from the rivers that flow into it. Take less water While-reading Problem-Cause-Solution I'm not a sea but a lake. And I'm not dead. In fact, I've got many plants and animals. I'm saltier than any sea, so people can lie on my surface. Rivers flow into me. But now people take too much water from them. My water level is going down. I am becoming smaller year by year. Take less water, or I'll dry up within the next 100 years. Then I really will be dead! The Dead Sea could die! 1.The Dead Sea is actually a ____. A. sea B. lake C. river 2. People can lie on its surface because it's very ____. A. salty B. cold C. deep 3.The main problem is ____. A. too many animals B. water being taken C. no rain While-reading Problem-Cause-Solution I'm the rainforest of Madagascar.As my name suggests, I make rain for my plants and animals, such as monkeys, snakes and many kinds of flowers. For 80% of them, I'm their only home in the world. However, people are cutting down my trees for wood and to make space for farming. Please stop it. I'm disappearing. Problems Causes Solutions Rainforest - forest ≠ rain It is disappearing. Stop cutting down trees. People are cutting down its trees for wood and to make space for farming. While-reading Problem-Cause-Solution Fill in the blanks rain, home, farming, monkeys, Madagascar, wood, snakes, flowers, cut, 80% I'm the rainforest of _____. I make _____ for animals like _____ and _____. People are _____ down trees for _____ and _____. _____% of animals lose their _____. Rainforest - forest ≠ rain Madagascar rain snakes monkeys cutting wood farming 80 home While-reading P ... ...
