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课件网) Unit 5 Love Mother Nature! Exploring the Topic (Theme Reading) PART. 01 Learning Objectives 思维品质 学习能力 文化意识 语言能力 教学目标 能准确理解关于雨林和沙漠的描述性词汇及句型；能提取关键信息完成任务；能就雨林和沙漠的话题进行简单的口头和书面表达。 能了解雨林和沙漠作为自然奇观，是众多动植物的家园，增强对自然环境多样性的认识，树立保护自然、尊重自然的意识。 能在阅读文本、完成任务的过程中，掌握通过上下文猜测词义、提取关键信息的学习策略，提高自主学习英语的能力。 能通过对比雨林和沙漠的气候、动植物等信息，培养分析、归纳和对比的逻辑思维能力。 教学重难点 掌握雨林和沙漠在气候、动植物方面的关键描述词汇与短语。 能提取信息完成对比任务，同时理解并运用相关短语进行表达。 准确对比雨林和沙漠的差异，培养逻辑对比的思维能力。 灵活运用所学词汇短语，在不同语境中进行话题表达。 01 02 PART. 02 Lead-in Guess: What is the natural place Guess: What is the natural place PART. 03 Theme Reading Activity 1 Pair work. Look at the pictures and talk about what you know about rainforests and deserts. Pre-reading It is hot and wet. It is home to many kinds of plants and animals. It is usually dry, because there is little rain. It is home to some kinds of plants and a few animals. rainforest desert Skim the text, and then think about what’s the main idea of the text. While-reading It’s about the climates in rainforests and deserts. It’s about the animals in rainforests and deserts. It’s about the plants in rainforests and deserts. Rainforests and deserts are two different living places in nature. Skim means reading a passage rapidly to grasp its main idea without focusing on every single word. 略读指快速阅读一篇文章，在不逐字阅读的情况下抓住其主旨大意。 Underline the topic sentence, and then write a proper (合适的) title for the text. While-reading _____ Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. These plants can keep water. Only a few animals can live in the desert because animals don’t have much to eat. Most desert animals live on other small animals. Rainforests and deserts are wonders of nature. They are home to many animals and plants. Rainforests and Deserts Activity 2 Read the text and guess the meaning of the underlined words. While-reading Rainforests and deserts are two very different living places in nature. In a rainforest, it is warm and wet, and it rains a lot. You can find many kinds of plants and animals there. Plants can grow very tall, and animals have plenty of food to eat. The desert is hot and dry. It rains very little there. There are also some kinds of plants in the desert, like cactuses. These plants can keep water. Only a few animals can live in the desert because an ... ...
