Book 4 Unit 2 Working the land

1. Book 4 Unit 2 Working the land Period Six Listening and speaking

2. 学习目标

3. 重点难点

4. 课堂探究 • 【探究1】Read these words. Look up the ones you are not familiar with in your dictionary. • 1. cucumber ________ • 2. nutritious ________ • 3. kill off ________

5. 【探究2】 Listen to the story of “What’s wrong with the vegetables?”(P15)and finish the • following exercises. • 1.What is the main topic of the conversation? • 2.Listen to the tape again, decide if the following statements are true or false, • according to the conversation .(See Textbook, P15) • _________

6. 【探究3】 Listen to the tape for listening Fighting growing deserts on P46 and finish the • exercises. • 1. What makes the world’s deserts grow? First tick the causes which you think are true. • Then listen to the tape and tick what you hear.(See Textbook, P48)

7. 2. Listen to the tape again and choose the best answer to each question.(See Textbook, • P48)

8. 【探究4】 Discussion/ imagine ………. • Planting trees is one of the most common ways to stop the world’s growing deserts. • Every year on March 12th China celebrates Tree-planting Day. Discuss the questions • below in groups The expressions below may help: • Why is Tree-planting Day so important ? Have you ever planted trees? When? • After Tree-planting Day is over, what happens to the trees? Who takes care of them? • Other than planting trees ,what can students do to help turn deserts into green land? • May I suggest…..? Let me suggest……… • But what about/how about ….? Perhaps we should consider…..