Unit_4_Our_World_Topic_1_Plants_and_animals_are_important_to_us._Section_C.ppt

Unit 4 Our WorldTopic 1 Plants and animals are important to us. Section C  By Yuan Dingmei rainforest ???????????? （热带）雨林 cover ?????? / 覆盖 6%=six percent ?????????百分之 dark?????? 暗的 earth????? 地球 forest ????????? 森林 surface????????表面 wet ?????湿的 wood ?????n. 木头，木材； rubber ???????n.橡胶 earth 地球 ; 泥土［U］ There are some earth on earth. forest n.森林 rainforest n.(热带）雨林 6﹪=six percent earth n.地球 泥土 surface n.表面 dark adj.黑暗的 ground n. 地面 lung ?????n.肺 control ???????????v. 控制 climate ??????????n.气候 wood n.木头，木材 rubber n. 橡胶 protect?????????? v.保护 set up 建立 成立 spread??????? over 覆盖 form v.形成 own adj.自己的 1a Look, listen and answer. What does the passage mainly talk about? Look, listen and answer. 1a What does the passage mainly talk about ? 1a Look, listen and answer. What does the passage mainly talk about? The rainforests. Read 1a silently and complete the following tasks. Because the plants in the rainforests help to make the air fresher. They also help to control the climate. Rainforests are very important to us. 1.What does “cover” mean in this passage? A. set up B. spread over C. have D. form 2.We can’t get the answer to Question _________ from the passage. A. What are in rainforests? B. Why are rainforests important to us? C. What can we get from rainforests? D. What should we do to protect rainforests? 3. Why are rainforests “the lungs of the earth”? 4. What’s the main idea of the passage? B. spread over D. What should we do to protect rainforests? 1b Key points Rainforests cover 6% of the earth’s surface. six percent 热带雨林覆盖了地球表面的6﹪. Thousands and thousands of animals live in rainforests. 成千上万的 成百上千的 hundreds of But now rainforests are becoming smaller and smaller. 越来越小 “形容词比较级+and+形容词比较级” 或“more and more + 多音节形容词原级”表示“越来越……”。 The weather gets colder an