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Unit 3 plants Lesson 1 The Date Palm 枣椰 New Words: date, palm, basket, burn, southern, museum Syria, Egypt, Arab Key Words: Palm的用法组合 palmtop, in the palm of one’s hand, know sth. like the palm of one’s hand palm oil, carry off/bear the palm 获奖、获胜、出人头地 Useful Expressions: 1. They make baskets from the leaves. make…from: 用…（原料）制造 e.g. We made a shelter from leaves and branches. 比较：make of The chopsticks are made of wood. The paper is made from wood. 填空： Salt is made sea water. The beer bottles are made glass. All the desks and chairs are made wood. This kind of wine is made rice. 2. Most of them cannot grow in the Middle East because it is too dry. 这是表示“大多数”的一种方式 How to say: All/ most/ none of the Asian countries 全部、大部分、没有一个亚洲国家 agree wit the UN proposal of carbon emission. 3. People thought the same thing a long time ago. think the same thing: have the same idea/thoughts e.g. Great minds think alike. Your idea sounds very good, and we’re thinking the same thing! Lesson 2 The Water Hyacinth 水葫芦、凤眼兰 New Words: Hyacinth 风信子 , tropical, purple, disease, crop, machine, fertilizer 肥料 , methane 沼气、甲烷 , energy Key Words: tropical, hate, disease, energy Useful Expressions: 1. Millions and millions of these plants grow in rivers and lakes. millions and millions of: 数以百万计的 How to say: 有成千上万的大学毕业生参加了此次招聘会 recruitment Thousands and thousands of college graduates took part in the recruitment. 2. Sometimes the plants become so thick that people can walk on them. so +adj./adv. /such +n. …that…: 如此…以致… e.g. I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as I sat down. 注意：It was such a hard job that we had to work on it the whole day. How to say: 厦门是个如此美丽的城市，许多人都喜欢在这儿生活。 Xiamen is so beautiful/ such a beautiful city that many people like to live here. 3. The plants stop water from moving. stop … from类似说法：keep…from, prevent…from from表示“不做某事” . How to say: 她已经下定决心了，你无法阻止她继续下去。 She has made up her mind, and you cannot stop her from goin