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Unit 4 Our WorldTopic 1 Plants and animals are important to us. Section C  earth n. 地球；土，泥；大地 rainforest n. (热带)雨林 forest n. 森林 wood n. 木头，木材；woods 树木，森林 Forests give us … rubber n.橡胶 (影片1) Read 1a again and complete the following tasks. 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 Because the plants in the rainforests help to make the air fresher. They also help to control the climate. D Rainforests are very important to us. Key points Rainforests cover 6% of the earth’s surface. six percent Thousands and thousands of animals live in rainforests. 成千上万的 成百上千的 成百万上千万的，数以百万计的 hundreds of millions of Key points 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” e.g. 天气变得越来越暖和了。 The weather gets warmer and warmer. 中国越来越美丽。 China is more and more beautiful. Key points Read 1a again and write down the importance of rainforests. make the air fresher control the climate give us food, rubber, medicine and so on Add your own opinions and then report it to your class. What covers most parts of the earth? Water. It’s in rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. (影片2) Complete the passage according to 2a. Water is ___________ to all living things. All ________ and _________ need water. _________ also need water to drink, to cook and ______ _______ . _________ water, there could be no life on earth. So we must save water. important plants animals Without Humans to clean Water is necessar