商务英语精读第三册Unit 1 plant.pptVIP

Unit OnePlants Learning Aims: By the end of the unit, we should be able to: Understand the importance of plants and some knowledge about trees and flowers; Master the usage of difficult words and phrases of this unit; Know how to show satisfaction, boredom, and displeasure Lead-in questions: What is your favorite plant? Tree and flowers are often used as symbols. For example, red roses stands for love. List some other examples of this. What will do to protect trees and flowers around you? “Have You Seen the Tree” (para. 1,2) I heard about the tree (para. 3-6) description of the tree (para. 7,8) what I thought about the tree (para. 9,10) what I did when I went home I heard about the tree twilight: n. the time when darkness is about to fall for the night Eg: They enjoy to see the twilight scene before the sun disappears. Raising birds became his only hobby in his twilight years. the twilight (of sth): period of decreasing importance or strength; decline Eg: the twilight of his career I heard about the tree What did I heard about the tree? the tree was beautiful I ought to see it Writing techniques used to support general statement with details comparison and contrast Description of the tree swim with: to flood or overflow with Eg: Her heart is swimming with love. Sunshine swims with the room. Her eyes were swimming (with tears). The bath room floor was swimming with water. Description of the tree splash: n. a small area of color eg: His clothes are full of splashes of mud. Her dog is brown with white splashes. v. decorate sth with large or irregular patches of color, paint, etc. eg: a bath towel splashed with blue and green splash: v. cause a liquid to fly about in drops eg: splash water over/on the floor/splash the floor with water/splash water about Description of the tree Like the messy whirl of an artist’s palette, the tree blazed a bright crimson on its lower branches, burned with vivid yellows and oranges in