Unit 1 Nature in the balance Reading 1 The Amazon rainforest：a natural treasure 课件 高中英语新牛津译林版必修第三册.pptxVIP

Nature in the balance;1. What animals do you know about? What is special about them?;2. What plants do you know about? What is special about them?;3. Have you ever watched a documentary before? Yes. (1)The documentary is about___________. What impresses you most about the documentary___________. (2)Language employed in a documentary is______________. No, I didnt because_______________. ;The Amazon rainforest: a natural treasure;;A2;A2;Read Paragraph 3 and complete the mind map about different levels of the rainforest.;Read Paragraph 4 and complete the following chart about the food chain in the rainforest.;While reading; ;While reading;While reading;While reading;How does the documentary script make clear the size of the Amazon rainforest and the length of the Amazon River?;B3;B3;B3;What other writing techniques are employed in the script? Find examples from the script. ;What is the function of those writing techniques? ;Post-reading;1. What is the Ant Forest Programme?;2. How does the Ant Forest Programme work?;3. Do you support the Ant Forest Programme and why?;B1;(5) the Amazon’s hot climate, it is difficult for the soil to build up enough nutrients. Dead plants and animals (6) more quickly. The nutrients are soon taken in by the roots of the plants deep (7) the ground. As a result, most of the forest’s nutrients are locked up in the plants themselves, (8) allowing them to grow at an unbelievable speed.;Words formed with negative prefixes;Homework