上海教育出版社英语七年级下Unit 4 Save the trees Reading Period 1

Detailed reading
Read the first part of the conversation .
Comprehension
Are they true or false ? If false, correct it. 1. Trees take in useful gases from the air. harmful gases 2. Trees produce oxygen for us to breathe.
Many of the things in our daily lives come from trees.
For example
,
paper pencils, and chairs.
Reading
Trees in our daily lives
Rebecca wants to know more about trees and how they help us. She is interviewing Dr Jones about trees.
fruit
leaf
branch
root
Factories produce harmful gases. harmful gases
We breath oxygen every day.
oxygen
What do trees do for us ?
harmful
take in
produce
gases
上海教育出版社英语七年级下 Unit 4 Save the trees Reading
Period 1
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Unit
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Save the trees
Period 1 Reading (1)
How much do you know about trees? Try the short quiz below.
Trees are home to ... and ...
What do trees do for us ?
Trees provide us with ... and ...
Before you read
Look at the title of the interview on page 45. Then answer the question below.
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Comprehension
Why are trees major fighters against air pollution? • They keep the air cool and clean. • They take in harmful gases from the air. • They produce oxygen for us to breathe. How do trees keep the air cool and clean? •They take in harmful gases from the air and produce oxygen for us to breathe.
Read the second part of the conversation.
Comprehension
Are they true or false ? If false, correct it. 1. Many things come from trees.For example,paper and pencils. T
millions of，take in等。
Thank you for listening! See you!
Homework
1. 模仿录音的语音、语调，朗读课文。 2. 抄写单词和短语：against，branch， convenient，example，fight，furniture， gas，harmful，imagine，major，oxygen ，produce，root，save；for example，
paper and pencils Fruit and Oil Tea and furniture
Read the third part of the conversation and answer the following question.
Comprehension
How many trees do people cut down every year?
2. In fact, we can't get a lot more from the trees. can
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Comprehension
Do trees make our lives more convenient? Yes, they do. What can we get from trees?

People cut down millions of trees every year.
air pollution cool and clean harmful gases more convenient come from trees made of wood
Review the text
Repeat the text after the tape.
Can you say something about trees?
Trees
Trees in our daily lives are very ...... ...... ...... Let's .
.
We need a green earth.
To save trees is to save ourselves.
oxygen
Trees take in harmful gases and produce oxygen.
Trees help fight against air pollution.
Trees are major fighters against air pollution.
What do trees do for us ?
Fast reading
Read quickly and answer the following questions.
1.What can trees produce? A Oxygen B Harmful gases
C
Paper
2.Trees can make our lives more________? A difficult B longer C convenient