Learning about LanguagePPT及专用教学设计内容

Unit 4 Exploring plants Learning about Language Step1. Discovering useful words and expressions Complete the sentences with suitable words or expressions from the text. 1) I love going on walks and looking at plants. In fact, I think I’ll study _______ at university. 2) He speaks Spanish with great _______ though he is not good at writing it. 3) The palace we are going to visit tomorrow ___________ the 19th century. 4) In the center of the block of flats there is a small _________ where I can plant some flowers. 5) There are too many cars on the roads. I think there should be _____ restrictions on car numbers. Step2. Complete the paragraph with words from the reading passage.

The thought of another trip of thousands of miles on the high seas certainly did not ______ to me, but there was no other way to get the ______ to the _______ islands of the Pacific. We were unable to do any travelling across countries as there were too many ___________ by many of thegovernments and we could not move freely across borders. We had so many ________ that they had to be ______ packed on the ship. There was not much room left for the crew. These crowed conditions resulted in a lot of ________ and several fights. However, the worst part of the trip was sailing through a wild _____________, in which the rain did not stop for two days.

After three months at sea, we finally arrived and lowered the _______ in the harbour of our destination. We were dirty and had long beards, for we had no fresh water to wash in and we didn’t ______ at all. What a sight we were!

Step3. Revising useful structures Revising these sentences using to or for with the indirect object. 1) Can you give me one kilo of ripe peaches?

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2) Send me your report on irrigation as soon as you’ve finished it. __________________________________

3) He showed me the weeds so that I wouldn’t out out his new seedlings.

__________________________________ 4) My cousin brought me some spears from Papua New Guinea.

__________________________________ 5) I buy my fish fresh seaweed every month as it’s an important part of their diet.

__________________________________ 6) Susan handed him the string so he could tie up the box.

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Step3. Complete the sentences using the –ing form or the infinitive of the verb as the

object. Use the words in brackets to help you. 1) Barbara learned _____________ when her uncle came to visit her family last summer. (ride / horses) 2) I enjoy __________________________________________, though I don’t quite

understand what they are about. (read /

cartoons) 3) Jim and Mandy both denied _____________________________. (see /

car key)

4) I expect __________________________

this year. (spend / holidays / France) 5) Charlie regretted _________________________________________. (invite / Joseph / party) 6) Jack finally agreed ___________________________________. (apologise / broken spade) Step4 . Each sentence below contains one mistake. Find the mistake and correct it. 1) Could you begin by telling what you were doing at 9:30 on the evening of the 13th April? 2) My parents suggested to postpone our visit to the pyramids because we didn’t have enough time to see them before we left Egypt. 3) Please stop interrupting to me when I’m explaining something. 4) In the morning the hunter showed me the way how to get to the track down the mountain. 5) He admitted me that he had done something wrong. 6) I will report them the kind of monument we are planning to build for the soldiers.

Step5 1.Retell the story to your partner.

2. Finish off the exercises in your book.