七下Unit4Morepractice&CulturecorneLeadinLookatthepictureandguess:It'stheAmazonrainforest.Whereisit?LeadinWhatdoyouknowabouttheAmazonrainforest?TheAmazonrainforestiscalled“thelungoftheworld”.Thereareallkindsofplantsthere.LeadinWhatdoyouknowabouttheAmazonrainforest?Thereareallkindsofanimalsthere.LeadinWhatdoyouknowabouttheAmazonrainforest?Itisthehomeofallkindsofbirds,too.ReadingTheAmazonrainforestTheAmazonrainforestinSouthAmericaisthelargestrainforestintheworld.ItcoversfiveandahalfmillionsquarekilometresoftheAmazonBasinandspreadsacrossninecountries.TheAmazonrainforestisveryimportantbecauseitishometothousandsofanimals,birdsandinsects.Listen,readandunderstand.ReadingHowever,peoplearedestroyingtheareabycuttingdownmanyofthetrees.Thisiscalled“deforestation”.Manylivingthingslosetheirhomesbecauseofdeforestation.Asaresult,thenumberofkindsofanimals,birds,insectsandtreesintheworldisdecreasing.WemustdoourbesttoprotecttheAmazonrainforest.Languagepoints1.TheAmazonrainforestisveryimportantbecauseitishometothousandsofanimals,birdsandinsects.

亞馬遜雨林是非常重要的，因?yàn)樗浅汕先f的動(dòng)物，鳥類和昆蟲的家園。

thousandsof+名詞復(fù)數(shù)“數(shù)千……，成千上萬的”表示籠統(tǒng)數(shù)字,前面不能加具體數(shù)字。eg.Thousandsofpeoplepaidgoodmoneytowatchthebandperform.成千上萬的人花很多錢去觀看這支樂隊(duì)的演出。Languagepointsthousand“千”，前面要用具體數(shù)字，即“數(shù)字+thousand+名詞復(fù)數(shù)”eg.Itcostsomewherearoundtwothousanddollars.買下來要花大約兩千元。(注：類似用法的還有hundred,million,billion等)中考易錯(cuò)題：Thereareabout_____peopleonthesquare.A.thousandofB.twothousandsC.thousandsofD.twothousandof

Languagepoints2.Manylivingthingslosetheirhomesbecauseofdeforestation.許多生物因?yàn)榭撤ド侄ゼ覉@。

becauseof因?yàn)?..，后接名詞或者動(dòng)名詞

because因?yàn)?..，后接從句eg.Shedoesn'tgotoschoolbecauseofherillness.=Shedoesn'tgotoschoolbecausesheisill.

她沒來上學(xué)因?yàn)樗×?。Languagepoints中考專題練習(xí)：選用because或becauseof填空。1.__________hisbadleg,hecouldn'twalksofastasothers.2.Theydidn'tgoswimming________itwasraininghard.3.——Whycan'tyoudoitnow?

——__________I'mtoobusy.4.Hedidn'tcometoday__________hisillness.?BecauseofbecauseBecausebecauseofLanguagepoints3.Asaresult,thenumberofkindsofanimals,birds,insectsandtreesintheworldisdecreasing.

因此，世界上動(dòng)物、鳥類、昆蟲和樹木的種類正在減少。

thenumberof……的數(shù)量，后加可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)anumberof許多，后加可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)Languagepointseg.ThenumberoftouriststailsoffinOctober.十月份游客人數(shù)越來越少。Ihaveanumberofthingstodotoday.我今天有許多事情要做。

中考鏈接：

______ofourworkersis800,and______ofthemarewomen.(山東營口中考)A.Anumber;anumberB.Thenumber;thenumberC.Anumber;thenumberD.Thenumber;anumber

ReadingFindoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Paragraph1

Paragraph2

Paragraph3a.theproblemoftheAmazonrainforestb.thethingswhatweshoulddofortheAmazonrainforestc.thepositionandthemeasureofareaoftheAmazonrainforestReading1.WhereistheAmazonrainforest?

InSouthAmerica.2.HowlargeistheAmazonrainforest?

ItcoversfiveandahalfmillionsquarekilometresoftheAmazonBasinandspreadsacrossninecountries.Answerthequestionsaccordingtothearticle.3.Whatdoes“deforestation”mean?Itmeansdestroyingforestsbycuttingdownthetrees.4.Whatistheresultofdeforestation?Manylivingthingslosetheirhomesandthenumberofkindsofanimals,birds,insectsandtreesintheworldisdecreasing.ReadingtaskNowcompletethenotes.·TheAmazonrainforestisthe(1)_______rainforestintheworld.·Itcovers5.5millonsquarekilometresofthe(2)_______________.·Itspreadsacross(3)______countries.·Therainforestisimportantbecauseitis(4)________tomanylivingthings.·Therainforestisindangerbecauseof(5)___________(thecuttingdownoftrees).largestAmazonBasinninehomedeforestationGroupworkWhatelsedoyouknowabouttheAmazonrainforest?Ingroups,dosomeresearchanddiscussit.Pre-readingWhatkindofteaarethey?Lookandtalkaboutthequestion.whitetea

greentea

blacktea

ReadingChineseteaTeaisthemostpopulardrinkintheworldbesideswater.Allteacomesfromtheteaplant.Peoplepickleavesfromittomaketea.ThehabitofdrinkingteahasalonghistoryinChina.Accordingtoanoldstory,ChineseEmperorShennongdiscoveredtea.LuYu,awriterduringtheTangDynasty,wrotethefirstbookabouttea.ThereareseveraltypesofChinesetea,suchaswhitetea,greenteaandblacktea.Listen,readandunderstand.ReadingAnswerthefollowingquestions:1.Wheredoesteacomefrom?2.Accordingtoanoldstory,whodiscoveredtea?3.WhatdidLuYudoduringtheTangDynasty?Teacomesfromtheteaplant.ChineseEmperorShennongdiscoveredtea.LuYuwrotethefirstbookabouttea.DiscussDoyoulikedrinkingtea?Whatelsedoyouknowabouttea?Doyouknowthefamouspeople'smiddlenames?Ingroups,haveabrainstormingmeetingandwritedownyourideasforthegreenproject.Groupworkdesignanindoorgardenoraroofgardenplantmoretreesandflowersreduce,reuse,recycleGroupworkWriteaplanforyourproject.Usetheoutlinebelowtohelpyou.Groupworkintheworldbecoveredwiththousandsofdestroytheareacutdownlivingthingsloseone'shomebecauseofSummary在世界上被……覆蓋成千上萬破壞區(qū)域砍伐生物失去家園因?yàn)閍saresultthenumberofdoone'sbesttodoindangerthemostpopularalonghistoryaccordingtogrowsomeplantsSummary結(jié)果……的數(shù)量盡力做……處于危險(xiǎn)中最受歡迎的一段悠久的歷史根據(jù)種一些植物ExerciseChoosetheanswers.1.Thenumberofthestudents_____aboutninehundred.Anumberofthestudents_____fromChina.A.is;isB.are;areC.are;isD.is;are2.Allthepeoplewenthome______MrWang,forhehadtofinishhiswork.A.exceptB.besidesC.withD.for

Exercise3.Therainforestishome______animals.A.ofB.forC.toD.about4.Pleas