北师大版 高一 Module 4 Unit 10

Lesson 3 Your Money

Do you get pocket money from your parents? How much pocket money do you get each month? What things do you like to spend money on?

The Yellow River The water is not clear, why?

soil erosion The soil is too poor to grow crops.

What can we prevent from soil erosion? plant trees

5 yuan can have so much effect? Read the text Yes All this started with 5 yuan.

1. With the money of selling trees, farmer can buy goods or services. 2. Now government has taken measures to make everyone buy a young tree with 5 yuan. F True, False, No Information Reading again NI

4. Five yuan is too little, you can give more money to plant more trees. 5. Planting more trees reduces soil erosion and makes soil fertile. T F

Main idea of each paragraph. Listening

c. Everybody plays an important role in stopping Yellow River erosion. a.A success of a tree-planting programme in Inner Mongolia. b. You can use 5 yuan to buy a tree and create a green future. e. The removal of sand is the main cause of Yellow River erosion d. It is a huge job to control Yellow River erosion. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5

1. Which river is being talked about in the text? Read aloud and answer the questions. The Yellow River

2. What’ s the problem with the Yellow River? 1. Every year, about ___ billion tons of sand flows into the Yellow River. 2. Over time, ___ _______________ has caused serious __________. 1.6 soil erosion removal of sand the

3. In which area has soil erosion almost destroyed farming land? Shaanxi Province

Plant trees. 4. What can people do to help stop soil erosion?

5. Why does the writer say 5 yuan is important? It can buy a tree, which helps prevent erosion.

6. Which example is given to show that 5 yuan can help to develop a local economy? The Jiuchengong Valley in Inner Mongolia.

Voice your opinion Think about the local environment you live in. What can you and your friends do to improve it?

Vocabulary Practice remove, approximately, erosion, balance, puzzle, importance, contain, economy Read these words together

1._____________ 10,000 people took part in the tree-planting exercise. 2.Many farming areas in Shaanxi Province are affected by soil _______. 3.Farmers know the ___________ of stopping erosion. 4.This cup ________ water but that one is empty. Approximately erosion importance contains

6. Farming plays an important role in the country’s ________. 7. It’s important to keep a ________ between making and spending money. 8. Please _______ your dirty shoes from the bathroom. 5. I feel _______ why Ken wears black all the time. puzzles economy balance remove

1. It is useful to know how to drive. = To know how to drive is useful. to know how to drive 2. The best way to learn a foreign language is to make friends with a foreigner. 3. I need to attend the meeting. to make friends with a foreigner to attend the meeting to learn a foreign language subject attributivepredicative object Grammar

4. I didn’t expect Mary to invite me to her birthday party. 5. She listens to news every day so as to find out what’s going on. to invite me find out what’s going on 6. I was disappointed to hear the news. to hear the news object complement adverbial to

We use the infinitive with question words (verb + question word +to do) after certain verbs. 8. Have you decided what to wear for the interview? 7. Could you tell me how to get to the airport? how to get to the airport? what to wear for the interview?

10. I know who to turn to for help when I’m in trouble. 11. Nobody told me where to buy the ticket. who to turn to for help where to buy the ticket. 9. I felt embarrassed when she started shouting. I didn’t know whether to stay or not, so I just stood there. whether to stay or not,

The negative form of the infinitive is not to do. 1. She seemed not to notice me. 2. We turned down the radio in order not to disturb the neighbors. not to notice in order not to disturb not 放在不定式前面

Read these sentences from the text. Underline the infinitives and discuss how they are used. 1. The soil contains materials to keep the natural balance of the area. to keep used as Attributive

2. …this has destroyed almost all the land, and has forced many local farmers to move to other areas. to move used as Object complement 3. It is a huge job to control Yellow River erosion. to control used as Subject

5. So when you have 5 yuan in your pocket next time, think twice about how to use the money. 4. This helps to develop local economies. to develop used as Object of “help” how to use used as Object of the phrasal verb “think about”

6. On land with rich soil, local farmers can grow crops to make a living. 7. Visitors from all over the world now come to admire this great achievement. to make a living used as Adverbial of purpose to admire used as Adverbial of purpose

Homework Do you have a plan for the use of your pocket money? Write about what you do with the money.