Unit 5 lesson 18 Teaching Aims: 1.To understand the whole text 2.To know the importance of the trees. 3.To develop the idea of protecting the forest and nature. The Green Hills Of Tangsa

Listen to the tape of the whole text and decide the following statements are True or False : 1.Trees grow thickly on all the hills around Tangsa,but there are no trees in the village itself. ( ) F

2.In the past, when it rained, the soil was carried away down the hills and into the rivers. ( ) 3.The Villagers did not allow the strangers to cut down a large forest in their village. ( ) T T

4.The forest programme in Tangsa is operated by both the men and the women together.( ) 5.Between 1975 and 1980 more than 1.2 billion trees were planted in the area of Tangsa.( ) F F

6.People are only allowed to cut down the trees when they are big enough. ( ) 7.Only the strangers who break the forest programme rules are punished.( ) T F

8.The forests in Tangsa have grown,larger and better.( ) Thank you very much for your work! Now lets go on to the next step: T

To understand the whole text The whole text can be divided into four parts: Part 1(Paragraph 1 ) Part 2(Paragraph 2) Part 3(Paragraph 3) Part 4(Paragraph 4 and 5)

Part 1:The now situation about Tangsa. Part 2: The past situation in Tangsa

Part 3: The situation in Tangsa in Part 4: The forest programme and the rules people have to obey.

Answer the following questions: 1. Is Tangsa a city or a village?In what part of India is Tangsa? Tangsa is a village and it is in northern India.

2. What happened to the hills and soil around Tangsa many years ago. There were no trees in or around the village.When it rained, the soil was carried away down the hills and into the rivers.

3. Why did this happen there? Trees were cut down but none were planted.

4.What did the people in Tangsa do after that? They began to save or protect their trees..

5.What did some strangers want to do in 1970? They wanted to cut down a large forest.

6. Why did the village people not allow them to do that? They knew they had to save the trees.If not, they would have no wood at all.

7. What was the forest programme in that area? 1). Meetings are held in order to explain the programme to the villageers. 2).It is operated by the women.

3). Twice a year, large teams of women plant thousands of trees. 4). The small trees are given to the villagers for free. 5).The village women water the trees. 6).They should also make sure that the cows don not knock them down.

8. What rules do the villagers have to obey? People are not allowed to cut down trees when they are still small. They are only allowed to cut down trees when they are big enough.

9. What does Tangsa look like now? The forests have grown,larger and better.

10.What do you think of the forest programme I think it is useful,important,necessary. So it is very good.

Divide the following phrases and sentences into two parts : Part one: In the past Part two: Today

no tree left; forest programme;no new trees were planted; when it rained;the soil was carried away; everyone looks after the forest; plant thousands of trees.;people are not allowed to cut down small trees; the forests have grown, larger and better.

Part One: in the past no tree left; people walked a long way to fetched wood;when it rained, the soil was carried away; no new trees were planted.

Part two: Today forest programme; plant thousands of trees; people are not allowed to cut down small trees; everyone looks after the forests; the forests have grown, larger and better.

Homework 1.Read aloud the whole text again 2.Find out the difficult points to you. 3.Prepare Exercise 2 and 3 on Page 78

Class is over Goodbye,everyone!