1、Book 1 Unit 61Every year London will hold the Great Chelsea Garden Challenge(切尔西花卉展),which dates back to 1862.Hundreds of top gardening craftmen all around the world are attracted to take part in the competition.2Dear journalists,The Chelsea Garden Challenge is approaching.You are warmly welcome to
2、cover the competition and interview the participants and the visitors.We are looking forward to your arrival.the committee of the Chelsea Garden Challenge3learning objectives 1.find out the topic sentence of each paragraph and know the structure of the passage.2.have a better understanding of the ch
3、aracteristics of exposition(说明文说明文).3.paraphrase the sentence by reconstructing the key information 4.try to write a summary of a passage based on the topic sentences.5.form the sense of living in harmony with nature.After class,you are able to4The author wants to explain_.A topic sentence is a sent
4、ence that states or suggests the main idea or topic of a paragraph.Often,a topic sentence comes at the beginning of a paragraph;sometimes,it appears in the middle or at the end.to explainExposition说明文5Read each paragraph quickly and choose the topic sentences.a.As well as being good for the environm
5、ent,gardening is also good for the soul.b.But in cities,limited space has led to people looking for new solutions.c.For many people in the UK,their garden is their own private world.d.This is what started the British love of gardening!Para 4Para 3Para 2Para 16 Read Para 1 and find:when did Brits beg
6、in to love gardening?in 1911.At that time,only the very rich in Britain had gardens.Very soon after this,homes with gardens began to be built.7Read Para 2 and try to fill in the blanks in the following box.Different peopleThe activities with gardenchildrenexpert gardenerscommon peopleplant sunflower
7、s and wait to see which one is the tallestseek the right corner for rosesgrow perfect vegetables to enter into the competitionAnd while many Brits like nothing better than spending their Sunday cutting the grass,some are happy just to sit under the branches of the trees and enjoy the beauty of the w
8、orld around them.8Read para3 and find their solutions to the problems.Problemlimited spaceSolutionsrent small pieces of landturn rooftops and walls into private gardens9Share Where you tend a roseA thistle cannot grow.Whats your understanding of this sentence?10When writing a summary,dont just combi
9、ne all the topic sentences.Instead,reconstruct the key information to make the paragraph coherent,concise and natural.11 British peoples love for gardening can be traced back to early 20th century.Well-known for having green fingers,British people have their own way of spending time with gardens.How
10、ever,the limited space in cities has made it difficult for some people to own a private garden.So people work out some ways to solve the problem.Without doubt,gardening is beneficial to both the environment and our soul.12Interviewer:Excuse me Sir,ImWouldyou please spare some time to answer some questions?Interviewee:OK.Interviewer:Interviewee:13 Assignment Surf the Internet for more information about gardening and write an interview report.1415
