Module 2 Man's best friends
Unit 4 Save the trees
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Reading
Trees in our daily lives
Rebecca wants to know more about trees and how they help us. She is interviewing Dr Jones about trees.
Rebecca: How do trees help us, Dr Jones?
Dr Jones: They help us in many ways. They keep the air cool and clean. They take in harmful gases from the air and produce oxygen for us to breathe. They're major fighters against air pollution.
Rebecca: I know trees also make our lives more convenient. Many of the things in our daily lives come from trees, for example paper and pencils.
Dr Jones: You're right, Rebecca. In fact, we get a lot more from trees. We get fruit and oil from them. Tea also comes from the leaves of trees. Look around this room. A lot of the furniture is made of wood. Trees are really important in our daily lives.
Rebecca: I can't imagine a world without trees.
Dr Jones: But we cut down millions of trees every year. We should stop doing this if we don't want a world without trees.
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Listening
Pine trees
Top tip
When you are listening, pay special attention to the following words. They will help you understand the text.
First(ly), Second(ly), etc.: to introduce a list or a sequence of things
For example, ...: to give an example or examples
However, ...: to give a different idea
Listen to a radio programme about pine trees and complete the notes below. Write one word or figure in each blank.
Host: Welcome to The Natural World! People tell us they want to learn more about different kinds of trees, so I'm going to tell you something about pine trees today.
You can find pine trees in almost every part of China. People grow pine trees in cities because they're always green. They make the environment more beautiful. They are very strong plants. They can grow in difficult environments. They also have very long lives. Some of them can live more than a thousand years.
We make use of pine trees in many ways. First, we use the wood from them to make nice furniture. Second, we use them in Chinese medicine. We use almost every part of them to fight against different diseases.
• We can find pine trees in almost every (1)______ of China.
• People grow pine trees in cities because they are always (2)______ and they make the environment more (3)______.
• Pine trees are very (4)______.
—— They can grow in difficult environments.
• Pine trees have very (5)______ lives.
—— Some of them live more than (6)______ years.
• Pine trees are useful.
—— We use them to make (7)______.
—— We use them in (8)______ medicine to fight against diseases.
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Speaking
A Talk time
/sk/ ask school score sky
/sp/ crisp space special speed
/st/ first star step stop
/sl/ sleep slide slow
/sm/ small smile smoke
/pl/ plane please reply
/pr/ practice present pretty
/kw/ question quiet quit
/tw/ between twelve twenty
Read these sentences. Pay attention to the letters in bold.
1 Stanley is small and slim. He is a smart student, but he works slowly when he is sleepy.
2 The queen likes playing sport. She likes skating a lot. She can skate at a very high speed because she practises a lot.
3 They planned to have a quick meeting on the project for twenty minutes, but the speaker did not stop speaking until twenty past twelve.
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