Lesson 3 Your Money

1. Lesson 3 Your Money

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

3. The yellow River The water is not clear, why?

4. soil erosion The soil is too poor to grow crops.

5. What can prevent from soil erosion? plant trees

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

7. Reading again True, False, No Information • 1. With the money of selling trees , farmer can buy goods or services. • 2. Fugu County has become into a green paradise. F F

8. 3. Now government has taken measures to make everyone buy a young tree with 5 yuan. 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. NI F T

9. Listening Main idea of each paragraph.

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

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

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

13. 3. In which area has soil erosion almost destroyed farming land? Fugu County in Shanxi Province

14. 4. Is it a massive job to control Yellow River erosion? Yes!

15. 5. Who has the most important role to play in stopping Yellow River erosion? The government, international organisations or every one of us? √ Why?

16. 6. Which example is given to show that 5 yuan can help to rebuild a local economy? Jiuchengong Valley

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

18. Read these words together Vocabulary Practice point of view, approximately, erosion, precious, convinced, fortune, fertile, paradise

19. _____________ 10,000 people took part in the tree-planting exercise. • Many farming areas in Shanxi Province are affected by soil _______. • The woman made a huge _______ from he clothing business. • It is important to keep farming land ______. Approximately erosion fortune fertile

20. 5. I’m _________ that her explanation is the truth. convinced 6. The island is a tropical ________. 7. Mrs Wang wore a ________ diamond necklace and a beautiful dress to the party. 8. I disagree with his ___________. I think Jane’s idea is better. paradise precious point of view

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

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

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

24. 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, who to turn to for help 10. I know who to turn to for help when I’m in trouble. 11. Nobody told me where to buy the ticket. where to buy the ticket.

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

26. Read these sentences from the text. Underline the infinitives and discuss how they are used. 1. The sand contains materials to keep the ecological balance of the area stable. to keep used Attributive

27. 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 massive job to control Yellow River erosion. to control used as Subject

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

29. 6. On fertile land, local farmers can grow crops to make a living. to make a living used as Adverbial of purpose 7. Visitors from all over the world now come to admire this garden of Eden. to admire used as Object

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