Lesson 57Let’s Clean up !

New words :• save 挽救 ; 储蓄 ; 节省 • yard 院子 ; 场地• rubbish 垃圾 ; 废物 • garbage 垃圾• bit 一点 ; 一些 ; • a bit of 一点儿• pollution 污染 • bag 袋子

Think about it!

1. What does rubbish mean?

2. Is there any rubbish in our school yard?

3. What things do some students throw away

every day?

4. When you see a lot of rubbish in our school

yard, how do you feel? What should we do

about it?

5. What will Jenny, Brain and Danny do with

the rubbish in their school yard?

Read quickly and find the answer:

What will Jenny, Brain and Danny

do with the rubbish?

Read carefully and answer the questions:

1. When is it now?

2. Where are Jenny, Brain and Danny?

3. What do they find in their school yard?

4. What’s their plan?

5. What does their teacher think of their plan?

6. What happened to Danny last week?

7. Who found Danny’s paper?

8. Where did she find it?

9. What do you think of Danny?

bag

careless

Language notes:

2. That’s how people in England say “garbage”. 3. Somebody should pick up that garbage.

1. But look at all of this rubbish.rubbish garbage litter “ 垃圾” 不可数名词

pick up “ 拾起，捡起” 动词短语 pick up that garbage = pick that garbage up

pick it up pick them up

4. It would take too long. take “ 花费” It takes sb. some time to do sth.

Language notes:1. Each student could clean up a bit of the school yard.

clean up: make clean or tidy “ 清理，打扫” a bit of … “ 一点，一些” 修饰不可数名词 a bit “ 有点儿” 修饰形容词或副词 表示程度很低 你能递给我一点盐吗？

今天有点冷。 Could you pass me a bit of salt?

It’s a bit cold today.2. We would finish cleaning in an hour. finish sth. finish doing sth. Have you finished your homework? I have finished reading the book.

Language notes:1. Garbage is a type of pollution.

v. n. pollute present invent transport imagine observe

pollutionpresentationinventiontransportationimagination

2. That afternoon, Jenny explains the plan to the class.explain sth. to sb. “ 向某人解释某事”

3. Let’s get to work! get to work: begin/start to work

4. Danny, remember when you lost your homework last

week?

observation

Correct the mistakes:

1. There are lots of garbage in his room.

2. Don’t worry. I’ll be back in a hour.

3. Look at the rubbish. Please pick up them.

4. I’d like a bit bread.

5. There is little milk in the glass, isn’t there?

6. Do you think we would finish to clean in half an hour.

7. There is many rubbish in the school yard.

8. How can we do with the rubbish?

____ an

__________ pick it up____

is

a bit of____ is

_______cleaning

_____ much____ What

Fill in each blank with the proper word from the brackets:

1. There is a lot of ___________(rubbish) in the yard.

2. Garbage is a type of ___________(pollute).

3. Remember __________(turn) off the light when you leave the classroom.

4. -- What are you doing now?

-- We _____________(study) pollution in class.

5. Can you finish _______(build) the house before summer?

6. It took them half an hour ________(clean) the classroom.

7. What a nice day! It would be fun ___________(fly) a kite.

8. Let’s ________(get) to work.

rubbish

pollution

to turn

are studying

building

to clean

to fly

get

A task:

Write a passage to introduce our city to foreigners. The following must be included:

1. Where is it?

2. How big is it?

3. How many people live in it?

4. Is it clean or dirty? Why? If it isn’t clean, what

will you do to make it clean?

5. What is it famous for?