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Welcome to our class

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1.Do you get any pocket money from your parents? How much money can you get each week?

2.How do you spend your pocket money?

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There are some people who live in poor conditions

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In some areas, the natural environment is badly destroyed.

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How can we use money in a right way?

2.collect/save money for charities

3.send money/clothes/food/books to Hope Project.

1.Don’t waste money/food…

4.try to protect/improve the environment.

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Unit 10:Lesson 3. Your money

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Read the article and fill out the table.

Questions Answers

1 1.6 billion tons

2 What has caused serious erosion of the land along the Yellow River?

3 Who plays the most important role in stopping erosion?

4 With the money farmers earn from crops, what can they do?

How much soil flows into the Yellow River?

A lot of soil has been removed

You

Buy goods/services,

develop local economy.

Task one:

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4. Read the passage again and answer the following questions.

1.Which river is being talked about in the article?

2.In which area has soil erosion almost destroyed farming land?

3. What can people do to help stop soil erosion?

4. Why does the writer say 5 yuan is important?

5. Which example in given to show that 5 yuan can help to develop a local economy?

Task two:

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Answers

1. The Yellow River.

2. Some areas in Shanxi.

3.Planting trees.

4.Because it can buy a tree, and can stop erosion thus can develop local economy.

5.The Jiuchegong Valley in Inner Mongolia.

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1.Task three:

1.Causes/reasons of erosion:大量土壤流失，造成严重的水土流失。

…. soil …. removed, …caused serious erosion.

Writing: Erosion and Economy

2.Bad effect caused by erosion:A. 几乎毁掉了所有的土地，迫使人们离开家园

destroy ……land ， force … to leave … homeland.

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B. 土壤流失，不利于发展当地经济，不能提高那里人们的生活水平（ living standards)... is bad for local economy, can’t improve the living standards of.....

3. 控制水土流失是一项伟大的 / 迫在眉睫 (urgent) 的工程。It is a huge job to control …..

It is very urgent for us to stop …..

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4.Good effect brought by stopping erosion

B. 土壤肥沃，当地农民可以种粮谋生。On land with ….,local farmers can….to make a living.

C. 有利于发展当地经济 , 改善人民的生活。

A. 有利于改善生活环境（ living conditions),把我们的祖国变得绿色家园。It is good for our living conditions, can help change…into green homeland.

can help develop local economy, improve …. of local people.

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Homework

1.Finish exercise 3&

exercise 6

2.Write a passage “Economy and Erosion”

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Thank you for your attention