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Unit 16
Forests (2)
I. Teaching Aims & Requirements:
Let students grasp useful phrases and sentences
Let students get an overview of forests
Help students improve English tour interpretation
II. Content
Overview of Chinese forests
Useful phrases and expressions about forests
Useful sentences about Chinese forests
III. Focus on & Difficulties:
Overview of the Chinese forests
Useful phrases and sentences about forests
I. Forests and Flora in
China
China is one of the countries with
the
greatest diversity of wildlife in the world.
There are more than 4,400 species of
vertebrates, more than 10 percent of the
world’s total. There are nearly 500 animal
species, 1,189 species of birds, more than 320
reptiles and 210 amphibians.
I. Forests and Flora in
China
Wildlife peculiar to China includes such
well-known animals as the giant panda,
golden-haired monkey, South China tiger, redcrowned crane, white-flag dolphin and Chinese
alligator, totaling more than 100 species.
I. Forests and Flora in
China
China is also one of the countries with the
most abundant plant life in the world. There
are more than 32,000 species of higher plants,
and almost all the major plants that grow in
the northern hemisphere’s frigid, temperate
and tropical zones are represented in China. In
addition, there are more than 7,000 species of
woody plants, including 2,800-odd tree species.
I. Forests and Flora in
China
China is the home to more than 2,000
species of edible plants and 3,000 species
of medicinal plants. There is a wide variety
of flowering plants.
I. Forests and Flora in
China
Forests cover only 158.94 million hectares of
China. The Greater Hinggan, Lesser Hinggan and
Changbai mountain ranges in the northeast are
China’s largest natural forest areas.
Major tree species found here include conifers,
such as Korean pine, larch and Olga Bay larch, and
coniferous-broadleaf trees and Northeast China
ash.
Major tree species in the southwest include
the dragon spruce, fir and Yunnan pine, as well as
teak, red sandalwood, camphor, nanmu and
padauk.
I. Forests and Flora in
China
China's abundance of plant life ranks
it
among the top in the world. For example, with
an area almost exactly that of the continental
United States, China has nearly twice as many
plant species, about 32,000 or one-eighth of
the world's total. China's plant species include
almost all the major plants that grow in the
northern hemisphere's frigid, temperate and
tropical zones.
I. Forests and Flora in
China
In addition, China has more than 7,000
species of woody plants, including 2,800odd tree species. Found only in China are
the metasequoia, Chinese cypress, Cathay
silver fir, China fir, golden larch, Taiwan fir,
Fujian cypress, dove-tree, eucommia and
camplotheca acuminata.
I. Forests and Flora in
China
China is home to more than 2,000 species
of edible plants and over 3,000 species of
medicinal plants. Ginseng from the Changbai
Mountains, safflowers from Tibet, Chinese
wolfberry from Ningxia and notoginseng from
Yunnan and Guizhou are particularly wellknown Chinese herbal medicines.
II. Useful sentences
1、山脉四季常青，河谷被树木覆盖。
Mountains remain green all year round, and river
valleys are fully covered by trees.
2、为了保护长江中下游森林带，中国政府采用
了退耕还草还林的方案。
The Chinese government has introduced the
project of returning farming land to grassland and
forest in order to protect the forest belt along the
upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
II. Useful sentences
3、人造森林的面积现居世界第一。
The man-made forests now rank first in the
world.
4、该州政府采取停止砍伐树木的强制措施。
The prefecture government took enforcement
measures to stop the felling of trees.
II. Useful sentences
5、游客看到公路旁茂密的森林。常绿、红叶、
黄叶植物是九寨沟的主要植物。这三色植物
生长在一起，色彩斑斓，美不胜收。
Tourists are aware of the dense forest growing
along the sides of the road. Evergreen plants,
red-leaf plants, and yellow-leaf plants are the
main trees in Jiuzhaigou. These three-color
plants are mixed in harmony, creating a
rainbow of natural scenes that are pleasing to
our eyes.
II. Useful sentences
6、这些树木将形成防护林，避免城市遭受沙
暴侵蚀。
The trees will form a forest shelter, which will
protect the city from sandstorms.
7、无边的森林覆盖了大兴安岭。夏天，林中
芳香弥漫，溪流低低细语，花朵争艳开放，
凉爽宜人。
Immense forests cover the Greater Xing’an
Forests. In summer, trees seed forth fragrance,
streams murmur and flowers bloom. The
climate in the forest is comfortably cold.
II. Useful sentences
8、进入森林，置身于无边的密林深处，人们
感觉浑身轻松，有种超脱成仙的感觉。森林
里，树木葱郁，遮天蔽日。
In the forest we will find ourselves deep in the
boundless expanse of trees and plants, feeling
as light as if we had left the world of men and
become immortal beings. The forest has an
abundance of trees. They are so tall that we
can hardly see the sunlight when looking up.
II. Useful sentences
9、脚下是深厚柔软的苔藓落叶。漫步森林，
目睹郁郁葱葱的树木，感觉耳畔微风拂过，
心灵也沉静下来。
Beneath our feet are soft mosses that grow in
a thick furry carpet on wet soil. When you walk
through the forest, cool greenery soothes your
eyes, a gentle breeze whispers in your ears,
and the utter quietness refreshes your heart.
III. Homework
1. Review the useful phrases, expressions and
sentences in Unit 16, which will be checked
next week.
2. Read the passage on page 151-152, and
remember the useful expressions and
sentences in the article.