文档介绍：The Green Banana
Donald Batchelder
Book 1
Lesson 10
Part One: Warm-up Part Two: Background Information Part Three:Text Appreciation Part Four: Language Study Part Five: Extension
Book 1
Lesson 10
Contents
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Lesson 10 - The Green Banana
Part One
Warm-up
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Lesson 10 - The Green Banana
Contents
Warm-up
Bananas
Sing a song about the world
Phrases of Colors
Comparison and Contrast
Lesson 10 - The Green Banana
Bananas
Recently, some concerns have been _______ about
the health of the world’s banana plants. A number
of _______reports have said that bananas may
____________ disappear. Some _______ that this
could happen in as little as ten years.
Complete the spots while listening to the article.
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raised
media
completely
claim
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Lesson 10 - The Green Banana
Bananas
Bananas are one of the world’s most important
food_______. They are also the fourth most
_________ export. Bananas do not grow from
seeds. Instead, they grow from existing plants.
Bananas are ___________ by disease because
all the plants on a farm are ______ of each other.
They all share the same ic weaknesses.
crops
valuable
threatened
copies
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Lesson 10 - The Green Banana
Bananas
The work for the Improvement
of Banana and Plantain supports _________ on
bananas. The group has ______________ in
France and other offices in the major banana-
growing areas of the world. The group says that
more research must be done to develop
_________ kinds of bananas.
research
headquarters
improved
The end of “Bananas”.
Lesson 10 - The Green Banana
Bananas
The UN agency says farmers should grow
different kinds of bananas. This ________ against
diseases that ______ only one kind. Experts warn
that disease may cause the Cavendish banana to
disappear. This has already __________ to one
popular banana because of its ic weakness
against