【学习目标】

1.知识目标：Verb patterns; /h/ and /w/.

2.能力目标：Use wordsand expressions to talk about podcasts; Learn to talk about what other people say; Learn to generalize and be vague; Learn to write an email summary of a news story. 

3.素质目标：Use words in the textbook to describe soil amendments.

【课程思政设计思路】

利用案例导入的方式，讲述化肥施用过多对环境造成的影响和危害。引导学生关注我国实施可持续发展战略，促进化肥减量增效和绿色农业高质量发展，推动农业生产方式全面绿色转型的方针政策，引导学生对农业生产中化肥施用的正确认识。

【学习内容】

1. Plant Production Unit 8 -- Soil Amendments

Words: concentrate, emulsion, fertigation, fertilizer, foliar feeding, granular, manure, peat, perlite, phosphorous, potassium, ready-made, soil amendment, vermiculite, worm castings

2. Information

(1) Learn to talk about podcasts

G: Reported speech

V: Sharing information

(2) Learn to talk about what other people say

G: Verb patterns

V: Reporting verbs

(3) Learn to generalize and be vague

P: /h/ and /w/

S: Being vague

(4) Learn to write an email summary of a news story

W: Summarizing information

【重点与难点】

1. Verb patterns

2. /h/ and /w/

3. c

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