Module5Unit2

1、Unit 2 The Environment Reading (1) Teaching aims:(1) Make students pay attention the environment problems and think whatthey can do to help protect the environment.(2) Improve the Ss ' other basic abilities: listening and speaking.(3) Enable the students to learn to read a debate.Important point

2、s & difficult points:(1) Help the students learn how to keep the balance between economy andenvironment.(2) Help the students learn to read a debate.(3) Enable the students to debate in English.Teaching methods:(1) Fast reading to get a general idea of the passage.(2) Careful reading and listeni

3、ng to understand the passage better.(3) Discussion to help the student understand what they have learnt.(4) Individual, pair work and group work to enable the students take active partin the class.Teaching aids:(1) A tape recorder(2) A multimedia(3) The blackboardTeaching procedure:Step 1: Greet ing

4、Greet the whole class as usualStep 2: Lead-i nLook at the pictures on the scree n carefully. An swer me two questi ons.(1) What can you see in the pictures?(2) How to solve the problem?Lead-i n00NCkOOO <JLifAl m m il l Pe opl w orl en ouos t ione in d do n gh to e at.th e o t h av e(4) How to sol

5、ve the problem?Water PollutionRubbishAir pollutionDeforestationDesertification(3) What can you see in these pictures?To solve the problem of starvation, we should develop the economy. But with the developme nt of economy, serious en vir onmen tal problems come. The economy or the en vir onment must

6、we choose?Do you want to know more in formati on on the problem?Ok. Let ' s come to the text.Step 3: Fast read ingRead the follow ing debate as quickly as possible and an swer the questi ons?1. What side does Mr Lin Shui qing and Mr Qian Liwei each represe nt? (Mr lin represe nts the society for

7、 En vir onment Presevati on while Mr Qia n an econo mist)? 2 By how many times has the world ' s populati on in creased since 1800? (More tha n six times)? 3. According to Mr Qian Liwei, What should be done to factories that pollute the en vir onment? (Those factories should have to pay higher t

8、axes)Step 4: Liste ning & careful read ingListen to the tape carefully, pay attention to some detailed information and try to finish the exercises after the passage.1. C1 How well did you un dersta nd the details of the debate? Read the debate aga in and an swer the followi ng questio ns.? 1.Wha

9、t society does Lin Shui qing bel ong to? (Lin Shui quing bel ongs to the society of En vir onment Preservati on.)2. What does Lin Shui qing started his speech by talk ing about?(The way large areas of the world are damaged by in dustrial waste.)3. What is happe ning to large amounts of fish?(Large a

10、mounts of fish are being caught and they have no time to lay eggs)4. What does Lin Shui qing thi nk we should teach people about?(We should teach people about en vir onmen tally frien dly ways of liv ing)5. Why does Qian Liwei think producti on should be not be cut back.?(Because it means that jobs

11、will be lost and that people are more importa nt than fish and trees.)6. What does Qia n Liwei say we should produce more?(More things from recycled materials.)7. What does Qia n Liwei say we n eed more of?(More effective laws to preserve the environment, which still allow the economy to grow.)8. Wh

12、at does Qia n Liwei say many people are willi ng to do?(Many people are willi ng to pay slightly higher prices for things that areen vir onmen tally frie ndly)2. Read the debate again and complete the following chart according to thepassage.AttitudeLin Shuiqing ' sQian Liwei ' sIn dustryCut

13、back on producti onA healthy environment and a stablebecause industry produceseconomy should be possible at theen vir onmentwaste, pollutes thesame timepopulati onMore people n eed morePeople are more important than fishland to live on and moreand treesfood to eatRecycli ngExpe ndour recycli ngProdu

14、ce more things from recyclingutio nin dustrymaterials Cut back on product ion.recycle rubbish, recycle rubbish,effective laws, teachpeopleaboutcontrol how many trees are cuten viro nmen tallyfrien dlydow n and how many fish boats canways of liv ingcatchheavy taxes on the factoriesproduci ng polluti

15、on.C2. Put the subjects each speaker talks about in the correct order.? Liu Shuiqi ng? fishing? recycli ng? water? in dustrial waste? pollutionfactoriesQia n Liwei? Taxes? product ion? recycli ng? lawsD. Look at these words from the debate and match them with their meanin gs.1 voicea. con sta nt, st

16、eady2 awfulb. tell, express3. wiped outc. killed off4. approach ingd. coming n ear to,gett ing close to5. cut back one.helpful, useful, favourable6.be neficialf. terrible,shock ing7.obviousg. easy to see or un dersta nd,8 stableclear,appare nth. reduce,make lessE Fill in the blanks with words from t

17、he box.? in dustry populati onwaste economyresp on sibilityreducerecycled Earthpolluti onen vir onmentMy aim in life is to save the (1)for future gen erati on s. I wantto become an en viro nmen talist after I fin ish school. Too many people thi nk that (2)cannote stopped if we want the (3)tocontinue

18、 developing. But that is ridiculous. We can (4)dangerous and dirty(5)frorfactories if we are smart aboutwhat we buy. I want to teach people to buy (6) roducts. Theproducti on of recycled thi ng is much better for the en vir onment, because it mea ns we do not n eed to cut dow n more trees and cause

19、the destruct ionof more forests. The (7)will still grow, but Earth will not have to suffer. We should also pay atte nti on to what we eat. People should take(8)for not buying certain kinds of fish, because there are notmany left in the ocean.? We also have a problem with (9). The number of people in

20、 theworld keeps growing, and we are producing more rubbish, What if we run out of space? If we all work together, we can solve these problems and keep (10) clean and healthy.Step 5 Reading strategy:This is a passage of debate. In today's reading strategy, we are going to learn Howto read somethi

21、ng about debate.(1) In a debate, one side gets the opportunity to present their points first. The other side follows and presents theirs. In an actual debate, there is often a discussion after both sides have presented their views(2) Speakers in a debate will represent opposite views on the subject

22、being discussed.(3) While reading or listening to a debate, remember that each speaker's speechis meant to convince you.Step 6: Discussion1. We have talked so much about the passage. Now it is time to discuss. Talk these questions with your partner. You may use the following conversation as an e

23、xample.A: My dad says he doesn 't mind a little bit of pollution, as long as it means people have jobs. Personally, I agree. What do you think?B: I don' tthink it has to be a choice. We should be able to have a clean environment and lots of jobs.A: But do you really think that is possible?B: Yes, I do. If companies are careful, they can provide jobs and reduce their pollution. Don 't you think that is the best solution?2. As is know