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外研版高中英语必修二 Unit 6 Earth first
What’s really green
Developing ideas
Do electric cars really help the environment
Leading-in
Here are some questions about “green living” in Activity 1 .
Choose the answers you agree with and why
1. Which shopping bag is more environmentally friendly
A plastic bag .
A paper bag.
Neither of these.
2. What should you do to save energy when leaving your home
Turn off a device
Unplug a device
Neither of these.
3. What food is better for the environment
Food produced near to where you live.
Food produced far from where you live.
It depends.
4. Which uses less water
Taking a bath.
Taking a shower.
It depends.
Read the subheadings in the passage and decide if they are true or false.
When you turn off a device, it stops using power.
Paper shopping bags are better than plastic ones.
Eating local food is good for the environment.
It’s better to take a shower than a bath.
F
F
It depends.
It depends.
Skimming
Learning to learn
As subheadings expand on the main heading or title, they can be slightly longer than the main heading. Although not every paragraph needs a subheading, they can be skimmed to give the reader an overall understanding of the content of a text.
What's the main idea of the passage
关键词
It discusses some common _________ which have been shown to be only________ or even completely__________
green truths
false
half true
1.According to common truth,when shopping,we should take______.
A.a plastic bag B.a paper bag
C.a reusable bag D.a cheap bag
2.When you turn off a device,it can____.
A.cut off electricity B.protect the appliance
C.save too much energy D.turn into stand-by mode
3.People choose to eat local food because they think____ .
A.it’s convenient B.it doesn’t need transportation
C.it uses more energy D.it is good for environment
Scanning: reading comprehension
4.Whether taking a shower or taking a bath is greener depends on ________.
A.the temperature
B.the season
C.the time
D.the amount of water we use
5. The passage mainly tells us ________ .
A we should raise the awareness of environmental protection
B we must take care of the environment
C not all the “green truths” really green
D the common ideas are false
Read the effects and complete the causes
Turning off a device won't stop it from using power.
Devices ________ go into stand-by mode but still use power because electricity continues to ________ the device.
turned off
leak from
causes
effects
Eating local food isn’t always better for the environment.
Local produce sometimes might use more energy and produce more greenhouse __________________ a long way away—even _____________ its transport.
gases than produce grown
taking into account
causes
effects
It is not always better to take a shower than a bath.
If you spend more than eight minutes on shower, you will use ________water_____ in a
bath---about 50 litres of water.
as much
as
causes
effects
Please give a talk about one of the “green truths” in the passage
Further thinking
“Green
truths”
Why is it not completely true
What should
we do
Some people think....
However, it is not completely true because...
Therefore, we should...
How “green” are you
What can you do to become “greener”
Think and share
……
refuse to buy over-packaged products
donate the clothes you’ve outgrown to others
Green actions
Use less water.
Use your own bags instead of a plastic bag.
Be green with transport
Unplug the device when you are not using it
Recycle your trash.
Pick up trash : plogging.
Start gardening
Reuse bottles.
Respect but with no FEAR
Employ but not to DESTROY
Appreciate but away from GREED
Love is HARMONY
Summary
To get the overall understanding of a context from subheadings.
“Green truths”
To think critically.
Homework
Write a short passage on the topic of “what can you do to become a greener ”
Live a green life!