课件16张PPT。Man versus natureProject1. What have people done to nature?
2. If we continue in this way, what might happen?They have done a lot to destroy and damage nature. The planet we live on will be eventually destroyed.Read the article quickly and answer the following questions.Fast readingWhat is the attitude of poorer nations towards the problem? What about the attitude of developed nations?Poorer nations:
Developed nations :ListeningListen to the tape and answer the question below.
pay more attention to economic development but less to the environment;
Many developed nations are now concerned about
saving nature rather than developing or destroying itRead the article and give the main idea for each paragraph. Natural resources have been seriously affected by carelessness.Different attitudes towards the problem. Detailed readingHumans are moving towards an important point in the relationship with nature. Humans can only really win by protecting nature. Work in pairs and discuss the question in pairs.
Do you think the problem of humans winning and nature losing can be settled? If so, can you suggest some solutions?Discussion:words and expresionsUnit 3 Project1. People endlessly overdevelop Earth’s resources through agriculture, fishing, hunting and tourism. 人们通过农业、捕捞、打猎和旅游在没完没了地过度开发地球资源。overdevelop: develop too much 过度开发许多自然资源正被过分开发。
Many natural resources are_______ __________.over- 太,过于
overdo (v.)
overcrowded (a.)
overeat (v.)做得过分
过于拥挤的
吃得过饱 being overdevelopedNot everything that is best for nature is good for people. Would anyone say that economic development should be stopped in favor of nature?
★否定词not 出现在含有all, both, everyone, everything 以及every +名词的句子中表示部分否定,not 可位于这些词的前面也可以位于它们的后面。并不是他们两个都读过这本书。Not both of them have read this book.
= Both of them have not read the book.不是每本书都有教育意义的。 。Not every book is educative .
=Every book is not educative.如要对上述的all, both, every, always, 以及entirely, completely, quite 和 all the time 等词作完全否定,那就分别要用与之相对应的全否定词,如no, none, neither, no one, never, not (never)… at all 等。例如: All of them can do it.--- _______of them can do it.
Both are good.--- ______is good.
Everybody likes it. --- _______likes it.
He is always late. --- He is_______ late.
We don't trust them entirely. --- We_______ trust them _____ _____,
He was here all the time. --- He was _______here. None NeitherNobodyneverneverat allnever favour
favourable ?adj. 有利的
in favour of: 有利于,赞同(接名词、代词和动名词)ask a favour of 拜托某人do sb. a favour = do a favour for sb. 帮助某人find favour with a person 受青睐favour sb. with sth.对某人施…恩惠1.Everyone in the class voted ____________the dancing party.
2.May I ______________you?" ---"I'm only too willing to help you if I can" 3. Could you ________________and pick up Sam from school?in favour of ask a favour of do me a favourFrom the point of view of some people. we are only doing what humans have always done, using nature to meet our own needs.根据有些人的观点,我们现在只是在做人类一直在做的事—利用自然来满足我们的需求。meet/ fill / satisfy one’s needs 满足某人的需要这辆新车满足了我们的需要。
你所做的一切不能满足 老板的需要。The new car_____ ______ _______.What you have done can’t ____ ____ ___ ___.meets our needs.satisfy the boss’s needs.
argue : v.争辩;争论Other people argue that such thinking may spell disaster, unless we start to look around and understand how a clean environment benefits us all.argue with sb. about/ over sth. 与……某人争辩某事Kids, will you stop _____ _____each other?孩子们,你们能不能彼此停止争论?他们对于去看哪一部影片在争论。They were _____ _____which film to go and see.arguing witharguing over/about.argument : n. The children _________________what game to play.A decision was finally made after__________孩子们对于玩什么游戏进行了争论.have an argument about/over 对某事进行争论在激烈的辩论后最终做出了一个决定.heated argument.had an argument about/over
spell:v. 拼写spell disaster/trouble招致灾难/麻烦---How do you spell 'receive'?
---R E C E I V E.你怎样拼写 “receive”?This cold weather could spell trouble
for gardeners. 这种寒冷的天气可能会给园艺工人带来灾难.turn out: 最后结果是;最终成为Most of the time it turns out that humans are not really profiting when they damage the environment. 多数情况下的结果是,人类在破坏环境之际并没有真正受益。As events________, we were right to have decided to leave early.正如事情结果所证明的,我们决定早点出发是对的.…turn out (to be) + a./ n.
It turns out that +从句
结果证明这台晚会开得很成功。The party _______________ a success/ successful.
= ___________ the party was a success/ successful.turned out (to be)It turned out thatturned out