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Section B (3a-Self Check)
Unit 13 We're trying to save the earth!
Learning goals
Writing: Write a letter about the environmental problems
and your suggestions.
Warming up
Environment problems around us
Warming up
Environment problems around us
Warming up
Environment problems around us
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Environment problems around us
3a Think about the environment in your town/city and complete the chart below.
Which parts of the town/city have a nice environment
Why are they nice Which parts need to be improved Why
Good environment Why Bad environment Why
Suggested answers:
Good environment Why Bad environment Why
Central Park
clean
greenery
fresh air
nice to look at
quiet and peaceful
rubbish disposal areas at the bottom of apartment blocks
rubbish spilling out of bins
bad smells
unsightly
unhealthy
full of pests like rats, insects, cockroaches
3b Write a letter to the city mayor about the problems and your suggestions.
In your letter, describe the environmental problems in your town/city.
What are the problems
Where are they
What or who is causing these problems
Then, give suggestions or possible ways to solve the problems.
I think that ...
We should/could ...
I suggest ...
1. 体裁:应用文(书信)
2. 话题:保护环境
3. 时态:一般现在时
4. 人称:以第一人称为主
Writing tips:
Writing tips:
Good Sentences accumulation
Everyone in this town should play a part in cleaning it up.
To cut down air pollution, we should take the bus or subway instead of driving.
The river used to be so clean.
Let’s take action now!
All these small things can add up and become big things that can improve the environment.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have lived in this town ever since I was born and I love this town very much.
I think that there are beautiful areas in this town, but there are also areas that aren’t attractive, like the rubbish disposal areas at the bottom of our apartment blocks. There is rubbish coming out of the bins, and flies, cockroaches and rats running all over the rubbish. It is unpleasant to look at, smelly, and it makes the environment very unhealthy.
Sample writing:
时态用一般现在时,以第一人称为主
注意书信的格式
多种句型陈述问题
The problem is that the rubbish collectors do not come often enough to collect the rubbish. The people living here may also be throwing away too much rubbish.
We could try to ask people to produce less rubbish. I suggest that rubbish collectors collect rubbish more often as well.
I believe that a better environment can be created in this town and we should all work together to achieve it.
Yours faithfully,
Wang Xi
注意书信格式
提出产生问题的原因,并给出建议
提出希望和号召
Self Check
1. Write different forms of the words. Then add more to each group.
v. — n. n. — adj.
pollute— fame—
act— wood—
protect— science—
inspire— health—
build— south—
create— care—
pollution
famous
action
protection
inspiration
building
creation
creativity
wooden
scientific
healthy
southern
careful
adj. — n. adj. — adv.
different— slow—
important— wide—
sudden—
real—
difference
importance
slowly
widely
suddenly
really
Self Check
1. Write different forms of the words. Then add more to each group.
Add more words to each group.
v.—n. : educate—education, meet—meeting, paint—painting
n.—adj. : wool—woolen, north—northern, wind—windy
adj.—n. : silent—silence, patient—patience, absent—absence
adj.—adv.: actual—actually, quick—quickly, sure—surely
Self Check
2. Match each statement with the grammar structure.
Statement Grammar
The river used to be so clean. Present progressive
We have seen many changes in the environment. Modal verbs
People should take public transportation more. Passive voice
The river is polluted by factories. used to
The air pollution is getting worse and worse. Present perfect
Self Check
3. Write ways to cut down on these kinds of pollution.
Kinds of pollution Ways to cut down
water pollution
land pollution
noise pollution
air pollution
Self Check
Suggested answers
Kinds of pollution Ways to cut down
water pollution
land pollution
noise pollution
air pollution
ask factories not to throw waste into the rivers; remind people not to litter
ensure that factories throw away industrial waste in a responsible way; try not to use plastic bags when shopping
build airports away from places where people live
encourage people to use public transportation instead of driving; reduce the number of factories that burn coal
Self Check
Summary
Writing
What are the problems
Where are they
What or who is causing these problems
How can we solve the problems
Say your hope.
Write a letter about the environmental problems and your suggestions.
Exercises
用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. In the village, ___________(fisherman)in the past are factory workers now.
2. Can you tell us the ___________(advantage) and _______________(advantage)of using shopping bags instead of plastic ones
3. There are many __________ (wood)benches in the park. It’s really convenient for the visitors to sit when they are tired.
4. Polluted water is very __________(harm)and we can’t drink it.
5. He is doing a ___________ (science)study in a university.
fishermen
advantages
disadvantages
wooden
harmful
scientific
选择合适的词(组)并用其适当形式完成短文
There is more and more _______________ in our world. A lot of trees are ______________ by people. They can protect our air and they are many animals’ homes. The air is polluted because there are too many cars on the road. The factories that burn coal also let out the air with a lot of black smoke.
So we should walk or take the bus _______________ driving the car. And we can ride our bikes. There are some ________________ of bike riding. It is good for health and it doesn’t _______________anything.
make a difference to, ugly, instead of, advantage, litter, cost, wood, throw, pollute, cut down
pollution
cut down
Exercises
instead of
advantages
cost
There is too much _____________ and waste in public places. This is turning beautiful places into ______________ ones. I think we should bring some cloth bags when we go shopping . We shouldn’t use _________________ chopsticks when we buy take-away food.
And remember ______________ rubbish in the bins and keep public places clean and beautiful.
Our action can _____________________ the environment and lead us to a better future!
litter
ugly
wooden
Exercises
to throw
make a difference to
Homework
假设你叫李文,是无锡阳光中学 (Wuxi Sunshine Middle School)的一名学生。今年暑期,你将代表你校赴瑞士参加“模拟联合国”会议并作发言,此次会议主题是A Greener World。你草拟了发言流程图,请根据下图写一篇英文发言稿。