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Topic Talk
UNIT 5
HUMANS AND NATURE
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
1. read and talk about the relationship between humans and nature;
2. listen for general understanding;
3. read for specific information and understanding words in context.
What comes to your mind when you see the word “nature”
Nature
natural disasters:
natural landscapes
living things
Pre-listening
Pair Work
1. private
2.climate change
3.definitely
4.greenhouse effect
5.obvious
6.suffer from
私人的
气候变化
肯定地;当然
温室效应
明显的
遭受
扫清听力障碍
7.level
8.shocking
9.make use of
10.overdo
11.turn one’s back (on sb./sth.)
12.take care of
程度;水平
令人震惊的
利用
做的过分;过多使用
对(某人/某事)置之不理
照顾
Listen to Dialogue 1.
1. Where might the conversation take place
A. in the street B. In a studio C. In the library.
2. What animal does the woman love most
A. Birds. B. Fish. C. Deer.
3. What’s the main cause of London’s biggest pollution
Cars and airplanes.
B. The destruction of jungles.
C. Companies and factories.
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Activity 1: Listen to dialogue 1 and choose the best answers.
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While-listening
Activity 2: Listen to the passage again and filling in the blanks.
(P = Presenter S = Sarah Hughes)
P: And you are now on Radio Richmond. We’ve got Sarah Hughes from West London Wildlife. Sarah, do you teach people about nature in this part of London
S: Yes, we’re lucky. Actually, the whole city is quite _______. About 66 percent of the city is covered with __________________. Amazing, isn’t it And there are three million private_________.
P: Three million Wow!
S: Yes. It’s great for wildlife. You can see different kinds of ____—there are over _____. And there are other interesting animals too, like deer. My favourite animals are deer. We’ve got them here in Richmond Park.
P: Talking about nature, what about River Thames
green
gardens
birds
350
water or green space
S: Well, there’s less _____________now than fifty years ago. In fact, there are about _____ different kinds of fish in the river.
P: And climate change
S: I think our climate is definitely changing. And the________________
is quite obvious. For example, the winters aren’t as cold these days and we don’t get snow very often.
P: And other environmental problems
S: The biggest environmental problems are _____ pollution and _______ pollution from cars and airplanes. Nearly ______ days a year in London suffer from dangerous levels of pollution. That’s very worrying.
P: OK, thanks a lot, Sarah, for sharing with us.
greenhouse effect
water pollution
120
air
noise
forty
Activity 3: Talk about the natural environment near the place where you live
Listen to Dialogue 2.
Activity 1: Listen to dialogue 2 and choose the best answer.
What did they do in the past
A. They did something shocking.
B. They ignored protection of nature.
C. They took good care of animals.
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Activity 2: Listen to the plete the information below. Listen again if necessary.
The two students were shocked at the lecture on nature. They didn’t know that we were 1._____________ so much. They learnt that we overused nature. As a result, nature 2._________, felt pain, and finally 3._____________ on us. They realized that nature is our home. Humans, animals, plants and 4.__________________ live in it. We should 5._____________ our “home”. We should 6._______ nature.
harming nature
got hurt
turned its back
all other living things
take care of
protect
Activity 3: Listen to the dialogue again and filling in the blanks.
(B = Boy G = Girl)
B: Wow. The lecture was __________. I didn’t know we were harming
nature so much.
G: Me neither. We tried to ____________ nature as much as we could, but we _______ it. Nature got hurt, felt pain, and finally turned its back on us.
B:Yes. Nature is our home. Humans, animals, plants and all other
living things live in it. We should take care of our “home”.
G: Just like the title of the lecture—Living with Nature—we should protect nature.
B:I agree. In the future, we should...
so shocking
make use of
overdid
Acitivity4:Presentation
Use the language you have learnt to talk about your understanding of the relationship between humans and nature. The following structures may help you.
What will you think of when it comes to nature
Are people getting along well with nature in your city
What’s the problem
What should be done with nature in the future
本课结束