(共18张PPT)
Unit 3 Environmental Protection
Reading and thinking
Learning objectives:
By the end of this period, you will be able to
1.get the main idea of this passage.
2.know more about climate change and its consequences.
3.enhance your awareness of environmental protection.
4.voice your personal opinions about how to deal with climate change.
Step 1: Before-reading
Activity 1. Video time
There are many extreme weather and disasters mentioned in the video.What do you think causes such extreme weather and disasters
CLIMATE CHANGE REQUIRES THE WORLD’S ATTENTION
Activity 2. Prediction
1. What is the type of this passage
A. Argumentative writing B. Narrative writing
C. Expository writing D. Advertising writing
2. In which part of a newspaper or
magazine may we find this passage
A. Entertainment B. Economy
C. Education D. Environment
Activity 1:Read the passage and get the main idea of each paragraph.
Step 2: While-reading
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Earth is getting _________________ & ___________
Para.1
Para.2
The ______ of rising temperature
Para.3
The ______ of rising temperature
Para.4
________ to reducing greenhouse gas emission
Para.5
warmer and warmer
The ______ (alarming cases) of climate change
evidence
evidence
causes
effect
Solutions
While-reading
Activity 2: Read for details
Task 1.
Activity 1. What evidence of climate change can you find in the first paragraph
Evidence one:
________________________________
Evidence two:
_____________________________
Evidence three:
___________________
a warming ocean and atmosphere
melting ice
rising sea levels
Activity 2. Paragraph 2 introduces an example of the increase in temperature that had an impact on Earth’s ecology. Read it and fill in the blanks.
Time
2013
Place
Norway’s Arctic island of Svalbard
What happened
A polar bear died of starvation
How did it happen
The bear can not hunt food for low sea-ice levels.
Task 2.
Activity 1. Read para. 3 & Think about the following questions.
While-reading
1. Why is the “natural” greenhouse effect important and necessary
The “natural” greenhouse effect is important and necessary because it warms the Earth's
surface and keeps it habitable.
High greenhouse gas emissions lead to
more heat energy being trapped in the atmosphere and rising temperatures.
2. What are the consequences of high greenhouse gas emissions
While-reading
While-reading
Task 3. Read para.4 & para.5 answer the following questions.
1. What are the consequences of the global temperature rise
The rise in temperature led to extreme weather/natural disasters (such as extreme rainstorms, heat waves), which results serious damage, costing human lives, economic losses.
2. Why did the author mention the climate scientists' warning
A. He/she wants to let the people know the importance of environmental protection and use warnings to catch people’s attention.
While-reading
B. He/she wants to let the people know the warming trend will continue and we can not stop it.
C. He/she wants to let the people know the deaths and economic losses caused by extreme weathers are not real.
D. He/she wants to let the people know the the words of the climate scientist are not true.
While-reading
3. What are the solutions we can adopt
Governments
making policies
Taking appropriate actions and measures
Individuals
Reduce our carbon footprint
Eduacte everyone about global warming
Step 3: After-reading
Discusssion
As middle school students, it is our responsibility to seize every opportunity to stop climate change. So how should we do in our daily life
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.
— Mohandas K. Gandhi
地球能满足人类的需要,
但满足不了人类的贪婪。
Homework
(Choose one between the two)
1. Write a short passage about the importance of environmental protection. (15 mins)
2. Complete the exercises on page 28 in the textbook. (10 mins)