(共16张PPT)
Unit 8 GREEN LIVING
Lesson 1 Roots and Shoots
Activity 1 Look and answer
1. What is happening in each picture
Leave the tap running while(当) he brushes his teeth.(刷牙)
Leave a light on when she goes out(出去).
Drop a piece of litter and cannot be bothered to pick it up.(懒得去)
2. Have you ever done any of these things (have/has done)
Have you ever met any of these things
What do you think of these things
What should we do to avoid(避免) any of these things (Topic talk)
Activity 2 Watch and answer
Who established(建立;设立) roots & shoots
What is her purpose(目的)
Jane Goodall
She encouraged young people to use their voices and ideas to address the environmental problems.
encourage sb to do sth
address v 解决
环境
Activity 3 Look(the title and picture) and predict
SHOOTS
ROOTS
Activity 4 Read and fill the mind map
Roots and Shoots
Part 1
Part 2
Para 1
Para 2-4
Just-me-ism(就我一个)
Roots and Shoots
Introduction
The meaning of the name
The importance of the individuals(个体)
Activity 5 Read the first Para and answer
1. What is “Just-me-ism”
“Just-me-ism” is a way of thinking that focuses on caring for and ignores
just oneself
the environment
animals
the community
集中于
say you leave the tap running while you brush your teeth, leave a light on when you go out or you drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up.
Technique:example
2. Why is “Just-me-ism” a problem
There will be nobody to .
care the environment
Millions of gallons of water would be wasted; millions of lights would be left on; millions of pieces of litter would be dropped.
Technique:Repetition
Activity 5 Read the first Para and answer
Activity 6 Read the second Para and fill the table
In the early 1990s
Dr. Jane Goodall
To inspire young people
To educate young people
成立
创办者
Activity 7 Read the third Para and fill the table
The organization is ____ (call) Roots & Shoots because roots move____ (slow) under the ground to make a firm foundation, and shoots seem small and_____ (weaken), but they can break open brick walls to reach the light. The roots and shoots are you, your friends and young people all around ____ world. Hundreds and thousands of roots and shoots can solve the problems, change the world and make it a ____ (good) place to live in.
called
slowly
weak
the
better
Activity 8 Read the fourth Para and underline the Jane Goodall’s opinion
Her quotes mean that changing the role is an individual act, because there are millions of people who can make a difference if they all act on their own.
What does her quotes mean?
Technique:quotation
Technique:
rhetorical
question
1. The text uses many parallel structures with the same pattern of words and sentences. Underlined these structures. Discuss why the writer uses them.
They help show that two or more ideas have the same importance. They also help with getting the writer’s or speaker’s message across more clearly and persuasively.
Activity 9 Think and share
2. Can you suggest another title for the text
It’s time to Make a Difference
Turn the Light Off
Save the Environment
Activity 9 Think and share
Activity 10 Fill the blanks(课文改编)
If you leave the tap running while you brush your teeth, leave a light on when you go out or you drop a piece of litter and can't be bothered to pick it up, you are35________ (probable) suffering from what is known as "Just-me-ism". You might think it is no big deal. "How can it matter if I leave a little piece of litter on the road " But what if 36________ (million) of people think the same Then our world would be piled with litter and run short of natural resources at the same time. See "Just-me-ism" is _______37(harm)!
probably
millions
harmful
35. adv修 v
36. millions of 数百万
37. 主系表 有害的
_______38(inspire) young people to take action for the environment, animals and their community, Roots &Shoots39_______ (establish) in the early 1990s by Dr. Jane Goodall, a scientist who's the world's best known expert on wild chimpanzees. In addition to her research, she has been whole-heartedly committed 40 ________environmental protection. The whole purpose of Roots & Shoots is to educate young people so they can help to build a future 41_______ is secure and live together in peace with nature.
Activity 10 Fill the blanks(课文改编)
To inspire
was established
to
that/which
38. 目的状语34. 被动语态被建立
40. be committed to 致力于
41. 关系代词,指物,在从句做主语
Dr. Jane Goodall is convinced that: "Every individual matters. Every individual has 42_____ role to play. Every individual makes a difference." So her institute Roots &. Shoots is all about_________ 43 (educate) people to play 44________ (they) part in making the world a better place. And you cannot be absent.
Activity 10 Fill the blanks(课文改编)
a
educating
their
41. play a role 扮演角色
42. 介词+doing(介词还可以加n和人称代词的宾格形式)
43. 形容词性物主代词修饰名词