Unit 6 Nurturing Nature Starting out 课件（共47张PPT,内镶嵌11视频）外研版(2019)选择性必修第一册

Unit6
Nurturing nature
1 How do you feel about these landscapes?
2 Do you think it's important to protect the natural environment?
Why?
Look at the pictures and answer:
starting out
Look at the pictures and answer the question:
What are these places?
Huanglong, China(中国的黄龙风景名胜区)
Lguazú Falls, Argentina and Brazil
(阿根廷和巴西交界处的伊瓜苏瀑布)
Mount Kilimanjaro(/?k?l?m?n?d?ɑ?ro?/), Tanzania (/?t?nz??ni:?/) (坦桑尼亚的乞力马扎罗山)
Uluru, Australia(澳大利亚的乌卢鲁巨石)
Uluru, Australia
Huanglong, China
Lguazú Falls, Argentina and Brazil
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
What do these places have in common?
They’re all World Heritage Sites.
Natural heritage sites in China
UNESCO World Heritage Sites

What does UNESCO mean?
United Nations ___________ ,__________and _________Organization
Educational
Scientific
联合国教科文组织
Cultural
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1.What is Heritage?
2.What are the three types of World Heritage Sites?
Heritage is not only our legacy from the _____. It is what we ______ _____ today and what we _______ _______ to future generations.
past
live
with
pass
on
World Heritage Sites are classified as _______________, _______________or_____________ .
cultural heritage
natural heritage
mixed heritage
Tibet
Have you ever traveled to Tibet?
Do you know how to get there?
Do you know the name of the first and the most important railway in Tibet?
Qinghai-Tibet railway
青藏铁路
The Climate of Tibet
The Population of Tibet
Have you ever heard of this song?
What dose the song sing for?
Watch and answer
Review and choose
Work in pairs to complete the quiz. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway
1. Mark the places the author passed and mentioned in his journey.
Xi Ning
Qingshuihe Bridge
Golmud
Tanggula
Cuona Lake
Lhasa
Read and find out
radiation
blue sky
plateau
UV radiation
high
sky
high altitude
air
When it comes to the word "sky" , what words come to your mind ?
thin air
splendid
roof of the world
Para. 1 A. 675 bridges and wetland relocation for environmental protection
Para. 2 B. Cuona Lake protection efforts and its beauty
Para. 3 C. Author’s amazement at traveling on the “impossible” railway
Para. 4 D. Qingshuihe Bridge and wildlife protection measures
Para. 5 E. Challenges and environmental concerns in building the railway
Para. 6 F. Health and safety measures taken for workers at Tanggula Station
Para. 7 G. Pride in building the railway withenvironmental care
Fast-reading
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Part 1 The journey on the sky raillway begins.
Part 2 The challenges and solutions to build the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
Part 3 The feelings of the author.
Travel across the ‘roof of the world’ as an railway worker
Part 1 :
Part 2 :
Part 3 :
Challenges
Para.3 - To protect wild animals
Para.4 - To protect wetlands and
grasslands
Para.6 - To protect Cuona Lake
Para.5 - To make sure workers
stayed healthy
Proud to build the impossible railway
structure of the passage
(para. 1-2)
(para. 3-6)
(para. 7)
pre - reading
3. Read para 3-6 carefully and fill in the chart to get how the ‘impossible’ railway was built.
{00A15C55-8517-42AA-B614-E9B94910E393}Challenges
Solution
To protect wild animals.
1 _______________________
have been built under the railway to allow the animals to 2 ____________________.
Thirty-three passages
move safely and freely in their natural habitat
Para 3
para 4
{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Challenges
Solutions
To 3. _____________
_________________
__________.
675 bridges with 4. _____________
___________________ were built
between Golmud and Lhasa.
140,000 square metres of wetland were 5. _________________ in order to protect its district ecosystem.
a total length of
about 160 kilometres
moved to a new area
prevent damage
to wetlands and grasslands
wetlands
grasslands
bridges
Challenges
Solutions
To make sure the workers stayed healthy.
6.__________________________were constructed.
The workers also enjoyed7.___________ in lower areas.
Several oxygen-making stations
regular breaks
para 5

{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}Challenges
Solutions
To 8. _______
___________.
Thousands and thousands of sandbags were used to 9. _________________________ along the lake to
10. ______________________________.
protect
Cuona Lake
build a twenty-kilometer wall
para 6
protect it from construction waste
Cuona Lake
sandbags
A . More possible railways will be built in Tibet.
B . The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been attracting people's admiration
for thousands of years.
C . Now, thanks to our effort, travellers from all over the world have
been enjoying these magical landscapes.
D. I am proud that we built our “impossible” railway with the natural
environment well protected.
The Sky
Railway
while - reading
Which statement is TRUE according to the last paragraph?
Para.7
▲
(　　)1.What was one of the things that the railway workers consider most?
A.How to protect the ecosystem along the railway.
B.Their own safety while building the railway.
C.A great number of bridges along the railway.
D.Grasslands and wetlands along the railway.
A
Post-reading
(　　)2.What can we know about Tanggula Station from this text?
A.It is the biggest station of the whole railway.
B.All the railway workers take their breaks here.
C.Travellers usually breathe in some oxygen here.
D.There exist high levels of UV radiation.
D
(　　)3.What can we infer from the text about the author?
A.The author is a foreign expert who doubted the railway’s possibility.
B.The author only came to see the finished railway as a tourist.
C.The author was involved in the construction of the railway and is proud
of it.
D.The author is a researcher who studies the ecosystem along the railway.
C
4. Choose the author's purpose in writing the passage and give your reasons.
A. To prove that humans can conquer nature.
B. To highlight the amount of work required to build the Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
C. To praise the workers' efforts in building the Qinghai-
Tibet Railway.
Try to find evidence to support your choice.
Summary
▲
experts
overcome
delicate
habitat
changeable
construction
deserves
Since there were so many challenges, why
did we still build the sky railway ?
Think and Share
1. What changes do you think the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has
brought to the people living along the railway?
improve transportation ,
promote national unity,
consolidate border stability ,
promote its high-quality development.
2 Do you know any other impressive Chinese infrastructure projects (基建项目)? Share with your group members.
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
The longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. Ecological protection measures were implemented during construction, such as building artificial islands to minimize environmental impact and preserving habitats for the Chinese white dolphin.
Jinsha River Hydropower Projects
It balances water resource utilization with ecological protection. Fish passages and breeding stations were constructed to protect ecosystems.
strike a harmonious balance between human progress and nature conservation
We should be in harmony with nature.
To Chinese people, nothing is impossible.
We are proud to be Chinese.
Watch the video
Thanks！